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Linda L. Doucett (born July 2, 1954) is an American actress and model. She had a supporting role on The Larry Sanders Show and appeared in Playboy magazine. She also appeared in Herman's Head, Tales from the Crypt, and the made-for-television film Badge of Betrayal.
10 de jul. de 2019 · Linda Doucett recalls how Rip Torn, who died Tuesday at 88, was a beloved fixture on the set of 'The Larry Sanders Show' — if sometimes a volatile one: "One day, the A.
Linda Doucett was born on 2 July 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Tales from the Crypt (1989) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).
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30 de mar. de 2016 · Linda, a former Playboy model and actress, was the most serious romantic relationship of Garry’s life. She reveals that she and Garry had been trying to heal old wounds — dating...
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Origins
From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, a stream of American stand-up comedians found success in sitcoms on broadcast network television, including Bill Cosby, Roseanne Barr, Richard Lewis, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Paul Reiser, Tom Arnold, Brett Butler, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, and Ray Romano. Garry Shandling took a slightly different path with the cable network sitcoms The Larry Sanders Show and its forerunner It's Garry Shandling's Show. In It's Garry Shandling's Show, Shandling makes u...
Plot
The show follows the production of a fictional late-night talk show The Larry Sanders Show. It chronicles the daily life of host Larry (Garry Shandling), producer Arthur "Artie" (Rip Torn), sidekick Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor) and their interaction with celebrity guests, the network and others. Episodes focus on the professional and personal lives of the principal characters, with most focusing on Larry. Ancillary characters are also featured, among them the writers Phil (Wallace Langham)...
Writing and production
The Larry Sanders Show is a satire on show business that mixes fact with fiction. It featured real-life celebrity guests as they performed on the talk show and as they appeared behind the scenes. For example, in the final episode Larry interviews Sean Penn who, once they cut to a commercial break, gossips freely about Shandling's acting, insecurity, and behavior towards Penn's wife (Robin Wright) on the set of Hurlyburly, in which all three appear.The scripts often shocked by appearing to sho...
Season 1
The first season premiered on August 15, 1992, and ended on November 7, 1992, and was an immediate success. Story arcs include the breakdown of Larry's relationship with his second wife Jeannie (Megan Gallagher) and his abuse of Excedrintablets. The season was nominated for eight Emmy Awards. After changes to the eligibility rules in 1988, The Larry Sanders Show became the first cable TV series to be nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, but lost to Seinfeld. Shandling wa...
Season 2
The second season premiered on June 2, 1993, and ended on September 29, 1993. The story arcs include Larry beginning a new relationship with his ex-wife Francine (Kathryn Harrold) and Hank investing all his money in a street-level revolving restaurant. Jeremy Piven grew tired of playing the character Jerry, head writer of the fictional talk show, because his character was not given much of a background. He was written out during the episode "Larry's Birthday", where Artie fired Jerry because...
Season 3
The season premiered on July 22, 1994, and ended on October 12, 1994. Some of the most popular episodes of the season were: "Montana", in which the talk show gets back on the air after Larry discovers that life in Montana is not to his liking; "You're Having My Baby", in which a woman claims that she is having Larry's baby; "Hank's Night in the Sun", in which Hank fulfills his dream of becoming guest host; "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show", which Larry dates Sharon Stoneand finds out what it means...
Main characters
The following is a list of cast and characters who regularly appeared in one or more seasons of the show. 1. Garry Shandlingas Larry Sanders, the eponymous talk show host 2. Rip Tornas Arthur ("Artie"), the talk show's producer 3. Jeffrey Tamboras Hank Kingsley, Larry's sidekick 4. Penny Johnsonas Beverly, Larry's personal assistant 5. Janeane Garofaloas Paula, talent booker (seasons 1–5) 6. Mary Lynn Rajskubas Mary Lou, talent booker (seasons 5–6) 7. Jeremy Pivenas Jerry, head writer (season...
Guests
The following is a list of some of the celebrity guests who appeared on the show. In a commentary on the season one DVD, Shandling says the guests were invariably happy to parody their media images and generally shared the same sense of humor as himself and the other writers.
Directors
The show had a total of thirteen directors. Ken Kwapis directed most of the first season, including the pilot, and contributed to the visual style of the show. (He later went on to direct episodes of The Office, also including the pilot, using a "mockumentary" approach.) Todd Holland directed 51 episodes spanning all six seasons. Shandling directed three episodes of the final season. Acting coach Roy London directed two episodes and received a "Special Thanks" credit at the end of every episo...
Writers
More than 40 writers wrote episodes of the show. Shandling and Tolan were the head writers for the entire six-season run. Shandling and Dennis Klein wrote the pilot episode of the show. Shandling wrote 38, while Tolan wrote 23 episodes. Shandling and Tolan received an Emmy Award for writing the series finale "Flip". Other writers on the show were Maya Forbes, Paul Simms, Judd Apatow, John Markus, John Riggi, Jon Vitti, Chris Thompson, Drake Sather, Molly Newman, Lester Lewis, Steven Levitan,...
Critical reaction
After the show ended, the New York Post called it "one of the greatest achievements in television." LA Weekly deemed it "very funny." Time said it was "the closest sitcom ever came to perfect pitch." The Washington Post called the show "brutally and blatantly hilarious" and USA Todaygave it four stars. Many critics called it one of the greatest television shows of all time. Metacritic, which uses an weighted average, gives the show a score of 95 out of 100 based on 69 critic reviews, indicati...
Influence
Despite drawing small audiences, The Larry Sanders Show has been influential. It helped establish HBO's reputation for quality shows, leading to Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire and Deadwood. The show influenced subsequent series with satirical backstage show business and celebrity culture themes, such as 30 Rock, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, The Showbiz Show with David Spade, Extras, Action, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The show's most significant innovation is in cele...
In 2000, The Larry Sanders Show: The Best Episodes was released by Sony Pictures UK in Region 2. The compilation contains the episodes: "Montana" (Robin Williams); "Hank's Sex Tape" (Henry Winkler, Norm Macdonald); "Larry's Big Idea" (Courteney Cox, David Letterman); "I Was a Teenage Lesbian" (Brett Butler). Also included are two first-season episo...
Confessions of a Late-night Talk-show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders was written in-character as Larry Sanders by Shandling with David Rensin.It was released October 4, 1999, and was the...
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3 de abr. de 2020 · Famed comic actor Garry Shandling passed away on March 24 at the age of 66 in Los Angeles. The former star of The Larry Sanders Show never married and, as per the media’s glare, was only ever...
