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Author Topic: The Larry Sanders Show Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-07-2007 06:15 PM                        Any fans of this HBO series here? I don't have HBO so never got to see it, but have always been a fan of Garry Shandling. Favorite joke: I once made love for an hour and ten minutes. It was on the night you push the clocks ahead, but still... Anyway, I was convinced by the rave reviews to buy the 4-disk set, "Not Just The Best of the Larry Sanders Show." This is brilliant stuff. If you are into talk shows at all, you'd enjoy this. Shandling plays Larry Sanders, host of a "Tonight"-like show. It follows his career (both "on air" and behind the scenes) as his show treads on shaky ground with the network. Anyone who likes the "Seinfeld" style of ensemble comedy would surely like this. Even the DVD menus and the packaging are funny. The set has 22 episodes, lots of extra interviews and such, several commentary tracks and so on.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-09-2007 12:01 PM                     Larry Sanders was hands down THE BEST show on TV during it's run. Rip Torn was flawless. I loved when Bravo re-ran it a couple years back. I highly recommend this show to everyone that thinks canned laughter is insulting.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-12-2007 04:12 PM                     Hey Mike You'll like this... Ricky Gervais meets Garry Shandling  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-08-2007 10:03 PM                     Which episodes are contained on the "Not Just The Best of the Larry Sanders Show."? DVD. I have the R1 Season 1 DVD that I got on import (since i'm in the UK) and the UK VHS "Best of" video that has 5 episodes in it. They should release all the seasons on DVD.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-09-2007 10:20 AM                        Episodes: The Garden Weasel The Spider Episode The "Hey Now" Episode The List The Hankerciser 2000 Life Behind Larry Hank's Night in the Sun Office Romance The Mr. Sharon Stone Show Hank's Divorce Hank's Sex Tape I Was a Teenage Lesbian Everybody Loves Larry My Name is Asher Kingsley Ellen, or isn't She? Larry's New Love Another List The Beginning of the End Pilots and Pens Lost The Interview Adolph Hankler Putting the "Gay" Back in Litigation Flip According to amazon.com, there are no plans to release the remaining individual seasons. That sucks....I would have bought them all based on this best-of set.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-06-2010 12:16 AM                 It has been 1031 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-06-2010 12:16 AM                        Great news....Shout Factory has acquired the rights to "Larry Sanders" and plans to release a complete-series set this September. Shout Factory is the company which released the "It's Garry Shandling's Show" box set and Shandling was pleased with their work, so the Sanders set got the go ahead. It's on the internet, so it has to be true  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-06-2010 07:12 AM                        The best episode of the Larry Sanders show was when Letterman told Sanders that he was getting Tom Snyder for the slot after his because that bit aired before it actually happened, and it just seemed like a ridiculous joke at the time. It was a great show overall.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-25-2010 02:03 PM                        Update: The Larry Sanders Show complete series box has been delayed to November 2. I guess that's OK -- that's my birthday, so it'll make a nice present for myself!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-16-2011 03:47 PM                        I've been watching the Sanders box-set in dribs and drabs over the last few months. I would have to say that the best-of set mentioned early in this thread really does have most of the very best episodes. But there is an awful lot of comedy gold in the other, previously-unreleased shows too. The box comes with a detailed book that is also an enjoyable read. Seinfeld was my favorite TV show to watch on DVD but it gets too goofy in the latter seasons. Larry Sanders maintains its level of quality to the end. Great stuff.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 03-16-2011 10:24 PM                     Mike, we share a birthday! AJG  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-16-2011 10:58 PM                     Yeah, but Mike called it first.  |  IP: Logged Josh Kirkhart Expert Film Handler Posts: 165 From: Austin/Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2001 posted 03-17-2011 04:53 PM                     These are all available on Netflix now. Better than I remember.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Ortado Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Halethorpe, MD, USA Registered: Jan 2010 posted 08-20-2011 11:15 AM                     The "Hey Now" Episode is my favorite.  |  IP: Logged

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