
Character Analysis

Stevie Grant
Played by Bob Odenkirk
50 jokes across 11 episodes of The Larry Sanders Show
4.1
50
7.1
6.8
Character Comedy
Stevie delivers 50 scored jokes across 11 episodes of The Larry Sanders Show, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 4.1. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Stevie Lines
Larry · Artie · Stevie:Larry's on-air announcement that he will not be coming back when his contract is up in 8 weeks — spontaneous, unplanned — while Artie backstage: 'What the fuck was that?' Stevie: 'Shit, I swear I had no idea about this.'
Artie · Stevie:Artie confronts Stevie at the show entrance: 'Larry trusted you, you fucking goddamn lowlife.' Stevie: 'Hey, I love Larry, ok? I was at his mother's funeral. Remember?' Artie: 'I remember you tooting up behind a tree, using your cell phone.'
Stevie:That's just the kind of Hollywood bullshit that makes me want to chuck it all and join the Peace Corps. / Yeah? Big bad Ron, you piece of shit! How's it going? / Oh, fuck you, asshole.
Larry · Stevie:I don't wanna sound like a cheeseball here, but she's a special lady. Very bright, very talented. / She's with William Morris, right?
Larry · Stevie:Stevie arrives late to the production meeting. Asked which client the Entertainment Weekly shoot was for — 'No, it was for me. It was for Entertainment Weekly, the 50 Most Powerful People in Hollywood Under 30.' Larry: 'I thought you were 32.' Stevie: 'Yeah... well... Congratulations.' Larry: 'Thank you.'
All Jokes — 50 total
Stevie:Stevie (Larry's agent) on a car phone: 'Larry, this is a partnership. You don't say yes. We say yes.'
Stevie · Larry Sanders:Larry discovers he's cohosting with Rita Moreno and Dean Cain: 'You're cohosting with fucking Superman.'
Stevie · Larry Sanders:Stevie: 'Arthur's fucking you, Larry.' / 'Cohosting detracts from your essential specialness in the marketplace.'
Stevie · Larry:Stevie makes Larry repeat: 'Cohosting detracts from my essential specialness in the marketplace.'
Stevie:Why? What? Did you pull her out of a burning building at some point, or did you sit through She Devil?
Larry · Stevie:I don't wanna sound like a cheeseball here, but she's a special lady. Very bright, very talented. / She's with William Morris, right?
Stevie · Larry:Is she happy over there? Is she happy with the representation? / We were talking about my drug problem. / Right. Right.
Larry · Stevie:Thanks for bringing the basket. / Well, I... actually, this is for her. Um, your basket won't be ready until tomorrow. / You like that sugar-free shit, right?
various staff · Stevie · Larry:We love you, Larry. / Yeah. Go get 'em, Larry. / You're my client. / Pay up, everybody.
Stevie · Roseanne:Roseanne, how'd you like the muffin basket? / Stevie, focus.
Stevie · Larry:Stevie's pitch call: 'Kentucky Fried Chicken. What does that mean? Spokesman. You. One year.'
Larry · Stevie:'So I'm the new Colonel Sanders?' / 'Ha! Funny. I'll pitch that.'
Stevie:'Hey, take this the right way, but I wish you'd go broke every day.'
Stevie:Lindsay Wagner needed 'one of the trucks' to cart her Ford payment home
Stevie · Larry:'Caesar's or MGM?' / 'Whichever one pays more.' / 'How about both? 9 shows a night, every half hour. It's like the vaudeville days.'
Larry · Stevie:He said 'shit' in the middle of one of the songs. Are you aware of that? / He's an artist. / Well, I'm sure 'shit' rhymes with a lot of things.
Stevie · Larry:Oh, hey, look, I've got a lot of musical acts, by the way. You know, say the word and I can get you hole. / Well, you know, my hooker days are over.
Stevie:Ha ha! You are the king! King Kong! Ha ha ha ha!
Paula · Stevie:Jennifer Aniston would be amazing. Can you get her? / Yeah, absolutely. I represent half the cast of Friends. / Which ones? The ones who can act.
Stevie · Paula:Hey, do you have a spot for Andy Kindler? / Who's Andy Kindler? He's a comic. The little guy, the hyper guy? / Mm-hmm. I don't think so. He's more of a Conan O'Brien act. / Conan won't put him on.
Paula · Stevie:What? / I can't do this with Larry watching me. It gives me the creeps. / Doing it in front of my clients turns me on. I feel my power. / Just turn it off.
Paula · Stevie:Blow off Eiger and we'll spend the morning in bed. / Are you insane? I just got a 50% raise by pretending I was gonna go form my own agency. I can't stay in bed. People actually notice when I don't show up to work.
Stevie:This whole Disney thing has everybody shitting bricks, pins, and party favors.
Stevie · Paula:By the way, I can't go to Ojai this weekend because Eisner's taking the young turks to a Ducks game. / Are you gonna be like this the rest of your life? / Of course not. I already told you I'm doing this for 5 years and then I'm getting out. / You're so deluded. / OK. 8 years.
