Artie gets stuck on the highway during torrential rains and mud-slides leaving Paula the booker to function as the producer for the show.
WAR
18.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Artie's Gone” ranks #84 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 68.5 — Mixed. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.3 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
Larry: My card was the 4 of diamonds, asshole.
Larry Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie: Two years is two days in Darlene time.
Artie Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Steven Wright: Hey, man. I don't even know what an ego thing is, man.
Steven Wright: Coming out with you is like something is dragging on my foot.
Larry: Smells like the 10 of clubs.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Beverly: There's only two seasons in this city-- rainy and riot.
Beverly Observational Dark/Subversive Beverly: A little rain, and this whole town shuts down. They said he has the flu. Bullshit.
Artie: There's a goddamn house that's sitting right here in the middle of the road! Don't ever move to Malibu, it's a fucking hellhole.
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy Paula: That's why I live in the valley.
Paula Irony/Sarcasm Observational Artie: I'd like you to fill in for me... And don't tell Larry that I'm not there because you know how he gets when I'm not around.
Artie: Two years is two days in Darlene time.
Artie Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Paula: Spot clean... Yesterday he said something about spot cleaning.
Paula Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection Hank: Absent, detained, not-o here-o.
Hank Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Darlene: Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
Hank: Hey, stow that shit, sailor.
Hank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hank: That's the spirit-- gallows humor.
Paula: It's not a joke.
Larry: You're 28.
Paula: 26.
Larry: Thanks for your support.
Writer: We don't have lunch till 5:30.
Paula: Before brunch.
Writer: Brunch it is.
Paula: Larry hates your magic tricks.
Hank: This isn't magic. This is an illusion.
Larry: And what crawled up his ass and died?
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hank: No way... Take off my shoe and look inside.
Larry: That's amazing. How'd you do that?
Hank: Magic.
Larry: Fuck!
Paula: Robert, hi. I'm sorry, honey... Work is so crazy today.
Paula Cringe/Discomfort Observational Paula: I was going to tell you about it.
Darlene: I haven't seen him since we broke up.
Paula: I know.
Darlene: I don't want to see him--
Paula: I believe he's speaking with Elayne Boosler...
Larry: For lead?
Paula: I don't know. That's just one option.
Larry: Like who?
Paula: Jody Watley.
Larry: Funny.
Paula: She's a singer.
Larry: I know.
Larry: Let's try and find someone Donald Trump hasn't screwed.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive Artie: Have a glass of wine... You don't have to drink it, Paula. Just walk in front of the audience with it.
Paula: The way I look now, it won't relax anyone to see me with alcohol.
Larry: We don't have a lead guest, do we?
Larry: Hank will try and jam in a stupid magic trick.
Larry: Dance all night, dudes.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort I was told I was on first... But when Hank called, I came right over.
Steven: You do a great job... as a sidekick.
Hank: What a nice compliment.
Steven Wright: Hey, man. I don't even know what an ego thing is, man.
Bruno: This fucking show is run so fucking sloppy. This would never happen on Letterman.
Steven: Right. It's amateur night in Dixie.
Larry: But I suppose it's a dry heat and I'm just an old fuck.
Robert: You know what? I knew you would say that.
Robert Observational Cringe/Discomfort Richard Simmons: The woman's crazy. I was talking to the guy next to her.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational Larry: Why can't they say it has a success rate of 74%?
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline Larry: This is just an example of some people seeing the condom as 1/4 empty when it's really 3/4 full.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Paula: He says you're doing great.
Paula: He's waving.
Larry: I can't make him out, but good.
Larry: You know, in L.A., you can't be too sure what that popping is.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive Larry: He was wonderful in City Slickers.
Hank: Wonderful.
Hank: No, he was not in City Slickers.
Hank: You're thinking of someone else.
Larry: You're right, and I'm wrong... Well, if you're going to be that way about it.
Steven Wright: Coming out with you is like something is dragging on my foot.
He's saying you stick to his shoe like toilet paper, which I think is rude.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Bruno: New York.
Steven: The Gap.
Bruno Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Steven: Yeah, but I got mine first.
Larry: I used to dance like that in high school, by the way.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Paula: Artie wasn't even here. He was in a mud slide. It was just me.
Paula Character Comedy Callback Larry: You're what? 28?
Hank: 26.
Artie Reaction Beat Character Comedy Paula: It was an accident. I shouldn't drink.
Artie: Horse hockey.
Larry: Smells like the 10 of clubs.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: My card was the 4 of diamonds, asshole.
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