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After graduating in 1970, David pursued a short stint in the United States Army Reserve before pivoting to writing for television, where his journey truly began. His first significant break came in 1980 as a writer and performer for the ABC sketch comedy series Fridays. This led to a brief and tumultuous tenure at Saturday Night Live, where he quit mid-season but soon returned, foreshadowing the trademark indifference to social norms that would define his comedic style.