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PEOPLE, Page 89The Talk-Show Host from Hell
By MICHAEL QUINN/Reported by Wendy Cole
The final hour of Johnny Carson has barely vanished into
the ether, and already a major turf war is breaking out among
the surviving lords of late night -- Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall,
Dennis Miller, Larry Sanders . . . Larry Sanders? If that name
is less familiar than the others, it's because Sanders is not
only new -- he's nonexistent. Think of him as the evil twin of
genial comedian GARRY SHANDLING, who will portray the ruthless,
ratings-crazed talk-show host this summer in HBO's The Larry
Sanders Show. In a typical episode, Sanders becomes so enamored
of actress Mimi Rogers (playing herself) that he utterly ignores
his other guest. Shandling, best known for an eponymous cable
sitcom that reveled in its own fakery, will draw on his
experience as a veteran of gabfest couches. "Guests were talked
about like products. Who's hot. Who's not," recalls Shandling.
"Hosts would say, `Please feel free to come back,' then yell to
the producer, `Don't ever book them again!'"