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Katrina Bowden

Cerie

Played by Katrina Bowden

57 jokes across 26 episodes of 30 Rock

WAR

25.6

Total Jokes

57

Avg Craft

7.2

Avg Impact

6.9

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Cerie delivers 57 scored jokes across 26 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 25.6. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Cerie Lines

All Jokes — 67 total

S1E01

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie declining coffee — 'No, thank you.' Beat. 'No?'

7.57.0
S1E03

Cerie:Oh, my God, isn't Jack friends with Tom DeLay? Am I going on a date with Tom DeLay?

6.86.5
S1E04

Liz · Cerie:Cerie is told to organize videotapes instead of doing actual script work, then immediately re-tasked to get chai tea, and she leaves barefoot having no idea where her shoes are.

6.96.3
S1E04

Liz · Cerie:Cerie asks 'where are my shoes?' before going to get chai tea, and Liz screams 'Just go barefoot!'

7.06.7
S1E04

Cerie:Oh, no, I don't actually. They kind of just stay up on their own. See?

7.37.0
S1E04

Cerie:No, but I don't actually want to work in television. Career-wise, I'm just gonna marry rich and then design handbags.

8.48.5
S1E04

Cerie:Oh, because you have, like, one of those body image things?

7.67.3
S1E04

Cerie · Liz:Good, because I was gonna say you still have a good body. / 'Well, thank you, but this isn't about me.' / Like, how did you dress before you were married?

7.67.5
S1E04

Cerie · Liz:Cerie: 'Oh, for some reason I thought you had, like, three kids. I just assumed it was kids [causing the food stains].'

8.18.5
S1E08

Liz · Cerie:Check this out. I think Jack is dating Condi Rice. / Oh, God, that's huge!

6.25.8
S1E09

Liz · Cerie · Writers:The office throws a surprise party, but it turns out to be for Cerie's engagement, not Liz's birthday — Liz thanks them for the birthday fuss before realizing

6.86.5
S1E09

Cerie · Pete · Liz:Hey, guess what, everyone? I'm engaged. / Hey, this isn't gonna change the way you dress or eat lollipops, is it? / No. / Oh, then congratulations.

7.87.7
S1E09

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie lets the make-up people do her make-up: 'They say it's fun for them.' / 'She's like a Barbie.'

6.66.0
S1E09

Cerie:We both wanna have babies while it's still cool.

7.87.3
S1E09

Cerie:If it's a girl, Bookcase. Or Sandstorm. Or maybe Hat. But that's more of a boy's name.

8.48.7
S1E09

Cerie · Liz · Cerie:If you wait too long, you could be like... 50 at your kid's graduation. / 50's not that old, Cerie. / Oh, I'm sorry. Are you 50 now?

7.57.3
S1E09

Liz Lemon · Cerie · Jack Donaghy:Liz sees Cerie in a wedding dress. Jack: 'Absolutely not, young lady.'

6.96.5
S1E10

Kenneth · Cerie:Kenneth: 'Jeez, I hope those two work it out.' Cerie: 'Relax, man. As long as they're yapping at each other, we're not working. Enjoy it.'

6.25.7
S1E11

Cerie · Liz:Cerie writes down January 17th — 'Just like every other day.'

6.96.5
S1E13

Cerie:He keeps sending me all these flowers to apologize, but he's still insisting on having a Greek Orthodox wedding. But I really disagree with the church's stance on Cyprus.

7.87.7
S1E13

Cerie:I'd marry Toofer 'cause he's classy. I'd kill Lutz. Sorry, Lutz. The thought that you would do anything to me is awesome. And I'd boff Kenneth.

7.57.5
S1E13

Kenneth · Cerie · Kenneth:Well, it's like Dr. Laura Schlessinger says. Women should be more accommodating to their men, for the health of the marriage. / She sounds smart. Is she really a doctor? / No, I think she's kind of like Dr Pepper.

