One of the greats... he had such a funny mind, and a unique delivery. Johnny Carson once said truly funny people are naturals... born that way... with the ability to see the humor in things and communicate that perspective to others. That was Gary Shandling. R.I.P.
I lived in Vegas for almost a decade when Gary did several shows and he NEVER disappointed.He will be missed by all of us who truly love comedy and his brand of self effscing humor mixed with self admiring jokes at the same time.He was just awesome and I never felt like I didn't have a great time and he got me through some tough dates
He was so exposed and knew how to turn every part of his enormous sensitivity into humor. I'm sometimes amazed at how much the Jews have contributed to American comedy in general, and Larry Sanders on his show was just ahead of everything we see today in the comedy field.
Here because Dave Chapelle shouted him out in his special and I thought “oh he must be great.” Wow can’t believe I’m just now experiencing this comedy, RIP
Oh man. THAT was an unexpected surprise. I'm roaming around, looking for a quick video to watch before I get back to my chores, and I see this. "Oh cool! I can do this AND the dishes." Yeah, no. HAD to sit down and watch it-watch it. The dishes started to complain and I told them to shut up or I'd replace them. (Works every time.) THANKS, Daniel, for having this and posting it. It always feels good to laugh.
I met him a few times. In 1978-79 I was a bar-back at a comedy club (Giggles) south of Toledo. I met Garry, Bill Kirchenbauer, Mike Binder, Bill Maher, and Carlin. I drove them to and from the club in my Chevy Malibu to their rooms at motels and condos. Time of your life kid!
Wow! That must be amazing. He is my comedy hero. I’ve only met him when we died, but I see everything I can about him. One of the stuff he always mentions are the Roy London tapes. Do you know anything about them?
@@danielsartorio Garry always made a point of making you feel uncomfortable. He constantly joked that he wanted to have drinks with me in his room... but not in any gay way. That was his genius.
@@danielsartorio His early work constantly referred to his being gay, because of his voice and delivery. Look up his appearance on ' The Green Room ' with Paul Provenza when he turned to Zen Eastern Philosophy to deal with his depression.
@@bruce4980 I’ve seen everything! Also, if you’ve never seen, he has two great interviews. One in Pete holmes podcast “you made it weird” and other in the wtf podcast with Marc maron. I listen to them twice a year.
so true, and his voice and mannerisms certainly help. The greats who deal in 'simple' and ordinary always have that extra gift, their delivery. Brian Regan and Jim Gaffigan as well.
Thanks for sharing this. It's been too long and I really appreciate it! Gary was something special. I'll be laughing all day for this one. Thanks and rest well Gary!
Yes! And while he could anticipate being asked his age, he had a good Garry Shandling line that he was 41 and life begins at 20. Seamless and so relaxed.
I remember watching this when it first aired. I always recall the L.A. cops joke whenever the Rodney King incident comes up. Also, to this day,, I still use that joke about every rental car is a four wheel drive...
Growing up, watching plenty of network TV, I developed an affinity for standup comedy performers (The Standup Golden Age: Woody Allen, Rich Pryor, G. Carlin, David Brenner, Joan Rivers, David Steinberg, Robert Klien, Henny Youngman, Dangerfield, Dick Shawn,, Bill Hicks, , . Gary came along and moved in immediately to the top of my list of favorites and stayed there until his untimely, way too soon demise. I watched and laughed EVERY time this man performed on TV. Always fresh material. He could do NO wrong. Larry Sanders was as original and classic as Curb Your Enthusiasm. Miss you Gary!
That ending with the dog made me cry a little. Gary really was an amazing person that seemed as heartfelt as he was funny. We always seem to lose the best ones way earlier than we should.
The coolest thing about these old videos is the chance to reassess comedians from back in the day. Back then I never thought Shandling was funny. Then I grew out of my self-important hipster phase, and boy was I mistaken.
He is more then a comic.......he is a story teller. An art that is being lost in a world of fast moving rapid fire one liners. People today are not willing to invest their time and wait for the stories to develop into a laugh festiable.
SUCH a smart and uniquely funny man. I watched him in an interview and his answers to the questions seemed oblique but I realized he was seeing more deeply into the question and its ramifications. A terrrific mock-TV show with several fine actors involved.
For sme reason I thought he had passed pretty recently but it was back in 2016. Anyway, I've been re-watching a lot of his work, and listening to other entertainers reminisce. He is hilarious, but at the same time you can tell he's just the nicest guy. --And that's exactly what people like Conan O'Brien, Leno, Letterman, etc all say about him. Do a search of Conan O'Brien talking about his friendship with Gary. Rest in peace, Mr. Shandling, you left way too soon.
I've never seen this performance before, and I actually thought " it would be funny if he had a sheep dog come out at the end of the show to tie into that whole story about him in Hawaii "...and, sure enough..... shows how brilliant he was.....I wished I could have seen him do one of his specials .... Heaven has a lot of talent up there now...
This is approximately the time I saw him & Dennis Miller in west Broward County. Gary was headlining & they fit very well together as a comic split. What a great comic, shows & the openness on the DVDS closing out TLSS-✓
I would be happy too for recommendations. On youtube i would recommend you the louis c.k in a comedy club and bill hicks special and george carlin specials are all around youtube