Larry's little dinner at home with Arthur, initiated by Jeannie, escalates into a full-blown party and causes Larry to become extremely paranoid.
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74.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Party” ranks #76 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.8 — Elite. The episode packs 78 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Larry Sanders landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Martin Mull · Hank Kingsley: Have you ever thought about changing it? / No. / Just listen to this, okay? [pause] Instead of saying 'Hey now!'... you'd say, 'Come here!'
Larry: These are vitamins.
Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry: 'I just want you to be yourself.' / Jeannie: 'I am being myself.' / Larry: 'I will tell you when I am being myself.'
Larry: Great party. Great. It was great.
Jeannie Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 78 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: Okay, ready? Now, first, you take off your clothes.
Larry: Or does that say 'applesauce'?
Larry: This tie? You like it? Doesn't make my butt look fat, does it?
Larry: I'm going, 'Oh, jeez. Well, at least he's off the island.'
Artie: The joke doesn't work unless he ends with the words 'adjustable beds.'
Toilet monitor is busted, boys.
Artie: She's halfway to her ideal weight, whatever that's supposed to mean.
Larry: You've never been to the house before?
Artie: Not that I recall. I have no mental picture.
Larry: Your House? What is that, a new Chinese place?
Larry: Be there or be square.
Artie: I can do both.
Larry: That's one person every two hours, half a person every hour.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jeannie: They're half salt, half vodka. Swear to God, the olive floats at the top.
Beverly: Has anyone ever been to Larry's house for dinner?
Not that I know of.
Beverly: That's weird. There must be a reason.
Friend: She's getting a promotion. Damn it!
Larry: These are vitamins.
Hank: Hey now! Well, I accept. I am... I'm very honored... and I would never miss a Larry Sanders event.
Hank: You tell her it's a big Larry Sanders shindig... a real time-of-your-life blowout. You tell her everybody's gonna be there.
Darlene: I wasn't invited.
Hank: Hey. Hank'll make it right.
Jeannie: As the talent booker, I work hands-on with the people. That's like a segment producer. To be blunt, she's like a glorified secretary.
Larry: Oh, shit. That fuckin' dinner. For once I try and join my personal life with my work life.
Darlene: I'm gonna bring my tarot cards tonight and do your wife.
Coworkers Reaction Beat Awkward Silence Callback Larry: But just the tarot reading will be fine.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Phil: Oh, Larry! What should I bring tonight? Ice? Chips? Salt!
Hank Kingsley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Larry: Phil, you know, I've got this... Ulcer? Party.
Jeannie: You're putting everything we own into a box.
Larry: Just a couple of things, like Aquarium Digest.
Larry: Then they'll decide we're not as happy as Burt Reynolds and Loni.
Jeannie: You do drink.
Larry: I do not drink.
Larry: Ooh, you're not my beautiful wife. Hey, hey, welcome. No dates?
Jeannie: It is! You cry every time at the end... when he finishes with his mission on Earth and has to go back to heaven.
Artie: Just because Cheers was a hit, every asshole thinks he can mix a drink.
No, Larry paid for it.
Cost him a few thousand dollars too.
A few thousand dollars?
That's right.
It's not that funny.
Hank: I wrote some party jokes for you to use throughout the night.
Beverly Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jeannie: I said no, so we ended up dry-humping on the couch all week. He's an animal.
Jeannie: Then, of course, that night he wanted to have sex. I said no, so we ended up dry-humping on the couch all week.
Larry: Hey, would you mind using the bathroom downstairs?
Martin: Just saw more than one car, so I got to thinking... 'That's not right.'
Martin: Didn't scrimp on anything, did ya?
Martin: Instead of saying, 'Hey now!'... you'd say, 'Come here!'
Martin: That is what you can use if the show goes off the air.
Jeannie: You were spying on me?
It's a toga. Must be a white thing.
Artie: Drink it, you pussy.
Hank: The thing is, see, our coats? Yeah? They're in the bedroom... and, well, the bedroom door is locked.
Hank: I never put my keys in the bedroom, in case someone gets in a sleepy mood.
Artie: Now I'm going downstairs and I'm gonna take care of that... sack of human shit with a camera.
Artie Character Comedy Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: One of those little Lady Di smiles.
Larry: I'll bet Letterman fights with that woman who claims to be his wife.
Two Guests Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Great party. Great. It was great.
Larry: Great party. Great. It was great.
Jeannie Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders · Artie: Larry: 'That is not... I am an animal. I'm an animal, huh, Artie? I'm an animal.' — seeking Artie's endorsement of his masculinity.
