Larry's going out of his mind with boredom up in Montana when Artie appears with a scheme to resurrect the show.
WAR
39.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Montana” ranks #46 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.5 — Great. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 1.9 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.8 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: I know. That is a sickness. What did people say about me not being mentioned much in the book?
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: You're like one of those goddamn creatures out of Greek mythology... half man, half desk.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bernadette Peters: And every night, I say a prayer, thank the lord, Hank Kingsley's back!
Robin Williams: Honey, what time is it? Get the baby. Get the baby. Look! It's 3:00! Oh, it's 2:30 now. It's real cold.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Robin Williams: He's wonderful. I mean, he's hung like a field mouse.
Robin Williams: I mean, you pop the diaper and... boing! It's like a little sundial.
Robin Williams: Honey, what time is it? Get the baby. Get the baby. Look! It's 3:00! Oh, it's 2:30 now. It's real cold.
Robin Williams: It is like kryptonite for... for the father. Even the dog looks at me like, 'you don't put his face in it.'
Robin Williams: It's almost like I know that he's growing old because he's, like, he's 8 months and he has his own little credit card called 'fetal express.'
Robin Williams: He's dialing up one of those '976-suckle,' you know? I'm waiting for you. I'm lactating. Call me.
Larry Sanders: I think I like the kryptonite suit. That's actually what it seems like.
Larry Sanders: What is it, is it Japanese?
It is.
Larry Sanders: And what is this?
This is sears, right?
Larry Sanders: Yes, so they're both Japanese.
OK.
Larry: You hear that? That's my whippoorwill, Artie.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Artie: Oh, Larry, it's a magpie. They're scavengers, you know? They feed on road kill, dead meat. You know they carry rabies and lyme disease? You better not take a nap out on your porch. They'll peck your eyes out.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie: You're like one of those goddamn creatures out of Greek mythology... half man, half desk.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Get off the porch, asshole.
Larry Misdirection Character Comedy Artie: Or we could say you had a drug problem. You had to hide out in montana till you dried out. I tell you, that's the only surefire way I know of avoiding embarrassment.
Artie Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: That's pathetic. We should save that one for when I really have a drug problem, don't you think?
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I love these fuckers.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Artie: They don't even give you those little towels, those little wet towels. I had to wipe my face with a pack of sweet'n low.
Artie Observational Character Comedy Larry: Man, I can't believe Leno actually hid in the closet so he could hear the whole network meeting. That's a sickness, to be so obsessed with what people are saying about you.
Larry Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: I know. That is a sickness. What did people say about me not being mentioned much in the book?
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: And by pesos I don't mean to imply that someone of hispanic descent is likely to win. Again.
Hank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: 'Say now'? Say now. Well, he can't say 'hey, now.' That's the intellectual property of the Larry Sanders show.
Larry Artie Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Hank: You really pulled the rug out from under me, Larry boy.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hank: You had it on 'passenger window lock.'
Hank Observational Character Comedy Hank: Is this what you call low profile? Two grown men sitting in a car full of smoke? Looks like a goddamn cheech and chong movie.
Hank Observational Visual Gag Larry: A free scratcher ticket?
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Hank: They give me respect.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I know, but I'm trying to keep this very low profile, darlene.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Beverly: But you never fired me.
Larry: I didn't?
Beverly: No. Your business manager gives me a paycheck every week.
Larry: So what have you been up to the last 3 months, Phil?
Phil: Oh, jerking off. See you Monday.
Larry Phil Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Arthur: I need to hear you promise me that.
Larry: (Larry says nothing)
Hank Kingsley: Oh, God. It's good to know I'll never have to pull another set of balls like that again.
Artie: They should be cut out of here like cancer.
Artie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Germain: Larry walked, I put on back-to-back cheers reruns in the spot and they're doing rather well. Better then Leno as a matter of fact.
Germain Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Artie: If you say you're gonna sue somebody, the least you can do is follow through and sue them.
Artie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Germain: Oh, please, don't tell me you and Larry are lovers.
Germain Misdirection Character Comedy Germain: Something about the dynamic?
Germain Character Comedy Observational Germain: Well, that explains a lot... the mood swings, the attention disorder, the astonishing weight gain.
Artie: He's as clean as Louie Anderson's dinner plate.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Artie: I didn't hear it ring. Oh, it didn't. It's a new system. You see, there's a little flashing light here you can't see from where you're standing.
Germain: Where's the gent's?
Artie: Uh, right out the door, first crapper on the left.
Larry: What'd he mean by astonishing weight gain?
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Artie: Never mind that. What about the gay lovers thing?
Artie Callback Misdirection Callback Artie: ¡vamanos! ¡andalay! ¡pronto!
Artie Character Comedy Absurdist Larry: I had a... ahem... an addiction to painkillers.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Yeah, she got that because that's how they're wearing it in prison.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational Larry: I actually saw a hooker dressed in a barney outfit. It was unbelievable. Now when barney sings, 'you love me, I love you,' it costs you 250 bucks.
Larry Setup/Punchline Absurdist Artie: Larry comes out and he tells the people that he was molested as a child. All right? Of course, I mean we have people who call your parents and we tell them we're just making it up.
Artie Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Bernadette Peters: And every night, I say a prayer, thank the lord, Hank Kingsley's back!
Hank: Thank the lord, Hank Kingsley's back!
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Larry Sanders Show
