Rip Torn Was an Unforgettable Force on The Larry Sanders Show

Garry Shandling and Rip Torn on The Larry Sanders Show. Photo: HBO If only we could all have a show-business friend like Artie. Watching Garry Shandling’s The Larry Sanders Show as a child whose parents were naïve enough to give their son unfettered access to HBO, I conceived of the relationship between high-strung talk-show host Larry Sanders and his doting producer Artie as the platonic ideal of male relations.

The season-two episode “Artie’s Gone” is a showcase for both Garofalo’s comedic presence and also for Torn, despite the fact that he spends most of the episode stuck in a limousine surrounded by traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway. Artie knows he’s not going to make it to the studio for that night’s taping, so he picks Paula to fill in. It doesn’t go well. Paula is young, and though it’s never directly stated, a woman in a misogynist work environment.

But in this Larry Sanders episode, he’s the picture of poise, even though his beloved Larry Sanders Show has a decent chance of falling apart. Everyone on the staff, from Larry and sidekick Hank Kingsley to the writers and the cue-card guy, seem off their game without Artie around to manage them. It’s the classic “shark in Jaws” scenario, with the character gaining more power by not being seen.

By season four’s episode “I Was a Teenage Lesbian,” Artie is still dispensing fairly awful advice. This time, Paula has found a lump in her breast and is nervous she’s got cancer. Artie once again shows that his allegiance is to the show first, as he regales Paula with a tale of his time producing for Bob Hope. He found a lump in his testicles, told Hope, and the news ruined the monologue because Bob simply couldn’t concentrate.

One of my absolute favourite programmes of all time,the entire cast were brilliant RIP RipTornRIP

lets not forget about rip playing scully on summer rental with john candy or the lawyer in defending your life with albert brooks or patches in dodgeball. he was awesome.

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