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''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on Showtime. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for breaking the fourth wall. It premiered on September 10, 1986, and ended on May 25, 1990, with a total of 72 episodes over the course of 4 seasons. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1986–87) Season 2 (1987–88) Season 3 (1988–89) Season 4 (1989–90) Notes A. 'Mac Brandes' is a pseudonym for Larry David. References External links *{{IMDb episodes, 090459, It's Garry Shandling's Show It's Garry Shandling's Show ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Showtime from September 10, 1986, to May 25, 1990. The series, created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel, is notable for breaking the fourth wall. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Garry Shandling's Show
''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Showtime from September 10, 1986, to May 25, 1990. The series, created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel, is notable for breaking the fourth wall. In the series, Garry Shandling plays a stand-up comedian who is aware that he is a television character. The series features Shandling interacting with the studio audience and manipulating storylines for better outcomes. The series was critically acclaimed and ran for 4 seasons and 72 episodes. Initially aired on Showtime, it was later picked up by Fox for reruns. The show received multiple awards and nominations, including five CableACE Awards and four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Synopsis The series stars Garry Shandling as himself: A neurotic, sardonic 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe (born August 13, 1948) is an American author, television writer, and occasional standup comedian. Early life Markoe was born in New York City. Her family moved several times including stays in Miami and San Francisco. She attended UC Berkeley, receiving a B.A. in art in 1970 and an M.A. in 1972. Her first job after leaving the university was teaching art at the University of Southern California. Career After auditing scriptwriting classes and doing research for the head writer of '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', Markoe was hired as writer for the 1977 revival of ''Laugh-In'', joining a team that included Robin Williams. In 1978, she was part of the cast of Mary Tyler Moore's first attempt at a variety show, the eponymous '' Mary'', along with future boyfriend David Letterman. In 1980, Markoe was the head writer for '' The David Letterman Show'', a short-lived live NBC morning show whose writing team was recognized with a Daytime Emmy Award. Markoe shared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy London
Roy London (March 3, 1943 – August 8, 1993) was an American actor, acting coach, director and teacher. Early life London was born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. A math prodigy at age five, London was on the radio show Quiz Kids, and was educated at the experimental elementary school at Hunter College, New York City. In 1948, the school was featured in ''Life'' and shows little Roy telling an arresting tale of death, transfiguration and group marriage involving Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. To graduate at 20 from Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, London wrote a paper that combined mathematical concepts and the precepts of theater. Acting Upon returning to New York in 1963, he found work, both on Broadway and in the burgeoning Off-Broadway scene. He studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio with Uta Hagen and was an integral member of Joseph Chaiken's avant-garde, 'Open Theater'. During this era, London lived with Puli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Wolff
Art Wolff (1938 – November 16, 2020) was an American television director and acting coach. Wolff amassed a number of notable directing credits, directing episodes of ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', ''The Powers That Be'', '' Dream On'', and most notably the original ''Seinfeld'' pilot episode " The Seinfeld Chronicles". In later years, Wolff directed theatre at a number of venues,Art Wolff biography at official website as well as taught courses at 's and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Steinberg
David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid-1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including ''Seinfeld'', ''Friends'', '' Mad About You'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''The Golden Girls'', and '' Designing Women''. Steinberg also hosted the interview program '' Inside Comedy'' on the Showtime network. Early life Steinberg was born on August 9, 1942, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Rabbi Yasha Steinberg (1896–1966), a strict, Romanian-born rabbi, and Ruth Steinberg (–1989). He has three older siblings: two brothers, Hymie Steinberg (1925–1944) and Fishy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Schlamme
Thomas David Schlamme (; born ) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin. He is known for his work as executive producer on '' The West Wing'' and '' Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,'' as well as his work as director on '' Sports Night'' and ''The Americans''. Early life Schlamme was born in Houston, Texas. He is Jewish, and his family escaped Nazi Germany the week before the '' Kristallnacht''. He attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas. Production Schlamme moved from his native Houston to New York City in 1973. After serving in several low level positions for production companies, he founded his own company, Schlamme Productions, in 1980. From there, he produced campaigns for a number of musicals, including ''Cats''. He directed the first "I Want My MTV!" advertising campaign in 1981 for producer Buzz Potamkin, and singer/songwriter Amy Grant's 1985 music video " Find a Way" for producers Fred Seibert and Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Mischer
