Who is Larry Sanders ?

[standian]

Inviictus asked me who is Larry Sanders? OMG Seinfeld Larry David and Gervais have all admitted their indebtedness to possibly the greatest comedy show ever All three borrow heavily from its style

[boxtops]

Standian, I have never heard of him either.

[joggerjayne]

Did he invent Kentucky Fried Chicken ?

[standian]

sorry i meant Invictas

[standian]

no hes not the B Ball player

[karenmac60]

I love Larry Sanders! I think it used to be a Tuesday night BBC2 would show Larry Sanders and Seinfeld one after the other - best TV night of the week. His previous show 'the Garry Shandling Show' was pretty good too, but I can't believe folk have never heard of him! I wish they'd show it again on one of the thousands of channels we've got now.

[boxtops]

when was this, then? Just curious because I don't like US shows, but I honestly have never heard of him.

[jackthehat]

http://en.wikipedia.o...he_Larry_Sanders_Show

[boxtops]

Thanks jth, none the wiser, I don't think I've ever seen Garry Shandling either. I will withdraw gracefully!

[karenmac60]

It'd be early nineties I think Boxy. It was a sitcom about a chat show host, so some of the show was a chat show, and the rest was about behind the scenes at the tv studio and Larry's personal life. It was really funny and there were a lot of actors and actresses willing to take part and poke fun at themselves. I especially liked the running joke about David Duchovny having a crush on Larry :)