Larry's ratings are slipping and the suits are looking to replace him with regular guest host Jon Stewart. Hank tries to trade for a fan's ""Hey Now"" license plates.
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“Another List” ranks #83 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.6 — Elite. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 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 Kingsley: Hank's final announcer intro: 'And now, because the charges were dropped, Larry Sanders!'
Hank Kingsley Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Network Executive: We'd get more Of er's audience.
Hank Kingsley: Artie's explosion: 'You listen, you little fruit basket. I am nothing like that—that sick fuck. He is a pathetic, annoying nobody, and I am—I am Hank fucking Kingsley.'
Paul Fisher · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher insists: 'Hey, I'm the Hey Now guy.' Hank: 'That's funny. I thought I was the Hey Now guy.' Paul: 'Ha ha ha ha. Not in Valencia, my friend.'
Jon Stewart: But didn't inhale.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 64 analyzed
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Jon Stewart: So I was thinking, 'hey, Why not just save the money And go out with tori spelling?'
Hank: I just feel like A wet burlap bag Full of monkey shit.
Larry: Well, that came across.
Network Executive: You know, that's How you get the flu. You could wear Rubber gloves.
Larry: That's true, And then I could, uh, Check their prostates, too.
Network Executive: We'd get more Of er's audience.
Hank: Why are you fucking With me like this? 'Hey now' is My catch phrase. I own it.
Network Executive: And, like the limited Mcrib sandwich-- Scrumptious, hot, And hard to get.
Beverly: Larry, she's never Done a nude scene.
Larry: Is he retarded?
Beverly: No. He works In a shoe store. He looks just like you.
Paul Fisher: This is like A wet dream come true.
Hank: Well, that's why We have the tarp.
Larry: What's it called? What-- uh... This song? Yeah. It's called, uh, this is track 3.
Winona Ryder: I'm not funny Or interesting, So I hope that's not Going to be a problem.
Larry: Well, that Hasn't stopped Hank.
Jon Stewart: I think last night One of the actors From melrose place Threw up on my door.
Roger: Ah, you're so fucking great. I love it.
Hank: That's funny. I thought I was the 'hey now' guy. Ha ha ha ha ha.
Paul Fisher: Not in valencia, my friend.
Artie: You don't have to run. What if you just walk Through the audience? You walk. It doesn't Have to look like A fucking telethon.
Larry: It's like A shooting gallery.
Artie: Well, i'll just run home And bring back My 7 mil. Remington mag.
Hank: He has colon cancer. I've got-- He's dying.
Artie: You're all fucking crazy.
Hank: I am nothing like that-- That sick fuck. He is a pathetic, Annoying nobody, And I am-- I am Hank fucking Kingsley.
Phil: I'm sorry. Did I forget To say now?
Winona Ryder: Everything's fine, Except I don't want To talk about the aliens Under water stuff. I'm so sick Of talking about that.
Hank: And you can go around, And you can say, 'Hey now' till Your dick falls off. But you know what, paul? That does not make you me!
Paul Fisher: I mean, with The show ending. What? You haven't heard?
Hank: Jon Stewart is Taking over for Larry.
Jon Stewart: But didn't inhale.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jon Stewart: Um, would you want to go out And get a bite to eat later? You know, maybe You want to pussy hunt?
Hank: And now, because The charges were dropped, Larry Sanders!
Artie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Hank Kingsley: Hank launches into 'Little Bo Hank' riff: 'I'm little bo Hank, and I've lost my sheep in a—in a—in a poker game.'
Larry Sanders · Artie · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher (the 'Hey Now' plate owner) arrives. Artie: 'He looks just like you.' [to Hank]. Larry: 'Is he retarded?' Artie: 'No, he works in a shoe store.'
Paul Fisher · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher snaps back at Hank: 'Could you crawl under here and blow me?' Hank: 'I don't do fat chicks.'
Paul Fisher · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher gets to sit in Hank's chair and says: 'Live on tape from Hollywood, it's me.' Then: 'This is like a wet dream come true.' Hank: 'Well, that's why we have the tarp.'
Hank Kingsley: Hank's response to Paul's 'wet dream' excitement about sitting in the chair: 'Well, that's why we have the tarp.'
Larry Sanders · Smash Mouth Singer: Larry greets Smash Mouth after their performance. He tells the lead singer it's his 'favorite song.' Singer asks what it's called. Larry: 'This song? Yeah. It's called, uh... this is track 3.'
Larry Sanders · Winona Ryder: Larry to Winona Ryder: 'I'm not funny or interesting, so I hope that's not going to be a problem.' Winona: 'Well, that hasn't stopped Hank.'
Larry Sanders · Winona Ryder: Winona: 'It'll just kind of be like this. Yeah, except there's going to be millions of people watching.' Larry: 'Yeah, well, I'll tell them to turn their sets off before you come on.' Winona: 'A lot of them do that on their own, anyway.'
Artie · Network Exec: Artie presents the updated set to the network execs: 'Voilà! No coffee table, the enhanced greenery.' Exec: 'That wasn't even one of our notes.' Artie: 'Well, we're way ahead of you, then.'
