# Garry Marshall dies age 81 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-marshall-dies-age-81/760393 "2016-07-20T04:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-marshall-dies-age-81/760393/21 "2016-07-20T21:34:37Z")
“Please, call me Garry.” My favorite thing about Garry Marshall lately has been Paul F. Tompkins’ fantastic character impression of him. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-marshall-dies-age-81/760393/22 "2016-07-20T21:35:45Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Can you explain this? As a fan of Community I found it interesting and don’t know the back story. I think it’s a [Comedy Bang Bang reference](http://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-wedding-of-gilli-and-garry/). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-marshall-dies-age-81/760393/23 "2016-07-20T22:19:30Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Can you explain this? As a fan of Community I found it interesting and don’t know the back story. > [@GrandWino](#): > > I think it’s a [Comedy Bang Bang reference](http://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-wedding-of-gilli-and-garry/). Yes, when Paul F Tompkins is on Comedy Bang Bang, he often plays the character of Garry Marshall, and Gillian Jacobs, playing herself, is his gold-digging pseudo-wife. It’s a complicated ongoing story they’ve woven. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-marshall-dies-age-81/760393.md?page=1)