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Garry Shandling has died

54 points by erickhill 11y ago

zanalyzer 11y ago
reminiscing with Jerry Seinfeld http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-great-that-garry-shandling-is-still-alive http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-...
xd1936 11y ago
Hail Hydra.
iaw 11y ago
Is it just me or has the frequency of celebrity deaths made an uptick recently? I'm wondering if this is just observational bias or a complication of the dense baby boomer population aging into their mortality.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  > or a complication of the density baby boomer population aging into their mortality. I'd wager its this. In emotionless, clinical terms, the Boomer cohort is "aging out". :(
  - iaw 11y ago
    That's the direction I'm leaning as well, if not anomalous this means that there is going to be a lot more death in this demographic coming in the near years. This could readily change the face of politics in the country as the old guard disappears in nearly one uniform event (decade level).
    - toomuchtodo 11y ago
      It's already happening (a comment I made 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11331154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11331154). Sorry about that, I can't copy/pasta the contents, as the URLs will break :/
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- melling 11y ago
  How many celebrities did you know who were born in the 1920's and 1930's? You're just observing more people who you've known. Television didn't get big until the 1970's and cable didn't really impact until the 1980's, which made a lot more people well-known.
  - iaw 11y ago
    Television was huge well before the 1970's. Movies have been big since before the 1930's. Stars are not a new phenomenon, seeing one die more than once a week is.
    - melling 11y ago
      There weren't nearly as many shows so there weren't nearly as many stars. No one said movies weren't big before the 1930. Most of us weren't around to see them so it's irrelevant to the conversation.
      - iaw 11y ago
        Fair point.
- hinkley 11y ago
  I think that's been going on for a while. But what may be new is that Gen X is starting to have to wrestle with their mortality. People who were on TV when we were kids are starting to go, and it's becoming real for us. "Jesus, that guy was only 15 years older than me."
- ArkyBeagle 11y ago
  2016-1945 is 71. So no, it's not your imagination.
Donch 11y ago
Very sad. Here's some gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNHX_gVKJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNHX_gVKJ0 Watch all seasons of The Larry Sanders Show!
- jgalt212 11y ago
  true that, one of the best shows of all time. You can get all six seasons on DVD for $20. It's hard to find a better bargain out there.
- cholantesh 11y ago
  It truly is the godfather of modern cringe comedy - today's landscape of comedies centered around fundamentally unlikable characters in uncomfortable situations is something I think wouldn't exist without Larry Sanders. RIP
- ArkyBeagle 11y ago
  They got Carol Burnette to "go blue"( her term, not mine ) on that show for which I am eternally grateful.
croucho 11y ago
Why in the world is this on hacker news? Did GS have some role in tech I didn't realize? (Not trying to be too big of a dick, just confused)
- dang 11y ago
  HN is explicitly not just about startups and tech: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

54 points by erickhill 11y ago

reminiscing with Jerry Seinfeld http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-great-that-garry-shandling-is-still-alive http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-...

xd1936 11y ago

Hail Hydra.

iaw 11y ago

Is it just me or has the frequency of celebrity deaths made an uptick recently? I'm wondering if this is just observational bias or a complication of the dense baby boomer population aging into their mortality.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
> or a complication of the density baby boomer population aging into their mortality. I'd wager its this. In emotionless, clinical terms, the Boomer cohort is "aging out". :(
- iaw 11y ago
  That's the direction I'm leaning as well, if not anomalous this means that there is going to be a lot more death in this demographic coming in the near years. This could readily change the face of politics in the country as the old guard disappears in nearly one uniform event (decade level).
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    It's already happening (a comment I made 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11331154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11331154). Sorry about that, I can't copy/pasta the contents, as the URLs will break :/
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melling 11y ago
How many celebrities did you know who were born in the 1920's and 1930's? You're just observing more people who you've known. Television didn't get big until the 1970's and cable didn't really impact until the 1980's, which made a lot more people well-known.
- iaw 11y ago
  Television was huge well before the 1970's. Movies have been big since before the 1930's. Stars are not a new phenomenon, seeing one die more than once a week is.
  - melling 11y ago
    There weren't nearly as many shows so there weren't nearly as many stars. No one said movies weren't big before the 1930. Most of us weren't around to see them so it's irrelevant to the conversation.
    - iaw 11y ago
      Fair point.
hinkley 11y ago
I think that's been going on for a while. But what may be new is that Gen X is starting to have to wrestle with their mortality. People who were on TV when we were kids are starting to go, and it's becoming real for us. "Jesus, that guy was only 15 years older than me."
ArkyBeagle 11y ago
2016-1945 is 71. So no, it's not your imagination.

Donch 11y ago

Very sad. Here's some gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNHX_gVKJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNHX_gVKJ0 Watch all seasons of The Larry Sanders Show!

jgalt212 11y ago
true that, one of the best shows of all time. You can get all six seasons on DVD for $20. It's hard to find a better bargain out there.
cholantesh 11y ago
It truly is the godfather of modern cringe comedy - today's landscape of comedies centered around fundamentally unlikable characters in uncomfortable situations is something I think wouldn't exist without Larry Sanders. RIP
ArkyBeagle 11y ago
They got Carol Burnette to "go blue"( her term, not mine ) on that show for which I am eternally grateful.

croucho 11y ago

Why in the world is this on hacker news? Did GS have some role in tech I didn't realize? (Not trying to be too big of a dick, just confused)

dang 11y ago
HN is explicitly not just about startups and tech: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html