Garry Shandling and I didn't really connect
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Working with stupid people will do that to you.
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was born in Chicago on November 29, 1949. He passed this earth in Santa Monica, California on March 24, 2016 at the age of 66 (which is my present age).
Mr Shandling began as a comedy writer for television then migrated to stand up. He was popular on the Johnny Carson Show and pretty much became a fixture as guest host and was even in contention to take the show over upon Mr Carson's retirement.
Garry Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for The Larry Sanders Show which aired on HBO. He appeared in a couple of my favorite movies which were Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He was a voice actor on top of everything else.
My particular notice came upon his death from pulmonary embolism when I saw how many in the media and significant others around me were either sad and introspective or grief stricken. I have always had a soft spot for the bereaved and therefore was quiet and respectful as various others voiced their sadness and reminisced about those performances they had particularly enjoyed during his career.
His last performance was portraying the voice of Ikki in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book.
I feel the man was quite the talent; however his heyday conflicted with my own having occupied a timeline parallel to bad times in my life. This convergence rather places a pall over most aspects of comedy, which was what he was all about.
When your personal life is simply never ending tumultuous human misery and crumbling all around you from the stupidity you are forced to endure while earning a living the last thing you're interested is someone who tells jokes.
Hear that stupid Susan, stupid Cathy, and STUPID Barbara ?