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Character Analysis

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Played by Carl Weathers

13 jokes across 4 episodes of Arrested Development

WAR

3

Total Jokes

13

Avg Craft

7.3

Avg Impact

7.0

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Carl Weathers delivers 13 scored jokes across 4 episodes of Arrested Development, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.0 on impact for a career WAR of 3.0. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Carl Weathers Lines

All Jokes — 26 total

S1E11

Tobias · Carl Weathers:Tobias recognizes Carl Weathers on the shuttle: 'You are Carl Weathers, the actor. I went to San Francisco to attend your stage fighting workshop. But you never showed up.' Carl: 'I got bumped from that flight.' 'Hell, they'll give you $300 if you get bumped. It's this crazy loophole in the system that the wrong guy discovered.'

7.67.3
S1E11

Carl Weathers:'Guess where I won't be going.' — Carl Weathers, after revealing he got bumped intentionally from the Boston flight.

7.57.0
S1E11

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers after Tobias says he's waiting in the shuttle: 'Guess where I won't be going.' — implying Carl will stay on the shuttle to get bumped again

7.47.0
S1E11

Carl Weathers · Tobias:Carl Weathers charges Tobias exactly $1,100 for acting classes — the precise amount Tobias has for his plane ticket. 'Check this out. $1,100 is exactly what I charge for acting classes.' / 'No, it isn't!' / 'Yeah.' / 'What are the chance... Universe, you've done it again.'

7.98.0
S1E11

Tobias · Carl Weathers:Tobias: 'No, it isn't!' Carl: 'Yeah.' / Tobias: 'Universe, you've done it again.'

8.38.5
S1E11

Carl Weathers · Tobias:Tobias's 'acting class' with Carl Weathers: 'I don't know what your police captain told you about me, but I'm a different breed of cop. I'm from the streets, and I'm the last cop you're ever gonna wanna mess with in a darkened alley.' Tobias: 'Dark alley. And l...'

7.77.8
S1E11

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers: 'Dreams are worth fighting for. Now, are you gonna be a fighter, or are you gonna be a doctor?' — delivered as if being a doctor is a dishonorable option.

7.67.5
S1E11

Carl Weathers · Tobias:Tobias reveals his wife works at a restaurant. Carl immediately pivots: 'Do they get a shift meal or do they just pay half-price on select menu items?' — leading them to go to the restaurant immediately.

7.87.7
S1E11

Lindsay · Tobias · Carl Weathers · Random Man:At Rud, a man offers Lindsay $2,000 to touch him. Lindsay is shocked — 'Oh, my God. My husband.' The man is with Tobias.

6.46.3
S1E11

Carl Weathers:'I buy all my cars at police auction.' Carl Weathers delivers this as a life lesson he's teaching Tobias.

8.18.2
S1E11

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers: 'Give me a bourbon. Any room on that tab for me to jump on?' — to Lindsay, after the revelation that she's his acting student's wife.

7.77.3
S1E12

Carl Weathers · Tobias:Carl Weathers' 'Baby, you got a stew goin'' — first instance, about leftover chicken bones.

8.78.8
S1E12

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers describing the Showtime movie 'Hot Ice' with Anne Archer, never touching his per diem, using craft service: 'Baby, I had a stew goin'.' — second instance.

8.08.0
S1E12

Lucille · Carl Weathers · Tobias:Lucille invites Carl Weathers to dinner on the one night Tobias has class, then 'innocently' suggests Carl and Tobias have dinner alone.

7.47.0
S1E12

Carl Weathers · Lucille:Carl Weathers: 'I never say no to dinner, with a beautiful lady — that is. Do you like ham?' 'No. I love it.'

7.26.8
S1E12

Carl Weathers · Buster:Buster arrives at Lucille 2's apartment. Carl Weathers is there. 'This is purely a social call. Just two adults gettin' a stew on, man.'

8.07.8
S1E12

Buster · Carl Weathers:Oh, hey, Buster. I thought you had class. I thought you had class. My brother-in-law fires you... And you move in on my girlfriend?

7.47.3
S2E13

Carl Weathers · Tobias:Carl Weathers to Tobias at Burger King: 'Thanks for meeting me down here at Burger King. I'm tryin' to get them to underwrite a new TV project I'm workin' on. Get some money in exchange for settin' a scene here in Burger King. As long as you don't draw attention to it.'

7.87.7
S2E13

Tobias · Carl Weathers:Tobias: 'I could not betray my family like that.' / Carl: 'Come on, man. I've got every part cast except for George Sr.' / Tobias: 'I want that part.' / Carl: 'Then sign over the rights.'

7.36.8
S2E13

Carl Weathers · Narrator:Carl Weathers: 'Did you know that you can get a refill on any drink you want here, and it's free?' / [Laughs] / Narrator [chuckling]: 'It sure is.'

8.28.3
S4E04

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers: 'Do you think anybody would be upset if one of these Crinch dolls took a walk?' — pocketing a doll while talking to Michael about the movie.

7.16.8
S4E04

Carl Weathers · Michael Bluth:Carl Weathers: 'I know what you're thinking. "What part would I play in this?"' Michael: 'I didn't want to waste you on you.' 'In fact, I wasn't even going to talk to you about acting, but if you are game, boy, that would be great. Let's circle back to that.'

8.07.8
S4E04

Carl Weathers · Narrator:Carl Weathers never got rights for the Scandalmakers episode about George Bluth Sr. — and so he made himself the subject of the final episode when caught.

7.87.3
S4E04

Carl Weathers · Narrator · DeBrie Bardeaux:The DeBrie collapse on the Scandalmakers set — 'Her heart stopped. She's (BLEEP) dying.' / 'Hey, Dave, you shaved, I like it.' / 'Please get the paddles!' / 'Hey, Mike. How was Ojai?'

7.87.5
S4E04

Carl Weathers:Carl Weathers: 'Man, you're as green as old lady Crinch. Come on, people don't go to movies to see rights. People go to movies to see actors.'

7.26.7
S4E04

Brian Grazer · Carl Weathers:Brian Grazer crashes the elevator meeting, thinks Carl Weathers is Cuba Gooding Jr., and says 'I'm gonna skip this one. Good to see you, Brian.' — then leaves.

7.97.8