But you know what?
I do worry about today's society.
And why not? I have another bit on it.
We spill coffee now, and we sue.
People didn't used to do that.
You know, we just love to complain.
The post office is another good example of this.
People love to complain about the post office.
They actually do a terrific job. We love to complain.
People love to say, "well, the price of stamps keeps going up."
Yeah, but what, like a penny every 11 years?
I mean, what is it...
what is it now, 32 cents. Whoo-ooh-ooh...
is it 32 cents? That sounds high.
You're a funny guy.
I told you. I told you.
I know. You told me you were a funny guy.
Larry?
Um...
I wanted to ask you
if anybody knows about us yet?
No, I haven't told anybody about us.
Oh.
Why?
Well, I think that's good.
Yeah.
'Cause, you know,
when celebrity relationships go public, and...
I don't know. It starts to ruin everything.
Right.
Do you think?
I do think so. OK.
I think that's a good idea. OK.
What did you do last night?
Huh?
I was... I was home by myself.
By yourself, huh?
Yeah, by myself.
Sounds captivating.
"So as we finish up our final weeks here at Larry Sanders,
"it gives us an opportunity...
"to have some old friends and special guests drop by.
And tonight we're in for a treat, ladies and gentlemen,"
and then it's liza minnelli? Right. Sid?
Liza minnelli.
She comes out.
Hey!
♪ what good is sitting alone in your room? ♪
♪ come hear the music play ♪
♪ life is a cabaret, old chum ♪
♪ come to the cabaret ♪
good luck, Larry.
We're all gonna miss you.
But thanks for all the wonderful years.
OK. "sorry... sorry. Thank you, liza."
♪ put down your knitting, the book, and the broom ♪
♪ it's time for a holiday ♪
♪ life is a cabaret, old chum ♪
OK, that's enough. * come to... *
I got ya. OK, that's en... OK.
I'm sorry. I was supposed to interrupt sooner.
"That's enough, liza. One number is fine."
Screw you, Larry!
My mother and I always hated you!
♪ come to the cabaret ♪
liza minnelli, please.
♪ come taste the wine ♪
then I'll do this.
♪ come blow your horn ♪
♪ come hear the music ♪
♪ come follow me ♪
♪ your table's waiting ♪
wait, no, I...
that's... that's funny.
I'll call army archerd. Tour de force.
New face in town, Sid.
Hilarious.
Nice job. Nice job out there.
I said, it was a nice job out there.
Can you hear me?
Thank you.
They wanted a freak show,
and you gave it to 'em.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means that you're a fucking freak.
Iook, I should... I should be playing
liza minnelli, you know?
I know liza minnelli, yeah.
What you did out there is a train wreck.
I mean, you're not a performer. You're a what...
what are you? You're a cue card holder.
Leave me alone, you dipshit.
You know what's really sad?
You don't know the fucking difference
between being laughed with
and being laughed at.
Yeah, who is it?
Good. I'll call you right back.
Artie, hi. You have to meet this psychic.
She's amazing.
We don't put psychics on the show.
I know, but...
we leave that and teenage makeovers
to Ms. Ricki lake.
I know, but she's unbelievable.
She talked to my grandmother.
She knew her name.
Aw, the old grandma trick.
You know, kreskin tried that on me 20 years ago.
He said, "is there a man in your life
with a "d" and an "a" and a "d?"
I said, "yeah, that's my dad."
I think Larry would be really funny with her.
Just let her give you a reading.
Artie, this is char.
Well, what a delight to meet
such a charming and beautiful woman.
Thank you. We don't have psychics on the show.
Sit down. Tell him something.
Artie, sit down.
OK, give me a second.
I see a new woman in your life.
On most nights, you'd be batting 1,000.
Your mother, did she have dark hair,
and was there an "a" in her name?
How did you know that?
Adele?
See?
And you had a grandfather named jacob.
Grandpa Jake. Taught me how to fish.
Oh, my God.
Please, let's get back to the new woman.
I can't quite make her out.
It's somebody with light Brown hair.
It's someone you just met.
There's a "c." it starts with a "c,"
and there's an "a" in it.
Does that ring a bell at all?
Is there also an "h," and an "r," char?
I think Larry will find you delightful,
and I predict a booking on Friday night.
Goddamn it, where is that little asshole?
Phil, could you watch your language?
Hurry up!
Excuse me. You're a writer.
You could pick up this magic marker.
You could write the jokes yourself.
Jesus. You have the worse handwriting than stephen hawking.
You know what? Forget you. Here.
Hey, what's all the tumult?
Sid isn't here.
Brian, come here. You must have good handwriting.
Help me out. What is that supposed to mean?
5 minutes before the show. Totally unprofessional.
But you see, that is Sid.
Give me a second.
OK, folks. Listen up, will ya?
I just...
got a call from Sid's brother.
Mm-hmm. 5 minutes before the show.
I think... I think you gotta take some action here.
I mean, people have been fired for just a lot less.
He's dead. There ya go.
Good for you. You gotta set an example.
No. I mean, he killed himself.
What? He was fine
during the rehearsal, Artie.
Well, apparently after that,
he ran home and took an overdose of pills.
Well, what could have happened
between the rehearsal and then?
Well, I know it's gonna be tough.
We've got exactly 4 minutes. Gotta do a show.
Let's do this one for Sid. What do you say?
And not a word of this to Larry.
Anyway, we have a great show tonight.
We have, uh, we have a great show tonight.
My guests are...
let's just... we have a great show.
Some nights you have such special... special show
where you have terrific guests,
and some nights, honestly,
you just have, you know, average guests.
But tonight's one of those nights
where we have...
have really good guests.
Beverly, it's not that you didn't do a good job.
It's just that I'm used to the way Sid does the cards.
Where the hell was he?
Excuse me.
Who died?
Sid. He killed himself this afternoon.
I didn't wanna tell you about it,
you know, before the show.
Well, does everybody else know?
Pretty much.
So I don't have to break it to anyone.
No. Taken care of.
We need to, uh... send flowers?
That's done.
And the...
funeral? Tomorrow afternoon.
Right. So I should probably...
short appearance. 20 minutes, tops. Car will be waiting.
Excellent. Sid.
Jesus, what great handwriting, huh?
I wonder if they'll ask me to be a pallbearer?
Because, you know, I have a bad...
back? Shoulder?
OK.
I'm going to hell.
What?
I'm going to hell. I...
I killed Sid.
Oh, what are you talking about?
Hey, stop it.
I killed Sid.
What happened?
L... I... I... I told him
he was a... a... a fourth rate Larry bud melman.
Oh, come on.
You guys joke like that all the time.
Mmm.
When did this happen?
At rehearsal, an hour before his death.
Oh.
And then I... I told him
he was being laughed at, not with.
You said that?
Call rosie grier.
Ask him if he'll come over and pray with me.
OK.
He's a good guy, right?
Mm-hmm, and very discreet.
That was the essence of Sid.
He was always jumpin' in, and helpin' people out.
He was a real hero to me.
So Sid, buddy, here's to you.
Oh.
I'm here for you.
We'll get through this.
Ah.
That was long.
What?
Well, introduce me. Introduce me.
Oh.
I wanna introduce you
to one of Sid's biggest fans.
The great Larry Sanders.
No... no.
Well, I appreciate that.
I usually am only used to, uh,
hearing the applause when I'm with Sid,
because usually when I walk out to do the monologue,
which I think is, you know,
the most important part of the show,
and, uh, the funniest.
Anyway, just a real loss,
but cue card men never die.
They just get whited out.
No flipping.
Shut up, Phil.
That didn't go well.
I shouldn't have done the, uh, the whiting out joke.
Oh, it was good.
It didn't work, but you know why?
Because you went so long.
You know, you killed the whole audience.
I didn't know you were gonna tell a joke.
Well, I thought you were gonna dry up.
Yeah. So emotional.
You know what?
L... should I go again?
No.
I can't believe Larry actually showed up.
Who are you?
Oh, I'm Sid's brother, Fred.
Oh, I'm so sorry... sorry, uh...
your brother was a wonderful man, sir,
and a very funny guy.
A very gifted actor
who people laughed with and not at.
He told me you always used to give him a hard time.
Really?
Yeah. He said you always ragged on him.
I don't recall that.
Um, there was some verbal sparring, of course.
All in good fun.
Um, you know, snaps.
Uh, I believe we... we talked.
How's the family getting on? Not so good.
Really?
Sid left kind of a mess.
Got a lot of unpaid bills, and, uh,
insurance policy, borrowed money,
and I'd like to help, but I'm living on unemployment...
I'll take care of everything.
The funeral, the bills, I'll...
I'll take care of it.
Why?
Well...
because I loved him.
You know, I didn't know Sid that well,
but the passing of anyone touches us all.
So why don't we all join together in prayer,
saying good-bye to Sid?
Would you bow your heads?
Father, God of abraham, isaac, and jacob,
how we thank you for
the privilege and opportunity that you gave us,
just to have a short time with Sid.
I thank you for each person that's here,
saying good-bye in their own special way.
...real dinosaurs.
Really? Yeah.
So you're just running,
and there's nothing there chasing you?
Fake things. I mean, you know...
oh. Fake dinosaurs.
Right. Larry, this is Laura dern.
She's gonna be on the show tonight.
Hi. Hi, nice to meet you.
Oh, it's so nice to meet you.
Wow, what a great thing that you're on the show.
I'm so thrilled. What a delight.
I'm a huge fan. Are you kidding?
Yeah, a delight for me.
She's gonna talk about her trip to Mexico. The sunburn?
The... I assume, sunburn?
Some story, funny story...
about a sunburn? Skin? Yeah. Something.
Do you guys know each other? No.
No. We've never met before, have we?
I think, like, a hello at a...
at a function of some sort, I believe.
Wasn't it at a function where I don't remember you?
And this is...
this is better. Great. This is better.
Well, have fun out there.
OK, thank you. Sorry to interrupt.
Oh. You know, she's...
she's gettin' it all down.
Better than talking to me.
Oh, well.
Nice meetin' ya.
All right, you, too.
Larry, my boy. Artie.
It gives me great pleasure
to introduce you to the 1998 sports illustrated swimsuit cover girl,
Ms. Heidi klum.
Happy to meet you.
Hi, nice to meet you.
I'm so happy to be on your show.
Really? I haven't...
oh, uh, Laura, this is heidi klum...
you're on the show tonight?
Yes, she's on the show tonight.
That's nice. Nice.
Don't forget the discover card.
What are you talking about?
Right here.
Oh, $2,400.
Fuck me.
Uh, does anybody take discover anymore?
I mean, was this guy current on anything?
Hank, we want you to do the liza minnelli sketch tonight.
Oh, I can't. I can't.
I mean, that's... that's Sid's baby.
I could never fill those shoes.
Brian? Yeah, sure. I'll do it.
No. Excuse us, please. Oh, yes.
What are all these warm,
squishy, fuzzies for Sid all of a sudden?
What do you mean?
Don't shit me. You and Sid hated each other.
Now you're mourning him like you're yoko ono.
What did you say to Sid?
When? Right after rehearsal
when you walked away from me
and made a beeline backstage,
probably to tell him how rotten he was
and how much better you'd be in the sketch, right?
No, no, we, uh,
we just talked about, uh, cars.
Really?
What kind of car did Sid have?
We... we never got to that.
Uh-huh.
Hi, Larry. I'm char.
Oh, hi. Welcome.
Thanks. Welcome. Happy to see ya.
How's this gonna work, exactly?
I'll just ask you questions, like,
are you dating somebody that's a "d" or an "l" initial?
I'm not dating anyone.
"L-a," like Laura?
Dern?
Ah, the lovely char.
If you can read my mind,
you know that I'm a bad boy.
Ooh.
Why don't you wait in my office?
I've got some lovely belgian chocolates in there. Laurie?
Can you help out here?
What's wrong?
Bump her. Why?
Because... because she said
I'm dating Laura dern, and I am.
Oh, what a relief!
God, that explains why you weren't
makin' a move on that sports illustrated babe.
Just replace her with someone
who doesn't know anything about my personal life, OK?
Who the hell could that be?
Jerry stiller.
Fine.
You know, it is gonna be a little strange sitting there
and not seeing Sid out there.
OK, now, don't... don't... don't dwell on that.
You know, it was wrong for that girl
to cut things off so abruptly.
Mmm. Shirley.
Who's Shirley?
His girlfriend.
Girlfriend? Yeah, yeah.
She left him right before he killed himself.
You didn't know? He had her stashed
in a little place in the valley.
He used to bang her at lunch.
Lunch.
Yeah, that's why Janice left him.
Who's Janice?
His wife.
I thought his wife was dead.
Sid. No.
I guess he liked to tell people that.
What a piece of work.
Can you imagine killing yourself
over a couple of chicks?
There is no sprite in there.
I'm char, the psychic.
I'm on the show tonight.
Have a good time.
Thanks. What... can I ask you something?
Sure. Do you have somebody
who's close to you that's an "s" initial?
Uh, no.
Maybe it's somebody deceased.
Yeah, like an "s-I." Like a Sid or a Sidney?
No. Nothing. I mean, nothing.
He... he wants you to do the sketch.
Does that mean anything to you?
Mexico. Wow. Yeah.
You go with, uh, anybody to Mexico?
I'll bet you went alone.
Yeah. I do... I do love to travel alone.
You travel alone? She travels alone.
That's my instinct.
You were right.
Ioner. Yeah.
Picked it up like that.
Yeah, that's me.
We'll have you on another night.
No, you won't.
You know, I have a place in Mexico.
Oh, do you, really?
In cabo San lucas.
Well, this is a perfect place.
Yes, cabo San lucas. Beautiful accent.
Thank you. I sort of put
a little tilde on that. Didn't I? Yes.
We all do when we speak foreign languages.
But, um, if you do travel alone,
I would love for you to come and visit, uh, my house.
I would love to cook for you, and... and, um...
why don't we take a break?
And we'll be back with more of Laura dern.
No flipping.
Ah, my little rambling rose.
Delightful as ever.
Oh. Give my best
to your mom and your dad, dern old bruce.
OK.
Good, huh?
I don't think they could tell
there was any underlying
sexual chemistry, do you? No.
None at all? No.
I mean, you did a great job.
I mean, it was better. It was like
when you were interviewing Dan rather.
You are going to be
very glad that you stayed
because, uh, you know,
as we wind down here on the Larry Sanders show,
a lot of very famous special people
have come by to express their well-wishes,
and here is yet another one.
Ladies and gentlemen, liza minnelli.
Liza minnelli.
Liza!
♪ what good is sitting ♪
♪alone in your room? ♪
♪ come hear the music play ♪
♪ come to the cabaret, old chum ♪
♪ life is a cabaret ♪
good luck, Larry.
We're all gonna miss you, sweetie.
Thank you for the wonderful years.
Thank you, liza. Thank you.
Thank you, liza.
♪ start by admitting ♪
♪ from cradle to tomb ♪
♪ isn't that long a stay ♪
♪ life is a cabaret, old chum ♪
OK, liza. Liza, that's fine. Thank you.
♪ come to... ♪ that's enough.
Liza, that's enough! That's enough! Liza!
Aw, screw you, Larry.
I gotta tell you something.
My mom and I always hated you.
♪ life is a cabaret, old chum ♪
♪ only a cabaret, old chum ♪
♪ so come to ♪
♪ the cabaret ♪
liza minnelli.
That was hilarious. That was good.
Were they, uh...
were they laughing with me
or were they laughing at me?
Well, at you, but hilarious.
You were good.
Oh, Sid, you fuck.
You tricked me, buddy.
You're going to be so happy that you stayed
because, uh, our next guest is a very funny man.
Uh, he plays George's father on Seinfeld.
He's also part of the, uh,
fantastic comedy team, stiller and meara.
Please, uh, give a warm welcome
to Jerry stiller.
And, uh, you know, I mentioned that Seinfeld...
I, you know, Seinfeld's going off the air,
but in truth, you have
a whole career happening, don't you, separate from that?
There's a life after Seinfeld,
but forget about my life. What about your life?
I just ran into a psychic in the parking lot
who told me that you and Laura are an item.
Is this the truth? Is this the truth?