In the episode "The Garden Weasel", Larry shows his wife Jeannie a commercial that he did for Pan Am in 1979, in which he played a flight attendant. Artie excuses himself from the room, while Larry is so sick of everything that he's determined to break things off with Stevie right there before even hearing the offer. Beverly Barnes, played by Penny Johnson (all seasons), is Larry Sanders' personal assistant. November 1988 in Fort Pierce, Florida) ist ein ehemaliger amerikanischer Basketballspieler, der zwischen 2010 und 2017 in der National Basketball Association spielte. His first job in show business was as a bouncer. Larry claims he can't do the show without Artie because Artie is so loyal to him. He gets dumped by Larry in the middle of contract negotiations as Larry decides to pursue a big-money contract with the help of high-powered agent Stevie Grant. Norman makes his first appearance in the episode "A Brush with the Elbow of Greatness" in order to handle the fallout following an incident involving Larry that occurred at a supermarket in Larchmont Village. However, he can hardly hide his disappointment with the latest offer Leo comes back with after lunch with the network's head of business affairs. "Artie" (all seasons), played by Rip Torn, is the producer of The Larry Sanders Show. If you think a video is in an inappropriate Topic, report it to us. In the canon of the show, it is unclear whether the character of Paula remained employed or was later dismissed. Throughout its run, numerous celebrities have made guest appearances, usually playing fictionalized versions of themselves. However, the arrangement quickly turns sour as Artie, already feeling disrespected and threatened by the whole proceeding, walks off the show following a disagreement with Paula over a production issue of lighting during which Larry takes her side. Created by Dennis Klein, Garry Shandling. December 31, 1991. 11. She is last seen in the episode "Adolf Hankler". Outside of her role as a talent booker, Mary Lou is frequently shown to be socially inept and have very low IQ. Leo is Larry's longtime agent, played by John Pleshette (season 2). His advice to Larry is to "get his head right in close to Sharon" when the paparazzi are taking her photos outside of restaurants. Naturally, due to Larry's celebrity, the story generates some media interest that quickly goes into overdrive once the supermarket's security camera footage suddenly surfaces. Asked by Leo how much better, perplexed Larry says "I want you to tell me" before Leo whispers another figure into his ear to which Larry immediately starts shaking his head in disappointment followed by an instruction to Leo to pass on the network's latest official offer. In the episode "The Garden Weasel", she makes him do live commercials on the show against his will. Search. Surprised Larry asks: "You have kids? Artie is very proud of Larry after he fires Stevie In the episode "The Beginning of the End". Kenny Mitchell (seasons 2 and 6) is a network executive in his thirties played by Joshua Malina who is brought in to administer major changes to the Larry Sanders Show in order to make it appeal to a younger demographic. Sheldon "Shel" Davidoff (seasons 1–2) is the president of the network, played by James Karen. Jeannie Sanders, played by Megan Gallagher (seasons 1 and 4), is married to Larry in the first season, during which they begin the process of divorce. When Kenny crudely insults the show to Artie's face, Artie physically assaults Kenny. Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders Rip Torn as Artie ... [ Daniel Pryor ], Haley Joel Osment [ Little Boy ], Kerry Michaels [ Receptionist ], Sid Newman [ Sid ], Robert Levine [ Dr. Donaldson ], John Ritter [ Himself ] Larry gets into a feud with the network when he makes fun of their new fall schedule on the air. However, Hank sometimes acts as a voice of reason for Larry and solves his problems for him, whether intentionally or not. Larry enjoys watching his own show in bed every night, which is something that frustrates his second wife Jeannie. In the episode "People's Choice" Stevie is livid after finding out Larry agreed to host the People's Choice Awards as a favor to Artie, who is producing this year. Artie mentions several times that he thinks that he killed a man like Melanie in Korea. 