Mary Lou dents Hank's car but is terrified to tell him. Larry is interviewed for Extra!
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“The Interview” ranks #29 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 89.2 — Elite. The episode packs 75 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.1 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
Maureen · Larry Sanders · Beverly · Hank Kingsley: Maureen on the Extra interview: 'You're joking sort of, but I think underneath there, you really do hurt.' Long beat. Then Beverly: 'I hit your car.'
Artie: Artie, realizing Maureen didn't cut the crying: 'She didn't cut it! She wouldn't cut it! I couldn't get her to cut it. You know what a slut I am around Giorgio perfume and I just have no will of my own.'
Artie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Hank Kingsley: After Beverly confesses, Hank immediately blames Vince Vaughn — one beat, then: 'Vince fucking Vaughn.'
Arthur: All dinners are business dinners.
Artie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry Sanders: The morning after — multiple colleagues approach Larry to say they were touched by the Extra interview. Larry endures each one barely, then sighs: 'You know what, buddy? They feel closer to you.' Larry: 'I... I can't live like this.'
All Jokes — 75 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hank: Well, it was-- It was gross, all right.
Larry: When they called you to the places. Did they say, uh, 'Mr. Vaughn, and the rest of you dinosaurs.'
Larry: Hank doesn't even have a fire, let alone irons.
Vince: Are you for real? Because you are. And next month, there's gonna be another flavor. Jerk.
Hank: don't let that toothless Ukrainian guy near it. Only give the keys to caro-- to caro!
Hank: Oh, who knows how long these gay cruises last. They're in international waters. They can do anything.
Beverly: I just hit Hank's car.
Larry Sanders Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mary Lou: You're not parked anywhere near Hank's car. You're in another lot.
Beverly: I know. I'm such a bad driver.
Beverly: It was really big and foreign, kind of like a big boat.
Mary Lou: You hit his bentley.
Beverly: Is that bad?
Artie: I thought I smelled hype in the air.
Norman: Not for the prince of P.R.
Artie Norman Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Norman: Larry Sanders poolside. You know, 'Legend in repose.' Sunlight makes the legend squint.
Artie: How 'bout in the living room on the couch? You know, 'Larry in the living room on the couch.'
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Norman: We go way back. Please...Don't ask. Please don't tell.
Norman: We were lovers in '88 and again in '92.
Norman: It was hot-- Heh heh-- very hot.
Hank: I can't go to the habitat for fucking Humanity banquet in a dented bentley because some shitbag smashed into my fucking car!
Hank: It was Vince fucking vaughn.
Hank: my guess would be west hollywood. [Laughing] Unlisted. Like anyone gives a shit.
Beverly: I get into a lot of accidents. Like, I don't know why. I just do. I have 5 or 6 a year. Or 7. Sometimes I get in-- It was 7 this year.
Hank: You get in 5 or 6 accidents a year, and your car is a... It's a jetta. I'm-- I'm sorry.
Beverly: What?
Hank: It's an '85 jetta.
Hank: And you are asking me to equate that with a $200,000 handcrafted bentley?
Beverly: Is how great I thought you were on the 'shabad' telethon this year.
Hank: Oh. Thanks.
Beverly: It's 'chabad.'
Hank: No one really knows how hard chabad is. I mean, 10 minutes of dancing that hora... That's a fucking marathon.
Larry: I'm actually wearing a #40 Emotional block right now.
Arthur: It's your reflection in my eyes.
Larry: This house was actually in architectural digest, and then I think it went to its head.
Larry: It was designed mostly for interviews like this, so that's great.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I cried. Now I'm fucked.
Arthur: It was a manly misting.
Larry: Why not just televise my shrink sessions?
Arthur: They never edit out the crying. That's the come shot.
Arthur: All dinners are business dinners.
Artie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Beverly: Well, maybe i'll leave the knife out for you.
Hank: You got a crush on me.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Arthur: Are you telling me that I have a bottle of champagne waiting at home for nothing?
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Hank: Find some dog shit, take it over to the fox lot, and smear it on Vince vaughn's car.
Beverly: Hank, have you lost your mind?
Hank: Is that a yes?
Black-bottom pool for hollywood showbiz parties. Movie star like yourself.
Larry: fuck that. It's like a spider convention out there.
Larry: It's weird coming from saturday night live 'cause, uh, on the sitcom now I'm the only backstabber in the room.
Artie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Arthur: You stay away from her, shorty.
Beverly: Marylou, he is planning to put dog poop on vince vaughn's car.
