This Is Garry Shandling’s Searing Indictment Of Former Manager Brad Grey. How Do You Like It So Far?

If the old adage about the lawyer who represents himself having a fool for a client is true, then Anthony Pellicano’s cross-examination today of Garry Shandling at his own trial (Underwhelming Hollywood with Nothing of Juicy Significance Since 2002™) was like the Comedy Store main room. When asked by the court what he does for a living, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports, Shandling responded, “That’s a bad sign. I’m a comedian.” To which the judge responded, “Not to me you’re not.” (To which the entire jury snapped in unison and remarked, “Ooooooh girl.”) Shandling was there in connection with a long-running feud with onetime manager Brad Grey over lost earnings from his The Larry Sanders Show deal, during which Scary Hollywood Lawyer Bert Fields, a regular subscriber to Pellicano’s eavesdropping services, allegedly used the P.I. to tap Shandling’s calls. From DHD’s courtroom report: