S01E04 · SCENE 10/23 · 08:09
Male Unbonding · Comedy Club Stage
Jerry Stand-up Burglary Bit

Jerry performs stand-up about the futility of police reports after a burglary.

08:09→09:29
in the episode · 1m 20s · S01E04

What happens

08:09–09:29

Jerry jokes that filing a police report is pointless unless the crook gets a copy too. He contrasts real police work with Batman's themed villains, noting modern crooks lack identifiable themes like The Penguin.

WhereComedy Club Stage
DriverJerry
Positionact2 · callback
ThreadApartment Hunt

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08:45

Now, unless they give the crook his copy I don't really think we're gonna crack this case. Do you?

08:53

It's not like Batman, where there's three crooks in the city and everybody pretty much knows who they are.

09:19

We can find him. He's a penguin."

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deadpan0.9
cheerful0.4
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Beats

08:49Batman comparison
09:10The Penguin reference

Scene in the episode

08:09–09:29
B · Burglary Aftermath
C · George vs Jerry Rivalry
D · Kramer Investigation

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Seinfeld S01e03 - Odds and evens · Luca Orsi
Jerry's Apartment Is Robbed | Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards) · Scene City
Seinfeld, "Robbery". · ItsSamTime

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