Larry scrambles to make some money after his accountant admits he's lost all of Larry's funds. Artie and Hank set out to teach the guy a lesson.
WAR
79.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Brother, Can You Spare 1.2 Million?” ranks #48 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.6 — Elite. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.1 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: 'I'm so sorry about the Margaret Cho show.'
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Beverly · Larry · Artie: Frank has been run over by 'some nut who drove up on the sidewalk'
Larry: I'm so sorry about the Margaret cho show.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: Then let's go with the cheaper one because, uh, why waste the money?
Apparently, some nut drove up on the sidewalk and ran over his foot.
Hank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 67 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hank: I was almost killed on the way here. I'm on the 101, and all of a sudden the entire cast of miss Saigon comes out of nowhere and tries to sideswipe me.
Hank Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Hank: These asians... I mean, they must have a deal with the dmv. They... they keep getting the licenses.
Hank: Oh, it's an aids thing, right?
Larry: Oh, you know about it?
Hank: No, but it's always an aids thing.
Hank Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Hank: Well, how does a dollar a mile sound?
Larry: 20 whole dollars. Can a cure be far behind?
Hank Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Happy to. How's 20 bucks a mile?
Hank: Oh, that's great. That's $400.
Larry: What is the cause, aids? Yeah, make it 25.
Larry: It'd be nice to get some from a woman occasionally, wouldn't it?
Artie: A few seconds ago, I saw Meg Ryan's head floating above my credenza.
Larry: No, my... my interior designer's named bryn mawr.
Beverly: Oh, uh, no, Bob told me he makes a lot more money using that name.
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy Beverly: Well, he said this one is from portugal, so it'll cost you 6,000 extra.
Artie: Heh. Iordy, I did some grand humping in portugal. I got a mysterious itch in lisbon.
Larry: You know, it's getting more and more difficult to pretend you're not here.
Artie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Larry: Well, let's go with the one from portugal. Because, you know, if I get the cheaper one, then I'm always gonna think there's a better tile in portugal.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback I don't know what you've heard about us, Mr... bobo.
Bobo: Mr. Bobo.
Bobo: No, just bobo.
Larry Artie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback All right, I can see what's going on. You're one of those clowns who's always on.
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch [Water spraying sound] Oh! There you go. Jesus Christ.
Larry: Is it me, or does this suck?
Larry: I mean, I hate this sketch.
Hank: Yeah. So do I.
You must get laid a lot, huh?
Bobo: It's the shoe thing, you know? The kick size, dick size.
Bobo: Yeah, these are bruno maglis size 112.
Larry: How much, Frank?
Frank: Uh, a double, I guess, please.
Larry: I mean, how much is left?
Frank: I told you that it would like this in the fourth quarter.
Larry: No, you didn't.
Frank: Yeah, I did. L... when we were at the Ivy...
Larry: no.
Frank: I warned you when you were...
Larry: yes, when you were tipping the valet.
Frank: No, you didn't.
Frank: I don't drink.
Larry: Well, you just asked me for a drink.
Frank: I don't think that's the case.
Larry: You just asked me for a drink.
Larry: Are you an idiot? Answer me. Answer me, you stupid shit. Are you an idiot? / Get the fuck out of the office!
Frank: What the fuck's the matter with him today?
Hank: It's been over 3 hours, and the man hasn't moved a muscle. Something tells me we won't be doing a show tonight.
Hank: Between my fucking ex-wife and the... and the ponies, I'm lucky if I can swing postage.
Hank: You're gonna be wiping your ass with $100 bills.
Larry: You fucker. Don't ever do that to me again.
Artie: I'll go over there and bounce that little fucker out the window.
Artie: What? Ha ha. Just kidding.
Artie: You know, but I do know a couple of guys who can be helpful... one quick phone call.
Artie Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Larry: I fired my accountant this week because evidently, he invested my money in a company that had plans to install tampon dispensers at the citadel.
Hank Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Larry: I just found out my accountant has a 3-tiered system, actually, win, place, and show.
Hank Character Comedy Absurdist Paula: And about the walkathon, you don't have to feel obligated to...
Larry: Paula, come on. I'm not destitute, for God's sake.
Hank Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: How much was it?
Paula: I think it was 25 doll... you know what? It was $10 a mile.
Larry: That's fine.
Paula: It was $5.00 a mile.
Larry: If it's $5.00 a mile, that's fine.