'Pilots and Pens Lost.' Larry feels betrayed by Spade when he learns that Spade had appeared on The Tonight Show recently, but he forgives him when he recalls that he did the same thing by appearing on The Tonight Show after The Merv Griffin Show. In the episode "The Garden Weasel", it is mentioned that Melanie has recently been made the Vice President of Programming at the network, which means she is in charge of late night programming. College. Artie is often shown drinking (typically either following a show taping or during a stressful situation), with his beverages of choice including vodka Salty Dogs and Glenlivet scotch whisky.[1]. Obviously ecstatic with the offered figure, Larry does a complete turnaround on the spot and decides not to get rid of Stevie. Artie also worked on The Jack Paar Show and The Dick Cavett Show during his career prior to becoming producer of The Larry Sanders Show. He is generally disrespected among his co-workers because of his ego and dimness. 21min. ", to which frightened Paula replies: "See you Monday". After Jerry was written off of the show, it went several episodes without having the head writer character. Hank seems to be aware of Sid's inadequacies and is excited to sign with another agent when he thinks Sid is dying. Kenny Mitchell joins the show as creative consultant and makes major changes to the format. Spade went on to appear on the show at least six more times. Silverman continued to hone her blithely savage comic style in clubs and on talk shows. A comedic behind-the-scenes look at the challenges facing late night talk show host Larry Sanders and his staff. After performing the booking job for five years, she gets an offer to be the producer on a daytime program Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends. Unlike Larry, Hank is more than willing to lend his name to commercial products and tries to cultivate a cult of personality through his little-read newsletters, fan club, and so on. One of the coolest changes this Season has to be the video quality increase. Michael "Mike" Patterson is a writer played by John Riggi (seasons 1–3) who is brought on as a staff writer on The Larry Sanders Show before Jerry is fired. Episode Recap The Larry Sanders Show on TV.com. Larry gets into a feud with the network when he makes fun of their new fall schedule on the air. Artie described him once as someone who means well, but "keeps his brain at home in a box". Afterward, they both agree that it was a mistake to sleep together; however, in the episode "Office Romance" there is an implication that she still might have tender feelings for Larry when she abruptly leaves the office one day out of anger at his brief sexual relationship with Hank's secretary Darlene, saying, "Twice in one day is two times too many.". Throughout its run, numerous celebrities have made guest appearances, usually playing fictionalized versions of themselves. De Cordova reportedly presented Torn with a copy of the former's memoir, Johnny Came Lately: An Autobiography, inscribed "To the other Fred". It gets me all hot and wet." While respecting Larry and her mostly white co-workers, she sometimes expresses concern over what she feels is a lack of African Americans booked on the show. Local newscast runs a piece in which shopper named Carol Biederman accuses Larry of knocking her into a magazine rack by pushing in front of her in the checkout line. Larry King was a true pioneer. A running gag in the series involved Hank sending his assistant to tell Larry that he would like to speak with him, only to then approach Larry asking "You wanted to see me?". Francine is Larry's first wife, whom he begins dating again after Jeannie leaves him. As a result, Hank misunderstands her confession attempts as her having a crush on him, and invites her to dinner. Though both Hank and Larry are narcissistic, they generally act as foils to one another. As the fifth and last suggestion/idea, Kenny lists a snappier theme song at which point he plays a tape with the funky number done by "the guy who did the Singled Out theme". Although Phil is quite young, he displays a bitterness that is rarely seen in young professionals. He has a special ability to manipulate people into doing exactly what is best for the show. Phil then persuaded Artie to promote him to head writer and then wanted to demote himself because he felt that the work was not as enjoyable as it was before. TV-MA. Paula, played by Janeane Garofalo, (seasons 1–5) is the show's talent booker (although another character, Kiki, is shown as the talent booker in the season 2 episode "Performance Artist"). Depressed from the relentless beating he's taking in the media for what he did, Larry spends most of his time locked in his office saying he wants to quit show business and move to Montana. When Larry gets addicted to painkillers in the episode "End of the Season", thus missing a week of shows and forcing the staff to