"I Saw Your Balls" Binge

 

When Carol Burnett, playing a somewhat faux version of herself, leans over to the also fake "Larry Sanders" talk show host, played by Gary Shandling on The Larry Sanders Show, and admits coyly that during an earlier sketch rehearsal when they were in Tarzan and Jane costumes, she could see his exposed testicles dangling from behind his skimpy loincloth, I was won over. Carol Burnett saying "balls" was pinnacle television, especially for the 90s -- no matter this was HBO and thus allowed -- it was still the mouth of America's Polly Purebred of Prime Time Comedy TV!

I didn't deign it necessary to pay extra for luxuries like HBO or Showtime back in the day. The jobs I had in the 90s barely paid rent and basic cable was expensive enough, thank you very much. So, though I knew through the grapevine before long that The Larry Sanders Show was popular, I'd never watched it. 

So now it's make up time. 

And the great part is, three decades later, is that I can relive the atmosphere and pathos of the 90s all over again 'cause, Baby, this show be drippin' with it!

Not to mention seeing all the people that are dead now. I mean, just from the show's main line up alone there's Garry Shandling, Rip Torn and though Jeffrey Tambor is still with us, he's been MeToo'd so, well, he's basically Hollywood dead now so... 

It may be a bit of a challenge watching all six seasons of this physically since it's all in that low-res almost-pixilated resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio, washed out on my modern LCD flat panel which it was never designed to be broadcast to and has clearly not been re-optimized for by HBO in recent years. My eyes may never be okay again afterwards which will make certain that at least I won't be seeing any accidental balls poking around.