Timeline of the phrase "Hey Now" Neil Finn of the band "Crowded House" wrote "Don't Dream Its Over", released in 1986, with repeated use of the phrase "Hey Now". The Larry Sanders Show, season 1 Episode 13 "Hey Now" aired on HBO on Nov 7, 1992.
May 4th, 1999, Smash Mouth releases "All Star" as the first single off their second full length album, "Astro Lounge." The phrase "Hey now" is repeated throughout the song. In 2001, the animated film Shrek was released, which featured "All Star" during the film's opening sequence. Over the next 22 years, the song is propagated through millions of memes.
its fascinating to see what seems a mix of scripted dialogue and improvisation, sometimes Gary likes to throw in an unexpected line and sometimes its as though suddenly there is no script and things are just left alone to 'happen' - Gary would also let the other characters create dialogue for themselves and would play off against that 'in the moment'
As a Brit I always cringed at other Brits who would wax lyrical on how superior British comedy and was more sophisticated than American comedy. When this was on originally I think the most popular comedy in the UK was Men behaving badly. Discovering Larry Sanders and Seinfeld late on BBC 2 gave me a fresh viewpoint on what was funny, basically inspired Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Sacha Baron Cohen the license to go out and take risks and become crossover international comedy stars. A lot of the younger generation have no idea how groundbreaking The Larry Sanders Show was
A now a new toy product is out there, Hey Now Hank Kingsley's Play Now swing set, but it has been recalled because Arthur got entangled nearly suffocating and had to be rescued by Larry and Hank, and he was boiling mad, profanely screaming.and cursing, enough to make a sailor blush!
When our two dogs start barking or arguing with each other, I issue a firm but fair "Hey Now" into the mix......my girlfriend doesn't get the reference here in Ireland
This is a great clip but barely cracks the top 10 funniest moments on this show. Larry Sanders rules and so did Howard before he became a sellout nut job.
baba booey.....this has to be one of the funniest skits ever because they're both so full of shit but pretend that this is real....but it is actually real and funny too.
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