Judd Apatow Puts Garry Shandling Under the Microscope

Why ???? Have we not suffered enough???

After sex... Q: "Was that good for you?" A: "I don't think that would be good for anybody."

I'm so glad this film has been made. I too was worried Shandling was going to be forgotten.

Nice ham radio equipment! I see a Hallicrafters transceiver & receiver, maybe a 2 meter transceiver, key for Morse code, not to mention call letters - sure was a long time ago.

What I recall most was Garry's selflessness, most especially on "The Larry Sanders Show." Playing the vain, neurotic host of the show, Garry made sure that the true stars were Rip Torn and Jeffrey Tambor. I recall no other comedian, with the exception of Jack Benny, who had the generosity and confidence to pull that off. I can't wait to see this documentary.

If Garry fans haven't seen the interview/visit he did with Tom Petty (also RIP), it's well worth watching on YouTube.

It’s The Garry Shandling Show had so many memorable episodes. Remember when Garry's brain (played by Stuart Pankin) tells him it needs stimulation, so he invites a few Nobel Prize winners over for a "smarty party?”

Brilliant show; great cast and writing.

"It's The Garry Shandling Show, The Garry Shandling Show, Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song....." I fell in love , grew up and learned ridiculous points of humorous perspective from this man - this genius. I wipe a tear in thanks...... Thank you, Garry!

And along with his major comedic performances he was in a Marvel movie.

Loved the Larry Sanders show. Rip Torn and Garry just ripping on someone and then they'd walk into the office, "hey how you doin' buddy? Great to see you, Love your work."

Judd who? Oh, that guy who is trying to stifle #metoo dissenters from speaking their mind. He's tried to silence Dianne Keaton when she defended Woody Allen on Twitter. That guy. Hey, Judd whoever- if you want to get a life, move to Russia or China where they just love to silence dissidents.

If you were a fan of Garry's and Apatow's, you'll also enjoy the "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" with each. The show with Garry may have been the best-ever episode of that series. Jerry and Garry could be brothers; they know each other that well. The conversation in the car when Garry shows his spirituality when Jerry comments on the passing of Robin Williams and the interaction at the comedy club are incredibly good.

Judging from the 11 minute clip here, the documentary will be catnip for people whose celebrity infatuation is bottomless. Otherwise, pure trash.

Paula: Kato Kaelin's people keep haranguing me. Beverly: Kato Kaelin has people?

Hard to get behind the creative benevolence of a man who cherrypicks which sexual abusers to call out on Twitter.

This so-called gentle Buddhist was reportedly complicit in pervasive sexual harassment of the sole female write on his show: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comedy-writer-reveals-lurid-detai... I do not understand why someone as talented as Judd Apatow would put all of his admiration onto someone who laughed as his female show writer was humiliated.

The Larry Sanders Show is still a really funny show and I believe it will still be funny fifty years from now. He understood just how ridiculous humans can be. I look forward to this documentary.

The last episode of the Larry Sanders Show, (spoiler alert!), at the end of the episode, Hank Kingsley walks into the studio to confront Larry and lets him have it, revealing the shame and humiliation Hank had suffered, all those years, at the hands of the man he had pretended to revere. It was beautiful, poignant, honest, searing to watch. Garry's work was so brutally honest and spare.

I always remember the episode of the Larry Sanders Show in which Elvis Costello (appearing as himself) was one of the purported interviewees. Larry's sidekick (Rip Torn?) walked past, stopped to take a look at Elvis C and said: You're not Elvis. That is all he said. Such understated succinct humour. Garry wasn't Larry?

My my wife and I loved the Gary Shandling Show. The entire cast worked so well together. Great ensemble.

even if he'd only done the larry sanders show, he would've been remembered as a comedic genius.......

The dark but somehow affirming examination of ego and its twin insecurity was a constant theme and steady source of powerful humour in "The Larry Sanders Show". The quality and complexity of what he accomplished in that series still stand out. Highlights stick in the mind. The episodes where he tracked Larry's ultimately failed relationship with Rosanne and the reasons for that failure - inlcuding his fear other people might think she was not conventionally attractive enough for him despite his genuine feelings for her. Larry's sometimes cruel sometimes kind co-dependent relationship with Hank. Larry's relationship with Artie (a brilliant Rip Torn), the show's producer, and their battles with the network execs who tried to run their show. A scene where the outwardly avuncular, ever protective of Larry, deeply old school Artie ("Everyone in life should have an Artie.") ushered an emotionally fragile Larry from a tense three person meeting with a highly competent but emotionally mercenary female programming exe returned to said meeting leaned into his foe and said "I killed a man like you in Korea". There was a hyper realism about the show. It was deeper much more resonant and interesting than real life. My evalutation of "Seinfeld" though still extremely positive and definitely knowingly directed at different audiences with different goals never quite survived my encounters with "The Larry Sanders Show". It was like suddenly meeting Mycroft; Sherlock Holmes smarter brother.

When undergoing chemotherapy 30 years ago, I would sing The Garry Shandling Show Theme song silently in my head over and over again. "This is the theme to Garry's Show....." My version of Garry Zen.

“I'm very loyal in relationships. Even when I go out with my mom, I don't look at other moms.” Dude was funny.

I can't wait to see this documentary. I was aware of Shandling's work but seeing his episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" made me really curious about him as a person. I'm glad I'll get the opportunity to learn more about him.

More than fascinating.

Watching Shandling, I always knew there was something more behind what you got when you would tune in to his shows. He seemed effectually cerebral in his comedy- as if there was always another level to his jokes that you could easily miss. I'm glad to know that I was right and that he was really something special.

Looking forward to watching this. Always thought Garry had chosen to be a bodhisattva, taking on other's suffering as well as his own. Wish he could have found someone to share his life with. He'd still be here if a kvetching wife had taken him to the ER. Plus he missed Brad Grey's funeral. His Comedians in Cars episode, shown posthumously, was great.

There is a fascinating series of interviews that Garry did with various friends and colleagues included with one of the box sets of the Larry Sanders show. These were honest and emotionally charged, revealing a lot about both Garry and the subject of each piece (off the top of my head, I remember David Duchovny, Sharon Stone, Alex Baldwin, and Linda Doucett - but there were others). I remember being impressed by how willing he was to share the truth, whether it showed his introspection and generosity or sometimes showed him in a less flattering light.

Very funny and likable guy, but kinda sad all the problems he kept running into. Whenever I see the words "Zen Buddhism" in a story like this, I reach for my copy of Freud's "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life."

Like Apatow, I remember being blown away by Shandling as a young kid of about 10 years old in 1984 (I think I'm a little younger than Apatow). Unfortunately, unlike Apatow I can't claim any Hollywood success. I also listened to Marc Maron's interview of Apatow a few years ago where he went into some more detail about his past with Shandling. I definitely concur that Shandling was one of the best, but do feel he drifted from his standup roots in later years. To me Shandling was always at his best (and funniest) on stage doing standup with just him, the audience and a microphone. While I know many people loved both the Garry Shandling Show, and the Larry Sanders Show, they both paled in comparison to Shandling's standup prowess. I will say I felt the Shandling show was more innovative and creative, and most importantly more funny, for its time than the Sanders show.

I'm glad Apatow is paying tribute to Garry in this way. I'll watch it all..and then again...

I believe he’d been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism, not hyperthyroidism. Important distinction.

I adored everything Shandling did and totally get why he was so revered. I look forward to this documentary as I believe it will resurrect his genius. Diane Sanborn Toronto, Canada