Mary Lou dents Hank's car but is terrified to tell him. Larry is interviewed for Extra!
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“The Interview” ranks #58 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.5 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.4 on impact, with Hank landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Hank: Find some dog shit, take it over to the fox lot, and smear it on Vince vaughn's car.
Hank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hank: Dear mr. Vaughn: I am sorry about the shit I put on your car.
Hank Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I cried. Now I'm fucked.
Arthur: It was a manly misting.
Hank: I gotta record this. I gotta record this. I gotta record this.
Hank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hank: Well, it was-- It was gross, all right.
Hank Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: When they called you to the places. Did they say, uh, 'Mr. Vaughn, and the rest of you dinosaurs.'
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: Hank doesn't even have a fire, let alone irons.
Larry Callback Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Vince: Are you for real? Because you are. And next month, there's gonna be another flavor. Jerk.
Vince Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hank: don't let that toothless Ukrainian guy near it. Only give the keys to caro-- to caro!
Hank Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Hank: Oh, who knows how long these gay cruises last. They're in international waters. They can do anything.
Hank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Beverly: I just hit Hank's car.
Beverly Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort 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 Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Beverly: It was really big and foreign, kind of like a big boat.
Beverly Character Comedy Observational Mary Lou: You hit his bentley.
Beverly: Is that bad?
Artie: I thought I smelled hype in the air.
Artie Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Norman: Not for the prince of P.R.
Norman Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Norman: Larry Sanders poolside. You know, 'Legend in repose.' Sunlight makes the legend squint.
Norman Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Artie: How 'bout in the living room on the couch? You know, 'Larry in the living room on the couch.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Norman: We go way back. Please...Don't ask. Please don't tell.
Norman Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Norman: We were lovers in '88 and again in '92.
Norman Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Norman: It was hot-- Heh heh-- very hot.
Norman Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 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 Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: It was Vince fucking vaughn.
Hank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: my guess would be west hollywood. [Laughing] Unlisted. Like anyone gives a shit.
Hank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch 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.
Beverly Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 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?
Hank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 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.
Hank Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I'm actually wearing a #40 Emotional block right now.
Larry Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Arthur: It's your reflection in my eyes.
Arthur Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Larry: This house was actually in architectural digest, and then I think it went to its head.
Larry Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: It was designed mostly for interviews like this, so that's great.
Larry Meta/Self-Referential 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 Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Arthur: All dinners are business dinners.
Arthur Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Beverly: Well, maybe i'll leave the knife out for you.
Beverly Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: You got a crush on me.
Hank Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Arthur: Are you telling me that I have a bottle of champagne waiting at home for nothing?
Arthur Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Find some dog shit, take it over to the fox lot, and smear it on Vince vaughn's car.
Hank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Beverly: Hank, have you lost your mind?
Hank: Is that a yes?
Black-bottom pool for hollywood showbiz parties. Movie star like yourself.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry: fuck that. It's like a spider convention out there.
Larry Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: It's weird coming from saturday night live 'cause, uh, on the sitcom now I'm the only backstabber in the room.
Larry Observational ★ Rewatch Arthur: You stay away from her, shorty.
Arthur Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Beverly: Marylou, he is planning to put dog poop on vince vaughn's car.
Beverly Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jimmy Belushi: He blubbered like a fucking baby. No. I mean, it was the funniest goddamn thing you'd ever want to see.
Jimmy Belushi: What a pussy. Pussy, man.
Hank: Well...Fondue. I mean, any retard can melt cheese.
Hank Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Look at us. We're like a choo-choo here.
Hank Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: He brought me another cat. And, uh--
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: I gotta record this. I gotta record this. I gotta record this.
Hank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: he had this cat and he named it patches, but yet it was, um, all one color...
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I think it was a tree. I don't know. I couldn't even ask him because it would hurt his feelings...
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hank Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hank: Dear mr. Vaughn: I am sorry about the shit I put on your car.
Hank Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: Women-- what are you going to do? By the way, I thought swingers was a hoot and a half.
Hank Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Vince: When I broke up with her, she kept leaving dead stuff on my porch for about 6 months. Mainly squirrels.
Vince Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Arthur: They feel closer to you.
Larry: I-- I can't live like this.
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