Friends reopen his account to share gags

Friends of the late Garry Shandling have reactivated his Twitter account to share his jokes and thoughts.

The first tweet since he died in March 2016 at the age of 66  appeared on the account on Friday.

It explained: ‘Friends who love Garry, working with his estate, are opening up Garry’s Twitter. We will occasionally tweet material from the writings, notes and journals he has left us: "Let life live through you. Presence. Compassion. Kindness."’

The tweet comes on the heels of Judd Apatow's  two-part documentary about his friends and mentor,  The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, which aired on HBO last month and featured previously unseen notebooks and archive material from the Larry Sanders star.

The first comment shared on Shandling's re-activated account was: ‘I took a couple of years off. I made a mistake because I realized you only exist if you’re on TV. And even God goes, "Hey, hey, I can’t help you. I haven’t seen you. I‘ve been flipping around. I can’t help you."’

And yesterday his friends shared the joke: ‘My penis is all caught up in trying to be like a penis in the movies: a macho penis, yet one with a heart.’

Published: 1 Apr 2018