"it's garry shandling's show." on to lampoon late-night talk shows with his groundbreaking series "the larry sanders show." shandling died unexpectedly in 2016 at age 66, and his disciple the writer/director judd apatow has put together a beautiful homage with "it's garry shandling's book." apatow had full access to shandling's personal journals and reproduces many of those actual scribblings. it's loaded with photos and testimonials from shandling's comedy contemporaries like sarah silverman and jim carrey. this is a book where you should skip the kindle edition, get the actual book. and now, cat videos. no? >> no cat videos. i also like a good book. >> you like to read. >> you pointed out before when i'm pregnant i like to read. a couple of books, "couple next door." it was really just a great thriller that i liked. "ride of a lifetime" by the big boss iger. "more than enough." in the middle of it right now. >> you know what i like to read? you. my bladder leak underwear.orried someone might see so, i switched. t

with his garry shandling show, and with larry sanders, i broke that mold too.eel so uncomfortable. >> well, so do i. >> you do? >> yeah. >> you're so good at it. >> 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 to be authentically who i am. >> 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 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 in seeing the world not so

he's the tv alter ego of comedian garry shandling. >> garry shandling wanted to do a show that deconstructed 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, 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 able to do on a cable network. >> please, do not flip around. come right back. >> hey

. >> it's the garry shandling show. >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions, lewis, i really do. you want to hold the credits? we were going to show the credits and you screwed that up because you're late. >> "the garry shandling show" was aware of the fact that it was a situation comedy. it highlighted the cliches in funny ways. >> are you looking into the camera? >> no. no, i didn't -- >> don't look into the camera. >> i didn't. >> don't. you don't come in here and look into the camera. >> i didn't. >> i'll bop you. i will. if i see a tape of this show and you're looking into the camera -- >> well, it's about that time. >> "pee-wee's playhouse" on cbs, a so-called saturday morning kids' show that adults could watch and wink at each other as they were watching it, is very clever. >> good morning. >> what's today's secret word? >> the secret word is -- good! >> it was a show certainly for kids, and it was for stoned baby boomers who were totally wasted on saturday morning and watched "pee-wee's p

ephron wrote it after sleepless in seattle, steve martin, rita wilson, young adam sandler, garry shandlingnight he was telling everybody about an idea he had for sunglasses and you would be able to spin the sunglasses if you were fidgeting and waiting in line, and got in touch with the guys at warby parker and described the idea for a hinge on sunglasses and after a year and a half of work, he got to show them off >> oh. >> the first ever pinnacle of sunglasses see look at this >> that is cute. >> so we have them here. they're called spinies and on the right hinge of the sunglasses, on the right side is a hinge. >> they're cute. >> they look cute. >> i like them. >> the good news is that 100% of the profits from the glasses goes to the people's project, which provides free glasses and eye exams for kids in the u.s. >> they look good on everybody. >> oh, al there looks great. >> smoking. >> let's see you, hoda. >> my face is too fat for these. >> they look good on everyone. >> thanks jimmy. >> thanks jimmy. >> thanks jimmy. >>> next up, lena waithe, the actor whose screen writer is talking