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It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American[1] sitcom that originally aired on Showtime. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for breaking the fourth wall.[2] It premiered on September 10, 1986, and [3] ended on May 25, 1990, with a total of 72 episodes over the course of 4 seasons.[4]
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 16 | September 10, 1986 | April 10, 1987 | |
| 2 | 17 | October 25, 1987 | March 18, 1988 | |
| 3 | 20 | October 21, 1988 | April 21, 1989 | |
| 4 | 19 | November 10, 1989 | May 25, 1990 | |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1986–87)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Day Garry Moved In" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | September 10, 1986 | |
| Garry Shandling moves into a condo that once belonged to Vanna White and makes a date with the woman who installs his cable. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Grant Gets Broken" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | September 17, 1986 | |
| Garry babysits his neighbors' son Grant. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Garry Throws a Surprise Party" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | September 24, 1986 | |
| Garry throws a surprise birthday party for his mother that gives her a heart attack, so he seeks solace from Father Guido Sarducci. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Foul Ball" | Alan Rafkin | Jack Burns | October 1, 1986 | |
| Grant is made a social outcast when his father bungles a foul ball at a Dodgers game. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Graduate" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | October 8, 1986 | |
| In an homage to The Graduate, Garry is seduced by Mrs. Robertson, but he's in love with her daughter. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "It's Garry's Problem, But It's Jo-Jo's Show" | Alan Rafkin | Janis Hirsch | October 15, 1986 | |
| Garry is infatuated with a friend of Nancy's, making him completely forget the show's contest winner. Note: This was Geoffrey Blake's final episode as Lewis. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Garry Met a Girl Named Maria" | Alan Rafkin | S : Ed Solomon; S/T : Janis Hirsch | January 23, 1987 | |
| Garry marries a Guatemalan woman named Maria to save her from deportation. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Grant's Date" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon and Jeff Franklin | January 30, 1987 | |
| Garry chaperones Grant's date—with unexpected results. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Pete Has an Affair" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel | February 6, 1987 | |
| Pete feels guilty over having an affair. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Fate" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon | February 13, 1987 | |
| Garry tempts fate to prove a psychic's prediction wrong. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Morning After" | Alan Rafkin | Jeff Franklin and Alan Zweibel | February 20, 1987 | |
| Garry uses his flashback machine to find out what he did at a party the night before that's made everyone so mad. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Sarah" | Alan Rafkin | Mac Brandes[A] | March 6, 1987 | |
| Garry's ex-girlfriend Sarah stops by asking for a platonic relationship. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Laffie" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | March 13, 1987 | |
| Garry adopts a collie and names him Laffie, but Leonard wants Garry to get rid of him. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Dial 'L' for Laundry" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | March 20, 1987 | |
| Garry meets a woman named Sylvia at the laundromat. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Dinner with Garry" | Alan Rafkin | E.J. Purdum | April 3, 1987 | |
| Garry fixes his mother up with his internist, who never calls for a date. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Force Boxman" | Alan Rafkin | Jeff Franklin and Ed Solomon | April 10, 1987 | |
| Red Buttons takes over the show while Garry is off doing the pilot for his new cop show. | ||||||
Season 2 (1987–88)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Who's Poppa?" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | October 25, 1987 | |
| Pete wonders if he's the father of Jackie's baby at her baby shower. | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | "No Baby, No Show" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | November 6, 1987 | |
| Jackie and Pete wait a long time for the birth of their baby. | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | "The Fugitive" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | November 13, 1987 | |
| A friend of Garry's is on the run from the authorities. | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | "The Schumakers Go to Hollywood" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | November 20, 1987 | |
| Grant wins an essay contest and earns a trip to Hollywood, where he attends a live taping of It's Garry Shandling's Show. | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | "Nancy Gets Amnesia" | Alan Rafkin | Marshall Goldberg | November 27, 1987 | |
| Nancy develops amnesia and falls for Garry. | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | "Angelica: Part 1" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | December 4, 1987 | |
