Editing Jeff Garlin (section)

===Standup===
In 1984, aged 22, Garlin moved back to Chicago to pursue a stand-up comedy career. He performed with the comedy troupe [[The Second City]].<ref name=SanDiego-2011>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiego.com/articles/2011-02-01/interview-comedian-jeff-garlin|title=Interview With Comedian Jeff Garlin|work=SanDiego.com|author=Gordon Downs|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Swartz |first=Tracy |date=2017-05-04 |title=Jeff Garlin on the 'magic' of Joe Maddon and how Second City's 'changed for the worse' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2017/05/04/jeff-garlin-on-the-magic-of-joe-maddon-and-how-second-citys-changed-for-the-worse/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> He worked in the box office with [[Stephen Colbert]].<ref name=InBedWithJoan-2013>{{cite web|author=Joan Rivers|title=In Bed With Joan - Episode 29: Jeff Garlin|url=http://inbedwithjoan.com/2013/09/episode-29-jeff-garlin|website=[[In Bed With Joan]]|access-date=January 23, 2015|format=Video interview|date=September 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123085652/http://inbedwithjoan.com/2013/09/episode-29-jeff-garlin/|archive-date=January 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While living in [[Lake View, Chicago#Wrigleyville|Wrigleyville, Chicago]] during the 1980s, Garlin was briefly roommates with [[Conan O'Brien]], who was then a comedy writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-conan-obrien-jeff-garlin-chicago-roommates-20170208-story.html|title=Watch Conan O'Brien recall living with 'madman' Jeff Garlin in Wrigleyville|author=Tracy Swartz|date=February 8, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-05-08-0605080353-story,amp.html|title=Conan Calling|author=Matt McGuire|date=May 8, 2006|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-05-09-0605090221-story,amp.html|title=Living with Conan|author=Jimmy Greenfield|date=May 9, 2006|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-05-07-0605060224-story,amp.html|title=What Chicago taught Conan|author=Maureen Ryan|date=May 7, 2006|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=WTF-Maron-2015/> He remains close to O'Brien, and after O'Brien was [[2010 Tonight Show conflict|removed as host]] of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' in 2010 so that [[Jay Leno]] could return, Garlin said he would not be a guest on the show again.<ref name=SanDiego-2011/><ref name=InBedWithJoan-2013/>

Garlin was hired by comedians [[Denis Leary]] and [[Jon Stewart]] to help develop their specials. He worked as a stage director for their shows and edited the scripts. He worked with [[Larry David]] in this same way. He continues to do standup, where he says he improvises a lot on stage, and feels very relaxed, "maybe too relaxed."<ref name=WTF-Maron-2015/>