Overview
Garry Shandling stars as himself, a neurotic, sardonic stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, performing monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events. However, everyone knows they're on TV, not just Garry; and the audience (itself a character) is often involved in the storyline.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
S01E01 The Day Garry Moved In
September 10, 1986 23 min
Comic Garry Shandling moves into Vanna White's former condominium, has his furniture stolen and makes a date with a beautiful cable installer.
S01E02 Grant Gets Broken
September 17, 1986 23 min
Garry baby-sits Pete and Jackie's son, Grant.
S01E03 Garry Throws a Surprise Party
September 24, 1986 23 min
Garry throws a surprise birthday party for his mother that gives her a heart attack, so he seeks solace from Father Guido Sarducci.
S01E04 Foul Ball
October 1, 1986 23 min
Grant is made a social outcast when his father bungles a foul ball at a Dodgers game.
S01E05 The Graduate
October 8, 1986 23 min
Garry is seduced by Mrs. Robertson, but he's in love with her daughter.
S01E06 It's Garry's Problem, But it's JoJo's Show
October 15, 1986 23 min
Garry's attempt to focus the entire episode on contest winner Jodi Jones goes awry when Nancy's nymphomaniac friend arrives for a visit.
S01E07 Garry Met a Girl Named Maria
January 23, 1987 23 min
Garry marries a Guatemalan woman named Maria to save her from deportation.
S01E08 Grant's Date
January 30, 1987 23 min
Garry chaperones Grant's first date, but the starstruck girl pays more attention to Garry.
S01E09 Pete Has an Affair
February 6, 1987 23 min
Pete is full of guilt after having an affair.
S01E10 Fate
February 13, 1987 22 min
Garry tries to alter fate when a psychic tells him that something bad is going to happen to Nancy on her upcoming date.
S01E11 The Morning After
February 20, 1987 24 min
Garry hosts a party for Pete's parents' anniversary. No one will talk to him the next day, but he doesn't know why.
S01E12 Sarah
March 6, 1987 21 min
Garry's ex is back in town, and he's interested again.
S01E13 Laffie
March 13, 1987 21 min
Garry wants to keep a collie he finds, but Leonard won't let him.
S01E14 Dial L for Laundry
March 20, 1987 26 min
Garry meets a woman in the condo laundry room, but has to contend with her ex.
S01E15 Dinner with Garry
April 3, 1987 24 min
Garry sets his mother up on a date with his doctor.
S01E16 Force Boxman
April 10, 1987 25 min
Garry is cast as the lead in a new police drama, so Red Buttons takes over the show.