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''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American sitcom which was initially broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The show is notable for its frequent use of breaking the fourth wall to allow characters to speak directly to the audience. Its format inspired Sean Hughes to create ''Sean's Show'' in the UK. ==Synopsis== The 30-minute series stars Garry Shandling as, more or less, himself: a neurotic, somewhat self-obsessed stand-up comedian, who just happens to be aware he is a TV sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, offering up opening monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events (much like George Burns on ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show''). On Garry's show, however, all the supporting characters know they are on a TV show, not just Garry; and the studio audience is often in the storyline. At the time of the show's production, Garry Shandling actually lived in Sherman Oaks, CA, just like the character on the TV show. His condominium on the show was styled to be just like his real-life condo, down to the room layout and the furnishings.〔DVD commentary from ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', Season 3, Episode 46, "Garry Acts Like A Moron"〕 Storylines were often manipulated by Shandling to create more favorable outcomes, or simply to speed things along. One episode ended years later, for example. Another allowed Shandling to tell the audience that time had passed in order to console an angry neighbor whose wall he had damaged; by the time the scene transitioned, the workmen had already fixed the wall. On America's presidential election night in 1988, Showtime presented a live episode wherein Shandling brought in ''Soul Train'' host Don Cornelius to incorrectly announce that Michael Dukakis had soundly defeated George H. W. Bush. The show's theme song was "This is the Theme to Garry's Show", sung by Los Angeles musician Bill Lynch.〔http://ljworld.com/news/2007/may/04/midwest_icon_bill_lynch_discovers_how_live_music/〕 The song's lyrics are self-referencing, explaining how the song came to be ("Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song") and asking what the listener thinks of it. Considered a critical and niche success,〔http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/I/htmlI/itsgarrysh/itsgarrysh.htm〕 ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' ran 72 episodes and was on the air for four seasons (1986–1990). The show was later picked up by Fox Broadcasting Company from 1988 to 1990 as part of its Sunday night lineup; Fox began airing the show from the beginning, but due to longer seasons for network shows versus cable, had caught up by the time the show left Fox in March 1990. New episodes continued for a few months thereafter on Showtime. The show introduced much of the country to Shandling and paved the way for his more successful run as late-night talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO's ''The Larry Sanders Show''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「It's Garry Shandling's Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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