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Summary: 2nd best of the 90s sitcoms behind Seinfeld?
Comment: I've only watched the first season, but i think that's a valid question/statement.
I hate HBO for delaying the release of the following seasons! Unlike most reviewers here, i never got to watch this show back when it was on TV cause no-one showed it here in Cyprus and i guess i must have missed it in my 4 years in the UK. I need more of this, asap! Do not abandon Larry Sanders like you did with Dream On, HBO. Work out all your copyrights issues and make this happen.
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Summary: Funniest Show Ever
Comment: I will keep my review short...This show is absolutely GENIUS. When you are up in heaven and walk into God's living room, this is the show He'll be watching.
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Summary: Hugely Funny Behind the Camera Show : Outstanding Cast
Comment: I missed the Larry Sanders run since I did not have his specific cable channel but I had caught snippets so this is a great package to see all his first year's shows that features a marvelous cast with the great and under appreciated stand up comic Garry Shandling who in real life filled in for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show, Rip Torn as the "balls to the wall", "get it done" director/producer and Jeffrey Tambor who plays the neurotic, suck up side kick who turns into a self centered demon if and when he has any power. Full of actual real life guest stars that have friendly to combative jousts with the insecure Sanders in front of and behind the camera. A colorful look at Hollywood, the pressures on televison shows that are slaves to ratings and the tenuous egos behind the lens. Since this was on cable, the language and some scenes are adult but that's part of the fun, the gloves are off and you see the characters as they really are, or are portrayed.
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Summary: Subtle adult comedy - a 'future classic'
Comment: The 'Larry Sanders Show', an adult satire and sitcom about a fictional TV tonight show is a gem. There are no belly laughs but lots of wry humour. The boxed set has excellent video reproduction values and, as an extra, an interview with Gary himself looking back on the show. This series is the classic television of our era and will be studied by future generations of audiovisual cultural historians. Beat them to it. Watch and enjoy today.
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Summary: Five Star Show -- Three Star DVD
Comment: Great TV show! 13 episodes isn't enough. Give me more!
DVD extras are given short shrift, here. There is a mock interview that is informative in some respects. Shandling mentions how the first episode produced was the last episode aired that season. Watching it as the last episode in the dvd set, it *feels* like a first episode.
All the episodes together make more sense to me when viewed in production sequence. Dunno why the makers of the dvd didn't lay it out that way. A dvd release isn't the same animal as a TV broadcast season that had an eye on ratings.
Here's the Season One production sequence, if you want it.
The broadcast sequence numbers lead each listing.
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 1
Production Code Sequence
13. The Hey Now Episode - Production Code: 101
6. The Flirt Episode - Production Code: 102
11. The Warmth Episode - Production Code: 103
1. What Have You Done for Me Lately? - Production Code: 104
2. The Promise - Production Code: 105
3. The Spider Episode - Production Code: 106
8. Out of the Loop - Production Code: 107
10. Party - Production Code: 108
4. Guest Host - Production Code: 109
12. A Brush with the Elbow of Greatness - Production Code: 110
5. The New Producer - Production Code: 111
7. Hank's Contract - Production Code: 112
9. Talk Show - Production Code: 113
EPISODE 1 "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY": Guest Star - Robert Hays. Larry finds himself in opposition to a network executive who wants him to do live commercials for "The Garden Weasel." EPISODE 2 "PROMISE": Guest Stars Dana Delany, David Spade and William Shatner. Larry can't decide what he should do when a comic scheduled for the show appears first on a rival talk show. EPISODE 3 "SPIDERS": Guest Stars Carol Burnett, Jon Lovitz, Steve Duchesne and Steve Kutcher. Larry battles his reluctance when real live spiders are scheduled for the show, and he tries to find a sketch to do with guest Carol Burnett. EPISODE 4 "THE GUEST HOST": Guest Star Dana Carvey. Dana Carvey's success as a guest host on the show makes Larry very, very nervous. EPISODE 5 "THE NEW PRODUCER": Guest Stars Robert Morton and Jeff Cesario. A friend of Larry's replaces Artie temporarily as producer, but schemes to make the job permanent. EPISODE 6 "THE FLIRT": Guest Stars Mimi Rogers and Michael Richards. Jeannie becomes very jealous and accuses Larry of flirting with a playful Mimi Rogers on the show. EPISODE 7 "HANK'S CONTRACT": Guest Stars Robin Williams and George Foreman. It's contract negotiation time for Hank and he's going for a raise, and a golf cart. EPISODE 8 "OUT OF THE LOOP": Guest Star Peter Falk. Larry feels out of touch when he's the last to know that his head writer is having a torrid office affair. EPISODE 9 "THE TALK SHOW": Guest Stars Billy Crystal and Catherine O'Hara. An argument at Jeannie's home causes Larry to lose his concentration during the show that night. EPISODE 10 "THE PARTY": Guest Star Martin Mull. Larry's little dinner at home with Arthur, initiated by Jeannie,escalates into a full-blown party and causes Larry to become extremely paranoid. EPISODE 11 "WARMTH": Guest Star Richard Simmons. Worried about his ratings, Larry hires a focus group to help tighten up the show. EPISODE 12 "A BRUSH WITH THE ELBOW OF GREATNESS": Guest Star Bela Shaw. Larry makes the tabloids when a woman claims he knocked her into a magazine rack and neglected to apologize. EPISODE 13 "HEY NOW": Guest Stars Bob Saget, Ray Combs and Earl Holliman. Hank falls asleep during the show, which is just the last straw for a fed up Larry.
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