call Pat Sajak into guest-hosting action, he's cared for at his home by old friend Roseanne Barr, and Stevie pays him a visit with a fruit basket in tow. Angry and flattered at the same time, perplexed Paula says that she's never been fired this way. Hank and Artie strongly dislike Francine. Episodes focus on the professional and personal lives of the principal characters, with most focusing on Larry. Larry's reluctant to tell Dana Carvey he doesn't like Carvey's Larry Sanders impersonation. Larry feels contempt for Melanie because he tends to dislike network executives. Log in. In the episode "Montana", as Larry is trying to assemble the former show staffers for another kick at the can after his sabbatical, he asks Paula if she'd be interested in continuing at her old job. Watch fullscreen. While McMahon built success beyond The Tonight Show as a commercial spokesman and TV host in his own right, Hank's desire to emulate McMahon was constantly foiled by his ego and bumbling attempts at self-aggrandizement. Reluctantly, Larry agrees to hold off the apology and see how the thing plays out over the next few days. Two of them suggested Bob Saget and Dave Coulier while Larry pushed for Bobcat Goldthwait only to see the job eventually go to Tom Snyder. This was the last time the character of Paula appeared on the show. His father was Henry Joseph Kingsley, Sr., and he was married to Margaret Dolan, whom he later divorced. As jittery and distracted Larry reaches for the wrapped-up fruit basket on the table, Stevie informs him that it's actually for Roseanne while also telling him that his basket won't be ready until tomorrow because "you like that sugar-free shit, right". But this time, I can say with confidence that I don't feel this Season had any weak episodes, unlike Seasons 2, 3, and 4. The Larry Sanders Show is an American sitcom set in the office and studio of a fictional late-night talk-show. Stevie is very obnoxious and Artie does not seem to like him very much. Sheldon also tells him he's surprised Larry would be willing to leave the network and move the show to New York City, all of which Larry hears about for the first time, but plays coy anyway despite just realizing Stevie threw that bluff without even consulting him. She has a very dry sense of humor and cringes at any display of sentimentality. Stewart, at this point, is in a position to replace Larry on his talk show, and Stevie negotiates for Stewart rather than Larry before being fired. TV show description: Stand-up comic Garry Shandling stars as insecure and vain talk show host Larry Sanders. Larry immediately confronts his new agent for performing such a stunt without keeping him in the loop, but Stevie reassures him it's all about the leverage, telling Larry he'd even be willing to take the syndication deal from King World if he doesn't get the money from the network. Hank hits on his doctor. Though Garry Shandling himself is not particularly sexually attractive in a conventional sense, the character Larry seems to be exceptionally sexually attractive within the show's universe. Larry depends on Artie to deal with executive Melanie for him. The Larry Sanders Show. Neben mehreren Nebenfiguren treten insbesondere auch reale Prominente wie The end of the series provided some hope for Larry; his decision to leave his show seemed to bring him a bit of perspective, and his relationship with Illeana Douglas appeared to be more substantial than his previous attempts at intimacy. However, the very next day after seeing her in the office, Larry is now unhappy to learn about the new turn because as he says to Artie: "I never would've told her I liked her if I'd known she was staying". In the episode "The Matchmaker", she gets an inexperienced assistant, Mary Lou Collins, who makes frequent mistakes in research notes for Larry's interviews leading to several on-air embarrassing situations during the Nicollette Sheridan segment. His last name is never mentioned during the run of the show, but his full first name is Arthur. His wives were Francine and Jeannie, from both of whom he is now divorced; he was briefly engaged to Roseanne Barr. Larry constantly avoids Hank because he does not like dealing with him. Larry broke up his act with Stan 15 years ago because Stan had a serious drinking problem and only joined the business to "get laid". Artie often colludes with Larry to achieve a desired end, and is the only person in Larry's professional life that can understand and connect with him. In real life Shandling appeared on the show as a celebrity guest. Seemingly unrelated to the ongoing renegotiation, Stevie stops by the