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Character Analysis

Will Forte

Paul L'astnamé

Played by Will Forte

40 jokes across 11 episodes of 30 Rock

WAR

20.9

Total Jokes

40

Avg Craft

7.3

Avg Impact

7.1

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Paul delivers 40 scored jokes across 11 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.1 on impact for a career WAR of 20.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Paul Lines

All Jokes — 53 total

S4E19

Paul · Liz Lemon:Through a mutual fund. Friend, Jenna. / Oh, of course. Through a friend fund. Noted.

7.77.0
S4E19

Paul:I'm just feeling the weight of Jenna's jewelry on my finger pads.

7.57.0
S4E19

Announcer · Paul:Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Miss Jinah Baloney! [Paul is revealed performing as a Jenna drag impersonator]

8.18.3
S4E19

Paul · Liz Lemon:Jenna told me I didn't need to hide from you anymore. / All right, let's cut to the chase. What's your game, friend?

7.77.5
S4E19

Paul:I am the luckiest 'shman' in the world.

7.87.3
S4E19

Paul:I'd never tuck my penis again if she asked me.

8.58.5
S4E19

Paul:All I want to do is spend my days listening to her talk and sing and scream at her cleaning lady on the phone.

7.87.3
S4E22

Paul:That came out wrong. [Paul, after telling Jenna to choose between herself and herself]

7.27.0
S4E22

Paul:Well, it's all true. I'm a native of Houston, and I love to cook healthy. And the female impersonator stuff.

7.77.2
S4E22

Paul · Jenna:I'm the man here, and you're gonna respect me. / Yes, shma'am.

8.78.7
S5E09

Paul:'Jenna and I are mirroring until we achieve touchless orgasm.'

7.67.5
S5E09

Paul · Jenna:Paul and Jenna immediately declare 'And... finished.' right after Liz walks in on their 'mirroring.'

7.87.5
S5E09

Paul · Jenna:Paul proposes Jenna meet his parents over Christmas. She reacts with horror.

7.06.5
S5E09

Paul:Paul enters and casually announces: 'The restaurant was crazy today. During Nude Hour, I got custard all over my penis.'

8.88.8
S5E09

Paul:Paul: 'I'm saying adopting a dog so it can watch us make love and then returning it, claiming that it bit our imaginary child, is everything that I need.'

8.18.3
S5E09

Paul:Jenna and Paul break up over the sex tape disagreement; Paul: 'I'll trust you to fairly divide up our panties.'

7.97.5
S5E10

Paul:I don't think about Jenna anymore. I don't think about kissing her or laughing with her or photographing her with just salamanders covering her nipples.

8.79.0
S5E10

Paul:Can I get you a cup of coffee or an absinthe enema?

8.28.0
S5E10

Jenna Maroney · Paul:You dress as Natalie Portman from Black Swan / and I dress as former Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver and Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Nominee Lynn Swann. We're two black swans.

9.39.5
S5E20

Jenna Maroney · Paul:Paul, do you think I'd be a good mother? / Of course not. And I'd be a terrible father. I mean, what if we had a child that was prettier than us? We'd have to leave it in a desert.

7.67.8
S5E20

Paul:I love you, Jenna Maroney. I want to hogtie you and hide you in the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus with just a bowl of dirty water.

8.48.7
S5E21

Jenna Maroney · Paul:I'm so glad that you're able to meet me at my break. Is this just to talk, or will you be activating my electric underwear?

7.37.3
S5E21

Paul:Of course not! And I'd be a terrible father. I mean, what if we had a child that was prettier than us? We'd have to leave it in a desert.

7.98.0
S5E21

Paul:I love you, Jenna Maroney. I want to hog-tie you and hide you in the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus with just a bowl of dirty water.

7.07.0
S5E23

Paul:I got you an early anniversary present. It's a new leash for when I walk you through the park like a dog. Weather's supposed to be nice and muddy tomorrow.

7.57.0
S5E23

Paul:I hate to be the stereotypical man, but this is my home, and I want to wear this blouse.

