# Garry Shandling dead at age 66 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050 "2016-03-24T20:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/1 "2016-03-24T20:37:33Z")
Reported today by TMZ and Variety. StG ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/2 "2016-03-24T20:41:09Z")
Oh no! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/3 "2016-03-24T20:41:53Z")
link > **[Garry Shandling, acclaimed comic and star of 'The Larry Sanders Show,' dead...](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/garry-shandling-acclaimed-comic-actor-dead-66-article-1.2576782)** > > Garry Shandling, the standup comic whose dry delivery became the trademark for a pair of beloved television comedies, died Thursday. He was interviewed on Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. It aired in early Feb. Probably filmed a few months ago. Shandling indicated he had on going health problems. The interview is still up on Jerry’s web site. I enjoyed the interview and they were obviously very old and dear friends. Their shows filmed on the same lot and they often met during breaks. RIP ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/4 "2016-03-24T21:03:54Z")
Even though the HBO series was single-camera, the actual talk show segments of **The Larry Sanders Show** were shot in front of a studio audience, and I was in that audience once. Great fun and very memorable. Shandling was a genius. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/5 "2016-03-24T21:24:09Z")
I never got into _The Larry Sanders Show_ but I used to love _It’s Gary Shandling’s Show_. _This is the theme to Gary’s show The theme to Gary’s show Gary called me up and asked if I would right his theme song I’m almost halfway finished How do you like it so far? How do you like the theme to Gary’s show?_ ETA: Didn’t he appear in last year’s _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ as a corrupt senator? Or was that a different movie? I remember thinking he didn’t look great. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/6 "2016-03-24T21:29:45Z")
Note: Garry Shandling. I watched several episodes of _The Larry Sanders Show_ (HBO) on IFC a few years back. Still an absolutely amazing show. _It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ (Showtime) was also very good. Meta long before _Community_. I was always disappointed he didn’t do another show given the quality of his previous efforts. Even a half bad Garry Shandling Show would be better than almost anything else out there. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/7 "2016-03-24T21:31:15Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I never got into _The Larry Sanders Show_ but I used to love _It’s Gary Shandling’s Show_. > > _This is the theme to Gary’s show > The theme to Gary’s show > Gary called me up and asked if I would right his theme song > I’m almost halfway finished > How do you like it so far? > How do you like the theme to Gary’s show?_ > > ETA: Didn’t he appear in last year’s _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ as a corrupt senator? Or was that a different movie? I remember thinking he didn’t look great. He was in Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/8 "2016-03-24T21:35:29Z")
R.i.p. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/9 "2016-03-24T21:50:29Z")
Going to watch the final ‘Larry Sanders Show’ tonight. Great version of ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’ at the end. ☹ RIP ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/10 "2016-03-24T21:53:15Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note: Garry Shandling. > > I watched several episodes of _The Larry Sanders Show_ (HBO) on IFC a few years back. Still an absolutely amazing show. > > _It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ (Showtime) was also very good. Meta long before _Community_. > > I was always disappointed he didn’t do another show given the quality of his previous efforts. Even a half bad Garry Shandling Show would be better than almost anything else out there. Any reason why he didn’t do another show after Larry Sanders? Im assuming Larry Sanders was a profitable enough show. He must have recieved offers of another project. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/11 "2016-03-24T22:19:22Z")
> [@Abner\_Ravenwood](#): > > He was in Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. His appearance in _Iron Man 2_ as an agitated senator who wanted Stark to turn over the Iron Man technology was little more than an extended cameo, but in _Winter Soldier_ he was revealed as being a senior level H.Y.D.R.A. member who was arrested in the denouement. Shandling wasn’t looking so good in that movie, so even though it is reported that he was in good health, it’s not necessarily all that surprising. Count me as a fan of _It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ as a forerunner of metatextual references and long setups well before _Arrested Development_ and _Community_, even if the execution was sometimes uneven. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/12 "2016-03-24T22:24:59Z")
_It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ is a forgotten gym. There were so many great moments, including Gilda Radner’s last TV appearance and the Driving Miss Daisy parody final episode. As a very young man he wrote for _Sanford and Son_. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/13 "2016-03-24T22:25:44Z")
Very sad! I remember growing up and watching his sitcoms with my folks. Funny scene in Garry Shandling’s Show from my memory: After being shocked by the price of a house, Garry asks why it’s so expensive. The agent responds that the view is amazing – Garry’s retort is “for that kind of money, there better be breasts pressed against the window!” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/14 "2016-03-24T22:47:47Z")
_Larry Sanders_ was the perfect comedy, IMO. Shandling’s brilliance made TV insider crap accessible to the general viewing public without being patronizing. His casting was also genius. While I was never a real fan of Shandling’s stand-up, this show is durable enough to bear repeated watching. Sorry to see him go. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/15 "2016-03-24T22:48:24Z")
I hope someone is taking care of David Duchovny right now. His heart must be broken. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/16 "2016-03-24T23:11:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Very sad! I remember growing up and watching his sitcoms with my folks. > > Funny scene in Garry Shandling’s Show from my memory: > > After being shocked by the price of a house, Garry asks why it’s so expensive. The agent responds that the view is amazing – Garry’s retort is “for that kind of money, there better be breasts pressed against the window!” DAMMIT. I was gonna post that. :mad: Hail Hydra. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/17 "2016-03-24T23:17:27Z")
My God! They’re dropping like flies! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/18 "2016-03-24T23:19:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_ is a forgotten gym. I’ve worked out my funny bone there before. RIP Garry. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/19 "2016-03-24T23:25:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _Larry Sanders_ was the perfect comedy, IMO. Shandling’s brilliance made TV insider crap accessible to the general viewing public without being patronizing. His casting was also genius. While I was never a real fan of Shandling’s stand-up, this show is durable enough to bear repeated watching. Sorry to see him go. Yeppers. That was my introduction to Jeffrey Tambor who has gone on to great things. Rip Torn’s role was a top-five all-time comedy character. “Horseshit, Larry.” “I swear I killed her in Korea.” (approximate quote) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050/20 "2016-03-24T23:28:50Z")
As I have said for some time now, 2016 is coming to get everyone born before 1949. It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was the first show I remember consistently breaking the fourth wall. One episode that stands out in my mind was when he appeared naked except for the black dot over his groin. Does anyone else remember this hilarious TV ‘costume’? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garry-shandling-dead-at-age-66/750050.md?page=2)