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It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American television show broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by and starred Garry Shandling.

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  Best sitcom of all time.
  1988 political analyst...Mr. Don Cornelius
  Almost as good as his 25th Anniversary special.
  I'm sorry, but is it really possible that someone found Gary Shandling at all amusing? Maybe I'm missing something but that show, and its star, really bit.
  This is the theme to Gary's show. The opening theme to Gary's show............Classic.
  Pretty funny from beginning to end.
  Ha! Ha! We all KNOW we're on a sitcom shot before a live audience but we can't hit you morons (the viewers) over the head with our smugness over this OBVIOUS fact enough times! ARGGH!!;~(
  Never Jumped. Man, I can't believe a great show like this hasn't been on the list here earlier, but some half-season piece of garbage like Aliens in the Family is. Genuinely funny throughout its run. I can cite example after example of this show's hilarity. One example: When some fat kid who was a regular on the show was taking a bath and Garry walked past him. Garry turned to the camera, said "In Europe, you're able to see him nude, while in America, you're not" or something to that effect. He then said "God bless America". If making fun of fat, naked, kids taking baths isn't funny, I don't know what is.
  It's Garry Shandling never jumped. The episode where they turned Grant Schumacher's first potential sexual experience into a musical is a top 10 show of all time. Even the Mayor of Los Angeles was involved in Grant's tussle with his sexuality. This show was better and more genuine than Larry Sanders.
  Jimmie Walker guest stars as Jimmie Walker. Enough said.
  This show was hilarious...Remember the episode when they were being chased by a helicopter down a dark alley, and there was all kinds of wind and debris flying around, and then you see the helicopter - it was a toy on an obvious string... Or the way he used to travel between sets on his golf cart... I loved this how...
  Never jumped- Remember the episode where Tom Petty guest starred as Garry's neighbor who was returning some gardening tool to him or something that he had borrowed? I don't remember what it was, but it somehow struck me as hilarious. Tom proceeded to come in and play a kick-ass acoustic version of "The Waiting." I think I was about 13 or 14 when I saw that, and I instantly became a huge fan of both Tom Petty AND Garry Shandling. This was a great show. FOX still has a few funny shows, but I wish they had the guts to run shows like this and The Tracy Ullman Show today--they were 80's comedy classics.
  this show was f---ing hilarious!!! i was pissed when they moved to hbo because i didn't have cable. i still remember the show where they had this asian theme going and they had some old fat chinese guy sing the theme song in chinese. one of my favorite all time moments on tv.
  When Garry went round to Jeff Goldblum's house to help him prepare loads of veal servings, after his caterer threw his back out. They went into the freezer once and your heart was in your mouth, but they made it out alive. Then they go in again and you're practically hammering on the screen to tell them not to get locked in, and Goldblum asks Garry to get the butter from behind the door. Garry turns to the camera and asks "Can you see this comin'?" before kicking the door at least three times in an attempt to accidentally close it. Brilliant!
  I don't know if anyone remembers this show but it was prior to the Larry Sanders era. I believe it was on Fox and it was very funny. Chris Elliot was on this show and he was hysterical. Great show. I have never seen it on after it's original run.
  Never jumped. As a native of Sherman Oaks, it was always a pleasure to see a show set in that suburb. The funniest episode was where Grant won an all expenses paid trip to Hollywood and went to see a taping of "It's Garry Shandling's Show", and became embarrassed when Garry went through Grant's private mail on the air. Classic.
  This is the only "comedy" that makes daytime TV look good. Sheesh!! Just what did Gary have on the network anyway?? That might have made a good show. Ten min. into the first episode it was obvious that this show was based on blackmail, not talent.
  this show appealed to intelligent people, which is why so few people got it.
  It's Garry Shandling's Show NEVER EVER EVER jumped and that's just counting the credits. Garry has always had this tongue-in-cheek thing down and the interaction with the audience was a stroke of genius. IGSS started on HBO and Fox went all out in putting it on with Tracey which was just the best pairing. I know, I worked at a Fox Affil. at the time!
  Never jumped. I'd watch this every chance I'd get. The most memorable scene was the parody of "The Natural" where Gary wins the ping-pong championship. Classic!
