It's Garry Shandling's Show
| It's Garry Shandling's Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Garry Shandling Alan Zweibel |
| Starring | Garry Shandling Geoffrey Blake Molly Cheek Jessica Harper Scott Nemes Michael Tucci Co-Starring: Bernadette Birkett Ian Buchanan Barbara Cason Paul Willson |
| Theme music composer | Joey Carbone |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 72 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bernie Brillstein Brad Grey Garry Shandling |
| Producer(s) |
Jeff Franklin Jim Geoghan Al Jean Mike Reiss |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Original release | September 10, 1986 – May 25, 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998) |
It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom that was initially broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for its frequent use of breaking the fourth wall to allow characters to speak directly to the audience.
The 30-minute series stars Garry Shandling as, more or less, himself: A neurotic, somewhat self-obsessed stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a television sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, offering up opening monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events (much like George Burns on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show). However, on Garry's show, all the supporting characters know they are on a TV show, not just Garry; and the studio audience is often in the storyline.
At the time of the series' production, Shandling actually lived in Sherman Oaks, California, just like the character on the series. His condominium on the series was styled to be just like his real-life condo, down to the room layout and the furnishings.
Storylines were often manipulated by Shandling to create more favorable outcomes or simply to speed things along. One episode ended years later, for example. Another allowed Shandling to tell the audience that time had passed in order to console an angry neighbor whose wall he had damaged; by the time the scene transitioned, the workmen had already fixed the wall. On America's presidential election night in 1988, Showtime presented a live episode wherein Shandling brought in Soul Train host Don Cornelius to incorrectly announce that Michael Dukakis had soundly defeated George H. W. Bush.
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