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
96.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Flip” ranks #7 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 91.8 — Elite. The episode packs 68 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.4 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
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
Jim Carrey: Carrey launches into a full performance of 'No Way' — improvised song with the audience, escalating to a Jennifer Holliday 'And I Am Telling You' pastiche, complete with screaming
Jim Carrey: Carrey: 'I'm here for 3 good reasons. Last show, big ratings, movie coming out. Bim, bam, boom. Otherwise, I'd be sitting home and watching Nightline. As usual.'
Jim Carrey Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 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...
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
All Jokes — 68 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: Having run out of fresh, exciting, new ideas to bring you myself
Larry: Some day I may reenter the lists with a new saber, neither broken nor bent, and plow up the field all over again
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
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
Phil Absurdist Character Comedy 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: You know tomorrow night after the show? You're fired. But for the last time, so celebrate
Larry: Don't ask me for the couch
Hank: I think my thank-you should not come directly after yours, 'cause that would sound tit for tat
Hank: Don't lump me in with those fucking craft service retards
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
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: That's a man. That's a fucking man! I don't want a fucking man singing to me
Artie: You don't have to worry about the homoerotic underpinnings. He's a country music singer
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
Larry: I know his number by heart because he's a good friend of mine
David: No, it's just that, uh, Téa's here... It's my mother. It's my mother
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
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...
Larry: Téa? Uh, she went golfing.
David: Really?
David: Yeah.
Larry: Well, that's fantastic.
David: His behavior was so detesticle... I meant despicable
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
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: 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 Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ 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
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: 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: When we started this show 10 years ago, Michael Jackson still looked like Michael Jackson
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: 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: 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
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.
Larry Sanders: 'We'll be right back. No flipping.'
Larry Sanders Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim Carrey · Larry Sanders: Jim Carrey enters to a massive ovation and immediately begins performing for the audience without waiting for Larry: 'You'd think it was your last night.'
Jim Carrey: Jim Carrey lauding Larry: '...to go out when you're at the very tip top of your game. The cream of the crop. King of the hill. Cock of the walk!'
Larry Sanders: Larry responds to 'Cock of the walk': 'That is so kind. I know walk is certainly correct.'
Larry Sanders Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jim Carrey · Larry Sanders: Carrey starts telling the story of the Newhart finale — then trails off into a long, painful, incoherent non-description: 'When, uh — when, uh... Bob goes back and has the dream... they do kind of a — uh... it's almost like they're, uh... Just right in the...'
Jim Carrey: 'I'm sor — I can't do this. I can't do comedy right now.'
Jim Carrey · Larry Sanders: Carrey's breakdown: 'You're leaving, Larry. Just when I thought everything was solid in my life... you decide to go. You know, I can't get it up.' (pause) 'Ever since the announcement, I've been flaccid.'
Jim Carrey: Carrey: 'I'm sure everyone in this audience feels the same way.' — then rallies the audience with 'No Way!' chants
Jim Carrey: Carrey launches into a full performance of 'No Way' — improvised song with the audience, escalating to a Jennifer Holliday 'And I Am Telling You' pastiche, complete with screaming
Jim Carrey · Larry Sanders: Carrey to Larry backstage: 'Let's cut the crap, Larry. Ok? You never liked my work. Huh? Till I got hugely famous.'
Jim Carrey · Larry Sanders: Carrey: 'What are you gonna do now? Movies?' Larry: 'I'll crush you.' Carrey: 'I— are you doing a bit now?' Larry: 'Larry... [whispers] We're off the air. This is real life now.'
Jim Carrey: Carrey: 'What are you gonna do now? Movies? I'll crush you.'
Larry Sanders · Jim Carrey: Larry: 'Are you doing a bit now?' / Carrey: '[Whispers] We're off the air. This is real life now.'
Jim Carrey: Carrey: 'I'm here for 3 good reasons. Last show, big ratings, movie coming out. Bim, bam, boom. Otherwise, I'd be sitting home and watching Nightline. As usual.'
Jim Carrey Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Clint Black · Artie: Clint Black: 'I thought I was your Bette Midler. This is bullshit.' — then to Artie: 'Those were your exact words.'
Clint Black · Artie: Clint Black confronts Artie: 'Hey, I don't know what you're telling him, but you told me that I was doing the good-bye song.' / Artie: 'Quiet down, cowpoke.'
Artie · Clint Black: Artie to Clint Black: 'Quiet down, cowpoke. I'm talking to Artie.'
Greg Kinnear · unnamed: Greg Kinnear scoffs at Clint Black: 'For what, Talk Soup?' — then gets physically restrained: 'Greg, no!'
Artie: Artie, watching backstage chaos: 'I haven't seen such a rumble since the Stones played Altamont.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Jim Carrey · unnamed: The scene erupts: 'Kick his ass! Kick his ass!' then 'Whoa, whoa, whoa!' and everyone shouting
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