Jack Gallagher (comedian) Jack Gallagher (comedian) Jack Gallagher (born August 15, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, and writer with a recurring role (as a doctor) on the HBO sitcom "Curb Your Enthusiasm". As a television host, he has won Emmy Awards for his work on the PBS series "Money Moves", "Off-Limits", and "Kids, Cash and Common Sense." He was the host of the California Lottery's "The Big Spin" game show from 1996 to 1998. Not to be confused with the comedian who goes by the single name Gallagher, nor the Dave Chappelle Gallagher parody character, Black Gallagher, Jack Gallagher does not use
The Larry Sanders Show "The Larry Sanders Show". Matt Zoller Seitz wrote in "Time Out Los Angeles" that it introduced to television the cinematic technique of "walk and talk" where the camera follows the actors as they move around the offices in conversation. This later became an important part of the style of "The West Wing" and "ER". The show can also be seen as a distorted example of reality television because the portrayal of the talk show production is so convincing. According to Andrew Pulver in "The Guardian", "This is where it all began. The whole postmodernist, self-reflexive fact-fiction sitcom thing." After the