The Larry Sanders Show is massively underrated even with all its awards, over the 5 or 6 years it was on in the 90s. Shandling, Tambor and Rip Torn were fanatastic. Launched the career really of Piven, and the celeb cameos were great, Sajak especially.
Even more was the fact that it was basically all based on truth. Shandling had an actual show for a while in the 80s and the Sanders Show was basically what happened/happens behind the scenes in the Late Night wars with Carson/Letterman/Leno then and now.
As a buddy said, that was the prototypical show for HBO in the 90's except unlike most HBO shows, it lasted years. No swear filters, with regular, casual, yet appropriate situational swearing and adult themes, but just excellent writing and acting. Cbc ran it late night on weekends.
Worth a rewatch.
Last edited by browna; 03-25-2016 at 05:07 PM.
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