  To set the record straight on the show's history, this show STARTED on cable's SHOWTIME, where it had a 5 year run. Fledgling FOX network, desparate for new programming, purchased the episodes from SHOWTIME. This show was just brilliant, I read the TV Guide to watch whenever or wherever it was on. I remember tuning in with my family and constantly being asked why I was laughing so hard. Of course, I could NEVER explain. But so was the nature of this amazing, original, hilarious show. You were either of above average intelligence and "got it," or you were a slack jawed, Jim Carrey loving, Funniest Home Video watching loser, who couldn't understand that this show was a brilliant parody of the sitcom format. Too amazing for words and too subtle for middle America who need their comedy spelled out for them and a guide telling them when to laugh.
  I remember the November, 1988 election show. It was broadcast live on Fox and HBO (?). It was on Tuesday night and the election returns were coming in and so they decided to do a show where not only did that episodes plot take place, and they did election coverage, but it was also done live. At one point, when the show came back from a commercial break, Gary looks at the camera and asks" Hey, we've got election coverage and we're live. Why? You may ask?" To which he off-the-cuff responds; " Because I don't have enough God Damn stress in my life." It was not only hilarious, but striking to hear someone so blunt on the networks. This show never Jumped. Tom Petty as the neighbor is still a TV highlight for me. The theme song rocked!
  This show was brilliant! God, I miss it. If it were available on video, I'd buy them. (Is it?) There are too many great moments, but one of my favourites was the take-off on The Graduate. They even had Norman Fell visit. Garry couldn't understand why he showed up and Fell explained that he played the landlord in The Graduate. Shandling says he's mistaken, that he in fact played the landlord in Three's Company. At which point Fell brings out a video and pops it into the TV and shows him the clip from the movie. Priceless.
  All I want to say is 'LAFFY'. Remember when Gary wasn't allowed to name his collie Lassie? Funny stuff.............NEVER EVER JUMPED!!!!
  THE MUSICAL EPISODE! I stopped watching after I saw that. Having the cast sing ruins every good show!
  The Goddess of Ping-Pong...spare paddle...enough said.
  This show never jumped. For its time, it was very original. Self-deprecating humor was just beginning its meteoric rise to the top...
  My god this show was funny,brilliant innovative.........i could go on,but i just dont have the adjectives at my disposal(damn u declining american education...damn u straight to hell!)Anyway you remember the big boobed skinny redhead?I think her name was nancy...was always trying to get a glimpse between her buttons,Grants wife wasn't bad either.Two little known facts grant was one of the thunderbirds from "grease" and the son went on to become one of kevins doofy friends on the "wonder years".Why isnt this show on somewhere on cable!!!!I mean i love america but do we have so many rubes that rather watch constant reruns of "the nanny"????
  Nancy was played by Molly Cheek, who was recently seen (albeit very briefly) as Eugene Levy's wife in the American Pie movies. The neighbor was played by Bernadette Birkette, who is married to George Wendt. I thought "It's Garry Shandling's Show" was the best thing to grace TV, until I saw "The Larry Sanders Show."
  Never. Great show. I echo the comments on the musical episode. Probably the funniest thirty minutes ever on TV.
  Gary never jumped. This was an early example of Fox dumping a show before its time. Shades of things to come. Luckily, Gary went on to do another hysterical show for another network that gave it the respect it was due. As for it jumping shark with Jimmie Walker, a lot of people, including Gary and David Letterman, got their start with him. I, for one, can't blame them for throwing Walker a bone by letting him come on their shows.
  It's Garry Shandling Show was to Larry Sanders what Night Court was to Cheers: both latters were more polished products, but the formers had bigger laughs from individual episodes.
  one of the most classic sitcoms ever. the first show to ever "break the fourth wall" as it was called. actually acknowledging the audience's presence at each show [and including them in the stories as well]. other shows since then have tried something like that, but none have even come close to the way Garry did it. one of my favorite examples where he does this is in the episode where he's harboring a fugitive while the police are outside his door. Nancy says "Garry what are we gonna do? He's got us trapped!" and Garry says "Oh no he doesn't. He thinks he's so smart, he's waiting at the door, when there's not even a wall on this whole side of the apartment!" and they all run off the living room set and down to the other side of the studio to safety. I was seriously disappointed when Fox picked it up. I thought it would be cool to see the episodes again, but they butchered them so badly in the interest of time that the most clever jokes were barely intact. the one thing I didn't like was that 3 or 4 part episode where they did the benefit to save Mr. Peck's nightclub. even though it had all the guest stars [Martin Mull, Chevy Chase], it was kinda boring. but other than that, never ever jumped, never even came close.