Donald Leo Mischer (March 5, 1940 – April 11, 2025) was an American producer and director of television and live events and president of Don Mischer Productions. Career Mischer was honored with fifteen Emmy Awards, a record ten Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, two NAACP Image Awards, a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the 2012 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television from the Producers Guild of America and the 2019 Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award for Television. As a producer/director, his credits include the Oscars, '' We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial'', the Kennedy Center Honors, the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Hall, '' Motown 25'', the Super Bowl Halftime Shows (Michael Jackson, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen), the Democratic National Convention, and the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics and 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziggy Steinberg
Ziggy Steinberg is a screenwriter and producer. He was in college when he wrote stand-up comedy material for David Steinberg (no relation), George Carlin and Debbie Reynolds. His first script for television was the "Neighbors" episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' in 1974. He then went on to write ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''The David Steinberg Show'', ''The American Music Awards'' (from 1976 through 1980), ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', several Lily Tomlin specials for CBS, including ''Lily: Sold Out'' for which he won an Emmy Award in the category of Best Musical or Variety Show. In addition, he authored many short stories and humor pieces for various magazines, including ''Gagtime'', a parody of E.L. Doctorow's ''Ragtime'', which he co-wrote with David Steinberg. ''Gagtime'' received a Playboy Editorial Award for Humor in 1976. Steinberg produced and wrote the screenplay for '' The Jerk, Too'', the sequel to Steve Martin's ''The Jerk'' as well as '' Porky's Revenge'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Bergmann
Theodore Gerard Bergmann (September 12, 1920 – March 2, 2014) was an American television and radio producer, screenwriter, announcer, network and advertising executive. He worked for the Dumont Television Network in the 1940s and 1950s. He worked as a writer for the CBS-TV series ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' starting in 1967 and worked as producer and production manager for several other TV series from the 1970s through the 1990s. Career In early 1947, after responding to an ad in the New York Times, Bergmann landed a job at the Dumont Television Network, where he was hired as a time salesman at WABD Channel 5, the Du Mont station in New York. Despite his inexperience he was hired on the spot. The first advertising sale he ever made was to the Jay Day Dress Company who sponsored ''Birthday Party'', a children's daytime show, for $200 an episode. He was responsible for selling commercial advertising time to clients for such early Dumont TV shows such as ''The Original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Reiss
Michael L. Reiss ( '; born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer. He served as a showrunner, writer, and producer for the animated series ''The Simpsons'' and co-created the animated series ''The Critic''. He created and wrote the webtoon '' Queer Duck''; he has also written screenplays including: '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', '' The Simpsons Movie'' and '' My Life in Ruins''. Early life Reiss, the middle child of five, was born to a Jewish family in Bristol, Connecticut. His mother was a local journalist and his father was a doctor. He attended Memorial Boulevard Public School, Thomas Patterson School and Bristol Eastern High School and has said that he felt like an "outsider" in those places. Reiss studied at Harvard University. He says that he hates Harvard as an institution, explaining that "I had an epiphany on my third day there: This place would be just as good as a summer camp where you met other people, networked, and learned from them. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jean
Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer. Jean is well known for his work on ''The Simpsons''. He was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. Together, they worked as writers and producers on television shows such as ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', ''ALF (TV series), ALF'' and ''It's Garry Shandling's Show''. Jean was offered a job as a writer on the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' in 1989, alongside Reiss, and together they became the first members of the show's original writing staff. They served as showrunners during the show's third (1991–92) and fourth (1992–93) seasons, though they left ''The Simpsons'' after season four to create ''The Critic'', an animated show about film critic Jay Sherman. It was first broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC in January 1994 (then aired its second se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Tom Gammill and Max Pross are an American comedy writing team. Together they have written episodes for the TV shows ''Seinfeld'', ''The Critic'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', and ''Monk''. They have also worked as producers on ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''. Early career Pross and Gammill started to write comedy sketches together for ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1979. In 1981 they co-wrote Steve Martin's fourth NBC special "Steve Martin's Best Show Ever" with such notable comedy writers as Eric Idle, Dan Aykroyd, and Lorne Michaels. They spent the next few years as part of the original writing staff of "Late Night With David Letterman," and also contributed short films for the show after leaving the staff. In 1984 they worked on the writing staff of another Lorne Michaels production, ''The New Show'' - a comedy sketch show with guests including Steve Martin and John Candy, which was similar to ''Saturday Night Live'', but nowhere near as successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
