It's Garry Shandling's Show
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.
Seasons
1. The Day Garry Moved In
Air Date: 1986-09-10
Comic Garry Shandling moves into Vanna White's former condominium, has his furniture stolen and makes a date with a beautiful cable installer.
2. Grant Gets Broken
Air Date: 1986-09-17
Garry baby-sits Pete and Jackie's son, Grant.
3. Garry Throws a Surprise Party
Air Date: 1986-09-24
Garry throws a surprise birthday party for his mother that gives her a heart attack, so he seeks solace from Father Guido Sarducci.
4. Foul Ball
Air Date: 1986-10-01
Grant is made a social outcast when his father bungles a foul ball at a Dodgers game.
5. The Graduate
Air Date: 1986-10-08
Garry is seduced by Mrs. Robertson, but he's in love with her daughter.
6. It's Garry's Problem, But it's JoJo's Show
Air Date: 1986-10-15
Garry's attempt to focus the entire episode on contest winner Jodi Jones goes awry when Nancy's nymphomaniac friend arrives for a visit.
7. Garry Met a Girl Named Maria
Air Date: 1987-01-23
Garry marries a Guatemalan woman named Maria to save her from deportation.
8. Grant's Date
Air Date: 1987-01-30
Garry chaperones Grant's first date, but the starstruck girl pays more attention to Garry.
9. Pete Has an Affair
Air Date: 1987-02-06
Pete is full of guilt after having an affair.
10. Fate
Air Date: 1987-02-13
Garry tries to alter fate when a psychic tells him that something bad is going to happen to Nancy on her upcoming date.
11. The Morning After
Air Date: 1987-02-20
Garry hosts a party for Pete's parents' anniversary. No one will talk to him the next day, but he doesn't know why.
12. Sarah
Air Date: 1987-03-06
Garry's ex is back in town, and he's interested again.
13. Laffie
Air Date: 1987-03-13
Garry wants to keep a collie he finds, but Leonard won't let him.
14. Dial L for Laundry
Air Date: 1987-03-20
Garry meets a woman in the condo laundry room, but has to contend with her ex.
15. Dinner with Garry
Air Date: 1987-04-03
Garry sets his mother up on a date with his doctor.
16. Force Boxman
Air Date: 1987-04-10
Garry is cast as the lead in a new police drama, so Red Buttons takes over the show.
1. Who's Poppa?
Air Date: 1987-10-25
Jackie is pregnant but Pete thinks he's not the father.
2. No Baby, No Show
Air Date: 1987-11-06
Jackie goes into labor, during which Tom Petty and Susan Anton stop by to help with the delivery.
3. The Fugitive
Air Date: 1987-11-13
Nancy's old friend Richard comes to visit, but he is wanted by the law.
4. The Schumakers Go to Hollywood
Air Date: 1987-11-20
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.
5. Nancy Gets Amnesia
Air Date: 1987-11-27
Garry and Nancy's platonic relationship comes into question when she loses her memory.
6. Anjelica (1)
Air Date: 1987-12-04
Gary appears on ""Love Connection"". Host Chuck Woolery learns about Gary's date with Anjelica. The audience voted right & the couple wins another date with Love Connection paying the tab.
7. Anjelica (2)
Air Date: 1987-12-11
The conclusion of the two part episode. Garry's second date with Anjelica doesn't go as well as the first. The two split.
8. It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show
Air Date: 1987-12-17
Garry has his first ever Christmas show with family and friends.
9. Killer Routine
Air Date: 1988-01-08
Garry's monologue kills an audience member.
10. Mr. Sparks
Air Date: 1988-01-15
Garry and friends visit Shandlingland.
11. The Soccer Show
Air Date: 1988-01-22
Garry volunteers to coach Grant's soccer team.
12. Our Town
Air Date: 1988-01-29
Garry strolls around Sherman Oaks.
13. Save the Planet
Air Date: 1988-02-05
Garry's ecology teacher arrives with a revealing photo of Ruth.
14. The Grant Shuffle
Air Date: 1988-02-12
Feeling neglected, Grant turns to standup comedy.
15. Go Go Goldblum
Air Date: 1988-03-04
Garry leaves the Schumachers early for a party at Jeff Goldblum's.
16. Garry Falls Down a Hole
Air Date: 1988-03-11
Garry is missing.
17. Mr. Smith Goes to Nam
Air Date: 1988-03-18
Vet Leonard Smith has nightmares about Vietnam.
1. Goin' Places
Air Date: 1988-10-21
Travel agent Nancy mistakenly strands the Schumacher grandparents.