show and greets Artie and Larry backstage following the director Barry Levinson's segment on the show. "The hardest thing I have about being interviewed is the desire I have to ask the questions," he says. As he's delivering his "Listen, Stevie, I've been thinking about a lot of things...." spiel, Stevie hands him the piece of paper and Larry glances at it after a few moments but crucially before getting to the gist of his speech already in progress. Sanders split its time between the set of the talk show (also called The Larry Sanders Show) and the office (or Larry’s house and a few other locations). He is close friends with Artie and they associate together outside of work. As she's packing her stuff the next day, Artie approaches Paula at her desk and after imparting some words of wisdom from his long experience being a producer says that there are still some tricks that he could teach her, meaning that he had a change of heart and is now fine with her working alongside him. As he departs, Leo good-naturedly asks him "how much of a fight do you want to put up here", to which already somewhat irritated Larry responds "I don't want a fight, Leo, I want you to fight". ", to which Norman has a ready retort: "There're some kids in my neighborhood, who gives a shit". However, her jokes are not used because of the chauvinism and bias of the head writer, Phil, who favors the jokes of his male co-writers. when she complains about him not appreciating all the work and help she provides for him. With Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor, Wallace Langham, Rip Torn. The thing that makes Larry finally decide to dump Stevie is a conversation in which he pushes the New York thing like a real possibility because his agency apparently has a good relationship with King World, and "King World is sweet on New York". Soon, however, Larry has lunch with Stevie Grant at Spago and afterward informs him that he's signing with him. Stevie immediately goes in very aggressively at the network. After running into one another at the elevator, Larry is informed by the network president Sheldon Davidoff that Stevie drives an extremely tough bargain. Davidoff's character was created by Peter Tolan, and is last seen in the episode "Larry's Agent". Stevie's immediate reaction is one of rehearsed loud jubilation: "Yesss, fuck that beer baron! Francine Sanders, played by Kathryn Harrold (season 2), is a reporter. Hank is shown to be relatively untalented as an on-air personality. However, while talking to Larry alone, Stevie's much more interested in Roseanne's agent situation at the rival William Morris Agency - at one point even asking Larry whether he knows if she's happy with the representation over there. Larry is neurotic and self-involved. Like Darlene, Brian is loyal to Hank, and even offers Hank advice from time to time. Larry's second wife, Jeannie, leaves him to go to Chicago because she thinks that he is too involved with the show. His father is named Jerry and his brother is named Stan. Hank is exceptionally fond of Larry, and it is implied on multiple occasions that Hank may harbor some form of romantic or physical attraction toward Larry. In a conversation with Artie, Larry expresses a personal opinion that Paula isn't right for the job "because she doesn't have the right personality". Artie, like Larry, dislikes most network executives; but unlike Larry, he is able to deal with them. Watch The Larry Sanders Show episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. In the next episode, as Jon Stewart gets ready to guest-host another week, Dennis, backed up by Melanie, says to Artie that they want to bring Jon in as the permanent guest host or as he puts it: "we want to make sure we have a backup quarterback". A comedic behind the scenes look at a late night talk show. A comedic behind-the-scenes look at the challenges facing late night talk show host Larry Sanders and his staff. Lawrence "Larry" Sanders (all seasons) (born December 19, 1950 in Mound, Minnesota, and a graduate of the University of Minnesota), played by Garry Shandling, is the host of The Larry Sanders Show, a late-night talk show that has been on the air since 1987, airing at 11:30 PM, five days a week, on an unnamed network. Larry gets into an argument with her afterwards, and she ends up assaulting him. Roger Bingham (seasons 5–6) is a slick network executive in his mid-to-late thirties, played by Bruce Greenwood, who favours Jon Stewart to be the host over Larry. He's a bald, slightly neurotic showbiz insider who seemingly derives enormous amounts of personal satisfaction from exploiting anything and everything