S02E11 · SCENE 32/28 · 20:33
The Chinese Restaurant · Comedy Club
Stand-up: Hypochondriacs & Medical Tech

Jerry closes with stand-up about hypochondriacs and future heart attack cures.

20:33→22:05
in the episode · 1m 32s · S02E11

What happens

20:33–22:05

Jerry performs closing stand-up contrasting hypochondriacs with people who deny illness. He jokes about future medical tech making heart attacks as trivial as headaches, mimicking a TV infomercial 'Clear!' device.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positiontag · callback
ThreadGeorge's Tonsil Ordeal

Key lines

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20:48

JERRY: Intravenous, heart-lung machine. I never felt better in my life."

20:58

JERRY: In fact, it's probably only a matter of time before a heart attack becomes like a headache.

21:04

JERRY: We'll just see people on TV going: "I had a heart attack this big...

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20:42Hypochondriac types
21:04Heart attack headache future

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20:33–22:05
B · Jerry's Lost Joke
C · Elaine's Tongue Date

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