Larry begins an affair with a much younger show intern which causes resentment among the staff and places him in the awkward position of meeting her parents. Hank insists on a buying a race horse for himself, Larry and Artie in honor of the show's eighth anniversary.
WAR
36.5
Wins Above Replacement
“0.409” ranks #52 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.1 — Great. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.5 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: What cologne are you wearing?
Larry: Sand dabs. I don't like to eat them. I just rub them on.
Hank: He jumped the rail, and he dumped the jockey, and he ran across the infield... he got into the parking lot and out onto Colorado Boulevard.
Larry Sanders: I had a smoke detector installed in my ass, and I don't hear any beeping
Artie: Don't tell us! Tell the career suicide hotline! Bye-bye!
Artie Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders: I don't think so. I didn't adopt her, I just slept with her.
All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry Sanders: I had a smoke detector installed in my ass, and I don't hear any beeping
Larry Sanders: My ass takes 'd' cells. I'll check it later.
Artie: I'd do it, Hank, but I made plans to put all my cash in a bag and toss it over a cliff
Artie Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Larry Sanders: I can't even afford a bag
Artie: We should just hire a fucking woodpecker for a sidekick
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Beverly: Don't think of her as a person. Just think of her as an employee.
Larry Sanders: Oh! I was just stretching.
Larry Sanders: Can't wait to meet your sisters the Pinta and the Santa Maria
Nina: I've heard that one before.
Larry Sanders: Well, it dates back to 1492.
Nina: I don't doubt it.
Oh! Oh! Why weren't the cameras still rolling?!
Unknown Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Phil: Frasier goes on date. My God in heaven! Don't let me forget to set my VCR!
Phil Observational Irony/Sarcasm Artie: Phil, scurry back to your hutch and cogitate a little more, my boy
Artie Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Artie: If we do this desk piece, the audience will rush the stage and burn down the desk
Artie: Don't tell us! Tell the career suicide hotline! Bye-bye!
Artie Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: Well, that's what separates you from the others. It's a classic. It works, you know?
Larry Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: What cologne are you wearing?
Larry: Sand dabs. I don't like to eat them. I just rub them on.
Larry Sanders: I am a sick fuck. I'm a sick, sick fuck.
Nina: No, you're a great fuck.
Nina Misdirection Wordplay/Pun Larry: Because you're just clearly younger than me and yet more together, and I find that depressing.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Nina Visual Gag Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Larry: Promise?
Nina: Cheese?
Larry Sanders: I don't think so. I didn't adopt her, I just slept with her.
Hank: Wouldn't I like to give her the old pork sausage? Hello, Jimmy Dean. Enh. Enh.
Hank: Larry? I wanna thank you for 8 wonderful years. This is my gift to you. And I love you.
Hank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Artie: Comes the waterworks. I'm outta here.
Hank: If anybody should be fucking her, it should be me. I'm closer to her age than Larry.
Beverly: Between the O.J. verdicts, Showgirls, and Larry dating an 18-year-old, that's it. I'm killing myself.
Beverly Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Phil: And no jury in the world would convict you.
Phil: I can look at anyone, except Victoria Principal, and guess exactly how old they are.
John Stamos: I go to see a movie, I guess, probably once every couple weeks.
Larry Sanders: Absolutely.
John Stamos: Right.
Larry Sanders: There you go.
John Stamos: You can get alcohol there just in case the show's a little slow.
John Stamos: Are you seeing anyone?
Larry: What's going on... no. No. No, single. Single. Yes. Dating around? What do you... yeah, well. Yeah. Who you dating? Anyone we know? Anyone... no. No one... no one to speak of.
Hank: We've been together 8 years... being sentimental. You know. I just... but in a professional, platonic way.
Hank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Artie: You are very close to sexual harassment.
Larry Sanders: What the fuck do you think you're doing? It's a beautiful song, and I have feelings, and thank you for ruining it.
Larry Sanders: I don't give a fuck about a horse. I have a car.
Larry Sanders: Or should I say, glad you could Sta-mos?
Larry Sanders: This appears to be the Saved by the Bell reunion.
Larry Sanders: Hey, they let O.J. go, didn't they? Come on. Isn't that enough?
Shawn Colvin: That's good, well, maybe they'll pop for the bill. One can only hope.
We just lie in bed together and laugh at you.
Larry Sanders: I often read the menu right before I actually order. Otherwise, I find them boring.
Hank: He jumped the rail, and he dumped the jockey, and he ran across the infield... he got into the parking lot and out onto Colorado Boulevard.
Hank: I don't know how, but he got into the parking lot and out onto colorado Boulevard.
Hank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: We should be expecting 2, maybe 3 lawsuits.
Beverly: You need to go through a lot of pain to be interesting.
Beverly Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders: I didn't get interesting until after my first marriage, and then I was so fucking interesting, I couldn't get out of bed for a month.
Larry Sanders: Fucking John Stamos. I can't believe they're still there.
Larry Sanders: I talked to John Stamos for 11 minutes the other night on the show, and you want... I nearly went into a coma.
Larry Sanders: You're gonna have a great time.
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