  Never jumped. But to correct the above poster, this was not the first show to break the fourth wall, not by a long shot. Radio sitcoms had been doing it for years. And the Burns and Allen Show continued to use the technique or gimmick on television. Not to diminish IGSS. It simply continued and built upon a fine tradition.
  When I first saw this series on Showtime, I thought it was just brilliant. When they started showing it on Fox, though, the subsequent Showtime episodes got a little lax, as though they knew they'd have to become a little more "accessible" for network TV. When the series' Garry married Jessica Harper (Woody Allen's love interest in Stardust Memories), I knew the show had given up. Why settle for Woody Allen's sloppy seconds??
  Had me rolling on the floor up until the last credits rolled. The cheesy special effects, the goofy neighbors, the way Gary always let us in on the jokes and the theme song, "...Gary called me up and asked if I would write his theme song...". Classic comedy TV! If The Larry Sanders Show was half as funny I'd have been OK but, as it stands, I still surf in vain for a rerun that never runs... sigh
  This is the theme to Garry's show/the theme to Garry's show/ Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song/ I'm almost halfway finished, how do you like it so far? How do you like the theme to Garry's show?/ This is the theme to Garry's show/ the opening theme to Garry's show/This is the music that you hear, as you watch the credits/ We're almost to the part/of where I start to whistle/then we'll watch It's Garry Shandling's Show/ (whistling)/This was the theme to Garry Shandling's show. ... Hi! I'm Garry Shandling. How's my hair? ... If this show jumped at all, it was when episodes started airing on Fox. But I say it never jumped because Garry made fun of that, too. On one episode, he was in some jam and he told the audience he needed to take a commercial break while he figured out a solution. Then, after a pause, he said something like, "And now for you people watching on Showtime" and started playing some silly music joined by the house band. How can something like that jump?
  This is the theme to Garry's show...When I was a kid, I thought he was very bizarre looking, but when I grew up i saw how groundbreaking and hilarious this show was. Someone should seriously rerun this, the bit where his mom was naked in Time Magazine was really priceless. Seeing this show, I never thought Garry would be able to top it, he sure showed me!
  Jennifer Tilly played Garry's girlfriend on the show - great episodes. Very funny show and never jumped.
  It’s Garry Shandling’s Show never jumped. The way they broke down the fourth wall was revolutionary. I never saw the George Burns Show, but I doubt they did it like this. I was giddy when I saw that other posters loved the Tom Petty episode as much as my buddies and I did. No one mentioned, though, my favorite part: when out of nowhere, Tom busts out with the Yiddish speech, “Stop kvetshing, have a nosh, we’ll schmooze.” How about when Garry asks Gilda Radner (RIP comic legend) why she’s been off TV for so long: Gilda says “I had cancer, what about you?”; Garry responds, “I had low ratings, there’s no cure for that.” This show never jumped. To those who don’t like it: I don’t disdain you, I pity you; I hope some day you too can let laughter into your heart.
  Reading these posts bring back some great memories of this show. Especially the "Laffy" episode where Garry is trying to figure out what Laffy is saying. "Bark, Bark, Bob Barker needs roughage". Classic stuff. Never jumped.
  This has to be one of the funniest shows of all time! This was a show you either loved or hated, but either way it created a strong response. It never jumped. I really hope they put this out on DVD soon. Gary had such a great dry delivery, one of my favorite shows was when Gary was about to use a time machine to go back to the previous day and looked at the camera after taking a deep breath and said "Don't you just love the smell of a new time machine?"
  I have to comment on two things already commented on, both appearances by TOM PETTY and GILDA RADNER! At the time i had just fallen in love with Tom petty and over two decades later i still am, and seeing him ( of all people) on Garys show being funny, slayed me. I will also never forget that poignant moment when gilda walks into the set and the audience just goes wild. She is as thin as a rail, but smiling from ear to ear, hands up in a sort of victory mode eating up the applause. It was probably her last appearance on any sort of entertainment show, and i will never forget that. Going back twenty years, i didnt truly "get" Gary Shandling. I never knew whether he was a genius or really pedantic and of course as soon as Larry Sanders came out on HBO i realized what i had missed back then. Even with the accolades Larry Sanders did get, i think Gary is underrated.
  Garry and Nancy (his so-called "platonic" friend) got together. Ick. Instant show-killer. I loved this show to death, and I was only, like, 10 years old at the time. I still can not hear "The Waiting" by Tom Petty without thinking of little baby Shoemaker.