This one kind-of hurts, I absolutely loved The Larry Sanders Show, a show at the very pinnacle of TV & comedy, right up there with The Sopranos, Breaking Bad and the very best .. .. it brought a lot of comfort and many, many laughs, it was brilliant. Shandling was a great comic, a true favorite. R.I.P.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/arts/television/garry-shandling-appreciation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Another one who died too soon.
I recall watching It's Garry Shandling's Show on Dutch telly during my college years and laughing a lot when Shandling turned to the audience, breaking the 4th wall again ... especially when he had that epic WTF expression on his face. (And I liked the theme song, of course.)
Rest in peace.
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-great-that-garry-shandling-is-still-alive
I have the complete Larry Sanders on DVD and it was about the most expensive box set I ever bought; but I was so keen to have it for keeps. He was quite out there with a lot of what went on in the show ans unafraid to go with the character's appalling defects.
He should have had decades longer, a great shame.
Mike
One of the funniest comedians I know. I especially like his earlier appearances on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show. I will pull out the DVD this weekend.
Rest in Peace.
Wait, instead, knock them dead while in heaven!
Quote from: knight66 on March 25, 2016, 08:47:34 AMI have the complete Larry Sanders on DVD and it was about the most expensive box set I ever bought; but I was so keen to have it for keeps.
I have been holding out on that set, hoping for a blu-ray release .. in the 6 years it ran, not a single bad episode.
Some of the first series looks like it was recorded off the TV by a kid with a reel to reel hand held camera; the stock clearly had deterioriated quite a bit. But it was worth it. The later series have a better sound and vision quality.
So many great moments and with so many famous people who were prepared to take on very unflattering scripts; all to ther credit.
Mike
Esquire Magazine
What I've Learned: Garry Shandling:
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a1949/esq0103-jan-shandling/
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