| Garry goes on Love Connection to tell Chuck Woolery about his date with a woman named Angelica. | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | "Angelica: Part 2" | Alan Rafkin | Sam Simon and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | December 11, 1987 | |
| Garry and Angelica go on their second date to see if their love connection can last. | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | "It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show" | Alan Rafkin | Merrill Markoe | December 17, 1987 | |
| Garry plans a Christmas special with Tom Petty, but a present from his mother has apparently been stolen. | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | "Killer Routine" | Alan Rafkin | S : Jim Geoghan; T : Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | January 8, 1988 | |
| Garry's opening monologue causes an audience member to die of laughter. | ||||||
| 26 | 10 | "Mr. Sparks" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | January 15, 1988 | |
| Garry visits Shandlingland with his friends to improve relations with his neighbor Mr. Sparks. | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | "The Soccer Show" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | January 22, 1988 | |
| Garry volunteers to coach Grant's soccer team, only to deal with rude parents. | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | "Our Town" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | January 29, 1988 | |
| While strolling through Sherman Oaks, Garry gets involved in a lovers' quarrel. | ||||||
| 29 | 13 | "Save the Planet" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | February 5, 1988 | |
| Garry's ecology teacher visits and shows him a revealing photo of Ruth. | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | "The Grant Shuffle" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Sam Simon | February 12, 1988 | |
| Grant aspires to be a standup comic when he feels overshadowed by his baby brother, while Leonard takes an interest in the winner of the baby names contest. | ||||||
| 31 | 15 | "Go Go Goldblum" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Sam Simon | March 4, 1988 | |
| Garry leaves a dinner party with the Schumakers early to attend a party at Jeff Goldblum's house. | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | "Garry Falls Down a Hole" | Alan Rafkin | Richard Day | March 11, 1988 | |
| Garry sees his life flash before his eyes when he falls down a hole. | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | "Mr. Smith Goes to Nam" | Alan Rafkin | Richard Day | March 18, 1988 | |
| Leonard has nightmares about Vietnam where he abandoned an old buddy, who happens to run into him; and Garry gets some pets. (Guest star Gilda Radner's last television appearance) | ||||||
Season 3 (1988–89)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | "Goin' Places" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | October 21, 1988 | ||||||
| Nancy accidentally strands the Schumaker grandparents when she gets a job as a travel agent. | |||||||||||
| 35 | 2 | "Pete's Got a Secret" | Alan Rafkin | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | October 28, 1988 | ||||||
| Pete reveals a secret he's kept for so long—and ends up insulting the audience. | |||||||||||
| 36 | 3 | "What's Happening to Me?" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | November 4, 1988 | ||||||
| When Tom Bradley visits the show, Garry tries to include singing and dancing to impress him. | |||||||||||
| 37 | 4 | "Live Election Show" | Alan Rafkin | Alan Zweibel and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | November 11, 1988 | ||||||
| The election affects the residents of Sherman Oaks as Garry gives returns during the show. | |||||||||||
| 38 | 5 | "The Natural" | Alan Rafkin | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | December 2, 1988 | ||||||
| Garry joins a ping-pong tournament, despite an incident that ruined his table tennis days 18 years ago. | |||||||||||
| 39 | 6 | "Home Sweet Home" | Alan Rafkin | Ted Bergman | December 30, 1988 | ||||||
| The condo association gives Garry a 48-hour eviction notice when they decide his show is a violation of condo rules. | |||||||||||
| 40 | 7 | "Vegas: Part 1" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon | January 6, 1989 | ||||||
| The gang goes to Las Vegas for Leonard's wedding. | |||||||||||
| 41 | 8 | "Vegas: Part 2" | Alan Rafkin | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | January 13, 1989 | ||||||
| Leonard and his fiancee both realize there's something to discuss before they get married. | |||||||||||
| 42 | 9 | "Save Mr. Peck's: Part 1" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Elaine Aronson & Alan Zweibel | February 3, 1989 | ||||||
| When Mr. Peck's, the place where Garry got started, could go out of business, Carl Reiner helps Garry find a way to save it. | |||||||||||
| 43 | 10 | "Save Mr. Peck's: Parts 2 & 3" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Elaine Aronson & Alan Zweibel | February 10, 1989 | ||||||
| 44 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Garry holds a benefit to save Mr. Peck's and enlists Father Guido Sarducci to get Red Buttons, who's had a feud with Mr. Peck for many years. | |||||||||||
| 45 | 12 | "Ruth's Place" | Alan Rafkin | Ziggy Steinberg | February 17, 1989 | ||||||
| Ruth opens a pet shop, then has a fight with Garry that puts him in the hospital. | |||||||||||
| 46 | 13 | "Garry Acts Like a Moron" | Alan Rafkin | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | February 24, 1989 | ||||||
| When Garry fails his written driving test, his brain talks him into getting more stimulation to improve his thinking skills. | |||||||||||
