S06E02 · SCENE 1/22 · 00:01
The Big Salad · Comedy Club
Jerry Standup Pens

Jerry performs stand-up about the mystery of disappearing pens and the humiliation of not having one.

00:01→00:41
in the episode · 0m 40s · S06E02

What happens

00:01–00:41

Jerry opens the episode with a stand-up routine questioning where all the millions of manufactured pens go. He jokes about the embarrassment of asking to borrow a pen and the absurdity of the pen shortage.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadBig Salad Credit

Key lines

from this scene
00:02

I find it fascinating, when you go in the stationery store...

00:33

"I know. Where are they?"

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.8
social rule violation0.6
petty grievance0.4
awkward0.2
monologue

Beats

00:15Jerry notes pens found behind refrigerator
00:27Jerry mimics whispering for a pen

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00:01–00:41
A · Big Salad Credit
B · Rolamech Pencil
C · Newman Dumped Margaret
D · Gendason Golf Murder

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