Larry scrambles to get his last show together, and must confront David Duchovny's affections in order to secure him as a guest. Arthur tries to keep the staff's emotions together as things are packed up and the last show is done.
WAR
54.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Flip” ranks #16 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.4 — Elite. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 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: This show is like my sex life in that it lasts about an hour, there's applause, and I'm usually interrupted by Hank
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: I would skip 'challenge.' Leave out 'challenge.' Do 'honor.' That's a good note, and I'll-- Tighten it up. Get to the jokes
Larry Jon Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim Carrey: The elaborate 'No Way' chant and song performance
Jim Carrey: Let's just cut the crap, Larry. You never liked my work. Till I got hugely famous
Jim Carrey Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim Carrey: Let's just cut the crap, Larry. Ok? You never liked my work. Huh? Till I got hugely famous.
All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: Having run out of fresh, exciting, new ideas to bring you myself
Larry Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: Some day I may reenter the lists with a new saber, neither broken nor bent, and plow up the field all over again
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Come on, blanket. We're going to go home
Larry: You think I should mention God? Well, hell, we plugged everybody else on the planet. Let's give the deity his due
Hank: The last 10 years have been your glorious gift to the people of this country. But they've also have been a gift... to a man by the name of Hank Kingsley
Hank Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Beverly: I think the hormones from the baby... You should've seen me at the end of Titanic. You think those people in the water were wailing?
[Sighs] Fucking bunch of bullshit
Unknown Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Phil: I have this buddy Ray... I could take the letters that just spell his name, and then I could put them on the lawn of his house
Larry: But if it was up to me, seriously, you would not get them
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: You know tomorrow night after the show? You're fired. But for the last time, so celebrate
Larry Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: Don't ask me for the couch
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: I think my thank-you should not come directly after yours, 'cause that would sound tit for tat
Hank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hank: Don't lump me in with those fucking craft service retards
Hank Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Hank: Like wedding vows... I think you should wear a veil. I think we should come down the aisle together, maybe in white
Larry: Think she'll cry?
Artie: Well, I didn't go so far as to make the request, but that call can be made
Larry Artie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: That's a man. That's a fucking man! I don't want a fucking man singing to me
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Artie: You don't have to worry about the homoerotic underpinnings. He's a country music singer
Artie Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: Well, that's iffy because we never let him plug Ace Ventura. Come on, everyone thought he was too broad
Norman: Hey, I think that's Warren Beatty in the parking lot. He must still be putting the finishing touches on Bulworth.
Artie: That's already out.
Norman: Well, the man is never satisfied
Warren: I could say goodbye to you now... There are no cameras or anything here.
Larry: Tomorrow night, millions of people
Artie: We believe that David's in love with Larry...
Norman: He's married.
Artie: So was Rock Hudson, ok? Oh, it wasn't real. It was arranged by the studios
Artie: He slipped on some ice making his new movie. The whole thing was all on ice or something. I don't know
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Larry: I know his number by heart because he's a good friend of mine
Larry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch David: No, it's just that, uh, Téa's here... It's my mother. It's my mother
David Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I'm dating Illeana Douglas, as a matter of fact. She's fantastic. It's just a wonderful male-female relationship, and I am so happy
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback David: Meet me at the Bel-Air Hotel around noon...
Larry: I am not meeting him at the Bel-Air. I am not meeting him...
David Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Téa? Uh, she went golfing.
David: Really?
David: Yeah.
Larry: Well, that's fantastic.
David: His behavior was so detesticle... I meant despicable
David Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artie: Larry's a thing of the past. The guy's the 8-track. He's a fucking horse and buggy, that guy. This is Darwinism
Artie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I would skip 'challenge.' Leave out 'challenge.' Do 'honor.' That's a good note, and I'll-- Tighten it up. Get to the jokes
Larry Jon Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Larry: Did Stevie Grant tell you that he was signing me beforehand?
Jon: No. No, he didn't. I didn't know that.
Artie: Well-- Well, well, hello, Jon
Artie: Faces from the past. They always show up for a wrapped gift
Artie Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jerry: I just wanted to see after you fired me and fucked up my life if you'd stand there and smile at me like we were old buddies. Well, now you know
Jerry Larry Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch This is Martin, the sound guy you fired after he hit you in the head with a boom. 3 days in a row. Still a record
Larry: I didn't realize it was the end of the show till last night. I was lying in bed with a woman, and I said, 'Seriously, we're gonna have you on soon.'
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: This show is like my sex life in that it lasts about an hour, there's applause, and I'm usually interrupted by Hank
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: When we started this show 10 years ago, Michael Jackson still looked like Michael Jackson
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Greg Kinnear: I'm acting now... It's a snap. One minute I'm talking to Tempestt Bledsoe at 1:35 in the morning about her dogs or something, next thing you know I got a nomination
Jim Carrey: I can't do comedy right now... You're leaving, Larry. Just when I thought everything was solid in my life... You decide to go
Jim Carrey Cringe/Discomfort Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim Carrey: I can't get it up. Ever since the announcement, I've been flaccid
Jim Carrey: The elaborate 'No Way' chant and song performance
Jim Carrey: Let's just cut the crap, Larry. You never liked my work. Till I got hugely famous
Jim Carrey Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim Carrey: Let's just cut the crap, Larry. Ok? You never liked my work. Huh? Till I got hugely famous.
Jim Carrey: I'm here for 3 good reasons. Last show, big ratings, movie coming out. Bim, bam, boom. Otherwise, I'd be sitting home watching Nightline
Jim Carrey Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Clint Black: For what, Talk Soup?
Tom Petty: I haven't seen such a rumble since the Stones played Altamont
Tom Petty: I haven't seen such a rumble since the Stones played Altamont.
Tom Petty: You've already got Roy Rogers.
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