The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)
Pain Equals Funny (1997)
Rip Torn: Arthur
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Quotes
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Larry Sanders : Phil seems happy.
Arthur : Real happy.
Larry Sanders : Real fucking happy.
Arthur : Too fucking happy to write a joke.
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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.
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Larry Sanders : What's up with Phil?
Arthur : The gal dumped him and as we know, pain equals funny.
Larry Sanders : Well, I hope our whole staff gets dumped, maybe we'll win an Emmy now and then.