8.28.3
S1E13

Cerie:Thanks, Kenneth. You give really good advice.

5.95.3
S1E13

Jenna · Kenneth · Cerie:Kenneth! / What? How dare you. / You're so weird. / Tell Liz I left, okay? And if you want to tell those guys upstairs that we made out, it's all right with me.

6.66.2
S1E21

Cerie:Cerie announces she 'totally did it in the prize van' with a DJ and 'I'll pretty much do anything to someone that's famous.'

6.66.5
S1E21

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie says Floyd called; when asked how it's going she says 'Not great' — then reveals she was relieved thinking he might break up with her

7.26.8
S2E01

Cerie · Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney:Liz tells her writers to avoid her, and Cerie immediately asks Liz and Jenna to be bridesmaids — 'Is it hard for you because you broke up with that Floyd guy?'

7.37.2
S2E01

Jenna Maroney · Liz Lemon · Cerie:Jenna can't fit in the dress and asks Liz to try it on — 'You're closer, Liz. You do it.' Liz tries it on and says with forced cheerfulness: 'Fun... this is fun.'

7.57.2
S2E01

Store Employee 2 · Liz Lemon · Cerie:Another store employee tells Liz the wedding dress looks ugly on her, tells Cerie not to buy it: 'You'll thank me.'

6.66.3
S2E05

Cerie:I wear tiger orgasm.

8.68.3
S2E05

Cerie:Did he just talk to me like I'm ugly?

8.18.2
S2E07

Cerie:Is it like that time they found my grandpa at the bus station?

7.57.3
S2E07

Cerie · Liz · Cerie:Wow. Coffee guy? That'll really make your ex-husband jealous. / Cerie, for the last time, I have never been married. / That's the spirit!

7.67.3
S2E07

Cerie · Cerie · Cerie · Aidan · Cerie · Aidan · Cerie · Cerie:Hey, Liz, this is Aidan. / Guess you're not the only cougar in town. / Aidan's a freshman at NYU. / Give me change for a soda? / You just had one. / Whatever. / No, don't you 'whatever' me. / Hey! What did I say about you wearing your Heelys inside? / Aidan! Wait up. / Aidan!

7.77.8
S2E15

Cerie:Cerie's unsolicited birth control advice: 'I think you're supposed to take all of them, like, in a row.'

6.86.3
S3E03

Cerie:Cerie describes a nightclub called 'Aquarium' where 'all the women are in a glass room in the center of the dance floor, and all the guys just watch and feed them.'

8.18.2
S3E04

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, is my phone ringing? / It is. Wow, you have, like, dog ears. / So are you going to... Okay.

6.35.7
S3E08

Liz · Cerie:It's called a 'Tankoort', Cerie. You may have seen it in Us Weekly being worn by Dame Judi Dench... 's mother.

8.88.8
S3E22

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Also, Pete and Tracy's wives are in your office. Paula is Pete's wife and Angie is the black one and... / Okay, Cerie, I got it.

7.57.2
S3E22

Cerie · Liz Lemon:I haven't seen my fiancé in seven months. / Cerie, I have two words for you: robot warning. / Okay, that catch-phrase needs a little work.

7.87.3
S4E05

Liz · Cerie:Cerie to Liz: 'Do I look okay?' 'That's exactly how you look.'

7.97.5
S4E09

Liz Lemon · Cerie:as a frequent leaver of drunken messages, i can tell you no good can come of this. / as a frequent receiver of drunk messages, they are not cute, even when they're from liz.

7.57.5
S4E09

Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon · Cerie:good lord, i've lemoned the situation with nancy! / 'lemoned'? that's not a thing people are saying now, is it? / cerie? / lemoned. doing it awesome.

8.48.5
S4E09

Liz Lemon · Cerie:i mean, who am i to tell jenna that she doesn't know how to be happy when i can't even figure out / stop so bored.

