The Larry Sanders Show – Simon Dunn

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It Was A Back Tooth, Hank

Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I’ve been staving off illness. So let’s start the week as we mean to go on, with a couple of quick clippings about The Larry Sanders Show. First, this review, which makes the helpful argument that Terry Wogan isn’t like this, and hits all the obvious other beats…

February 13, 2023
The Larry Sanders Background Joke

I just wanted to draw your attention to this background joke from the final episode of the first season of The Larry Sanders Show (Hey Now).

May 12, 2022
Total Bastard Airlines

Just a quick one today. Not sure why, but the title of this sketch reminds me of this, Rip Torn delivering one of the all time best lines in comedy.

April 18, 2020
Letterman Walks In On The Seinfeld Set

Have a watch of this, and we’ll talk afterwards. https://youtu.be/6zGsJB2ggUA First of all, that Hotdog bit is great, and I want to see much more of that argument. Let’s try and pin down when this episode aired. The sets of shows we see are Grace Under Fire, The Larry Sanders Show (which itself wandered onto…

May 12, 2019
The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling

I really can’t wait to see this documentary.

March 28, 2018

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…