the Larry Sanders Show

he really is and he really is

Yes to this times a billion zillion. Any show where Hank Kingsley is the second best character is a show to be treasured for the ages.

Actually, I go back and forth between Hank and Artie. The three dudes, though, are just next-level amazing together. I can't say it enough.

There's no way Artie is better than Hank. And i love Artie. Hank is a tragicomic figure for the ages.

u guyz thanks for reminding me I need to donwload season 2!!! I really hope this show sees more Janeane as it progresses.

Rip Torn is some kind of genius, Arthur is already one of my favorite characters ever

^

Funny, I am watching Rip Torn as Judas in King of Kings right now

Hank is actually my third favorite character! No one seems to agree, but I really think Larry is great, and not just in a "necessary for the other characters to work" way (as in other shows). I got my girlfriend hooked on the show just recently, and re-watching has confirmed to me that Artie is the greatest.

Hank was my favourite character for the first 2 or maybe 3 seasons, then I found him to slide a bit more to being a bit caricatured in his foibles/being an ass (and honestly, annoying at times). Hence Artie took his spot, and he stands to this day a landmark in great TV characters: never a dull moments and always top notch. I can recall reading an Artie quote in the newspaper, before I'd seen the episode it quoted, and having Artie's voice and delivery perfect in my head (just say to yourself now: "Ahhh, Rip Torn of the great Larry Sanders Show", he needs no antics or caricaturizations, he's just a great capital-c Character if there ever was such a thing.

Also, did anyone else develop a distinct subconscious ripping off of Larry's joke-style/delivery after watching this. I know I did.

i've been both larry and hank so many times in my life it makes wish i had an artie

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/rip-torn-mug-shot.jpg
VA BENNE!

hey, even artie needs an artie sometimes

kingsley's queens

i've been both larry and hank so many times in my life it makes wish i had an artie

― tiger's wood (latebloomer), Monday, 21 December 2009 05:13 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

grand colossal truth bomb there mr bloomer

I love this show so much. It definitely dips at times but it has so many brilliant moments.

Guys: http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Larry-Sanders-DVD-Plans/13400

splendid news ma boy!

It's about fucking time.

Hey now!

good, maybe now someone will upload it to the internet

Wd Buy

Revive!

Why didn't anyone TELL me you could just snag a bootleg copy of the entire series on eBay?

Most overlooked LSS performer: Wallace Langham.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:27 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so right

I don't feel like reading over this whole thread (which I didn't know existed), so I may repeat something said above. This was my favourite TV show ever. In the annals of showbiz creeps, Bob Odenkirk's Stevie Grant was good enough for The Sweet Smell of Success. My number-one favorite line was Hank's response in the hallway when Larry introduces him to "Elvis" (Costello): "I don't think so..." Second favourite was Arty's description (in the Wu-Tang episode) of Lenny Kravitz as being only "half-urban" (exaggerated upper-class pronunciation of "half").

This was a perfect show.

hey nowwww

Does my ass look fat?

Revision to an earlier post: this is my favorite moment of all.

Isn't Bob doing the same agent that Jeremy Piven is supposedly doing on Entourage? I, obviously, prefer Bob's take.

Maybe this is because I've thoroughly watched Mr Show and have gotten sick of Bob Odenkirk, but he always struck me as one of the lesser characters on the show. I mean he was pretty good in the first few seasons, but then he just got kind of annoying, and his acting seemed to decline too, in that kind of over the top Bob Odenkirk way.

Although, then again, I think most characters wear away with age, except Artie of course, who is very much like a the finest of wines, ripens with age, is perennially classy, etc.

Revive!

Why didn't anyone TELL me you could just snag a bootleg copy of the entire series on eBay?

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, April 9, 2010 12:42 AM (1 week ago)

Arrived today!! Now I just need to plow through 25 more Seinfeld DVDs, then I'm all set. Life is good.

xpost Referring to Bob Odenkirk the person as a 'character' is odd, but if you think he's lost it or something, check out his performance on Breaking Bad. Probably his best work, and a great show.

I meant Stevie. I think you misread my post.

jouster u mad. i mean i get both characters are supposed to be based on ari emanuel but bob's is probably too goofy?

xpost oh, duh. I guess I said Bob and you said Bob and so I somehow got it all mixed up. I know what you mean - I kinda feel that way about Hank (a little).

great scene: hank all bronzed up doing his prince charles imitation

Yes, I feel the same way about Hank too. somewhere along the way he turns from a lovable goof from lovably irritating goof, to irritating goof (that's still funny, just maybe a bit too incorrigible).

To speak of another great Hank scene: the scene with Harvey Fierstein was one about which I had a phase for a week of almost compulsively rewatching.

the scene where larry and hank have a chat in the car after larry abandoned the show for a bit is amazing. "listen...larry boy!"

yes!

and the scene where hank and artie get drunk, and hank is all woozy from piercing his own ear, and they accost larry for planning to quit the show...

"I hope someone from Pavement saw it because I would like to date any one of those fine gentlemen."

garofalo otm imho

hank's hissyfits <3<3<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWmMfJADPY

Hank's fits are great because they capture the comic-pathetic quality that exists in most real life outbursts.

Wasn't aware this was on its way until my sister and brother-and-law surprised me on my birthday:

http://www.amazon.com/Larry-Sanders-Show-Complete/dp/B003NHMYJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288390834&sr=8-1

whoa nice, santa claus will be hearing about this let me tell you.

sweet!

hope there will be the requisite tonnes of extras

There are heaps, but it's not clear if it has (all of) the same ones as the Best Of set - at least some of Shandlings re-visits to cast are in there tho

Do you know if thre are extras that weren't included on the Best Of collection?