S02E09 · SCENE 1/20 · 00:01
The Deal · Comedy Club
Jerry's Cold Medicine Stand-up

Jerry performs stand-up about the overwhelming variety of cold medications and absurd drug commercials.

00:01→01:03
in the episode · 1m 02s · S02E09

What happens

00:01–01:03

Jerry opens the episode with a stand-up routine at a comedy club. He jokes about the difficulty of choosing cold medicine from a wall of options. He mocks drug commercials that depict the human body as a faceless figure attacked by red lines, fire, and lightning.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadParty & Prostitute Mix-up

Key lines

from this scene
00:02

So I was in the drugstore trying to get a cold medication. You ever try this?

00:26

They always show you the problems. They show you the human body which is usually this guy:

00:53

Are you having any lightning with the pain?"

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.8
absurd0.5
social rule violation0.3
monologue

Beats

00:30Jerry describes the faceless commercial body
00:48Lightning attacking the body joke

Scene in the episode

00:01–01:03
A · Party & Prostitute Mix-up
B · George's Cashier War
C · Kramer's Rescue Drive

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