Jon Stewart · Roger: Jon Stewart arrives backstage. Network execs: 'Oh, you're so fucking great. I love it.' Jon: 'I think one of the actors from Melrose Place threw up on my door last night.'
Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart complains to someone that Larry is avoiding him: 'Earlier when I crossed by in the hallway, he didn't say Hey Jon.' Then he doubles back to confirm it was him.
Hank Kingsley · Paul Fisher: Hank offers Paul (the fan lookalike) his expensive suit, framing it as generosity, then reveals the real trade he wants: the 'Hey Now' license plates.
Paul Fisher · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher insists: 'Hey, I'm the Hey Now guy.' Hank: 'That's funny. I thought I was the Hey Now guy.' Paul: 'Ha ha ha ha. Not in Valencia, my friend.'
Larry Sanders · Artie: Larry, spotting Jon Stewart approaching in the hallway: 'That's Jon Stewart. It's like a shooting gallery.' Artie: 'Well, I'll just run home and bring back my 7 mil. Remington mag.'
Artie: Artie's response to Jon Stewart's paranoia: 'He fucking loves you. We all do.'
Artie Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Artie · Jon Stewart: Artie bribes Jon Stewart to stay calm before the show with 'sliced pineapple, tiger shrimp, and your favorite, a pack of Camel Lights.' Jon: 'That's good. That's good.'
Artie · Beverly · Hank Kingsley: Hank forces Beverly to reveal that Phil doesn't just imitate Artie — 'he captures you.' Artie: 'He captures me?' Beverly: 'Yeah. Captures you.'
Hank Kingsley: Artie's explosion: 'You listen, you little fruit basket. I am nothing like that—that sick fuck. He is a pathetic, annoying nobody, and I am—I am Hank fucking Kingsley.'
Beverly: Beverly's response to Hank's 'I am Hank fucking Kingsley' eruption: 'That's what I was saying.'
Beverly Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Hank Kingsley: Beverly leaves. Hank calls after her: 'I'm sorry. Did I forget to say now?' Pause. 'There you go.'
Larry Sanders · Winona Ryder: Larry stumbles into Winona's dressing room, flustered: 'I'm sorry. I thought the door was— No. Come on in.' Then trails off with: 'Anything—everything under control you want to talk about and so forth?'
Larry Sanders · Winona Ryder: Winona tells Larry she doesn't want to talk about 'the aliens under water stuff.' Larry: 'Don't need to. Don't need to.' Then confidently says 'I'll see you out there. We'll... do that. Thanks.'
Larry Sanders · Hank Kingsley · Artie: Larry warns Hank not to help Jon Stewart on stage because 'the network has gone sweet on Jon Stewart.' Hank immediately: 'Is Stewart taking over the show?'
Hank Kingsley: Hank, alone before going on: 'He's gonna step all over my punch lines now. I'm gonna go out there and he's gonna fuck me. It's so obvious.'
Hank Kingsley · Paul Fisher: On the air, Hank introduces Larry by begrudgingly giving Paul Fisher the license plates back: 'Listen, I'd rather give you my mother's arm, but a deal's a deal.'
Hank Kingsley: Paul refuses the plates back and tells Hank he can keep the suit AND the plates and 'say Hey Now till your dick falls off. But that does not make you me! Because I am—I'm deep. I'm complicated, and I cannot be defined by what you see on your television.'
Paul Fisher · Hank Kingsley: Paul Fisher reveals to Hank that 'Jon Stewart is taking over for Larry' — and his source is 'Artie.'
Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart's on-air monologue: Monica Lewinsky 'apparently says she did perform oral sex, but didn't inhale.'
Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart: 'What I thought was interesting — my concern is what happens when the sex stops. I literally — I've gone 4 years without having any oral sex, and if I was near a nuclear button, I'd have pushed it.'
Jon Stewart · Larry Sanders: Jon Stewart: 'I belong to a group called Sex Without Partners.' Larry: 'Oh, really?' Jon: 'How's that going?' Jon: 'Not bad. I'm the treasurer.'
Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart riffs on his cat: 'It only takes cats about 30 seconds to have sex. But hours to catch one.'
Jon Stewart · Larry Sanders: Jon discusses a hairless cat on a cat show TV video: 'They're having trouble breeding him.' Larry: 'No kidding.' Jon: 'Who wants to have sex with a hairless cat?'
Jon Stewart · Larry Sanders: After the interview, Jon asks Larry: 'Would you want to go out and get a bite to eat later? You know, maybe you want to pussy hunt?'
Artie · Larry Sanders: Artie confronts Larry about the show's crisis while Larry pretends he wasn't aware: 'The show is in trouble. Are you aware of that?' Larry: 'Yes, I am.' Artie: 'Well, were you planning on saying anything about it?' Larry: 'I believe I did, sir.' Artie: 'I don't recall.' Larry: 'Well, I'm sorry, sir. I thought beating you over the head with this would be sufficient.'
Artie: Artie's penultimate speech: 'Through all the years we've been together, I've always tried to protect you from the bullshit. But I can't anymore. You're gonna have to decide this for yourself, Sonny Boy.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank Kingsley: Hank's final announcer intro: 'And now, because the charges were dropped, Larry Sanders!'
Hank Kingsley Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Larry Sanders Show