Larry: That would be your uncle?
Phil: Yeah. That's right. Ah. Mm-hmm.
Artie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Larry: Yeah. Listen, this doesn't have a happy ending, does it, Phil?
Phil: No. I'm sorry.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Phil: God, I suck at cheering people up.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Hank: We got him back for you. We nailed him. The two us, Artie and me. That little cocksucker Frank is down. It was beautiful.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Artie: It's a trellis. It's a trellis. / And this trellis... this is a gorgeous trellis. It's just... just gorgeous. And we stood there. We admired it for quite a while. Then I burned it down.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Hank: Ha! Not now there ain't.
Artie Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Callback Larry: There's no trellis at his new house. There's a trellis at his old house... not at his new house... the one on Benedict canyon that he just moved into.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Hank: You know, when that asian woman came out of the house screaming, I just thought she was the housekeeper.
Paula Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Stevie: 9 shows a night, every half hour. You know, it's like vaudeville days.
Phil Larry Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: Is the car gonna be a compact, also?
Phil Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Larry: I like it. / I like it. Hot in the summer. Heh.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Frank: I got a drinking problem. For the last 2 years, I've been off and on antidepressants. I hate my life, Larry.
Larry: So this is 5% of what I lost?
Frank: Well, more or less.
Larry: Where's the rest?
Frank: Well, I'm working on it, man.
Frank: But for now... we're square, right?
Larry: What do you mean, we're square, Frank?
Artie Character Comedy Absurdist Beverly: These are the chins. Uh, edward and allison. And edward's mother, whose name I'm not gonna even try to pronounce.
Larry: I'm so sorry about the Margaret cho show.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: Then let's go with the cheaper one because, uh, why waste the money?
Apparently, some nut drove up on the sidewalk and ran over his foot.
Hank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Stevie · Larry: Stevie's pitch call: 'Kentucky Fried Chicken. What does that mean? Spokesman. You. One year.'
Larry · Stevie: 'So I'm the new Colonel Sanders?' / 'Ha! Funny. I'll pitch that.'
Stevie: 'Hey, take this the right way, but I wish you'd go broke every day.'
Stevie Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Stevie: Lindsay Wagner needed 'one of the trucks' to cart her Ford payment home
Stevie · Larry: 'Caesar's or MGM?' / 'Whichever one pays more.' / 'How about both? 9 shows a night, every half hour. It's like the vaudeville days.'
Lexus Executive · Artie · Larry: The Lexus executive asks Larry to read the copy standing up 'like you would if you were actually doing the commercial'; Artie: 'I'll be the camera, and the coffee table's the car.'
Larry: 'Is the car gonna be a compact, also?' (Larry about Artie the 'camera' sitting small next to the coffee-table 'car')
Larry Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Lexus Executive · Larry: The leather interior exchange: 'The leather interior? How do you feel about it?... Does it make you feel good? Do you like it?' / 'I like it.' / 'Hot in the summer. Heh.'
Lexus Executive: 'That's what I thought.' (Executive's reaction to 'Hot in the summer')
Frank · Larry: Frank shows up at Larry's home late at night to confess: drinking problem, antidepressants, 'I hate my life, Larry. I hate being a fucking accountant.'
Frank · Larry: Frank gives Larry money in an envelope — 'but it's your fees from over the years... I obviously didn't earn 'em. So this is 5% of what I lost?' / 'Well, more or less.'
Frank · Larry: Frank returns Larry's fees — 'It's your fees from over the years, all right? I obviously didn't earn 'em.' Larry: 'So this is 5% of what I lost?' Frank: 'Well, more or less.'
Frank: 'But for now... we're square, right?' (Frank to Larry after returning 5% of the money he lost)
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Frank · Larry: Frank reveals someone set fire to his old house and says 'I got the message' — Larry denies any knowledge
Frank Larry Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Artie: Larry introduces the Chin family to his staff — the victims of the accidental trellis burning — as people 'whose home was vandalized a few days ago'
Larry Artie Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: 'I'm so sorry about the Margaret Cho show.'
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Beverly: Larry reverses his tile decision — this time choosing the CHEAPER one — immediately after the financial crisis
Beverly · Larry · Artie: Frank has been run over by 'some nut who drove up on the sidewalk'
Larry · Artie · Hank: Frank's 'plan is working' — he got his money back and Frank was scared enough to return fees; Artie drily congratulates Larry on his 'adult' plan
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