The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. announced this month that the estate of the late Garry Shandling has bequeathed $15.2 million to the med school. Shandling, the comedian, actor, director, writer and producer who died in March 2016, earmarked the funds to benefit three units — the division of endocrinology, …
There’s a fun new oral history piece out from ESPN The Magazine today about the late great Garry Shandling and his longtime Sunday basketball games that brought together so many funny people to his home over a couple of decades. “It was ‘Fight Club’ with better jokes,” said Shandling’s writing …
The late great Garry Shandling has a brand-new website. It launched this morning to both pay tribute to the stand-up, writer and innovative TV show maker, as well as to inspire the next generations of comedians. “The site is being launched to give people access to Garry’s writings, both comedy …
Judd Apatow has one of the most impressive comedy resumes of anyone, anywhere. His Apatow Productions has produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Girls, Love and Crashing, he has directed the hit movies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40 and Trainwreck, and …
Garry Shandling died a year ago today at the age of 66. A consummate comic’s comic and a television pioneer not once but twice, Shandling left a permanent legacy for us to behold and celebrate. Tonight, SiriusXM will pay tribute to the late great comedian with an audio documentary, “Garry …
Judd Apatow and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder were equally full of surprises this weekend at the Bonnaroo music and comedy festival in Tennessee. Apatow introduced Vedder as the surprise guest on his comedy showcase, and then informed the audience that Vedder had written a song in tribute to Apatow’s …
Janeane Garofalo is, was and shall ever be a comedy darling. She broke through in a big way in 1992, performing on one of the all-time lineups for an HBO Young Comedians Special and co-starring in both The Ben Stiller Show and The Larry Sanders Show. Over the next few years, …
The shocking sudden death of Garry Shandling shook up the comedy community, with many comedians owing more than debts of gratitude to the 66-year-old. Conan O’Brien devoted much of his monologue and early program of Thursday’s Conan to talking about Shandling. A GQ profile of Shandling in 2010 opens with …
Garry Shandling, a great comedy writer who became a greater stand-up and begat two of the greatest most influential TV sitcoms, has died suddenly. Shandling was 66. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the sad news today. Shandling had just done some major interviews with other comedians at the start …
Wait, is the president of the United States a comedian? We’ll get to that soon enough. In the meantime, though, President Barack Obama will open the seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle webseries, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which debuts Dec. 30, 2105. Here’s the trailer, which also features season …
