[2010-11-02] "The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series" DVD 17-disc set (Shout! Factory)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 4:06 am

Product Description
Live on tape, from Hollywood, it's The Larry Sanders Show

The Complete Series: 89 Original Episodes on 17 Discs

At long last, Garry Shandling's comedy series about the twisted inner workings of a late-night talk show, and its host, comes to DVD. All of it.

Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling) is a neurotic late-night talk show host flanked by Artie (Rip Torn), his caustic, foul-mouthed producer, and Hey Now Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor), his hopelessly insecure, ethically inept sidekick. Off-air it is all train wrecks and egos, but when the lights go down and the theme music kicks in, you get late-night Entertainment Inc. at its finest.

The Larry Sanders Show raised the bar for fearless, acerbic Hollywood satire. The innovative use of both video and film to distinguish on-air events from real-life happenings, displaying the jarring dynamic between the on-camera poise of Larry and his backstage neurosis, was brutally fascinating. And in the company of a patronizing, combative staff and a parade of A-list guests, more than game for putting their own celebrity in the crosshairs, you had a backstage pass to a Hollywood that was shockingly raw and hilarious.

Also starring Linda Doucett, Janeane Garofalo (24), Penny Johnson (24), Wallace Langham (CSI), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Breaking Bad), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program), Scott Thompson (Kids In The Hall), and written and produced by Garry Shandling, Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) and Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), The Larry Sanders Show was the hippest TV show . . . probably ever. Late-night would never be the same again.

Special Features

Deleted scenes & commentaries
Introduction w/ Shandling
“The Making Of The Larry Sanders Show” doc hosted by Greg Kinnear
Shandling and Apatow on the writer’s process
Extended cast interviews
Shandling’s personal visits with select guest stars
56-page booklet

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NHMYJW/?tag=imwan-20

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Wow, this has been a long time coming... Shout! Factory is really hitting a lot of marks lately.

AMW · **Joined:** 26 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 4543

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I won't even mind re-purchasing the 13 Season 1 episodes--and I'm glad I didn't buy that "Best Of" box!)

RoyalScam · 04 Oct 2006

Can't wait...as I'm late to the party and have only seen the first season. I really hope the video quality is better than that atrocious set.

DukeEllington · 05 Nov 2009

Looks like Sony lost the rights. They obviously had no idea how to market this classic series.

Hey now!

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Sony licensed the show to Shout Factory.

Dave Toxik · **Joined:** 12 Mar 2007 **Posts:** 25349

Great news!

Oh Shout, why didn't you snag WKRP?

[2010-11-02] "The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series" DVD 17-disc set (Shout! Factory)

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