At a special screening of Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy, Garry Shandling spoke of the film’s influence on The Larry Sanders Show:

{% blockquote -Garry Shandling http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/41078/garry-shandling-talks-the-king-of-comedys-influence-on-larry-sanders-at-the-first-annual-wayne-federman-international-film-festival First Annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival %} I was very interested in exploring the darkness of human behavior and what we go through in life without being forced to make it funny like a network sitcom. And somewhere in my mind’s eye I remembered about Scorsese and this movie and you see how he filmed a talk show. {% endblockquote %}

Love this movie. Love Larry Sanders.

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