Several years after we worked together on his 1st TV show, I was outside at a cafe on Beverly Blvd( (I was working on the outline of Men in Black, so it'd have to be be early 93). And I happened to be wearing a crew gift t-shirt that said: "It's Garry Shandling's T-shirt."
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I was there hours. At one point I got the sense I should look up. And what I saw was Garry, crossing the street kitty corner from me (while remaining on the opposite sidewalk). But here's the thing: he was wearing a t-shirt. And that t-shirt said: "It's Ed Solomon's T-shirt."
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I have no idea how long he'd been there - or if he'd passed several times (my head had been buried). And he never looked at me. Not once. He just kept walking.. turned a corner... and disappeared. And that was it. No 10-minute later smiling drive by... nothing.
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After work I went home and called. But when he picked up, I didn't say anything. I just asked if he wanted to shoot hoops on the weekend. And when we played -- nothing was said. Nor when we ate. So I said nothing. Nor did he. Ever.
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Some called Garry "The Comedian's Comedian." (I think one article even called him "The Comedian's Comedian's Comedian.") But man.. It's not just his going THAT FAR to build - then play - a visual gag in real space - for an audience of ONE - that gets me. It's something more.
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Garry knew that by NOT showing up for the laugh, he could access something far deeper, far sweeter, far more rare and far more exquisite: that moment NOT when the audience explodes... but the moment BEFORE that moment. The moment of the ANTICIPATION of that moment.
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And he knew that by NOT going there.. by not coming in for the kill - or the credit - he could - truly - make that feeling last a lot longer. Maybe even forever. I think about Garry a lot. My life would - literally - not have been the same without him. Rest in.. well, just rest.
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I still remember how funny the theme song alone was. "how do you like it so far" felt like a brilliant line. Glad to read this thread and smile.
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I still sing it. :) it has settled babies and kittens and lifted my spirits. I found the show when it started and loved it. Humor that was more pure than other shows, least to a teen.
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Hey man. thank you so much for this
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