larry sanders, that is." was. >> just pretend like you're talking to me till we're off the air so it won't seem weird. >> okay. blah, blah, blah, blah. >> "the larry sanders show" was sort of cathartic. because in the world of "the larry sanders show," there was a network. >> you want me to [ bleep ] your budget? is that what you want me to do? >> so it became this weird funhouse mirror thing, where you could use stuff from your misery, from your career, as fodder. >> don't take this as a threat but i killed a man like you in korea, hand to hand. my boy doesn't want to do any more commercials. >> larry sanders to me was, aside from being a brilliant television show -- >> can you say, hey now. >> hey now. >> it was my everyday life. >> i'm here for three good reasons. last show. big ratings. movie coming out. bim, bam, boom. >> "the larry sanders show" was very unique in that it was very deadpan. and really groundbreaking in its day. >> i think it made people really go, that's the level of work you may be abl

and with larry sanders, he broke that mold, too. do these shows. >> really? well, so do i. and i teach. >> you do? >> yeah. >> you're so good at it. >> no, trust me, i hate myself. >> much of modern television comedy can be traced back to a lot of the chances garry took. >> it still doesn't add up for me that he's gone. it doesn't make sense. not having his voice doesn't feel right. even long before i met him, he felt like a comedic friend to me. >> all my journey is is to be authentically who i am, not -- >> he was a mentor to a lot of people. he almost seemed like he was floating through the world a little bit, like he was there to help. >> what i want at my funeral is an actual boxing referee to do a count. and at five, just wave it off and say, "he's not getting up." >> the reason that garry's death is a crime is not just because i don't get to talk to him anymore, but he wasn't done, he wasn't done for himself, not for us. >> the whole key to coming through life for anybody is a sense of humor. there is some life force involved

. >> i think what we've learned through shows like larry sanders show or oz is that we could do seriesion. >> oz was cutting edge. complicated characters, complicated issues and the way it was presented was so unique . >> all of a sudden the villain is the hero. >> i told you, i'm not hungry. >> now you won't even accept food from your own mother. >> the sopranos was david chase's invention about this mob family. something people hadn't seen before, the idea that a monster is seeing a therapist. >> whatever happened to gary cooper, the strong, silent type? that was an american. he wasn't in touch with his feelifeel i i ings. once they got gary cooper in touch with his feelings, they couldn't shut him up. >> you have strong feelings about this. >> every decade you get somebody like peter falk or archie bunker, somebody you can't imagine anybody else afterwards. james beis that in tony soprano >> did you know an italian invented the telephone? >> alexander graham bell is italian? >> he got robbed! everybody knows that! >> who invented the mafia? >> what? >> the sopranos took the mystery

stu: i may be a little vin ticktive here, larry -- vindictive here, larry, but the one thing i want to see is bernie sandersthe chair of the senate budget committee. how about you? [ laughing ]. >> well, i think -- i don't want it to be personal, stu. you know me. i just think that the cavalry is coming. 51 votes in the senate is all they need. they've got a great chance at 52, 53 or 54. i think mr. sanders may be replaced as budget chair and, look, let's face it, you know, joe biden and chuck schumer and bernie sanders bernie sanders, they did a lot of harm with all these spending bills, which has ratcheted up inflation and all this green new deal inflation, that ratcheted up inflation and every day people, budgets have been killed, signature around the kitchen table, they aren't buying what mr. biden and company are selling. there's no confidence in the president who, you know, goes back and forth. he has the most pinocchios in the history of the liberal washington post pinocchio counter so for heaven's sake, i'm looking forward to a fun night. a very fun night. stu: it will be fun and we'll be watching y

larry. this thing is going to be a barn burner. we are certainly going to fight all the way to the end. >> so again, former president obama joining that fight. senator bernie sanders who won the 2020 democratic presidential caucus here, he made a similar appearance last week. >> nevada is right in the middle of that fight. so you guys can play an extraordinary role in american history. let's elect katherine, win this election. >> gas around $5 a gallon, painful for many and especially those on a fixed income. >> i eat at mcdonald's because i can get two sandwiches for cheap. so as the gas goes up and down, so does where i eat. and things like that. >> really stressful situation but despite that, told us that gas prices were not enough to shift her vote. like many we talked to, she has already cast her ballot. sandra. >> sandra: alex hoff in las vegas, thank you. all right. and we are going to take a spin on the touch screen and take a look at some key races that we are watching. just out this morning, the coin flip races on the screen, the four senate toss-up states where the country is watching and candidates are fighting for every last vote. arizona, georgia, pe

larry: i would rather be called the clone of donald trump than the blackface of white supremacy. that is how they won the election. barack obama cut a commercial for gavin newsom. elizabeth warren did, bernie sanders did, kamala harris made comments, nancy pelosi. they said the same thing -- stop the republican takeover. they never said gavin newsom was doing a great job on crime, because he wasn't. gavin newsom is doing a great job with schools. our schools are ranked near the bottom even though we are spending more than before. gavin newsom is doing great in attracting people to california when people are actually leaving and taking tax dollars with them. i cannot think of anything this man has done right. nobody tried to defend his record. they said, don't let republicans take over because republicans are unpopular in california, outnumbered three to one, and that is how they succeeded. but he would not debate me and i would ask reporters, let's debate the issues. they never did and he never did. when i got into the race the recall side went into the margin of error. he was scared. he called out the dogs. all this money came in from the unions, hollywood, snoop dogg even tweeted against me even