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''Live on tape from Hollywood, it's the Larry Sanders Show!''
Superb late-night talk show satire, written by and starring the late Garry Shandling as the titular Larry Sanders, a self-centred and neurotic late-night talk show host ''á la'' David Letterman or Jay Leno. Adopting a curious format, the show was [[Two for One Show|split]] between Larry's talk-show (recorded on videotape) and the back-stage exploits (recorded on film). This effortlessly presented the contrast between the professional showbiz world of the show and the petty, snide backstabbing environment behind the scenes, along with Larry's effortlessly smooth, constantly grinning and in-control stage persona and his insecure, paranoid off-camera personality. The contrast was helped by numerous real-life stars who agreed to play as 'guests' on Larry's show, including [[Robin Williams]], Ellen DeGeneres, Roseanne Barr and David Duchovny, whose man-crush on Larry became a running gag.
Present to help (or hinder) Larry was his ultra-aggressive and tough-as-boots, but loyal, bulldog of a producer, Artie (Rip Torn), and Larry's pompous and egotistical sidekick, "Hey Now!" Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor), who despite his genial and bumbling stage presence was if anything even more paranoid, insecure and pathetic than Larry himself.
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* [[Adam Westing]]
* [[Adored by the Network]]: The unnamed network grooms [[Jon Stewart]] to replace Larry, believing he can get the same or better ratings at a fraction of Larry's salary.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Several are associated with the [[Show Within a Show]]:
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** Garry Shandling ''does'' have a separate existence from Larry Sanders. On Larry's final show, Sean Penn complains to Sanders about what a terrible and insecure actor Shandling (his co-star on a [[Real Life]] movie) is.
** Likewise, Paul Mooney plays Beverly's brother in one episode and is mentioned as a potential booking on the [[Show Within a Show]] in another.
* [[The Eponymous Show]]▼
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Apparently averted in [[Real Life]], but a constant on the [[Show Within a Show]].
* [[Flanderization]]: Over several seasons, Phil the writer became more obnoxious and less talented.
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* [[Stunt Casting]]: The producers got an awful lot of big names to appear on the show playing themselves. [[In-Universe]], this is pretty much the only reason Hank Kingsley ever gets offered outside acting gigs - e.g., a guest spot as the janitor on ''[[Caroline in The City]]'' and a voice role in Disney's ''Hercules'' movie.
* [[Ted Baxter]]: Hank.
▲* [[The Eponymous Show]]
* [[Two for One Show]]
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]:
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