'Brilliant': Norm Macdonald shares his favorite Garry Shandling joke

Doug P. | 1:21 PM on March 25, 2016

Garry Shandling created the outside joke. #RIPGarryShandling

— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) March 25, 2016

Comedian Garry Shandling passed away yesterday at the age of 66. SNL alum and fellow comedian Norm Macdonald shared some memories of Shandling on Twitter and also recalled his favorite joke:

My favorite Garry joke: "I'm dating Miss Georgia. All right, it's the former Miss Georgia. OK, it's George Foreman." #RIPGarryShandling

— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) March 25, 2016

A timeless classic!

@normmacdonald That'd be a fascinating joke to try to reverse engineer. Like, where did he start conceptually, with Foreman or Miss Georgia?

— HarryHew (@harryhew) March 25, 2016

@harryhew Funny, Harry, I asked him the identical question. it was so mysterious. H didn't answer.

— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) March 25, 2016

@normmacdonald You think he didn't know? Leonard Cohen once said, "If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often."

— HarryHew (@harryhew) March 25, 2016