Jimmy Belushi: He blubbered like a fucking baby. No. I mean, it was the funniest goddamn thing you'd ever want to see.
Norman Character Comedy Observational Jimmy Belushi: What a pussy. Pussy, man.
Hank: Well...Fondue. I mean, any retard can melt cheese.
Hank: Look at us. We're like a choo-choo here.
Larry: He brought me another cat. And, uh--
Hank: I gotta record this. I gotta record this. I gotta record this.
Larry: he had this cat and he named it patches, but yet it was, um, all one color...
Larry: I think it was a tree. I don't know. I couldn't even ask him because it would hurt his feelings...
Artie Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Hank: Dear mr. Vaughn: I am sorry about the shit I put on your car.
Hank: Women-- what are you going to do? By the way, I thought swingers was a hoot and a half.
Vince: When I broke up with her, she kept leaving dead stuff on my porch for about 6 months. Mainly squirrels.
Arthur: They feel closer to you.
Larry: I-- I can't live like this.
Artie Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Artie: Artie tries to change channel to 'bone fishing on the flats' while Larry's emotional interview plays
Artie Character Comedy Reaction Beat Artie · Larry Sanders · Beverly: Artie/Beverly try to change the channel away from Larry's interview; Artie: 'Here, drink up.' Larry: 'No, no, I don't want anymore.' Artie: 'Let's see what else is on.' Larry: 'What are you doing?'
Artie: Artie tries to switch to 'bone fishing on the flats' and calls it 'very exciting' to sell Larry on the distraction.
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Larry Sanders: On the Extra interview, Larry tearfully says Hank 'brought me another cat' when he lost his — then begins crying on TV.
Larry Sanders · Hank Kingsley: Larry on Extra: 'Hank is like a brother that I sort of never had. Really. One time I lost my cat and he... he brought me another cat. And...' [cries]
Larry Sanders: Larry on TV, crying about the cat named Patches: 'And he named it Patches, but yet it was, um, all one color...'
Hank Kingsley · Beverly: Hank watches Larry cry on TV and laughs: 'Larry, what are you doing? I gotta record this!' while Beverly watches horrified.
Artie: Artie, realizing Maureen didn't cut the crying: 'She didn't cut it! She wouldn't cut it! I couldn't get her to cut it. You know what a slut I am around Giorgio perfume and I just have no will of my own.'
Artie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Artie: Artie: 'She didn't cut it! I couldn't get her to cut it. You know what a slut I am around Giorgio perfume and I just... I have no will of my own.'
Artie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Larry Sanders: Larry crying about the painting Hank gave him: 'He once gave me a painting of a tree that he made, and... I think it was a tree. I don't know. I couldn't even ask him because it would hurt his feelings.'
Artie · Hank Kingsley: Artie quietly, almost to himself while watching Larry cry on TV: 'Oh, Larry, Larry...' — then sees a detail on screen and says 'Hey, look! There's the same couch we're sitting on right there.'
Maureen · Larry Sanders · Beverly · Hank Kingsley: Maureen on the Extra interview: 'You're joking sort of, but I think underneath there, you really do hurt.' Long beat. Then Beverly: 'I hit your car.'
Hank Kingsley: After Beverly confesses, Hank immediately blames Vince Vaughn — one beat, then: 'Vince fucking Vaughn.'
Vince Vaughn · Hank Kingsley: Vince Vaughn arrives at Hank's door covered in the evidence: 'Did you put shit on my car, Hank?' Hank (caught red-handed with pen in hand): 'Uh... I was just writing you a note.'
Hank Kingsley: Hank reads the note aloud: 'Dear Mr. Vaughn: I am sorry about the shit I put on your car... Please forgive me. The girl I'm dating is crazy and didn't tell me she hit my car, so I assumed it was you. Women — what are you going to do? By the way, I thought Swingers was a hoot and a half. Regards, Hank Kingsley.'
Vince Vaughn · Hank Kingsley: After the note, Vince Vaughn sympathizes with Hank about crazy ex-girlfriends: 'She kept leaving dead stuff on my porch for about 6 months.' Hank: 'Oh, bummer.' Vaughn: 'Mainly squirrels.' Hank: 'Squirrels?' Vaughn: 'Yeah.' Hank: 'Oh, bitches.' Vaughn: 'I know.'
Larry Sanders: The morning after — multiple colleagues approach Larry to say they were touched by the Extra interview. Larry endures each one barely, then sighs: 'You know what, buddy? They feel closer to you.' Larry: 'I... I can't live like this.'
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