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Garry Shandling (born November 29, 1949) is an American comedian. He was the star of It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show, and ranked #30 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups. Shandling's influences include Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen and Johnny Carson.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Itsgarrysh. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ... The Larry Sanders Show was a satirical television series that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred former stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as the shows vain, self-obsessed, neurotic host, Larry Sanders. ... Comedy Central is a cable television and satellite television channel in the United States and, as of October 19, 2006, in Poland[1] and of January 15, 2007 in Germany[2]. Two more countries are following, from April 30 in the Netherlands and from May in Italy. ... This list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time is according to Comedy Central, and was aired in 2004. ... Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 â€“ October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian and writer instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... Jack Parr redirects here. ... Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ...

Biography

Early life and career

Shandling was born to a Jewish American family in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Arizona, at first majoring in electrical engineering, but eventually completing a degree in marketing and pursuing a year of post-graduate studies in creative writing. He also attended Palo Verde High School in Tucson, Arizona. A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ... Electrical Engineers design power systemsâ€¦ â€¦ and complex electronic circuits. ... Palo Verde High School is The school is in an ten-year-old building with an adjacent 10 portable classrooms located in Summerlin, a rapidly growing suburban middle class to affluent community. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Government - Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area - City 195. ...

In 1973, Shandling moved to Los Angeles, California, made contact with comedian George Carlin after catching one of his shows, worked at an advertising agency for a time, then sold a script for the popular NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. Shandling's script became the November 1975 "Sanford and the Rising Son," the episode in which Ah Chew (played by Pat Morita) turned junk-yard owner Fred Sanford's house into a Chinese restaurant. Shandling continued to do comedy scriptwriting for sitcoms including Welcome Back, Kotter and Three's Company. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York)[2] is a Grammy-winning Irish-American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. ... An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion) for its clients. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Sanford and Son is an American television sitcom, the U.S. remake of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (æ£®ç”° æ²¢ä¹‹ Morita Noriyuki), (June 28, 1932 â€“ November 24, 2005) was an Japanese American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ... China has one of the richest culinary heritages on Earth. ... It has been suggested that List of Welcome Back, Kotter Episodes be merged into this article or section. ... For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ...

In 1977, Shandling was involved in an auto accident that put him in critical condition for weeks. He later turned the accident into part of his stand-up comedy act. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Stand-up comedy

Shandling performed his first stand-up routine at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. His shtick was the persona of an anxiety-ridden, grimacing, guarded, confused man who seemed always on the verge of losing control. After a couple of years on the road, a talent scout from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson caught his act and booked him to appear as a guest host on March 18, 1981. Shandling began substituting for Carson on a regular basis, becoming the "permanent" Monday-night guest host until Jay Leno succeeded Carson. This article is about the club in the United States; there is also a Comedy Store in London. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted from 1962 to 1992. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jay Leno (born James Douglas Muir Leno April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ...

TV series

Shandling and co-writer Alan Zweibel went on to create the surreal comedy series It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1985, which ran 72 episodes on the Showtime cable television network through 1990, with edited reruns playing on the Fox network beginning in 1988. Alan Zweibel (born 1950 is a producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS Great Performances, and Its Garry Shandlings Show. ... Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... For the animal, see Fox. ...

The series, a popular critical hit, became known for its Brechtian use of what is known in theater as "breaking the fourth wall", a concept in which characters turn away from the action and comment directly on the proceedings or make asides to the audience. While television had pioneered with the breakdown of the fourth wall since at least the 1950s, in TV series starring Ernie Kovacs and the team of George Burns and Gracie Allen, and sporadically afterward, Shandling's series employed the idea as a central conceit, and influenced such future wall-breaking series as The Bernie Mac Show. Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 _ August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... George Burns[1], born Nathan Birnbaum (January 20, 1896 â€“ March 9, 1996), was an American comedian and actor. ... Gracie Allen (July 26, 1895[1] â€“ August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. ... The Bernie Mac Show was a half-hour American sitcom featuring the comedic antics of comedian Bernie Mac. ...

In 1992, Shandling had another critical and commercial success creating the mock behind-the-scenes talk show sitcom The Larry Sanders Show, which ran 89 episodes through 1998 on the cable network HBO, garnering 56 Emmy Award nominations and three wins. A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... The Larry Sanders Show was a satirical television series that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred former stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as the shows vain, self-obsessed, neurotic host, Larry Sanders. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ... An Emmy Award. ...

In 1993, NBC offered Shandling $5 million^{[citation needed]} to take over the late-night comedic talk show Late Night when host David Letterman announced his highly publicized move to CBS, but Shandling declined. The Larry Sanders Show later spoofed the network's efforts to find a Letterman successor. Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an award-winning American television personality, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and Indy race car owner. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Other work

Shandling has appeared occasionally in movies, beginning with a cameo as dental patient Mr. Vertisey in The Night We Never Met. He played supporting roles in the 1994 films Love Affair and Mixed Nuts (a.k.a. Lifesavers), Dr. Dolittle (1998) as the voice of a live-action pigeon, the David Rabe play adaptation Hurlyburly (1998), and Trust the Man. He wrote and starred in director Mike Nichols' What Planet Are You From? (2000), and co-starred with Warren Beatty and others in Town & Country. Again voicing an animal, Shandling co-starred as Verne the turtle in the computer animated comic strip adaptation Over the Hedge (2006) For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Love Affair Love Affair is a 1994 romantic drama film made by Mulholland Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. ... Mixed nuts Mixed nuts are a snack food consisting of any mixture of nuts in the culinary sense, particularly peanuts, almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, filberts, and pecans. ... Dr. Dolittle is an American comedy film, released in 1998 and starring Eddie Murphy as a doctor who discovers that he has the ability to talk to (and understand) animals. ... Pigeon redirects here. ... David William Rabe (born March 10, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Hurlyburly (1984) is a play written by David Rabe. ... Trust the Man is a film starring David Duchovny and Julianne Moore. ... Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ... The DVD cover featuring all the cast What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 comedy film starring Garry Shandling and Annette Bening. ... Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Town & Country is a 2001 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton and directed by Peter Chelsom. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Over the Hedge is a computer-animated film based on the United Media comic strip of the same name. ...

Shandling hosted the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 1995, and the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... An Emmy Award. ...

In other media

Shandling was immortalized in the Butthole Surfers song "Revolution, Pt. 2" on their album pioughd. During the end of the song his name is chanted repeatedly. Butthole Surfers are an American punk band, founded by lead vocalist Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, in 1981. ... pioughd is an album by the Butthole Surfers, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). ...

Trivia

Shandling was played by Stewart Francis in the 2002 TV-movie biography Gilda Radner: It's Always Something. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... This article is about biographies. ...

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