‘The Larry Sanders Show’…The Great “Garden Weasel” Spot
‘The Larry Sanders Show’…August 15, 1992 – May 31, 1998
It’s hard to believe that it was 22 years ago this week that HBO debuted ‘The Larry Sanders Show’, but it was.
Out of the box, they knew they had a hit with Garry Shandling’s new show that took us behind the scenes of late night television in a way no one ever has, before or since. With sidekick Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley and Rip Torn as the show’s producer as the key cast members, the list of guest stars that came to the show was a who’s who that rivaled the real late night shows.
The show was done at CBS Studio Center on Radford Avenue in Los Angeles and won more awards than you can shake a stick at! There were Writers Guild, Directors Guild, Golden Globes, Emmys, Cable Ace, Peabody, Critics awards and more given in this country and even more from the UK and international committees. During its six-year run, The Larry Sanders Show won 24 awards including three Emmy awards.
After the show ended, it came to be considered one of the finest TV shows of all time. The biggest honor it received was a spot on Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Shows of All Time. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked The Larry Sanders Show the 28th Greatest Show of the past 25 years. TV Guide named it the 38th Greatest Show of All Time, and this is the only HBO comedy to make it to the list.
Below is a clip from Season 1, Episode 1 called “The Garden Weasel”. In re release, the name of this debut episode was changed to “What Have You Done For Me Lately”. Enjoy and share!
– Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9dT-S4RyQI
Clips of Larry Sanders reluctantly doing in-show advertisements for the Garden Weasel taken from the first episode of The Larry Sanders Show starring Garry S…
I’m surprised the company making it had that much a sense of humor…
Always one of my favorites.
The Garden Weasel was one of my favorite bits of all time on The Larry Sanders Show.
The show was shot on video and film, the film for the behind the scenes stuff and was also done at Raleigh Studios where I attended a taping. It was a long taping, I was there several hours.