S01E05 · SCENE 1/23 · 00:01
The Stock Tip · Comedy Club
Jerry Standup Restaurant Checks

Jerry performs stand-up about the psychology of restaurant checks before and after eating.

00:01→01:00
in the episode · 0m 59s · S01E05

What happens

00:01–01:00

Jerry observes that before a meal, diners feel wealthy and order freely, but after eating, they resent the bill and scrutinize it. He jokes about the shift in power dynamics once hunger is satisfied.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadStock Investment

Key lines

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00:02

JERRY: Went to dinner the other night, check came at the end of the meal.

00:49

They start passing it around the table, "Does this look right to you?

00:54

We're not hungry now. Why are we buying all this food?"

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weights 0–1
deadpan0.8
social rule violation0.3
cheerful0.2
monologue

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00:14Ruler of an empire line
00:36Pants open, napkins destroyed

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