Larry hits on a guest. Hank hits on his doctor. Mary Lou considers letting her best friend be on the show.
WAR
71.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Just the Perfect Blendship” ranks #78 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.6 — Elite. The episode packs 66 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
Wendy: Wendy's Ron Jeremy masturbating with his pinky out joke: '...he's got his pinky out, and I found out why he does that. It's because he's classy.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Wendy: Wendy's suing-for-sexual-harassment bit: 'I'm currently in the process of suing my boss for sexual harassment... it takes a lot of guts... especially because he didn't do anything.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Wendy: Wendy's 'doctor spanked me at birth' bit: 'I understand that the doctor had to spank me when I was born... but I don't see why he had to call me a whore.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Hank Kingsley · Artie: 'I don't mind her looking up my ass, but John Madden. That's where I draw the line.' / 'He probably thought of it as a fucking tailgate party.'
Artie · Wendy: 'When you walk out there, don't forget to stand on the star.' / 'You mean Larry?' / 'Oh, ha! You see? You're gonna kill 'em.'
Artie Wendy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 66 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: I didn't know they were lesbians. Is there some message there I didn't pick up?
Larry: Maybe we should finish these questions here at dinner and just wrap this thing up. Get rid of Hank and the audience and just, uh... discuss the rest of these on our own.
Guest: Jeff goldblum. You were gonna ask me about Jeff. That's the promo card.
Hank: That's Larry for 'I hate this guy.'
Mary Lou: I have nothing else to do.
Wendy: That's so sad.
Hank: we can go to my house and see a little tape I like to call too hot for TV, totally uncensored.
Hank: Um... have you ever had a 'collinoscopy'?
Phil: Hank, how do you ask somebody out who's seen the inside of your ass?
Phil: How could you tell? Weren't you facing the other way?
Phil: You know, it usually takes several years to get to that level of intimacy.
Hank: I bonded with a man completely non-sexually the other day.
Hank: okay. No good?
Mary Lou: No, I think it might make Larry uncomfortable.
Wendy: My neck is 4 inches long... flaccid.
Wendy: I think this is a funnier area of the bathroom. I think I could really kill here, yeah. Hey, how ya doin', folks? Great to be here... by the tampon dispenser!
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Wendy: Hey, how ya doin', folks? Great to be here... by the tampon dispenser!
Jeff Goldblum: No, these are pajamas.
Phil: I don't know. What do they wear?
Larry: Listen, uh, we were talking earlier in the makeup room. I meant to tell you, you know, I asked out Gina gershon when she did the show.
Artie: Anyway we're off the air in 2 fucking weeks.
Phil: how you can date Hank after seeing, you know... inside?
Dr. Monica: Because I once saw him in a speedo, and I couldn't eat for a week.
Wendy Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Wendy: You fucking rule! You fucking rule!
Phil: how you can date Hank after seeing, you know... inside?
Monica: Because I once saw him in a speedo, and I couldn't eat for a week.
Hank: Higher. 12.
Larry: Why don't we take a break and... we'll come, uh, right back and watch Hank guess the entire current nfl roster and their numbers and weights.
Wendy Meta/Self-Referential Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Hank: I sent her, uh... I sent her Bob costas. I sent her, uh, brent musberger. John madden drove all the way across the country just to see her. Howie long. Howie... howie goes once a week.
Hank: I sent her Bob costas. I sent her, uh, brent musberger. John madden drove all the way across the country just to see her. Howie long. Howie... howie goes once a week.
Hank: I mean, she gives great scope, you know?
Wendy: You mean Larry?
Wendy: Oh, ha!
Artie: You see? You're gonna kill 'em.
Wendy: So I'm sitting at home this morning, uh, watching porn as I'm wont to do from time to time
Wendy: Ron jeremy is masturbating, uh, and he's got his pinky out, and I found out why he does that. I found out why he masturbates with his pinky out. It's because he's classy.
Wendy: My neck is 4 inches long flaccid.
Wendy: But, uh, I don't see why he had to call me a whore.
Wendy: And all of a sudden, I'm thinking, 'oh, my God. I'm turning into my mother.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Wendy: Especially because he didn't do anything.
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Artie: In this business, shows come and go. And friendships, well... they come and go, too, but as long as you kill, everybody's happy.
Artie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Phil: I probably thought of it as a fucking tailgate party.
Gina: Maybe harder. I think she wants it harder. Yeah. A little harder!
Jeff Goldblum: Every time I take a bite out of the chicken, I thought it was your eyebrow. I couldn't even eat it.
Jeff: she had an orgasm practically when you... were massaging her foot.
Larry: Do you think so?
Jeff: As close as I've seen.
Phil Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Artie: Artie cutting off Phil: 'OK. Showtime at the Apollo is over. Let's say good-night to Slappy White.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Terry Bradshaw: Terry Bradshaw's Super Bowl ring gifting saga: 'Super Bowl 9 I gave to my dad. Super Bowl 10 I gave to my older brother Gary. He lost it.'
Larry Sanders · Hank Kingsley · Terry Bradshaw: On-air: Larry asks Bradshaw what number he wore — Hank confidently answers wrong. 'Hank, higher.' / Hank: '12.' / Larry: 'Why don't we take a break and watch Hank guess the entire current NFL roster and their numbers and weights.'
Larry Sanders · Terry Bradshaw: Larry asks Terry Bradshaw: 'What number was Terry?' — referring to Terry Bradshaw himself
Hank Kingsley: 'I sent her Bob Costas. I sent her Brent Musburger. John Madden drove all the way across the country just to see her. Howie Long goes once a week.'
Hank Kingsley: 'I mean, she gives great scope, you know?' — Hank's sign-off on the doctor discussion
Artie · Wendy: 'When you walk out there, don't forget to stand on the star.' / 'You mean Larry?' / 'Oh, ha! You see? You're gonna kill 'em.'
Artie Wendy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Wendy: Wendy's Ron Jeremy masturbating with his pinky out joke: '...he's got his pinky out, and I found out why he does that. It's because he's classy.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Wendy: Wendy on stage: 'So I'm sitting at home this morning, watching porn as I'm wont to do from time to time...'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Wendy: Wendy: 'It's a series of vignettes, this particular porn movie starring Ron Jeremy.' [pause for audience laughter] 'Thank you...'
Wendy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Wendy: Wendy's neck/flaccid joke performed on the actual show: 'My neck is 4 inches long flaccid.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Callback Wendy: Wendy's 'doctor spanked me at birth' bit: 'I understand that the doctor had to spank me when I was born... but I don't see why he had to call me a whore.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Wendy: Wendy's 'licking jelly off my boyfriend' / turning into her mother bit
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Wendy: Wendy's suing-for-sexual-harassment bit: 'I'm currently in the process of suing my boss for sexual harassment... it takes a lot of guts... especially because he didn't do anything.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Beverly · Wendy: The post-show revelation: Beverly didn't advocate for Wendy when Artie asked — 'I told him I don't know. I was afraid.'
Artie: Artie's speech: 'In this business, shows come and go. And friendships, well... they come and go, too, but as long as you kill, everybody's happy.'
Artie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Artie: 'Hey, where's Dr. Bottom? Aren't you two going to paint the town brown?'
Artie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Hank Kingsley · Artie: 'I don't mind her looking up my ass, but John Madden. That's where I draw the line.' / 'He probably thought of it as a fucking tailgate party.'
Artie: Artie: 'Oh, heads up. Here comes the ass queen now.'
Artie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Callback Larry Sanders · Dr. Monica Gordon: Larry's extended massage of the doctor's foot — during which she has an apparent near-orgasmic reaction — while Larry simultaneously tries to have a serious conversation about Gina Gershon
Jeff Goldblum: Goldblum: 'Every time I took a bite out of the chicken, I thought it was your eyebrow. I couldn't even eat it.'
Larry Sanders: Larry's friend tells him: 'She totally wants to be with you.' Larry's immediate pivot: 'But OK, maybe she does. Maybe she does, but — if I went out with her, would that bother you?'
Artie: 'I'd trust your instincts.' — Artie's advice to Larry about pursuing the doctor, echoing the exact phrase used by Goldblum earlier in the episode
Artie Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Larry Sanders · Artie: Larry and friend suddenly distracted by Illeana Douglas: 'Isn't that Illeana Douglas? She's hot.' / 'Hi, Illeana!'
Illeana Douglas · Larry Sanders · Artie · Jeff Goldblum: Illeana Douglas appears; Artie: 'You look fantastic.' Larry: 'You look beautiful.' — then Douglas: 'I used to go out with Jeff [Goldblum]. Yeah, didn't work out. 2 actors.'
Illeana Douglas · Larry Sanders: Illeana Douglas reveals she used to date Jeff Goldblum — 'Yeah, didn't work out, two actors' — adding another ex-girlfriend to the episode's romantic web
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