Actors, writers and directors remember the highs and lows of making the seminal '90s sitcom “The Larry Sanders Show.”
In the 1990s, a new HBO series about an anxiety-riddled man fretting about his power and his rivals changed television forever. No, I’m not talking about Tony Soprano. Seven years before the mobster’s first therapy session, Garry Shandling unveiled “The Larry Sanders Show,” a half-hour comedy that took viewers inside celebrity culture and changed the trajectory of television sitcoms.
Shandling and actor Rip Torn, who played Larry’s aggressively loyal producer Artie, both died within the past decade, but 13 participants answered the call to share some highlights — and lowlights — of the show’s six-year run. Interviews have been edited for length and clarity.I was so amped up for the audition that I left my house about two hours early.
Garry said: “That’s a bit too much. Nobody’s going to buy that, a Canadian character on television in America.”I showed up while they’re shooting, but [director] Ken Kwapis had a home invasion and had to leave. I sit in the fake conference room, and Garry is interviewing me as he comes and goes. Then Judd said: “When you arrive at Garry’s house, there’ll be a famous person. You’ll have to wait while they talk. And at some point, Garry will take a phone call and may even talk about you on the call.”
If a show was coming out badly, his ego was threatened, and he got very upset. He was not an evolved person in how he dealt with conflict and the challenges of collaboration. The irony of the entire endeavor is those same issues made for funny scenes for Larry. On the set, Garry, Rip and Jeffrey would just talk and talk. So I would yell, “We’re going back to one and we’re not cutting.” And they’d run back to their spots, because they knew film was burning and it was expensive. Then I’d yell “action” before they could think, which was the biggest gift I could give Garry, because otherwise he’d get so deep in his head.
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