The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)

Pain Equals Funny (1997)

Wallace Langham: Phil

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• Larry Sanders : Hey, Phil. Good job on the monologue last night. Excellent. Thank you.

  [notices Phil staring at him] 

  Larry Sanders : What's wrong?

  Phil : You never thanked me before.

  Larry Sanders : Well, the jokes were never that good before.

  Phil : Well, thanks.

  Larry Sanders : Whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

• Larry Sanders : The monologue was weak, Phil.

  Phil : It was a shit crowd.

  Arthur : A shit crowd for a week and a half.

  Larry Sanders : How long you're seeing that young lady?

  Phil : [embarassed]  A week and a half.

  Larry Sanders : Well, the monologue was weak.

  Phil : It's a shit crowd!

  Larry Sanders : You've been hypnotized recently?

  Phil : [laughs]  Why?

  Larry Sanders : Because I don't think this is getting through you. How many ways can I put it? The monologue was weak, shit, it was not funny. It was early Conan.

  Arthur : I want you to start working on tomorrow night's monologue right now.

  Phil : Okay but if I start now it's gonna be stale by tomorrow afternoon.

  Larry Sanders : Have you joined a cult?

  Phil : [laughs]  What?

  Arthur : The pussy cult. Whenever I'm getting pussy, I'm not funny.

  Larry Sanders : Well, you're never funny.

  [Artie smiles] 

  Phil : Okay, I will start writing the monologue just as soon as I see Jessica's band playing in Viper Room.

  Larry Sanders : Oh the Viper Room. That will put you in the mood to write comedy.