Hank falls asleep during the show, which is just the last straw for a fed-up Larry.
WAR
33.5
Wins Above Replacement
“The 'Hey Now' Episode” ranks #67 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.8 — Solid. The episode packs 78 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Larry landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
I believe that's learned behavior. When you stop, the dog will stop
Carl Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Paula: What do you mean, there's no helicopters? For God's sakes, tell 'em he's a burn victim.
Paula Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: Oh, boy. I couldn't... I would just cut out the middleman there and lick him.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: I've turned into an asshole last couple of years.
Hank: That's okay. I've turned into a moron.
Artie: If he were a kidney, he'd been here an hour ago
All Jokes — 78 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: "Wow" backwards is "wow." Did you know that?
Larry Observational Wordplay/Pun Larry: "Wow" upside-down is "Mom," and Mom upside-down is Dad's favorite thing
Larry Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive Larry: We went to Egypt with my in-laws who are a lot of fun... if you like being in a vault with them
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational Larry: I don't know what that means, but thank you for laughing
Larry Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: But nobody ever goes there because it Sphinx back there
Larry: All the women look like Jamie Farr
Larry: I'm a big Jamie Farr fan and I love women... so the combination just turned me on major
Larry: Major... that's from MASH too
Larry Callback Meta/Self-Referential Callback Larry: There's a guy under your stall reaching in
Larry Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I realized you're better off just using the currency... getting a wad of bills and hoping you don't get chaffed
Hank Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Larry: I believe Hank was just then in the Middle East
Larry Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dr. Marvin: The Earth just came out of me
When you get close to him, but then when he's Farr, forget it
Larry Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Larry: I didn't even need to be there for the fuckin' Saget interview
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: All I said was 'Hi, Bob. Bye, Bob.' I could've been working at a Jack In The Box
Artie: Yeah, love the one where the man gets hit in the nuts with the Wiffle Ball
Artie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Geography quiz.
But I'm working on a new guest now.
Who's Leno got?
Macauley Culkin.
Why, you...
I'm just kidding you.
Larry: Donna Mills? Even Kiss is working without makeup, Artie
Larry Observational Escalation Larry: Beerskis. Survey says 'no.' Really
Larry Callback Character Comedy Hank Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Artie: That was a fluke. The guy cares less about the show every night.
Artie Character Comedy Observational Artie: Of course. He's a fucking moron. What do you expect?
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Larry: What, Gallagher out of fruit?
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Observational Jeannie: I would've tucked him in, but there's a network TV show going on
Sorry. It's offensive to serial killers, isn't it?
Writer Dark/Subversive Misdirection Which is half our audience. And the other half are victims
Writer Escalation Dark/Subversive Larry: Especially if she talks about the beatings she took from her father
Larry Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Maybe it looks better when it's lit. That would be my guess
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Artie: Yes, or some similar piece of shit. I don't know what
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Larry: To people or to dogs?
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Observational Producer: Paula says his animals are like children to him, which I find very sad
Producer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Hank Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: I'd like to fuck her
Hank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: You don't play for the Kings. Do you ever turn down anything?
Larry Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Hank: Well, that's the biggest one in the country.
Darlene: No, that's the national one.
Hank Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: I never put them together till later in life. So in that sense, it's part of my personality
Hank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You do this, that isn't the same affectation? That isn't the same as my 'hey now'?
Hank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Uh, hey now, that was real funny
Hank Running Gag Meta/Self-Referential Callback Hank Running Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: By interplay, you mean the times we're both awake?
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: Now, LaToya, she could circle. There's a gal that could be circling for years
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Larry: When I met him, he was just a cruise director.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Jeannie: After the show, talk to him. It's not as if you have a million friends
Jeannie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I would settle for Tito at this point. I just want you to know that
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: I've seen terrorists do it
Larry: I thought I just heard you say, 'my half.' Is that what you just said? My half of the show, Hank?
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You look a little like Kitty in Gunsmoke
Larry Observational Character Comedy Hank: Why don't you shove it up your ass? Or do you already do that commercial?
Hank Escalation Character Comedy Makeup person: Fine, if you want your face and hands to clash.
Audience Running Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: Janet Jackson is out, T. Bone Burnett is in. You were right. She was circling. She got diverted to Reno.
Paula Callback Escalation Callback Announcer: and me... hey now... Hank Kingsley
Announcer Running Gag Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Paula: What do you mean, there's no helicopters? For God's sakes, tell 'em he's a burn victim.
Paula Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Artie: If he were a kidney, he'd been here an hour ago
Larry: If I had a gun, I'd put it in my mouth, turn and take us both out
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation Larry: He's written a wonderful book called My Dog, Myself. Teaching us how to train a dog in five days... and we are up to approximately day four.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Larry: Hank has had a dog. Okay. Well, I thought you might've, in fact, had a dog
Larry Reaction Beat Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Hank: Philipe Xavier Kingsley
Hank Character Comedy Escalation Hank: He can never stop... licking himself.
Hank Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort I believe that's learned behavior. When you stop, the dog will stop
Carl Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I think that is... It's that old 'monkey see, monkey do.'
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Callback Larry: I would just cut out the middleman there and lick him
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Oh, boy. I couldn't... I would just cut out the middleman there and lick him.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: "Sometimes" is the key phrase
Larry Reaction Beat Character Comedy Larry: Yeah. Cutting into Hank's action, in effect
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Hank: And I'm thinking, maybe I ought to get a dog costume
Hank Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Carl: If you call our office at Actors and Others for Animals... we can get you neutered for a very low cost
Carl Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: We do not have the cover... but this is what it looks like once you open it. This is what you play. Really, what good does the cover do you?
Larry Observational Escalation Larry: Really, what good does the cover do you? His new album is called The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Larry Observational Meta/Self-Referential Larry: You saved my ass.
Hank: And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
Hank: And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
Hank Callback Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: You could go with me on those other jobs. They would love to have you there.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hank: That's okay. I've turned into a moron
Hank Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I've turned into an asshole last couple of years.
Hank: That's okay. I've turned into a moron.
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