Larry hits on a guest. Hank hits on his doctor. Mary Lou considers letting her best friend be on the show.
WAR
23.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Just the Perfect Blendship” ranks #75 of 90 The Larry Sanders Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 71.1 — Solid. The episode packs 40 scored jokes at 1.5 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.4 on impact, with Wendy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Wendy: And all of a sudden, I'm thinking, 'oh, my God. I'm turning into my mother.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch 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 Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Phil: I probably thought of it as a fucking tailgate party.
Phil Observational Visual Gag Wendy: Especially because he didn't do anything.
Wendy Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Phil: How could you tell? Weren't you facing the other way?
Phil Observational Setup/Punchline All Jokes — 40 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: I didn't know they were lesbians. Is there some message there I didn't pick up?
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch 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.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Guest: Jeff goldblum. You were gonna ask me about Jeff. That's the promo card.
Hank: That's Larry for 'I hate this guy.'
Hank Observational Character Comedy 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 Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hank: Um... have you ever had a 'collinoscopy'?
Hank Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Phil Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Phil: Hank, how do you ask somebody out who's seen the inside of your ass?
Phil Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Phil: How could you tell? Weren't you facing the other way?
Phil Observational Setup/Punchline Phil: You know, it usually takes several years to get to that level of intimacy.
Phil Observational Irony/Sarcasm Hank: I bonded with a man completely non-sexually the other day.
Hank Character Comedy Misdirection Hank: okay. No good?
Mary Lou: No, I think it might make Larry uncomfortable.
Wendy: My neck is 4 inches long... flaccid.
Wendy Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline 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!
Wendy Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch Wendy: Hey, how ya doin', folks? Great to be here... by the tampon dispenser!
Wendy Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jeff Goldblum: No, these are pajamas.
Phil: I don't know. What do they wear?
Phil Character Comedy Dark/Subversive 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.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Artie: Anyway we're off the air in 2 fucking weeks.
Artie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy 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: You fucking rule! You fucking rule!
Wendy Character Comedy Escalation 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.
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 Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback 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 Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Hank: I mean, she gives great scope, you know?
Hank Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Wendy: You mean Larry?
Wendy: Oh, ha!
Artie: You see? You're gonna kill 'em.
Wendy Artie Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Wendy: So I'm sitting at home this morning, uh, watching porn as I'm wont to do from time to time
Wendy Observational Character Comedy 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 Setup/Punchline Absurdist Wendy: My neck is 4 inches long flaccid.
Wendy Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Wendy: But, uh, I don't see why he had to call me a whore.
Wendy Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Wendy: And all of a sudden, I'm thinking, 'oh, my God. I'm turning into my mother.'
Wendy Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Wendy: Especially because he didn't do anything.
Wendy Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch 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 Observational ★ Rewatch Phil: I probably thought of it as a fucking tailgate party.
Phil Observational Visual Gag 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.
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