I remember being very young and enjoying this. I think I got into it because a lot of kids shows at the time had the characters talking directly to the camera, so it felt perfectly natural.
Thank you for sharing! I’ve watched all Garry’s standup twice, every Larry episode 10x, and finally diving in to this! Ive only seen the Christmas episode before, heartwarming.
Wow, we just finished watching The Larry Sanders Show. That was a riot! I remember this show, but never or don't remember watching it. I do remember the theme song, though. It was cute and catchy.
So great to see this again. All I have is hazy memories of when this originally was airing on Showtime. Mid-viewing it dawned on me how much this show may have been a template for Seinfeld. I saw parallels with Elaine and George but alas there was no Kramer. Then Louis (SP?) shows up. OMG I'm floored!
If this show had been on primetime 3-network TV(had the censors not been so archaic), instead of squirreled away on Showtime, it would have changed the entire format of stand-up comics doing sitcoms. The show is a brilliant fusing of a very well-written sitcom, Garry's stand-up routine, and seamlessly doing both while breaking the 4th wall/keeping the actors in character perfectly.
@@1voiceCriesOut You might have got lucky and had it syndicated to a local non-cable channel in your area. But it would have to have been heavily censored, as it was made to be on Showtime and had lots of sexual innuendo, etc. My brother used to trade Beta tapes with kids at his HS that taped Garry's show off Showtime, then we watched the tapes.Kind of amazing anyone would have gone to such trouble to watch a show but, imo it was that good.
