Hank falls asleep during the show, which is just the last straw for a fed-up Larry.
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“The 'Hey Now' Episode” ranks #8 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 91.5 — Elite. The episode packs 85 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.3 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
Hank: And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
I believe that's learned behavior. When you stop, the dog will stop
Artie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: By interplay, you mean the times we're both awake?
Larry: Hank has had a dog. Okay. Well, I thought you might've, in fact, had a dog
All Jokes — 85 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: "Wow" backwards is "wow." Did you know that?
Larry: "Wow" upside-down is "Mom," and Mom upside-down is Dad's favorite thing
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: I don't know what that means, but thank you for laughing
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: There's a guy under your stall reaching in
Larry: I realized you're better off just using the currency... getting a wad of bills and hoping you don't get chaffed
Larry: I believe Hank was just then in the Middle East
Dr. Marvin: The Earth just came out of me
When you get close to him, but then when he's Farr, forget it
Larry: I didn't even need to be there for the fuckin' Saget interview
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ 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
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: Beerskis. Survey says 'no.' Really
Artie: That was a fluke. The guy cares less about the show every night.
Artie: Of course. He's a fucking moron. What do you expect?
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Larry: What, Gallagher out of fruit?
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?
Which is half our audience. And the other half are victims
Larry: Especially if she talks about the beatings she took from her father
Larry: Maybe it looks better when it's lit. That would be my guess
Artie: Yes, or some similar piece of shit. I don't know what
Larry: To people or to dogs?
Producer: Paula says his animals are like children to him, which I find very sad
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: I'd like to fuck her
Larry: You don't play for the Kings. Do you ever turn down anything?
Hank: Well, that's the biggest one in the country.
Darlene: No, that's the national one.
Hank: I never put them together till later in life. So in that sense, it's part of my personality
Larry: You do this, that isn't the same affectation? That isn't the same as my 'hey now'?
Larry: Uh, hey now, that was real funny
Larry: By interplay, you mean the times we're both awake?
Artie: Now, LaToya, she could circle. There's a gal that could be circling for years
Larry: When I met him, he was just a cruise director.
Jeannie: After the show, talk to him. It's not as if you have a million friends
Artie Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Callback Larry: I would settle for Tito at this point. I just want you to know that
Larry: I've seen terrorists do it
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: I thought I just heard you say, 'my half.' Is that what you just said? My half of the show, Hank?
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: You look a little like Kitty in Gunsmoke
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Callback Hank: Why don't you shove it up your ass? Or do you already do that commercial?
Makeup person: Fine, if you want your face and hands to clash.
Artie: Janet Jackson is out, T. Bone Burnett is in. You were right. She was circling. She got diverted to Reno.
Announcer: and me... hey now... Hank Kingsley
Paula: What do you mean, there's no helicopters? For God's sakes, tell 'em he's a burn victim.
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: 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: Hank has had a dog. Okay. Well, I thought you might've, in fact, had a dog
Hank: Philipe Xavier Kingsley
Hank: He can never stop... licking himself.
I believe that's learned behavior. When you stop, the dog will stop
Artie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: I think that is... It's that old 'monkey see, monkey do.'
Larry: I would just cut out the middleman there and lick him
Larry: Oh, boy. I couldn't... I would just cut out the middleman there and lick him.
Larry: "Sometimes" is the key phrase
Larry: Yeah. Cutting into Hank's action, in effect
Hank: And I'm thinking, maybe I ought to get a dog costume
Carl: If you call our office at Actors and Others for Animals... we can get you neutered for a very low cost
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: Really, what good does the cover do you? His new album is called The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Larry: You saved my ass.
Hank: And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
Hank: And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
Hank: You could go with me on those other jobs. They would love to have you there.
Hank: That's okay. I've turned into a moron
Larry: I've turned into an asshole last couple of years.
Hank: That's okay. I've turned into a moron.
Larry Sanders: Why is T. Bone chasing Paula?
Larry Sanders: 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 Sanders · Hank Kingsley: You saved my ass. That's my job. And I did it without saying 'hey now.'
Hank Kingsley · Larry Sanders: I'm sorry about that. I was upset that you do those other jobs. You could go with me on those other jobs. They would love to have you there.
Hank Kingsley · Larry Sanders: Look, I fell asleep on the couch. I'm sorry. Don't lecture me anymore. I can't help it. I've turned into an asshole last couple of years.
Hank Kingsley: That's okay. I've turned into a moron.
Larry Sanders: I mean, have a good time with it.
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