Artie · Larry Sanders: I gotta pee real bad. / Hey, would you mind using the bathroom downstairs?
Martin Mull · Larry Sanders: Martin Mull actually shows up — he saw the cars. 'I just saw more than one car, so I got to thinking, "That's not right."'
Martin Mull · Hank Kingsley: Martin Mull to Hank on 'Hey now': 'Which writer came up with "Hey now"?' / 'Hank did.' / 'It's brilliant. Really!'
Martin Mull · Hank Kingsley: Have you ever thought about changing it? / No. / Just listen to this, okay? [pause] Instead of saying 'Hey now!'... you'd say, 'Come here!'
Martin Mull · Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Mull's aside about 'Come here' being for when the show goes off the air — Larry overhears and panics: 'What do you mean, when the show...'
Larry Sanders: She's not well. Excuse us.
Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry confronts Jeannie: 'You're telling people about our lives. About dry-humping, Aspen, Montana.' / 'You were spying on me?' / 'I was standing nearby.'
Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry: 'I just want you to be yourself.' / Jeannie: 'I am being myself.' / Larry: 'I will tell you when I am being myself.'
Jeannie: Jeannie: 'Excuse me. I'm from Chicago. When we have parties, we invite actual friends and we have fun. And we talk about whatever comes up.'
Jeannie Character Comedy Observational Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry: 'Keep it down. They will think we're fighting.' / Jeannie: 'We ARE fighting!'
Guest · Larry Sanders: Guests find the toga photo: 'Must be a white thing.' / Larry: 'No, I don't get it either. It's a stupid thing.'
Larry Sanders · Artie: Someone is filming the party without permission. Two characters react: 'What the... Get out!' and 'as soon as I finish this Salty Dog, I'm gonna rip that camera from his hands and tear him a new A-hole.'
Larry Sanders · Artie: Larry to Artie about women: 'I don't understand women.' / Artie: 'I agree. Here. Have a Salty Dog.' / Larry: 'No, I—' / Artie: 'Drink it, you pussy.'
Hank Kingsley · Artie: Hank tries to excuse Shauna leaving early: 'It's just that, you know, Shauna's a little tired.' / Artie: 'That is something more than tired, Hank.' / Hank: 'She's overtired.'
Hank Kingsley · Larry Sanders: No, no. I had a lovely time. It's just that, you know, Shauna's a little tired... / That is something more than tired, Hank. / She's overtired. / Yes. Yeah.
Hank Kingsley · Larry Sanders: Hank and his date can't get their coats — Jeannie has locked herself in the bedroom. 'The thing is, see, our coats? They're in the bedroom... and, well, the bedroom door is locked.'
Hank Kingsley: Hank's explanation of Jeannie's behavior escalates: 'She was... She wasn't even in there. But she's crying. She is... has fallen asleep.'
Guest · Larry Sanders: Guest leaving without coat: 'I didn't even like that coat.' / Larry: 'No, I'll get that stuff.' / Guest: 'Except car keys.' / Larry: 'I never put my keys in the bedroom, in case someone gets in a sleepy mood.'
Guest · Larry Sanders: 'I didn't want my keys anyway.' / 'It's better this way.' / 'No, it's not better this way. This is bullshit. I want my coat.'
Artie · Larry Sanders: 'She's your wife. Could you go in there, tell her to open the goddamn door?' — Artie's five-marriage context immediately follows.
Artie: Artie tries to get Jeannie to open the door: 'Jeannie, the last thing this house needs... is tough love. Jeannie, open this door!'
Artie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry and Jeannie fight in whispers — 'All you care about is what they think.' / 'That is not true.' / 'Then why are you whispering?' / 'I am not whispering.'
Larry Sanders · Jeannie: Larry asks Jeannie for 'one of those little Lady Di smiles' to wave the guests out — 'That's all I'm asking from you. Okay. One more fake moment and we're done.'
Larry Sanders: Larry's parting shot to the camera/audience: 'All right. So we're fighting, okay? That's it. What, you don't... You think we're the only ones who fight? Everybody fights. Everybody has fights. I'll bet Letterman fights with that woman who claims to be his wife.'
Larry Sanders: Larry: 'I don't care what you think. I love my wife. I don't care. I love my wife and I don't care what you think!' — screamed at departing guests.
Larry Sanders · Staffers: Morning, Larry. / Morning. Morning. / Hi, Larry. / Good morning. / Great party. / Great. It was great.
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