Stevie:That's just the kind of Hollywood bullshit that makes me want to chuck it all and join the Peace Corps. / Yeah? Big bad Ron, you piece of shit! How's it going? / Oh, fuck you, asshole.
Stevie · Phil · Beverly:Hey, doll. Phil. / I'm gone.
Stevie:Come on. It's on the agency. Lunch with the booker of the Larry Sanders show. It's totally legit. Let's go liberate some money from the evil corporation.
Stevie · Paula:How long have we been going out? / I don't know. 3 months. 4 months. / Well, gee, time flies when you're having fun. / What do you want out of this relationship? / Guess the fun's over.
Stevie:I want it to continue the way that it is except with more fucking.
Paula · Stevie:What would you say if I told you I wanted to quit? / I don't know. Are you quitting? / Or if I said I wanted to have a baby? / Oh, my God, are you pregnant? / No, but it's nice to see what your reaction would be.
Stevie:Look, we have to go to lunch quick because your blood sugar is dropping.
Paula · Stevie:How many of these clients would be up here if you and I weren't dating? / Jesus, Paula, I'm not going out with you to get my clients on the show. / That's good news. I guess you won't mind if I unbook Andy Kindler. / You can't do that. He's booked! / We've got a verbal contract. / I just did it.
Paula · Stevie:Bye, Jake Johannsen. These are good acts. / You know, I didn't force you to book them. I could've brought them to Letterman first. / Oh, I'm sure he'd be so thrilled to hear about Ed Begley Jr.'s fucking electric car.
Stevie · Paula:If you're gonna do that to them, then say good-bye to Jennifer Aniston. / You can't. / You can't unbook somebody who's booked for tonight. / I'll talk to you tonight. / No. I don't want to see you anymore. / Oh, I don't have time for this shit.
Stevie · unnamed person:Jennifer sprained her ankle. / Really? You know, according to Paula, she mentioned to Artie that Jennifer has a head cold.
Stevie:I walk around in my Italian suit all day like I'm on top of the world, but I'm a fake! And if I stop pretending for a second, I fall apart 'cause I'm terrified! I don't know what the fuck I'm doing.
Paula · Stevie · Larry:Oh, are you upset about what happened? / Yeah. / Oh, now you're gonna get me upset. / Tell her about the suit. / Paula, I'm terrified. I built up these walls inside me, and I'm sorry, it's so hard for me to open up. / What about the suit?
Stevie · Artie:Mike Ovitz, eating lunch this far away from me, did not look good. You didn't hear it from me, all right? That's a swell story, Stevie, but what's the latest news from Roastville?
Stevie · Artie:Dennis Miller passed. He's very sick. He's in the hospital. / Christ! It's like he wants to be caught.
Stevie · Larry · Artie:I got you Jerry fucking Seinfeld, Larry. / OK, great, that is great. / You really got Seinfeld? Fucking-a.
Stevie · Larry · Artie:And we also got Kip Addota. Who's he? / Very simply, he's the guy we had to take to get Jerry fucking Seinfeld.
Stevie:Stevie, while on his cell phone doing business, shouts 'Get out of the way, you stupid chink bitch!' at a driver mid-conversation about how great negotiations are going
Stevie · Network Exec:The meeting upstairs — Stevie's negotiation tactic: 'How many guys are gonna come in here and blow me?' — then listing demands while the network counters with Jon Stewart's cheaper numbers
Stevie:Stevie: 'Do I look deaf to you? 'Cause you're talking to me like I'm deaf. Do deaf people walk around in $3,000 suits? I don't think so!'
Network Exec · Stevie:Network exec reveals Stevie is also negotiating deals for Michael Richards and Jon Lovitz — Stevie: 'Yes, I am!'
Stevie · Jon Stewart:Jon Stewart scene: Stevie tells Jon that Larry 'turned him on' to Stewart and 'He's cool with this' — a beat after reassuring Jon that Larry is fine with him potentially taking over Larry's show
Larry · Stevie:Stevie arrives late to the production meeting. Asked which client the Entertainment Weekly shoot was for — 'No, it was for me. It was for Entertainment Weekly, the 50 Most Powerful People in Hollywood Under 30.' Larry: 'I thought you were 32.' Stevie: 'Yeah... well... Congratulations.' Larry: 'Thank you.'
Stevie · Larry:Larry confronts Stevie about representing Jon Stewart — Stevie: 'Hey, that's what life is about, Larry. It's about conflict. Yeah, you have to learn to balance things out... and I think I do a pretty good fucking job.'
Artie · Stevie:Artie confronts Stevie at the show entrance: 'Larry trusted you, you fucking goddamn lowlife.' Stevie: 'Hey, I love Larry, ok? I was at his mother's funeral. Remember?' Artie: 'I remember you tooting up behind a tree, using your cell phone.'
Larry · Artie · Stevie:Larry's on-air announcement that he will not be coming back when his contract is up in 8 weeks — spontaneous, unplanned — while Artie backstage: 'What the fuck was that?' Stevie: 'Shit, I swear I had no idea about this.'