Paula has trouble booking guests for sweeps week, so she leans on Larry to ask his friend Jeff Goldblum, who in turn offers to help Larry get a date with a network publicist.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Nothing Personal” ranks #86 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 67.5 — Mixed. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 1.9 per minute, averaging 6.3 on craft and 6.1 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: A huge fucking baby. We're talkin' about, uh, Hank, right?
Larry: I can't imagine why Brian wouldn't come in here and tell us that Hank's coming in. It doesn't sound like him, does it?
Artie: I know. Wow.
Larry Artie Awkward Silence Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Fucking bitch! She's going after the lookaround cafe.
Hank Escalation Character Comedy Hank: I guess you guys in publicity are having a real good laugh. Married on TV, and a year later, cancelled.
Hank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Any chance we could use that to make her look like a cunt?
Hank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Warm-up comedian: That sign says, 'apple sauce.' No, no, no. I'm kidding. It says, 'applause.'
Hank: And now, because there's nowhere left to run, Larry Sanders!
Hank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Trust me, your response only means you have to get out of the house more.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement She is said to be devastated, and really has no idea where she will find a husband now.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive Larry: I think it was really the stress of dragging, you know, that big, fat ass through the obstacle course.
Larry Observational Escalation Larry: Boy, he told her not to tell anyone, but evidently it slipped out at a pep rally.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive Larry: They're actually standard, normal, factory minivans that will be converted to taxis by spitting on the windshields, slashing the seats, and putting used condoms down on the floor.
Larry Observational Escalation Paula: Melissa gilbert.
Artie: Oh, for Christ's sake. How are you gonna generate some heat around Melissa gilbert? Ladies and gentlemen, Melissa gilbert! Wa-hoo!
Paula: Michael chiklis.
Artie: Who in hell is Michael chiklis?
Paula: The commish.
Artie: No, that was my imitation of America. Who the hell is Michael chiklis?
Paula Artie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Paula: So we don't have him?
Artie: We don't have him, but I thought since you were friends with him, you could ask him.
Larry: Why don't you ask one of your friends?
Paula: OK. I'll ask my friend Jill.
Larry: Great. Jill who?
Paula: You don't know her. She works at killer shrimp.
Larry: I have that on a poster with a little kitty hanging off a bar.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Larry: Have you seen the poster that says, 'a rule is a rule, and I'm sitting on a toilet'?
Larry Escalation Absurdist Callback Susan: Melissa gilbert.
Artie: Yahoo.
Susan Artie Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: Or, as I call him, the knish.
Artie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Artie: Yes, but I wish he was alive and here and on the show tonight.
Susan: Yeah. So do I. I'd settle for freddie prinze at this point.
Beverly: She had a 2-year relationship with a grip at abc and an intense week with Scott bakula, and just ended a very painful relationship with macgyver.
Hank: what the fuck are you talking about? I don't want to ask her.
Susan: If I didn't work for him, I'd be all over that.
Susan Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Hank: You know, goddamn him and that talking car. No, no, no. That's David Hasselhoff. Macgyver's the... Richard Dean Anderson.
Hank: Oh. What does that mean? Is he a Drama queen?
Hank Character Comedy Misdirection Larry: I can't imagine why Brian wouldn't come in here and tell us that Hank's coming in. It doesn't sound like him, does it?
Artie: I know. Wow.
Larry Artie Awkward Silence Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry Sanders, 551. All clear. Huh? No. Just hold that one. Thank you.
Larry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Fucking bitch! She's going after the lookaround cafe.
Hank Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Oh, fuck the beach house. It's a rental.
Hank: Well, you told everyone you owned the beach house.
Larry: I do in the summer.
Larry: This is no big deal. Last week, they did a tribute to steven seagal.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Jeff Goldblum: What are they all doing now? I wonder.
Waiter: These are from the yucatán peninsula.
Waiter Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: What is wrong with you?
Larry Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Hank: I guess you guys in publicity are having a real good laugh. Married on TV, and a year later, cancelled.
Hank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Any chance we could use that to make her look like a cunt?
Hank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Artie Deadpan/Understatement Observational Larry: A huge fucking baby. We're talkin' about, uh, Hank, right?
Larry: And listen. Seriously, you must feel free to say no if this is not something you want to do. You're a love. That's what I love about you. You're my hero, see?
Jeff Goldblum: I've been waiting for you to ask me. I mean, you know, I was hoping to do the show, and last night, you know, with the booker, when she asked me, you got all funny with her.
Jeff Goldblum: No, and take your shit show and shove it up your big, fat ass?
Artie: Pussy alert! Pussy alert! Susan's here. She's coming on the hot asphalt.
Artie Character Comedy Visual Gag Larry: Pussy alerts are just not as much fun as they used to be.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Callback Larry: Doing everybody's job.
Larry Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Larry: and Phil. Phil. Huh? Phil got you already?
Susan: Yeah, he did.
Larry: I'm up at 9:30, right at the crack of, uh...
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Hank: Hey. Goldbl... is it 'blum' or 'bloom'? It's, uh, 'bloom,' oh. Well, welcome to the show.
Jeff Goldblum: Like 2 lovebirds in a cherry tree.
Artie: maybe book David viscott. Viscott! 2 t's.
Artie Character Comedy Observational Hank: Well, you should know there was a shooting and a beating and a killing and a stabbing there.
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