Garry Shandling (1949-2016) Tribute List

Comedian Garry Shandling died on March 24, 2016 at the age of 66. Shandling rose to fame as a stand-up and was soon the guest host for the Johnny Carson "Tonight Show." He created two sitcoms, "It's Garry Shandling's Show," which was famous for being a sitcom which was aware it was a sitcom, and "The Larry Sanders Show," which was a satire drawn from his experiences in late night television. Shandling was, above all, hysterically funny and he will be missed. Here are eleven vocabulary words drawn from Shandling's stand-up material, interviews and even a tribute from Iron Man 2 co-star Robert Downey, Jr.
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  1. spontaneity
    the quality of coming from feelings without constraint
    But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.
  2. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
    I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.
  3. evidently
    in a manner that is obvious or unmistakable
    Sonny Bono did not get elected to a Senate seat here in California. That's when you know you live in California, when you look on the ballot and Sonny Bono is running for a senate seat. I was really towards running for the Captain of Captain & Tennille, because evidently, he at least has some military experience.
    - The Larry Sanders Show
  4. intimacy
    a feeling of being close and belonging together
    My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
  5. stifle
    smother or suppress
    When I don't have a good time, it's usually because there's a stiffness that stifles creativity.
  6. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
    I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
  7. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
    I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
  8. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
    'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
  9. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
    Dogs are not people. Be leery of any woman who refers to her dogs as her "kids," because you'll only end up paying for their schooling.
  10. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
    There are so many people who lean on him to be their sage in these matters of what’s dramatic—not just what’s funny, but what’s effective, and what’s real, and why what’s funny is what’s real.
    - Robert Downey, Jr. on Garry Shandling
  11. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
    Are those funny people actually integrating their life into their work? I still search for ways to put it. It’s living art. I see it as living life as an art. And part of that’s the comedy, and part of that’s the acting, and part of that’s the basketball, and part of that’s the boxing.
Created on Thu Mar 24 16:48:57 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Mar 24 18:19:18 EDT 2016)

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