The office suffers when Larry and Darlene tentatively begin a romance, prompting a domino effect of hurt feelings and jealousy.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Office Romance” ranks #11 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.2 — Elite. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 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 Sanders: Well, you picked a fine Time to tell me this.
Larry: And it was 3 evenings.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: I'll cancel the ranch. And the rest of us can sit in a sensory deprivation tank and see who takes a shit first.
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy Artie: You'll be getting the bill from the browning dealer for this sweetheart. 5 grand. I'll pay the extra grand.
Artie Dark/Subversive Escalation Phil: Now I'm doubly screwed because I went a whole month without having an orgasm.
Darlene: Well, guess what. So did i.
Phil: Well, that's the point, right?
All Jokes — 45 analyzed
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Larry Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Ex-wife lorena has offered to do the circumcision.
Larry Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Bob Barker: Barker denies the charges, saying he's been spayed and neutered since '89.
Larry Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Darlene: You said you weren't coming last year, and you ended up winning the sack race.
Darlene Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry: Yeah. Well, you know, I'd do anything to win the sack race.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Hank: Couple of rats got caught in the mechanism.
Hank Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: How long before I come back around?
Larry Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick Artie: I'll cancel the ranch. And the rest of us can sit in a sensory deprivation tank and see who takes a shit first.
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: You feel like you're sitting in the gift shop of the u.N.
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline Larry: I believe it's so she can use the diamond lane.
Larry Setup/Punchline Misdirection Artie: A thousand bucks says this means big trouble.
Artie Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Larry: Make it an even 2,000.
Artie: I've never been so turned on in my life.
Larry: Oh, me neither.
Artie: This is the easiest 2,500 I've ever made.
Artie: Oh, me neither. This is the easiest 2,500 I've ever made.
Artie Escalation Character Comedy Larry: It ain't dipped in gold. Like I'm supposed to know what that means.
Hank: Well, I'm not into interracial dating, 'cause it just, uh...Never works. I mean, sex is good, but in the morning, the cultural differences start to rear their ugly heads.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I believe that cultural differences would happen with you and any woman.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Hank Kingsley: Back off, jack.
Hank: Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Hank Absurdist Character Comedy Darlene: Screw him. It's not like it's a dog or--
Hank: How about the time Tipper Gore complained about my breath? Because I think Larry was a little pissed about that. But my god. I-- I had an infection.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Phil: Did you guys fuck between the 9th and 10th floor?
Phil Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Phil: Next week it'll be Bill Clinton and who else, Hillary?
Phil Escalation Character Comedy Clinton is in deep trouble with whitewater. Remember the days when he was only in trouble with white women?
Writer Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Clinton is in deep Trouble with whitewater. Remember the days when He was only in trouble With white women?
Writer Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Sadly, it turned out to be gene rayburn.
Writer Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Larry: With the olsen twins?
Larry Absurdist Setup/Punchline Paula: I thought you said it made me look like Pat Benatar's shorter, fatter sister.
Paula Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Larry: No, I said 'cuter.'
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Callback Should we keep saget? And he'd be like that. Like, should we get rid of cagney and lacey? He'd be like that.
Phil: Now I'm doubly screwed because I went a whole month without having an orgasm.
Darlene: Well, guess what. So did i.
Phil: Well, that's the point, right?
Phil: You and paula are not best friends. You're girls.
Phil Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Phil: You and paula are Not best friends. You're girls.
Darlene: I could never leave Hank.
Darlene Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry Running Gag Awkward Silence Beverly: Twice in one day is two times too many.
Beverly Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Paula: It's got A flashlight, Compass, stopwatch. I can do anything With this.
Paula Character Comedy Absurdist Larry: She's not a thinker. The blond hair? Big breasts?
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Paula: You should have kept jerry and fired phil for being a lying prick.
Paula Character Comedy Escalation Phil: I will sue the Show. I want you To know that.
Phil Escalation Character Comedy Artie: You'll be getting the bill from the browning dealer for this sweetheart. 5 grand. I'll pay the extra grand.
Artie Dark/Subversive Escalation Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Artie: Well, I thought we agreed that our evening of bliss was an event best not repeated.
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders: Well, you picked a fine Time to tell me this.
Larry: And it was 3 evenings.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I want my money back.
Larry Character Comedy Callback Callback Top Episodes — The Larry Sanders Show