7.57.3
S4E09

Liz Lemon · Cerie · Jenna Maroney · James Franco:did i do that right? / yeah. / that was super bitchy. / you can't just break up with me. i'll sue you for breach of contract! / oh, you're being such a non pillow right now!

8.08.2
S4E11

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Sue and I already talked about it. / Why? You know Sue says stuff about you behind your back. / She always says stuff to me about you. / Wait, what? / I was making my thing up. / You bitch!

7.07.0
S4E18

Cerie · Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney:Cerie's fiancé was captured by pirates on his dad's yacht but was rescued 'thanks to the A-Team' — and 'he has a different energy now. He's quieter.'

7.87.8
S4E18

Cerie:'He has a different energy now. He's quieter.' — Cerie describing her post-pirate-captivity fiancé as if he's had a mild personality shift

7.77.5
S4E18

Cerie:Cerie says the schedule is filling up 'now that Aris is finally getting over his Stockholm syndrome'

7.47.2
S4E18

Cerie:'You guys may have to walk down the aisle with some pirates.'

7.37.0
S4E22

Liz Lemon · Cerie:His name is Carol. Like Carroll O'Connor from Nick at Nite. / Exactly, Cerie. Thank you.

7.56.8
S5E02

Frank Rossitano · Cerie · Other Writers:Frank reads a breaking news chyron: 'Ritchie and Liz spotted in tree. Eyewitnesses report K-I-S-S-I-N-G.' / 'For more, let's go to NBC's Andrea Mitchell.' / 'Thank you, Brian. Slut.'

7.88.0
S5E04

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Why are you giggling? It's very misleading. / It's just... Mr. Lutz is wearing the most hilarious t-shirt.

7.37.5
S5E04

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Whoever standing next to him, it's stupid! That guy is stupid. / Now, she is. / Now they are. / Now I were.

7.77.8
S5E20

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, did you not bring my computer down? / You said you were writing. I've only seen you use that computer to look at pictures of Nate Berkus.

7.87.8
S5E21

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, did you not bring my computer down? You said you were writing. I've only seen you use that computer to look at pictures of Nate Perkins.

7.06.8
S6E09

Cerie:Oh, my God, that's what Chris kept quoting this morning during our love... making.

7.26.8
S6E15

Liz Lemon · Hazel · Cerie:Liz tells the male writers to keep their eyes down because women are showing skin in warm weather, then tells Hazel to button up and puts Cerie in a 'soup poncho'

7.37.2
S6E15

Cerie:Cerie agrees to do the MacBeth sketch but says she needs to be 'out in time for my band to be on Letterman'

7.67.3
S7E04

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Well, Jenna, everyone knows how you're always so chill. So, of course, you won't freak out when you see that Cerie is wearing that exact same shirt as a dress. The belt is a baby's necktie.

7.57.5
S7E08

Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie tells Liz 'It's inspiring to see that a woman in her 30s can still find true love.' Liz corrects her: 'I'm 42, Cerie.' Cerie responds: 'I don't know what that is.'

8.17.8
S7E08

Cerie · Liz Lemon:The award description: 'Congratulations on being named one of the 80 Under 80, honoring women in entertainment who aren't Betty White!'

7.57.5
S7E08

Cerie:The ceremony will be broadcast on 'Lifetime... oh, dot com, backslash garbagefile'

7.67.3
S7E10

Cerie:Or Pete, but he went to a line producers' convention in Albany. I saw him pack a wig.

7.57.0
S7E12

Cerie · Lutz · TGS staff:The Blimpie's/lunch picker conflict: Cerie reveals it may be Season 8 alphabetically — the new picker would be 'A'...

7.87.8
S7E13

Cerie:Cerie announces 'technically this is season 8 since the show was canceled two weeks ago'

7.57.5
S7E13

Liz Lemon · Cerie:Liz gives Cerie the lunch order — Nobu 57 and Make My Cake in Harlem — then 'I'll be back. I hope.'

7.16.7