Artie falls off the wagon with his second addiction, Angie Dickinson, and flies to Venice with her. Larry's affair with Laura Leighton stumbles over their obsessions with watching their own TV shows. Hank auditions for a voice part in the new Disney movie, Hercules.
WAR
36.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules” ranks #33 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.4 — Elite. The episode packs 39 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Artie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Hank: Hiageus, the village idiot, enters, a sad little stump of a man with a sorry mustache. He's being pelted with stones by a band of toughs. He cries out for Hercules in his funny squeal of a voice.
Hank Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Larry: You're gonna have to be more specific.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: I don't mean to question your judgment, but one of my balls is as big as Tate Donovan.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Angie: Artie, forget about it, huh? You're old. It's over. Go out to the cemetery and pick out a plot.
Larry: What time's your flight?
Artie: 9:30. I'll be back on Monday. I swear.
Larry: Thanks, buddy.
All Jokes — 39 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Artie: If you're gonna sit around all day with your thumb up your ass, sooner or later that will impact the show.
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: I hate when people use their children as an excuse.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Artie: Mary Lou, that's the reason people in Hollywood have kids.
Artie Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Hank: Boy, I'd like to have that police woman put me in a choke hold. You know, frisk me, baby. Whoa, do I have a concealed weapon for you.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Shut up, Hank. Officer, officer, turn off that siren and let's fuck.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: You're gonna have to be more specific.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie: Well, we had a lot of hot sex, but we never left the house.
Artie Character Comedy Observational Artie: She's like a siren calling for me to smash my nuts upon the rocks.
Artie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Ha! OK, it's not that different.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Hey, could you insult us?
Brian Phil Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don Rickles: Oh, not really, you know, I don't do that. You know, I do that for, you know, when you get paid.
Don Rickles: You must have come out of your mother on an angle and hit the wall. You got a funny-looking body.
Hank: It's like I shit in Pluto's dish or something.
Hank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hank: I knew television was in deep, deep trouble the day they took C.P.O. Sharkey off the air.
Hank Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Don Rickles: What am I, with the Mossad? I don't know.
Don Rickles: Here's a man that's a nebbish. That means, as you can see, does nothing, just sits there and smells his hand.
Angie: Artie, forget about it, huh? You're old. It's over. Go out to the cemetery and pick out a plot.
Angie · Larry: Angie kissing Larry unexpectedly
Larry: He's just thanking her for doing the show.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hank: No, no. Not really. Uh, he'd been on the plane the flight before mine. You could still feel the Eisner in the air.
Hank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Disney Executive: That's Samson.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hank: Is he a gynecologist?
Hank Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: It's fine. I'm that way when Siegfried and Roy are on.
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Artie: Tomorrow let's switch to beer.
Artie Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Artie: You know who's really good in this one? David Schwimmer. He's hilarious in this one.
Artie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie: Oh, boy, he's just like Marcel Marceau.
Artie Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Artie: If Dressed to Kill were on right now, you'd be humping the set crying out 'Mama mia!'
Artie Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: What are they doing, a live action version of Dumbo? You throw in 40 pounds, a little gray makeup, you're gonna be great.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: What are they doing, a live action version of Dumbo? You throw in 40 pounds, a little gray makeup, you're gonna be great.
Larry Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Hank: This is a warning, my friend. You do not mess with Hercules. I killed my wife, I killed my children, and I shall kill you if you do not temper thy tongue.
Hank Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Hank: I don't mean to question your judgment, but one of my balls is as big as Tate Donovan.
Hank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hank: Hiageus, the village idiot, enters, a sad little stump of a man with a sorry mustache. He's being pelted with stones by a band of toughs. He cries out for Hercules in his funny squeal of a voice.
Hank Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Hank: Do you think that when Hiageus gets in trouble, he could say, uh, 'Hey, now!'
Hank Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Beverly: And is that your tail I see between your legs?
Beverly Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Laura: I'm just not sure that I'm ready to be in a relationship with someone in show business.
Exactly.
Laura Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Artie: We were on vacation, for Christ's sake. You know, it started out good, but then she wanted to talk about my peccadilloes. My mood swings, my temper, my stubbornness. My obsession with Glenlivet.
Artie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: What time's your flight?
Artie: 9:30. I'll be back on Monday. I swear.
Larry: Thanks, buddy.
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