2. Pete's Got a Secret
Air Date: 1988-10-28
Pete announces something he has been hiding for years. The truth shocks everybody.
3. What's Happening to Me?
Air Date: 1988-11-04
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.
4. Live Election Show
Air Date: 1988-11-11
The election affects life in Sherman Oaks.
5. The Natural
Air Date: 1988-12-02
Garry joins a Ping-Pong tournament.
6. Home Sweet Home
Air Date: 1988-12-30
Garry gets a 48-hour eviction notice.
7. Vegas (1)
Air Date: 1989-01-06
The gang goes to Las Vegas for Leonard's wedding.
8. Vegas (2)
Air Date: 1989-01-13
The conclusion of the two part episode. Leonard and Kitty marry.
9. Mr. Peck's (1)
Air Date: 1989-02-03
A developer wants to tear down comedy club Mr. Peck's.
10. Mr. Peck's (2)
Air Date: 1989-02-10
Part two of the three part series of shows. A benefit is held to save Mr. Peck's.
11. Mr. Peck's (3)
Air Date: 1989-02-10
The conclusion of the three part series. Garry kidnaps Red Buttons to perform at the benefit for Mr. Peck's
12. Ruth's Place
Air Date: 1989-02-17
Mom opens a pet shop.
13. Garry Acts Like a Moron
Air Date: 1989-02-24
Garry fails the written drivers test.
14. Kramer vs. Grant
Air Date: 1989-03-03
Grant is accused of beating up the school bully. But a member of the studio audience told the principal what really happened.
15. Grant Goes to the Dogs
Air Date: 1989-03-10
Grant is thrown out of his place.
16. Big Brother
Air Date: 1989-03-17
Garry volunteers to be a Big Brother.
17. Going, Going, Gone
Air Date: 1989-03-31
Garry goes to a baseball game.
18. Garry Goes Golfing
Air Date: 1989-04-07
Martin Mull asks Garry to golf in a tournment for Boysville.
19. Mum's the Word
Air Date: 1989-04-14
Garry gets his hands on a big secret.
20. Worry Wart
Air Date: 1989-04-21
Garry discovers a wart on his neck.
1. First Show of the Fourth Season
Air Date: 1989-11-10
Garry invites his boss to dinner to meet Pheobe.
2. Take My Wife, for Example
Air Date: 1989-11-17
Garry jokes about Phoebe on TV.
3. Nathan's Sheer Madness
Air Date: 1989-12-24
Grant's friend Ross tries to hack his parents after watching the Sheer Madness show.
4. SuperGrant
Air Date: 1989-12-01
Gary suspects Grant is taking steroids.
5. Dinner at Eddy King's House
Air Date: 1989-12-08
Garry meets 1950s stand-up comic Eddie King.
6. The Proposal
Air Date: 1989-01-12
Garry proposes and then meets Pheobe's family including half brother Chester.
7. Firehose
Air Date: 1990-01-19
Garry must convince a sponsor he didn't appear in an X-rated film.
8. The Day Howard Moved In
Air Date: 1990-01-26
Howard Sprague of Mayberry moves in.
9. The Wedding Show
Air Date: 1990-02-09
Production numbers enliven Garry and Phoebe's wedding.
10. The Honeymoon Show
Air Date: 1990-02-16
Weird deaths make the Shandling's think their marriage is cursed.
11. Shandling vs. Mull
Air Date: 1990-03-09
Phoebe's bill upsets client Martin Mull.
12. Leonard Gets Metaphysical
Air Date: 1990-03-23
Garry goes out tour with Guns and Roses and leaves the show in Grant's hands.
13. Chester Gets a Show
Air Date: 1990-03-30
Phoebe's brother get a TV show.
14. My Mother the Wife
Air Date: 1990-04-06
It's Garry's anniversary and everytime he wants to make love with his wife he sees mom.
15. Family Man
Air Date: 1990-04-13
Are Phoebe and Garry pregnant? Garry uses his time clock to fast forward and meets his son and daughter.
16. Mad at Brad
Air Date: 1990-05-04
Garry feels neglected when his manager takes on a new client.
17. The Last Show
Air Date: 1990-05-11
Mr. Death moves into the condo complex and Garry dies.
18. The Talent Show
Air Date: 1990-05-18
The cast parodies ""Phantom of the Opera"".
19. Driving Miss Garry
Air Date: 1990-05-25
Guests Dan Aykroyd and Paul Winfield finish off the series.
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Rating
7.2/10
Release Date
1986-09-10
Episodes
72 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
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