Garry Shandling stars as himself, a neurotic, sardonic stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, performing monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events. However, everyone knows they're on TV, not just Garry; and the audience (itself a character) is often involved in the storyline.
72 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1986
Rating
7.2/10
17 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 10, 1986
Comic Garry Shandling moves into Vanna White's former condominium, has his furniture stolen and makes a date with a beautiful cable installer.
Episode 2 • Sep 17, 1986
Garry baby-sits Pete and Jackie's son, Grant.
Episode 3 • Sep 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.
Episode 4 • Oct 01, 1986
Grant is made a social outcast when his father bungles a foul ball at a Dodgers game.
Episode 5 • Oct 08, 1986
Garry is seduced by Mrs. Robertson, but he's in love with her daughter.
Episode 6 • Oct 15, 1986
Garry's attempt to focus the entire episode on contest winner Jodi Jones goes awry when Nancy's nymphomaniac friend arrives for a visit.
Episode 1 • Oct 25, 1987
Jackie is pregnant but Pete thinks he's not the father.
Episode 2 • Nov 06, 1987
Jackie goes into labor, during which Tom Petty and Susan Anton stop by to help with the delivery.
Episode 3 • Nov 13, 1987
Nancy's old friend Richard comes to visit, but he is wanted by the law.
Episode 4 • Nov 20, 1987
Grant wins a contest to go to Hollywood and while the Schumakers are away, Garry finds a love poem Grant wrote and reads it to the audience.
Episode 5 • Nov 27, 1987
Garry and Nancy's platonic relationship comes into question when she loses her memory.
Episode 6 • Dec 04, 1987
After going on Love Connection, Garry meets the girl of his dreams, though he has misgivings.
Episode 1 • Oct 21, 1988
Travel agent Nancy mistakenly strands the Schumacher grandparents.
Episode 2 • Oct 28, 1988
Pete announces something he has been hiding for years. The truth shocks everybody.
Episode 3 • Nov 04, 1988
Mayor Tom Bradley is in the audience, but he only likes musicals. So this is a special musical episode with musical numbers, complete with a pianist & singing plumbers! Everyone sings a number, including Garry (a little). Pete & Jackie worry that their son, Grant, is going through a stage. Grant is in love with a girl named Madeline. She wants him to study human anatomy with her. Garry gives Grant advice that it's OK to wait to have sex later. So Madeline & Grant agree to wait a while. At the near end, Mayor Bradley proclaims ""Grant Schumaker Day"" & no school. The show ends in a hoe-down.
Episode 4 • Nov 11, 1988
The election affects life in Sherman Oaks.
Episode 5 • Dec 02, 1988
Garry joins a Ping-Pong tournament.
Episode 6 • Dec 30, 1988
Garry gets a 48-hour eviction notice.
Episode 1 • Nov 10, 1989
Garry invites his boss to dinner to meet Pheobe.
Episode 2 • Nov 17, 1989
Garry jokes about Phoebe on TV.
Episode 3 • Dec 24, 1989
Grant's friend Ross tries to hack his parents after watching the Sheer Madness show.
Episode 4 • Dec 01, 1989
Gary suspects Grant is taking steroids.
Episode 5 • Dec 08, 1989
Garry meets 1950s stand-up comic Eddie King.
Episode 6 • Jan 12, 1989
Garry proposes and then meets Pheobe's family including half brother Chester.
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