Family ties are stretched to the limit when Artie hires his delinquent son as a production assistant. Larry worries about his diet.
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“The P.A.” ranks #69 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.1 — Solid. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.9 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.5 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
Artie: Not after you stabbed the great one with a fork!
Artie Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I just wanted my frozen yogurt frozen, that's all.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Artie: Don't you dare call Larry a sock!
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry: That b-12 shot's doing no good whatsoever. Actually, maybe I should get a shot in each cheek, because one half of my ass feels like it's alive and rarin' to go and the other half feels depressed... and lonely.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Cully: Parr, gleason, cavett, and now Larry. It's always the same. Larry, a guy who's so limp, he's like a fucking sock.
Cully Character Comedy Escalation All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: Yeah, and those are big cups.
Larry Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Larry: I feel like I have 20 pounds of wet sand in my head.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: I was nuttier in the late eighties.
Cully: Hey, dad, where's the crapper? I gotta drop the kids off at the pool.
Cully Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: What a freak. What a big fucking freak.
Larry Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Talk up. They're in the crapper, for God's sakes.
Larry Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I was just thinking he's got such a great personality, maybe he should be the receptionist.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Larry: You remember that summer we hired sheldon's son and we caught him in the xerox room with a copy of hustler? Remember what he was doing?
Larry Callback Cringe/Discomfort Larry: What am I, a pussy? Why don't I send him something nice like a parasol and some earrings?
Hank: If you're within an 8-foot radius, whoop it up.
Hank Observational Character Comedy Hank: Don't lip off to the head rooster, you're set.
Hank Character Comedy Observational Larry: honestly, like some kind of cardboard shit.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: That's the kissing disease. Don't kiss me!
Larry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Artie: I got fruit baskets comin' out of my ass.
Cully Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Cully: Dad, that network dipshit is sitting in your office waiting for you.
Cully Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Cully: It's not as thrilling as un-jamming the xerox machine, but no, I do not mind.
Cully Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Callback Cully: Hey, slim pants, yogurt?
Hank: No, thanks, fat pants.
Cully: Non-dairy is strawberry swirl, or as I like to call it, the queer's delight.
Cully Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy I'll have that.
Lar will have queer's delight.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Paula: I think he's very sexy, and I'd like to sleep with him.
Paula Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Paula: Good. I'm so tired of all the neurotic pussies around here.
Paula Character Comedy Observational Hank: Well, maybe he went to 'this can't be yogurt.' Where's that? It's right near 'what is this, yogurt?' You know, I don't care if he goes to 'hey, that's my asshole.' I just want some yogurt.
Larry: Actually, I... I... I prefer it... extra-wet. It's, uh, more like real yogurt.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Artie: Everyone screws up the yogurt. I used to screw it up back when it was ice cream, and my car smelled like rotten milk, but that's show biz.
Artie Character Comedy Observational Cully: You get to wear shorts, drive around with the door open. It's perfect in this fucking heat.
Cully Character Comedy Observational Larry: I noticed that the armrest was missing and the seats were very, uh, sticky.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: No one else has ever sat behind the wheel of my bentley except for the 3 previous owners and now... our cully.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Cully: Yeah, especially since I drove my shitbox into the bus shelter.
Cully Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: That b-12 shot's doing no good whatsoever. Actually, maybe I should get a shot in each cheek, because one half of my ass feels like it's alive and rarin' to go and the other half feels depressed... and lonely.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry: Just look at kiefer sutherland.
Larry Observational Meta/Self-Referential Larry: Tell him I'm uncomfortable around new people... that you don't like anyone who's younger than you, that you're still mad about that 'queer's delight' crack.
Larry Character Comedy Callback Callback Cully: With me gone, he'll have you all to himself.
Cully Character Comedy Observational Artie: Why, because cully hasn't learned how to kiss ass yet like everybody else around here?
Artie Character Comedy Observational Larry: I just wanted my frozen yogurt frozen, that's all.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Larry King: I can see this is a double Larry day.
Larry: In the name of the sweet baby Jesus, why am I so fat?
Larry Character Comedy Observational Cully: Really? Thanks for telling me, because I wouldn't know what a magazine is. I'm a moron.
Cully Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Look, I'm sorry that you're a 50-year-old p.a., but that's not really my fault.
Cully Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Artie: Not after you stabbed the great one with a fork!
Artie Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Cully: I was 6 years old. He was comin' at me.
Cully Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Cully: Parr, gleason, cavett, and now Larry. It's always the same. Larry, a guy who's so limp, he's like a fucking sock.
Cully Character Comedy Escalation Artie: Don't you dare call Larry a sock!
Artie Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry: Maybe he'll get that job at ups that he wanted.
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Cully: I saw them my first day on the job. I saw the package. I said, 'let me take this to Larry personally.' I spaced. I left it in the trunk of the car.
Cully Callback Character Comedy Callback Larry: Isn't tampering with the mail a felony?
Beverly: Yeah, well, he's Artie's son.
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