From the Sept. 10, 1986, edition of Daily Variety


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He was such an original. This show-within-a-show was so inventive, it holds up 40 years later. It would take another decade and a half for Showtime to invest big in a slate of original series.

This early effort from Garry Shandling set a great, creatively adventurous tone.








From the Aug. 11, 1987, edition of Daily Variety


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Well deserved.

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