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Famous Like Me > Actor > S > Garry Shandling
Profile of Garry Shandling
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Garry Shandling |
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29th November 1949 |
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Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Garry Shandling (born November 29, 1949) is a comedian. He was the star of It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show, and ranked #30 on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. He was the regular Monday night guest host of The Tonight Show for Johnny Carson before Jay Leno took over the job. He was also the host of The Grammy Awards from 1990 to 1995 and the Emmy Awards in 2000 and in 2004.
Shandling was forever immortalized in the Butthole Surfers song "Revolution, pt. 2" on their album Pioughd. During the end of the song his name is chanted.
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