History Series / ItsGarryShandlingsShow

The entire point of the show, around which almost all of its plots revolved, was deconstructing, subverting and inverting all the standard tropes of broadcast television sitcoms. Shandling would later use this same method to skewer late night television with ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow''.

* PostModernism

-->'''Nancy''': Aw, Garry, not the theme song! I feel like I'm on a kid's show!

** Some of the show's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] spirit lives on in ''Series/TheSimpsons'', where staff writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss ended up after its run was over (Sam Simon also had a hand in the writing).

''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' was a late-1980s comedy on Showtime (which would later be rebroadcast on Fox) that turned NoFourthWall into an art form. Comedian Garry Shandling played comedian Garry Shandling, who not only knew he lived inside a sitcom, but had a StudioAudience "inside" his house. (Sometimes their presence there waiting for him would surprise him when he first came out of his bedroom in the morning.) Garry's visitors, friends and neighbors, while not possessing studio audiences of their own, were all aware of his, and everyone made a point of addressing the audience at some point in the show.

!! "These are the tropes to Garry's show, the opening tropes to Garry's show..."

* DeconstructorFleet: Once the SitCom tropes had generally been mined out, [[HeyItsThatGuy guest stars]] from classic programs and political figures allowed exploration of tropes ranging from Musicals to health movies.

** Some of the show's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] spirit lives on in ''Series/TheSimpsons'', where staff writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss ended up after its run was over.

** The first couple seasons of ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' played a lot like a less [[MetaFiction Metafictional]] version of this show. Not accidental, since Jerry Seinfeld had been a longtime associate of Shandling, and Creator/LarryDavid even wrote one episode(credited to "Mac Brandes"). Frequent IGSS writers Tom Gammill and Max Pross also moved on to ''Seinfeld''.

* WholePlotReference: There were episodes that parodied ''Film/The Graduate'', ''Film/TheNatural'' and ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy''.

!!! "These are the tropes to Garry's show, the opening tropes to Garry's show..."

* OpeningMonologue: In keeping with NoFourthWall

''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' was a late-1980s comedy on Showtime (which would later be rebroadcast on Fox) that turned NoFourthWall into an art form. Comedian Garry Shandling played comedian Garry Shandling, who not only knew he lived inside a sitcom, but had a studio audience "inside" his house. (Sometimes their presence there waiting for him would surprise him when he first came out of his bedroom in the morning.) Garry's visitors, friends and neighbors, while not possessing studio audiences of their own, were all aware of his, and everyone made a point of addressing the audience at some point in the show.

* LoveGoddess: Zsa Zsa Gabor in a two-part special as the "Goddess of Commitment". When Garry and Phoebe finally commit to their relationship, she bursts in and impatiently starts moving Phoebe's stuff into Garry's home

!! "These are the tropes to Garry's show, the tropes to Garry's show..."

* CensorBar: Well, more like Censor Dot. In one episode, Garry strips down to just a black dot on a chain covering his genitals.

* ThisIsThePartWhere: Used frequently. It's also part of the theme tune. "We're almost to the part / of where I start to whistle / Then we'll watch It's Garry Shandling's Show." ''(cue whistling solo)''

* DeconstructorFleet: Once the SitCom tropes had generally been mined out GuestStars from classic programs and political figures allows exploration of tropes ranging from Musicals to health movies.

* ThisIsThePartWhere: Part of the theme tune - "We're almost to the part / of where I start to whistle / Then we'll watch It's Garry Shandling's Show." (cue whistling instrumental)

* TropeName

!! "These are the tropes to Garry's show, the opening tropes to Garry's show..."

!!! "These are the tropes to Garry's show, the opening tropes to Garry's show..."

* '''NoFourthWall''': Including Garry asking people not to shout out a secret he was trying to keep or tip off his neighbors to the surprise party he was planning.

* SitCom: Subverted

Late 1980s comedy on Showtime which turned NoFourthWall into an art form. Comedian Garry Shandling played comedian Garry Shandling, who not only knew he lived inside a sitcom, but had a studio audience "inside" his house. (Sometimes their presence there waiting for him would surprise him when he first came out of his bedroom in the morning.) Garry's visitors, friends and neighbors, while not possessing studio audiences of their own, were all aware of his, and everyone made a point of addressing the audience at some point in the show.

The entire point of the show, around which almost all of its plots revolved, was deconstructing, subverting and inverting all the standard tropes of broadcast television sitcoms. Shandling would later use this same method to skewer late night television with ''TheLarrySandersShow''.

!!This show provides examples of:

* NoFourthWall: Including Garry asking people not to shout out a secret he was trying to keep or tip off his neighbors to the surprise party he was planning.