Larry gets into a feud with the network when he makes fun of their new fall schedule on the air.
WAR
43
Wins Above Replacement
“The Fourteenth Floor” ranks #14 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.5 — Elite. The episode packs 40 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Artie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Artie: Manson had a family.
Artie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Artie: His heart's in the right place, but he keeps his brain in a box at home.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Artie: I've been makin' waves since the midwife tugged me out of my mother's underside.
Artie Character Comedy Escalation They said, 'well, that's... hopefully, people watch every week to wonder who the other one is.'
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: 'you know, you're too old, you can't see, and you're a woman,' which, by coincidence, is exactly the same excuse Bill Clinton used to get out.
Larry Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm All Jokes — 40 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: This will come as very good news to my grandmother who needs a spotter to pick up a spoon.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational Larry: listen, when you live in the bay area, it's not easy to say 'bay area man.'
Larry Observational Wordplay/Pun The intoxicated man later tried to convince police he was one of those new, crazy, flesh-eating viruses.
Larry Setup/Punchline Absurdist When asked to comment on this, a white house aide said, 'please go away. If she finds out I talked to you, she'll hurt me.'
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: 'you know, you're too old, you can't see, and you're a woman,' which, by coincidence, is exactly the same excuse Bill Clinton used to get out.
Larry Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Larry: It's about a father and his 5 wacky kids. It's about a father and 4 kids. It doesn't even add up to 6, and yet it's called... the 6 of us. They're too cheap to hire the sixth guy.
Larry Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch They said, 'well, that's... hopefully, people watch every week to wonder who the other one is.'
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: I actually believe that you could replace all of our network executives with chimps and, other than the, uh, hygiene factor going up, why, no one would know the difference.
Artie Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Artie: Great show, great guests tomorrow, you go home, have a glass of wine, whack off. I'll see you tomorrow.
Artie Escalation Character Comedy Artie: Dr. Don! I didn't recognize you with my pants on!
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Artie: If you stand up too fast, you'll get hit in the head by the boom.
Artie Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Artie: His heart's in the right place, but he keeps his brain in a box at home.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Artie: I gave him some candy and a balloon and sent him on his merry way.
Artie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Phil: Or maybe we say that you've discovered the network family tree and you pull out this dead little Bush or somethin'.
Phil Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag Larry: I believe that's the same message on, uh, Michael Jackson's answering machine.
Larry Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Larry: Not always easy for the network to find the chair.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Daniel Palmer: Well, I was in nursery school.
Larry: Oh, so you write as well?
Larry Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Daniel Palmer: Well, I only know what's on until 8:30 because that's my bedtime.
Artie: Manson had a family.
Artie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Artie: Fine. I'll write it up. Have it upstairs by the end of the day.
Artie Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: Fine. I'll write it up. Have it upstairs by the end of the day.
Artie Running Gag Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: The network respects you too much to play that kind of game.
Artie Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Artie: I've been makin' waves since the midwife tugged me out of my mother's underside.
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Artie: we'll kick 'em in the ass.
Artie Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Artie: Who the fuck do you think I am, Mr. Chips?
Artie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm If only the arabs and israelis would give cup-a-soup.
Larry Absurdist Observational Hank Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort I get a bad tooth, he goes to Maui.
Artie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Artie: Get off my ass. I'm hungry.
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I heard he's found the lord.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Hank: If I was 10 years on that boat, I'd find the lord, too.
Hank Callback Character Comedy Callback Hank: Gavin mccloud doesn't know one fucking ring from another.
Hank Character Comedy Escalation Artie: I already had my... lunch. I had a ham and bourbon sammich.
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Is this the ham talking?
Larry Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Callback Larry: The little guy with the palsy, right?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Artie: I hope you like it short and uneven.
Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Artie: No. I'm the goat. They're gonna fire me, see? They say that I can't handle you, so they're gonna bring in their own man.
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Before we get any further into tonight's show, I would like to say that... we've been doing some joking about the network the last couple of weeks, and that is my responsibility. I take full responsibility for it, and if I so overstepped my boundaries and insulted the network in any way, I apologize, and I would like to be a member of the network family again...
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Hank: that nice lady is gonna be, uh, tripping over a little thing called a subpoena.
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