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10 September 1986 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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HuffPost Review: My Life in Ruins (From Huffington Post. 5 June 2009, 3:30 AM, PDT)
Industry Icon Bernie Brillstein Dies at 77
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Silliness run amok moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 44)| Garry Shandling | ... | Garry Shandling (72 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Molly Cheek | ... | Nancy Bancroft (66 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Michael Tucci | ... | Pete Schumacher (64 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Scott Nemes | ... | Grant Schumacher (62 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Paul Willson | ... | Leonard Smith (47 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Bernadette Birkett | ... | Jackie Schumacher (44 episodes, 1986-1990) | |
| Barbara Cason | ... | Ruth Shandling (31 episodes, 1986-1990) |
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30 min (72 episodes)Country:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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The series has a few rough edges, but still light-years above most other sitcoms.
The series has a character named Garry Shandling (played hilariously by Garry Shandling) running a show out of his living room with story lines about his trials and tribulations of living in an apartment complex with somewhat eccentric neighbors always popping in, his TV mom making things difficult for all and sundry, his success or lack of it in personal relationships, and other mundanities that somehow get blown up completely out of proportion.
And the show has probably the silliest of all opening theme songs.
Garry makes no effort to hide the fact that the show is taking place on a soundstage. He often talks directly to the camera and also often involves the studio audience in an episode's story. No canned laugh tracks here. The laughter heard is the actual audience laughing themselves silly at all the absurd shenanigans going on before them.
It's a running gag on the show that it makes no pretense that it isn't happening on a soundstage. If Garry is going to go to the seaside, he jumps into his butt-ugly electric car and drives 20 feet to another set of seaside stuff with the camera following his actions. It's funny, funny, funny.
Sometimes, a particular episode will bog down a little, but the overall series is excellent comedy. Highly recommended watching for enjoying a good time.