Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

Editor's note: This originally ran in "Tales from the Morgue" in 2008. We are running again now in celebration of Garry Shandling's life. He died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at the age of 66. When a ...