Alan Zweibel: We pitched the show to NBC, which wanted to strip it of everything - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 04-15-2020, 03:59 AM

https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/its-...bc-sitcom.html

The 1970s-era SNL writer details the creation of Garry Shandling's iconic 1980s iconic comedy in his new memoir Laugh Lines: Helping Funny People Become Funnier. Zweibel recalls pitching the show to then-NBC president Brandon Tartikoff, who disliked the idea of Shandling breaking the fourth wall. "He didn’t want Garry to use his real name. He said Garry should play a character with another name," writes Zweibel. "He didn’t think the audience could relate to or care about the life of a comedian and, instead, suggested that Garry’s character be a baby photographer.”

Chocolate Moose · 04-17-2020, 12:13 PM

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04-15-2020, 03:59 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,493	Alan Zweibel: We pitched the show to NBC, which wanted to strip it of everything https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/its-...bc-sitcom.html The 1970s-era SNL writer details the creation of Garry Shandling's iconic 1980s iconic comedy in his new memoir Laugh Lines: Helping Funny People Become Funnier. Zweibel recalls pitching the show to then-NBC president Brandon Tartikoff, who disliked the idea of Shandling breaking the fourth wall. "He didn’t want Garry to use his real name. He said Garry should play a character with another name," writes Zweibel. "He didn’t think the audience could relate to or care about the life of a comedian and, instead, suggested that Garry’s character be a baby photographer.”

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