From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Garry Emmanuel Shandling born November 29 1949 March 24 2016 was an American standup comedian actor director writer and producer He was best known for his work in Its Garry Shandlings Show and The Larry Sanders Show Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back Kotter He made a successful standup performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and became a frequent guesthost on the show Shandling was for a time considered the leading contender to replace Carson other hopefuls were Joan Rivers David Letterman and David Brenner In 1986 he created Its Garry Shandlings Show for the pay cable channel Showtime It was nominated for four Emmy Awards including one for Shandling and lasted until 1990 His second show The Larry Sanders Show which began airing on HBO in 1992 was more successful Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show and won in 1998 along with Peter Tolan for writing the series finale During his threedecade career Shandling has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards two Golden Globe Awards along with many other awards and nominations Description above from the Wikipedia article Vicellous Garry Shandling licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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