S02E07 · SCENE 18/18 · 20:29
The Revenge · Comedy club stage
Jerry standup phone machines

Jerry closes with stand-up about loving answering machines and hating cordless phones.

20:29→22:02
in the episode · 1m 33s · S02E07

What happens

20:29–22:02

Jerry jokes that he wishes he were an answering machine to avoid unwanted street conversations. He contrasts the satisfaction of slamming a real phone receiver down versus the impotent 'button press' of a cordless phone when angry.

WhereComedy club stage
DriverJerry
Positiontag · callback
ThreadAnswering machine scheme

Key lines

from this scene
20:36

If I saw somebody on the street I didn't want to talk to, I could go: "Excuse me. I'm not in right now.

20:44

If you could just leave a message, I could walk away."

21:00

Cordless phone. "You can't talk to me like that."

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
petty grievance0.7
deadpan0.7
social rule violation0.3
cheerful0.3
monologue

Beats

20:55Slamming phone vs cordless

Scene in the episode

20:29–22:02
A · George coffee blunder
B · Jerry Dockers dispute
C · Answering machine scheme

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