The Larry Sanders Show - 1x05 - The New Producer- Followmy.tv

The episode begins with Larry sending get-well-soon wishes to Artie during the show, as he is away recovering from an emergency appendectomy. Larry then introduces the stand-in producer, his good friend Jonathan Litman, and brings him on screen. Artie, who is watching from home, remarks that not once in six years did Larry ever invite him up on stage. Sam Fitzgerald from the network stops by after the show, and informs Larry and Jonathan that the network is very excited with the suggestions made by Jonathan's memo, which has critiqued every aspect of the show. The staff obtain copies of the memo and Larry has to reassure them that he does not agree with its contents. Hank is concerned by the memo's statement that he "skews to an older demographic", and gets an earring to try to look younger. Larry looks at it and tells him it looks as if it infected, that the left ear is the gay ear, and wearing it low on the lobe means that he is "catching not pitching". Having read the memo, Artie visits Hank, to tell him that he is being squeezed out. The two of them get drunk, and then burst into Larry's office, berating him and declaring that they are departing to work on Sally Jessy Raphael. Larry has no option but to confront Jonathan Litman, discovering that the network is in reality trying to replace Artie with Jonathan. Larry calls their bluff by calling Sheldon, and chases them both out of the office with his impression of his Chinese weatherman - "It's fleeeezing! It's fleeeezing!". Guest stars: Robert Morton, Jeff Cesario