S02E04 · SCENE 1/16 · 00:01
The Phone Message · Comedy Club
Stand-up: Men vs Women TV

Jerry performs stand-up about how men hunt channels while women nest.

00:01→01:12
in the episode · 1m 11s · S02E04

What happens

00:01–01:12

Jerry opens with a monologue comparing men's channel-surfing habits to hunting and women's to nesting. He jokes about ancient kings flipping through storytellers like modern remotes.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadIllegal Cable Scheme

Key lines

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00:17

JERRY: "Isn't that your father?" "Doesn't matter, I gotta keep going."

00:35

JERRY: That's why we watch TV differently.

01:05

JERRY: Now, the whole of you, get out of here. I'm going to bed."

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Scene DNA

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

Beats

00:31Women nest, men hunt analogy
00:53Ancient storyteller flipping joke

Scene in the episode

00:01–01:12
A · Baby Shower Revenge
B · Illegal Cable Scheme
C · Jerry's Dating Karma

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Kramer Interrupts Elaine's Babyshower | The Babyshower | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
Jerry Gets in Trouble Over Illegal Cable | Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards) · Scene City
Seinfeld - Jerry gets shot for stealing cable · XmXFLUXmX2
You'll Never Say That To Her Face - Seinfeld · B O

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