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The Larry Sanders Show
TV Series (1992 - 1998)
The Larry Sanders Show mixed video-taped footage of the fictional broadcast show (which was recorded in front of an actual live studio audience) with "behind the scenes" footage shot on film (for example, Larry talking to his guests during the commercial break or the everyday workings of the office between shows). As such it featured real-life cele
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Aug. 15, 1992
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- Garry Shandling wanted to cast singer Natalie Merchant in a recurring role in the final season of the show but she turned the part down.
- Shandling based the show on his experience as the Monday night guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1986 to 1987. Shandling was offered numerous deals to host his own…
[show]Shandling based the show on his experience as the Monday night guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1986 to 1987. Shandling was offered numerous deals to host his own late-night talk show but turned them all down.
[hide] - David Duchovny's appearances on the show focused on his attraction to Larry. This is a joke that has outlived the Sanders show itself, resurfacing, among other places, on Duchovny's show The…
[show]David Duchovny's appearances on the show focused on his attraction to Larry. This is a joke that has outlived the Sanders show itself, resurfacing, among other places, on Duchovny's show The X-Files (in the episode "Hollywood A.D.", Garry Shandling, appears as himself, Gillian Anderson's character comments to Duchovny's character "I think that Téa Leoni has a little crush on you...I think that Shandling likes you a bit too.") and in a skit filmed for The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004) (TV).
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