Editing Garry Shandling (section)

===Early work===
When Shandling was 19, he drove two hours to a club in Phoenix and showed some jokes to [[George Carlin]], who was performing there. The next day, on a repeat round-trip, Carlin told him that he had "funny stuff on every page" and should keep at it.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/lots-of-love-for-garry-shandling| title=Lots of Love for Garry Shandling| first=Sarah| last=Larson| date=March 25, 2016| access-date=April 8, 2018| journal=[[New Yorker (magazine)|New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/garry-shandling-death-anniversary-jeffrey-tambor| title=One Year Later, Comedy's Still Mourning Garry Shandling| first=Donald| last=Liebenson| journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| date=March 24, 2017| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> In 1973, he moved to Los Angeles and worked at an advertising agency for a time, then sold a script for the popular [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Sanford and Son]]''.<ref name=deadline>{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/comedian-writer-actor-and-producer-gary-shandling-dies-at-66-1201726026| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326234704/http://deadline.com/2016/03/comedian-writer-actor-and-producer-gary-shandling-dies-at-66-1201726026/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 26, 2016| title=Garry Shandling Dies: 'Larry Sanders' Creator-Star Was 66| first=Ross A.| last=Lincoln| website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> He also wrote scripts for the sitcom ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' and attended a story meeting for ''[[Three's Company]]''.<ref name=news>{{cite news| url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/12/25/Cathys-World-Garry-Shandlings-Larry/52871040860003| title=Cathy's World: Garry Shandling's 'Larry'| date=December 25, 2002| website=[[United Press International|UPI]]| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref>