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Garry Shandling suddenly passed away yesterday and the late night television hosts remember him because he changed that format with his fake TV show The Larry Sanders Show. Conan O’Brien has been doing it the longest now and he remembered his friend on his TBS show last night. Instead of doing a monologue, he shared a story about how Shandling was there for him during a time of need. When Conan’s Tonight Show was cancelled, his wife convinced him to go to Hawaii to get away from it all. As soon as they got there, he got a call and it was from Shandling. The comedian told him there was no way to avoid to him and he spent the rest of the trip with his friend forever. It is a beautiful story that tells you more about than man than just his rich television history.
One that influenced Seth Meyers so much, he had to talk about it at the start of Late Night yesterday. The NBC late night show host said that Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien, made him want to do a late night show, but Larry Sanders made him not want to do one. Of course he was joking, but you can see how influential he was.
These are just two of the touching tributes that were paid to the legendary man. There are many more on Twitter and you can see how much his presence touched the lives of Judd Apatow, Peter Tolan, Jimmy Kimmel, Bob Newhart and many many more.
In the upcoming weeks, HBO will once again air The Larry Sanders Show and when they do I highly recommend watching it. See why so many greats respect the man for more than just his comedy.
