Alone in Vegas 

A gem from another time; that intro might looks long now, but Gary was a real genius

I really really miss Garry Shandling.

I liked Gary since I was a little kid. There's something comforting about him

I own this on VHS. I wish there was a DVD or Blu-Ray release. Thanks for the official RU-vid video, though.

RIP on the 5th anniversary of your passing. Your fans miss and love you.

A shame not more views...their loss! Reminds me, having moved to an area with a large Dutch population, when we'd go to a restaurant we'd give them the name Vandermuellendykenlandergraff. So when they would call our name everyone in the waiting area would get up....! Inspired by Mr. Shandling.

What a workout. What an act is really like. The intelligence to keep it all there....And then to make the huge leap to his Larry Sanders show.

Thanks for sharing this, hadn't seen in forever. I had a VHS copy that I recorded when it first aired on Showtime, wore it out! Loved everything Garry did...we lost him way too soon.

Watched this as a college student in the late 80s ??.....me and a buddy almost ruptured our spleens laughing at this show.....one of the funniest 45 min I've ever seen.....

Thank you for sharing this. I've never seen this before, and it's got to be one of the funniest stand up acts ever. He is so young looking here. Garry Shandling was such a fantastic comedian and his HBO show was one of the best television shows ever. He is sorely missed.

He was a brilliant comedian. He also wore beautiful clothes. Only my opinion, but I think it shows respect for the audience when an entertainer dresses himself/herself well.

As a kid I watched this a zillion times. I could recite the Stand up. Still quote it.

back in 80s cities seemed so big and impressive now they feel sanitized

Vegas in the eighties. A different world altogether.

I love this channel ! Thanks for more Gary memories. Please keep them coming !

This is so freaking awesome. I just found out about the Larry Sanders show and everything Garry is about. He is the best!

i used to watch this all the time, Pleasure" and The Slammer are the best

One of the most sympathetic comics. a true friend

What a *GENIUS* intro !

His show was absolutely amazing. He created a whole new genre.

Only 5 comments? This was priceless! "Pump the professor? Owww! Even Patty wouldn't pump the professor!

I lived in Toronto for four years. Sarah Silverman is wonderful playing a certain type of Torontonian.

Hey, Official GS People...for years, I've been looking for clips from the old late 70's Make Me Laugh show with Garry. In particular, the one where he repeats a joke he did about hospital intercom systems and how you could never understand what they were saying. They could be saying..."Dr. Yaki...Dr. Terry Yaki!" He would repeat it with other names. Anybody have it?! Thanks...

This reminds me of the comedian part in scar face. I wonder if they based that section of the movie off of Gary

He's funny.

genius

Rare genuinely unique funny ❤

I love the 1980’s.

What year is from? It’s great.

10 !

Is that ZZ Top on the sound track?

At 4:07 :-)

This looks terrible. You have taken a VHS source of a special that was shot flat in TV ratio and stretched it to 16:9 ratio for RU-vid. VHS is already low resolution and now it looks even more grainy, not to mention the distracting and obvious zooming. Can't you get an standard definition digital copy from Paramount Global instead of copying the VHS onto your laptop and throwing it on here?