The Larry Sanders Show (DVD)

Comedian Garry Shandling was a regular guest host on The Tonight Show, filling in when the legendary Johnny Carson went on holiday, and was actually offered his own nightly chat show on NBC when David Letterman defected to CBS in 1993. He turned that gig down, opting instead to make this pioneering sitcom with HBO, skewering the pretensions of celebrity and the television industry, which he had observed at close hand. Shandling pushes the boundaries with his self-mocking performance as the narcissistic chat show host Larry Sanders, deliberately blurring what is fictional and what is real, as the program moves between his nightly broadcasts and ...

Ricky Gervais has admitted that he stole the idea for the superb ‘Office’ sitcom from the brilliant Larry Sanders Show. And I don’t blame him as this is a masterpiece. Where as Ricky doesn’t use celebrities in his spoof documentary, his David Brent character, rather ironically, aspiring to be one through the medium of television documentary, Gary Shandlings talk show host Larry Sanders uses the machine of Hollywood to lampoon its self-centered self. And so willing are the real life A-List celebs to take one at themselves that they flock to the show in salivating droves to be sent up, one more tick to their celebrity CVs... Everyone from Alec Baldwin to Billy Crystal drop ...

I never really watched The Larry Sanders show when it was on TV, this was mainly because the BBC chose to relegate the show to the late/early hours of the day when I was either asleep or too tired to pay attention. However watching the incredibly funny last ever episode made me go out and get this dvd to see what I was missing. For those who don't know what the shows about then basically it stars Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders, the host of a late night US chat show. The show revolves around what goes on behind the scenes with the crew and also sometimes Larry's private life. The show is so good that every episode features guest appearances from names ...