S04E14 · SCENE 1/15 · 00:01
The Movie · Comedy club
Lawyer Standup

Jerry performs stand-up about lawyers knowing the rules of the country.

00:01→00:52
in the episode · 0m 51s · S04E14

What happens

00:01–00:52

Jerry opens the episode with a stand-up routine comparing lawyers to people who have read the instructions on the game box. He jokes about the legal terms 'objection,' 'overruled,' and 'sustained' being adult versions of childish phrases.

WhereComedy club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadGeorge's lawyer date

Key lines

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00:02

What are lawyers really?

00:27

"Objection,"of course, is the adult version of "afraid not."

00:43

Or he can say "sustained," which is the adult version of "duh."

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00:14Lawyer as rulebook reader
00:27Objection as adult 'afraid not'

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00:01–00:52
A · George's lawyer date
B · Babu's deportation
C · Kramer's fantasy camp
D · Elaine's Ping lawsuit

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