7.87.7
S5E23

Paul:I'll cancel the sitter for tonight, tell him he won't need to come sit on us after all.

8.28.0
S5E23

Paul:I am in the restaurant business, and I really love... golf playing.

7.87.7
S5E23

Eugene · Paul:What's your handicap? / Oh. Well, I don't have one myself, but I do like a girl with a limp.

8.08.0
S5E23

Paul · U. Jean Gremby:So, Mrs. Gremby, you're also named Eugene? / Oh, no, dear, it's U-period-Jean. My first name is U. Jean, with a U.

7.06.7
S5E23

Paul:don't spew your statistics on the health benefits of weekly sittings or its wide acceptance in Eastern cultures

8.58.7
S5E23

Jenna · Paul:This is our normal, and this is what we think of your morality clause. / Give Mommy some beard. / Oh, you've got some crumbs in here. / Oh, eat it.

8.08.0
S5E23

Paul · Jenna:Jenna? / Oh, Jenna, no. / There you are! Bad dog! You'll go in the crate tonight.

7.57.5
S6E08

Paul:Uh-oh, yawns are contagious. Like all the Thai STDs my penis is about to give you.

8.08.0
S6E08

Paul:The sex monkey I bought in Jakarta.

7.97.8
S6E08

Paul:It's a whole new fetish called... Normalling.

8.99.2
S6E08

Paul:And I put that Afghan all over you because I thought your feet might get chilly. So chilly.

8.48.3
S6E08

Paul:Normalling in public? You delicious whore.

7.87.8
S6E08

Jenna · Paul:You know if we got cloth place mats then we could just throw them in the laundry. Well, these vinyl ones say dishwasher safe, that's easy. Yeah, easy for the person who never does the dishes.

7.97.7
S6E08

Jenna · Paul:What we're doing is so sick, right? How many times have you climaxed? Zero. Me too. Bathroom organizers! Oh!

8.99.2
S6E08

Paul:I always imagined this kind of thing would make me wanna tear my hair out and rip my skin off. But with you, it feels as natural as... having someone tear your hair out and rip your skin off.

8.68.5
S6E08

Paul:We spend the next three months alone, doing every depraved thing we can think of with as many people as we can and if this, right now, is still the happiest we can make ourselves, we'll stay together forever.

8.38.3
S6E18

Paul:Where we'll lie on top of each other in one coffin, pelvis to face, for eternity.

8.58.7
S6E18

Paul · Jenna · Tracy:Tracy, if you'll excuse us. / No, Paul. If it wasn't for Tracy, we wouldn't be here right now. He can stay. / No, I'm cool. I'm gonna leave.

7.57.0
S6E19

Paul:Paul describes the engagement ring: 'Liza Minnelli's baby tooth surrounded by rubies that passed through a terrified Michael Kors.'

8.58.8
S6E19

Paul:Paul: 'I am the man here, Jenna. I may have a dress and a wig and a gynecologist, but I am the man.'

8.38.3
S6E19

Paul:Paul: 'I am the man here, Jenna. I may have a dress and a wig and a gynecologist, but I am the man.'

8.38.2
S6E19

Paul · Jenna:Paul proposes on live TV with the ring — Jenna says 'Oh, Paul. No, no, a million times no.'

8.38.3
S6E19

Paul:Paul's proposal includes defining 'old': 'Old being an acronym for oxylaprodexatrin, a hallucinogenic plant extract that makes sex terrifying.'

8.58.3
S7E08

Jenna · Paul:Jenna reveals she had a surprise wedding planned: 'You just ruined my surprise wedding!' — complete with Paul waiting upstairs and Reverend Gimp

8.18.0
S7E08

Paul:'I guess I ate all that asparagus for nothing.'

7.37.0
S7E08

Paul:Paul, inside the steamer trunk for hours: 'It's all right! The lack of oxygen is making me orgasm!'

8.18.3
S7E08

Paul:Paul's wedding vow: 'I promise to always pour antibiotics all over your penis before you staple it to anything.'

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