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Character Analysis

Ed Begley Jr.

Stan Sitwell

Played by Ed Begley Jr.

10 jokes across 5 episodes of Arrested Development

WAR

1.7

Total Jokes

10

Avg Craft

7.0

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Cringe/Discomfort

Stan delivers 10 scored jokes across 5 episodes of Arrested Development, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 on impact for a career WAR of 1.7. Their comedy leans toward cringe/discomfort. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Stan Lines

All Jokes — 12 total

S5E06

Stan:Stan: 'If your grandson wasn't here, I'd probably take a peeky-weeky.'

6.66.2
S5E06

Stan · Maeby:Stan tells 'Annette' (Maeby): 'I see the real you: a special, wonderful, unique, 67-year-old woman who amazes me every day. It would be my pleasure to be the man in your life that your father never was.'

8.38.3
S5E06

Maeby · Stan:'On the Next': Maeby and Stan looking at a photo of themselves together — Stan: 'Look how happy they look together. Just like us.' / Maeby: 'Until this happens.' — ending on a freeze frame of apparent disaster

6.76.2
S5E08

Sally Sitwell · Stan:No, you want to keep me safe, let's build that wall. Those Bluths are dangerous, I'm telling you. / Yeah, I guess they do have us by the short wigs.

8.17.8
S5E10

Buster · Oscar · Stan:Buster and Oscar debate via earpiece whether to say hi to a passerby, culminating in Buster simply saying 'Hello' and the man asking 'Hurt your hand?'

7.77.3
S5E10

Stan:Stan (hostage) asks if they can watch a movie 'or just leave the lights on so we can't see you'

7.67.2
S5E10

Stan · neighbor · Maeby:Stan exposes Maeby: 'Run, Annette, run!' — Neighbor asks 'Maeby? Why'd he call you Annette?'

7.06.8
S5E11

Maeby · Stan:Maeby is gaslighting Stan about how frequently he's asked the same questions — 'Every month' (he hadn't; 'in fact, this had only happened a few hours earlier')

7.06.7
S5E11

Maeby · Stan:Maeby's dementia con — she has been gaslighting Stan into believing he has memory problems, repeating conversations to make him question his mind

7.87.8
S5E12

Maeby · Stan:'Stan, turn down Wayne Brady!' / 'I surely couldn't.'

6.76.2
S5E12

Maeby · Stan:Maeby is cornered by her boyfriend Stan asking if these are her family — and she admits yes

6.76.2
S5E12

Stan:Stan responds to meeting Maeby's family by saying 'I shall pack my things' — and apparently leaves immediately

6.86.5