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From yesterday's Page 6 of the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/seven/0922...agesix.htm

OLD WHAT'S-HIS-NAME COMPLAINS

September 22, 2004 -- IT's a safe bet that Larry David, star of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," has canceled his subscription to Architectural Digest.

The shelter mag profiled his Martha's Vineyard "cottage" in the June issue, and agreed not to identify David as the owner of the 14-acre oceanfront estate. Writer Nancy Collins referred to David as "one of television's most notorious professional curmudgeons," and characterized his spouse, liberal political activist Laurie David, as "the wife of one of Hollywood's funniest entertainment moguls."

But AD's article still contained too many clues for Larry's liking. After the piece came out, the cantankerous co-creator of "Seinfeld" called AD editor-in-chief Paige Rense to complain.

In the new October issue, Rense relates her conversation with "Mr. Television Personality," hereafter referred to as Mr. T.P.:

AD: "Hello, how nice to hear from you."

Mr. T.P.: "Well, I want to tell you how upset I am about the article you did."

AD: "Why?"

Mr. T.P.: "Everyone knows it was my house."

AD: "Your name wasn't mentioned."

Mr. T.P.: "In the article your writer said I was on a TV show and was funny."

AD: "That could be a lot of people."

Mr. T.P.: "No. No. That was me. Everyone knows it was me."

AD: "Who is everyone?"

Mr. T.P.: "My friends."

AD: "If they're your friends, they've seen your house — haven't they?'

Mr. T.P.: "No, everyone else, too. Even people who haven't seen my house. I expect an apology."

AD: "We are not going to apologize. We have no reason to apologize."

Mr. T.P.: "You're not going to apologize?"

AD: "No."

Mr. T.P.: "Well, I'm going to call the owner of your magazine!"

AD: "Please do."

Bang! Mr. T.P. hangs up. Rense says the next day she asked the owner of the magazine and several other executives if "Mr. T.P." had called. Rense writes that he had, "but no one had heard of Mr. T.P. We mentioned the title of his show. No one had heard of that either. Oh well, the house is lovely."

David told PAGE SIX: "I want to thank her for providing me a great episode for next season."

An AD spokesman declined comment.