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It's Garry Shandling's Show

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 10, 1986-May 25, 1990)
    Aired on Showtime (1986-90) and Fox (1988-90)
    Premise: Garry Shandling stars as a comedian who is aware that he is a TV sitcom character

Why It's Garry Shandling's Show might be annoying:

    It is often mistakenly referred to as 'The Garry Shandling Show.' (Including in Shandling's AIA profile.)
    Its breaking of the fourth wall was hailed as wildly innovative, even though Burns and Allen had been doing similar things over three decades earlier.
    During a live election night episode (1988), guest Don Cornelius incorrectly announced that Michael Dukakis had won.
    Shandling passed on a chance to be permanent guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to make the series, thus making the show indirectly responsible for the whole Jay vs. CoCo fiasco.

Why It's Garry Shandling's Show might not be annoying:

    It had a catchy theme song. ('This is the theme to Garry's show... Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song')
    The layout and furnishings for the show's set were copied from Shandling's real-life condo in Sherman Oaks.
    It was the first cable comedy show to receive multiple Emmy nominations in a year (Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series, 1988).
    TV Guide described it as 'audacious, satirical, hip, sophisticated and wonderfully silly, and often miraculously all of the above at the same time.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 82 Votes: 42.68% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 36 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying