The Larry Sanders Show - 1x07 - Hank's Contract- Followmy.tv

The episode opens with George Foreman being interviewed on the show, and Foreman touches on the fact that Hank may be leaving the show. Larry clarifies this by stating that Hank is not leaving, and is simply in contract negotiations with the network. After the show, Sheldon complains to Larry and Artie that Hank is asking for too much, and is threatening to leave to take up an offer from another network. Sheldon comments that this is the same tactic that Larry and Artie use whenever their contracts are up for renegotiation. Hank keeps up the pretense that he is leaving, and organizes for Darlene to surprise him with a cake from the staff. Jerry and Phil however give him another present, a big wrapped gift box, out of which pops out a stripper. During her dance, she suddenly recognizes Hank, berates him, saying the number he gave her was "a drycleaner's in Torrance", and storms off. Hank tries to explain the situation away by saying that some people who see him on the TV get confused and think that they know him. Hank later asks to see Larry alone, but Artie listens in on the speaker-phone. However, Artie sneezes, and Hank gets upset that they are treating him as their "personal village idiot". During the break on the show that night, Robin Williams is racked with self-doubt about how good he is, and suggests that Hank and Larry get professional help to sort out their fight. Hank then visits the network, thinking that they will accede to all his demands, only to find that they choose not to renew his contract. Hank confesses to Larry that he was bluffing about an offer from another network, just as Larry had done, but Larry tells Hank that he was not bluffing, and that he actually had a deal with ABC to go on after Nightline. Larry then secretly meets with Sheldon and threatens to quit the show if they do not give Hank what he wants. The next evening, Hank turns up at the show in his new "Hankmobile" golf-cart, and admits to Larry that he got roughly half the deal that he had asked for. Before the show starts, Larry tells Artie that he is pissed off that the network did not take Larry's request to give Hank exactly what he wanted, and Artie says that they should have been nervous that Larry could take the deal to go on after Nightline. When Artie asks whether he actually has a deal to go on after Nightline, Larry responds, "fuck no!" Guest stars: Robin Williams, George Foreman