for publicity purposes. Not surprisingly, right from the start, he's despised by everyone, especially Artie who calls him a "pimple-faced chaperone". Larry has issues and people like his assistant Beverly (Penny Johnson), his booker Paula (Janeane Garofalo), and his writers Jerry (Jeremy Piven), and Phil (Wallace Langham) are there to clean up Larry’s messes. Roger's first actual appearance on the show is in the episode "Larry's New Love" when he steps in along with Kenny Mitchell to retool the Larry Sanders Show after it starts to slip in the ratings. Hank tends to be dense and is frequently the butt of the jokes, often without realizing it. Upon being introduced to Hank, Brian said he was a "big fan" and quoted the introduction from a game show Hank had hosted, much to Hank's satisfaction. The series was created by Garry Shandling and Dennis Klein and aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network. Artie's first job as a producer was on The Jackie Gleason Show, under producer Bob Sterling. Roger is first mentioned by another network executive, Dennis, during "Everybody Loves Larry" as being someone who "feels very strongly about Jon Stewart". Unrelated to her race, she also briefly resents Larry in the episode "Would You Do Me a Favor?" Patterson is first seen in the episode "Larry's Birthday", and last seen in the episode "Headwriter". Phil's surname is never mentioned in the run of the series. He is a Buddhist. Stevie is beside himself that Larry made a decision without consulting him. She quit her job as assistant (in episode two of season four) via a FedEx letter, informing Hank that she had chosen to follow a "holy man" in India. His support over the last 25 years extended so far beyond “on air.” I will miss our private talks, his great sense of humor, and his never ending curiosity. He is uncomfortable with displays of emotion and dislikes confrontation, so much so that he often deploys Artie to fight his professional battles for him. „Die Larry Sanders Show“ ist eine US-amerikanische Sitcom, die anhand der gleichnamigen fiktiven Late-Night-Show das Leben des Moderators Larry vor und hinter den Kulissen beschreibt. Dennis's first appearance took place during "Life Behind Larry" where he was one of the two executives involved with filling the 12:35 am spot after Larry's show (the other one being Melanie Parrish). The Larry Sanders Show: Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor, Wallace Langham, Penny Johnson Jerald, Janeane Garofalo, Linda Doucett, Scott Thompson, Jeremy Piven Larry doesn't remember doing any such thing and maintains his innocence saying he only recalls having a splitting headache that night and quickly running into the supermarket to get some Excedrin and artichokes. High-strung and cajoling, he often uses a combination of profane and ostentatious language to punctuate his points. Also, as she tells Larry about her present job while informing him that she's leaving: "I can only derive a limited amount of personal satisfaction from booking the parrot lady". Hank will often act humble and unassuming, especially on camera or in front of media executives and other influential persons, but would become condescending and often quite nasty to anyone whom he perceives to be of a lower status. Larry's response comes in the form of a question: "I can understand why you'd want to take the Conan O'Brien job over this one. He goes on to state that "she's too....", but before Larry can finish, Artie interjects with three offerings "abrasive? Due to budgetary reasons, Larry has to fire Jerry and he is unhappy with how bitter Jerry becomes after being fired. However, Paula's second stint with the show is not without problems as Larry comes very close to firing her in the episode "The Gift Episode" after several high-profile guests pull out of the commitment despite being already booked. On "The Larry Sanders Show," what goes on in front of the camera often belies the action behind it. Rapidly cooling on Stevie's punch-in-the-gut style, scared Larry confides in Artie that "Stevie Grant is totally out of fucking control". In the episode "Larry's on Vacation" (season 4 finale) while he and a fellow executive Melanie Parish discuss guest host Sandra Bernhard's ratings vs. Larry's, Dennis is the first to put forth the idea of replacing their highly paid star. Artie has never forgiven Francine for smashing Larry's People Choice Award. In the episode "Larry's Partner", it is mentioned that Larry began his career as a standup comedian and as part of a double act with his friend Stan Paxton. 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