S02E09 · SCENE 20/20 · 20:35
The Deal · Comedy Club
Jerry's 'Big vs Small Favours' Stand-up

Jerry closes with stand-up about measuring favour size by the pause after 'do me a favour.'

20:35→22:05
in the episode · 1m 30s · S02E09

What happens

20:35–22:05

Jerry performs the closing stand-up bit. He distinguishes small favours (no pause: 'Hand me that pencil') from big favours (long pause: 'Could you do me a favour?'). The pause reveals the true burden.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positiontag · callback
ThreadParty & Prostitute Mix-up

Key lines

from this scene
20:39

He was a nice guy. Oh, great guy.

21:11

Big favours are: "Could you do me a favour?"

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.9
social rule violation0.4
cheerful0.3
monologue

Beats

21:06Small favour example
21:10Big favour pause example

Scene in the episode

20:35–22:05
A · Party & Prostitute Mix-up
B · George's Cashier War
C · Kramer's Rescue Drive

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