| 47 | 14 | "Kramer vs. Grant" | Alan Rafkin | Ed Solomon and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | March 3, 1989 | ||||||
| Grant is accused of beating up the school bully, but an audience member tells the principal what really happened. | |||||||||||
| 48 | 15 | "Grant Goes to the Dogs" | Alan Rafkin | Elaine Aronson | March 10, 1989 | ||||||
| Grant faces a lot of problems when Ruth hires him to work at the pet shop. | |||||||||||
| 49 | 16 | "Big Brother" | Don Mischer | Alan Zweibel and Tom Gammill & Max Pross | March 17, 1989 | ||||||
| Garry volunteers for the Big Brother program when he feels jealous of the Schumakers' pregnancy. | |||||||||||
| 50 | 17 | "Going, Going, Gone" | Alan Rafkin | Larry Levin | March 31, 1989 | ||||||
| Garry cancels a date with Sheena Easton to prove his commitment to the Big Brothers. | |||||||||||
| 51 | 18 | "Garry Goes Golfing" | Don Mischer | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | April 7, 1989 | ||||||
| Martin Mull invites Garry to a golf tournament in Boysville. | |||||||||||
| 52 | 19 | "Mum's the Word" | Don Mischer | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | April 14, 1989 | ||||||
| Garry gets in on a big secret. | |||||||||||
| 53 | 20 | "Worry Wart" | Thomas Schlamme | S : Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Al Jean, & Mike Reiss; T : Alan Zweibel, Garry Shandling, Elaine Aronson, & Larry Levin | April 21, 1989 | ||||||
| Garry finds a wart on his neck. | |||||||||||
Season 4 (1989–90)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 1 | "The First Show of the Fourth Season" | Thomas Schlamme | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | November 10, 1989 | |
| Garry invites his boss over for dinner to meet Phoebe—with disaventures. | ||||||
| 55 | 2 | "Take My Girlfriend, for Example" | David Steinberg | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | November 17, 1989 | |
| Garry offends Phoebe with jokes about her on Cristina Ferrare's talk show. | ||||||
| 56 | 3 | "Nathan's Sheer Madness" | Art Wolff | Elaine Aronson | November 24, 1989 | |
| Grant's friend Ross tries to hack his parents after watching a show called Shear Madness, whose star is angry with Phoebe's protests. | ||||||
| 57 | 4 | "SuperGrant" | David Steinberg | Al Jean & Mike Reiss and Alan Zweibel | December 1, 1989 | |
| Phoebe suspects that Grant is using steroids to do better at football, so Garry investigates. | ||||||
| 58 | 5 | "Dinner at Eddie King's House" | Roy London | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | December 8, 1989 | |
| Garry and friends dine at the home of 1950s comic Eddie King, whose stories of his past give his guests visions of their future. | ||||||
| 59 | 6 | "The Proposal" | Thomas Schlamme | Larry Levin | January 12, 1990 | |
| Garry proposes to Phoebe, then goes to Colorado to meet her father and half-brother. | ||||||
| 60 | 7 | "Firehose" | Madeline Cripe | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | January 19, 1990 | |
| Garry tries to convince a sponsor he did not do an X-rated film. | ||||||
| 61 | 8 | "The Day Howard Moved In" | Art Wolff | Monica Johnson and Garry Shandling | January 26, 1990 | |
| To inspire the audience about the innate goodness in people, Garry tells them about the day Howard Sprague moved from Mayberry, North Carolina. | ||||||
| 62 | 9 | "The Wedding Show" | Thomas Schlamme | Alan Zweibel and Larry Levin | February 9, 1990 | |
| At the request of the network president, Garry and Phoebe liven up their wedding with musical numbers. | ||||||
| 63 | 10 | "The Honeymoon Show" | Art Wolff | Monica Johnson and Alan Zweibel | February 16, 1990 | |
| A series of peculiar deaths lead the Shandlings to believe their wedding is cursed. | ||||||
| 64 | 11 | "Shandling vs. Mull" | Thomas Schlamme | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | March 9, 1990 | |
| Martin Mull complains to Phoebe about her bill. | ||||||
| 65 | 12 | "Leonard Gets Metaphysical" | Art Wolff | John Bowman | March 23, 1990 | |
| Garry goes on tour with Guns and Roses, leaving Grant in charge of the show. | ||||||
| 66 | 13 | "Chester Gets a Show" | Paul Miller | Elaine Aronson | March 30, 1990 | |
| Garry gets jealous when Phoebe's brother Chester gets his own show. | ||||||
| 67 | 14 | "My Mother, the Wife" | Art Wolff | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | April 6, 1990 | |
| On his anniversary, Garry keeps seeing his mother every time he tries to make love to Phoebe. | ||||||
| 68 | 15 | "Family Man" | Alan Zweibel | Larry Levin | April 13, 1990 | |
| To find out if Phoebe's pregnant, Garry uses a time machine to fast forward to the future. | ||||||
| 69 | 16 | "Mad at Brad" | Paul Miller | Steve Pepoon | May 4, 1990 | |
| Garry's manager gets a new client, making Garry feel neglected. | ||||||
| 70 | 17 | "The Last Show" | Roy London | Alan Zweibel & Garry Shandling | May 11, 1990 | |
| Mr. Death moves into the condo complex causing Garry to die. | ||||||
| 71 | 18 | "The Talent Show" | Renny Temple | John Bowman and Larry Levin | May 18, 1990 | |
| The cast does a parody of Phantom of the Opera. | ||||||
| 72 | 19 | "Driving Miss Garry" | Stan Lathan | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | May 25, 1990 | |
| Dan Aykroyd and Paul Winfield stop by to help Garry end the series. | ||||||
Notes
[edit]^ A. 'Mac Brandes' is a pseudonym for Larry David.
References
[edit]- ^ Boone, Brian (2019-11-12). "The It's Garry Shandling's Show Theme Song Was Written in an Elevator". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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