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The History of Stand-Up Comedians Doing Sitcoms, Part 2
In Part 1 of this two-part history, we worked backwards from Seinfeld to look at the various ways stand-up comedians...
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The 7 Shows That Took HBO From Broadcast Copycat to Champion of Diverse Storytelling
This month marks the 50th anniversary of HBO, which launched on November 8, 1972.
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Posted Thursday 3/24/22 at 1:49PM EDT
Lisa Kudrow recounts bombing her The Larry Sanders Show audition: "I scared Garry Shandling"
Kudrow told Jimmy Kimmel how her dry sense of humor failed to win over Shandling when she auditioned for the talent...
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Posted Tuesday 11/02/21 at 2:20PM EDT
Read an oral history of The Larry Sanders Show
James Andrew Miller's new HBO oral history book Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers looks back at the second...
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Posted Saturday 10/02/21 at 4:37AM EDT
Ranking the 50 best HBO shows
Paste's list includes No.
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Ellen show responds to toxic workplace allegations with new perks and a "Don't Be Afraid" message
Following the firing this week of three top producers, The Ellen DeGeneres Show is addressing accusations of a toxic workplace...
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Posted Friday 12/13/19 at 2:23PM EST
Larry Sanders star Rip Torn died of Alzheimer's disease
The death certificate for the Emmy-winning actor, who died at his Connecticut home in July at age 88, lists his...
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Posted Friday 8/02/19 at 1:03PM EDT
Judd Apatow is coming out with It’s Garry Shandling’s Book this fall
The book, due to be released on Nov.
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Posted Friday 7/12/19 at 11:45PM EDT
Linda Doucett recalls working with the "volatile" Rip Torn on The Larry Sanders Show: "He was a really good bad boy"
"I was never afraid of him — he was the kindest, sweetest man — but there were all these crazy...
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Posted Wednesday 7/10/19 at 11:35PM EDT
Why Rip Torn's Larry Sanders Show performance was so brilliant
The role of Artie the producer on the HBO comedy is "one that only an actor with the skill, the...
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Rip Torn, who won an Emmy as The Larry Sanders Show's Artie the producer, dies at 88
Torn, who died peacefully at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut on Tuesday with his family by his side, received so...
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Posted Tuesday 2/26/19 at 1:32PM EST
Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show homage to The Larry Sanders Show was pretty dead-on
Fallon's Monday special episode lifted some things directly from the classic Garry Shandling HBO comedy, including Larry Sanders' favorite phrase:...
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Posted Monday 2/25/19 at 9:46PM EST
Ben Stiller dresses as a panda for Jimmy Fallon's Larry Sanders Show homage
Monday's Tonight Show special also spoofs the Fiji Water Girl in a Larry Sanders-esque episode also featuring Tina Fey, Robert...
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Jimmy Fallon to take viewers behind the scenes for a Larry Sanders homage, featuring Tina Fey
Monday's special episode of The Tonight Show will resemble an episode of Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show, featuring appearances...
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Has Jeffrey Tambor's abusive behavior tainted his work?
In an essay on "The Cultural Vandalism of Jeffrey Tambor," Matt Zoller Seitz writes that now that his abusive behavior...