
Character Analysis

Craig
Played by Billy Eichner
38 jokes across 13 episodes of Parks and Recreation
15.7
38
7.1
6.9
Character Comedy
Craig delivers 38 scored jokes across 13 episodes of Parks and Recreation, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 15.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Craig Lines
Craig:Oh, I have a medical condition all right. It's called caring too much! And it's incurable! / Also I have eczema.
Tom · Craig:Tom's response to Craig wanting the job: 'You're like a crazy volcano. You'd have to show me you can bring it down a notch.' Craig: 'I'll bring it down 1,000 notches if I have to!'
Craig:'bride,' 'groom,' 'food,' 'love,' 'happy,' 'church,' 'event,' 'wedding,' and 'Craig.'
Craig · Typhoon:Craig and Typhoon's anniversary: 'Do you have any regrets? Not one. Not a single one.' / 'Do you have any regrets? Are you kidding? Thousands! Most recently, this trout!'
Craig:Craig's wine descriptions escalating to 'This comes from your mother's butt. Possibly your father's butt.' then correcting himself: 'This comes from John McEnroe's butt from the year 3055.'
All Jokes — 46 total
Donna · Craig:Hi, I'm Donna. / Oh, that is the perfect name for you. I love it. Never change it!
Craig:Ugh, yes, but I hate that name. It's so boring. Sounds like someone's cousin. Craig! Craig! I want to be a Spanish man named Terrence, but that didn't happen.
Craig:Oh, I did everything. Everything! I carried the Eagleton department on my shoulders for years, and I loved every second of it. You don't even know!
Contractor/Vendor · Craig:I guess we can make a switch to Bermuda grass. It's only 80 cents more per square foot? / What? Gimme gimme gimme. You want me to put Bermuda grass in a continental climate that's a six on beaufort scale? In a park with zero drainage?
Craig:I want Kentucky bluegrass, I want a 10 percent discount, and I want you to apologize to my best friend Donna!
Craig:Oh, I have a medical condition all right. It's called caring too much! And it's incurable! / Also I have eczema.
Leslie · Donna · Craig:I mean, your job is secure, of course. You're basically the glue of this department. / But I think Craig's gonna have to go. / No, you should keep him. He's crazy intense, but I've never met anyone who cares more about this job. / Uh, Donna, I'm right here.
Craig:I don't have time for this. I'm halfway through designing a bamboo gazebo as a tribute to the founders of Motown.
Craig:No, I have a ton of work to do. Plus, my DVR is 13 months pregnant with episodes of Scandal.
Craig · Donna · Craig:Scandal's my favorite show. I love every character, except for... / Mellie. / Oh! Of course you like Scandal! Because you're amazing! I love you.
Craig · Leslie:And no matter what happens with this job, I will always love you. / Excuse me! Who even are you?
April · Craig · Ron · Larry · Donna:The spirit dogs reveal: we see each character matched to their spirit dog — Craig's is comically wrong, Ron's is perfect, Larry's is obviously Larry.
Craig:It was going to be 15, but then this one guy described himself as 'Jackson Pollock-esque' and I told him that's finger painting for adults and I hate it!
Craig:Who's a big guy?
Craig:Craig dramatically entering: 'I know I don't look the part, but I know everything about wine and I will prove it. My name is Craig Middlebrooks, and this is my debit rewards card.'
Ron · Ben · Craig:Ron, Craig, and Ben all immediately react to blueberry wine: 'Holy hell, that's a lot of alcohol.' — and they order four bottles
Ron · Craig:Ron agreeing to let Craig vent: 'You may vent for as long as it takes me to drink this bottle of wine.'
Ron · Craig:Ron's response after Craig says Ron is terrible to discuss personal problems with: 'Thank you, friend. That really means a lot to me.' — completely sincere
Craig:Craig's wine descriptions escalating to 'This comes from your mother's butt. Possibly your father's butt.' then correcting himself: 'This comes from John McEnroe's butt from the year 3055.'
Craig:Craig's lake house story: his parents couldn't decide who gets the dog, so they dropped it off at a synagogue.
Craig · Sommelier judge:Craig responding to the red wine with steak suggestion: 'Not if you're eating steak, you loon.'
Craig:Craig's exit monologue: 'I'm going to go home and feel totally fine. Who am I kidding? I'm going to go home, put on a Macy Gray album, and cry in the mirror!'
Craig:Craig reveals he wanted the Tom's Bistro sommelier job all along: 'Are you all blind? I want that job at Tom's Bistro. I've been trying to show you for the last five hours.'
Tom · Craig:Tom's response to Craig wanting the job: 'You're like a crazy volcano. You'd have to show me you can bring it down a notch.' Craig: 'I'll bring it down 1,000 notches if I have to!'
Tom · April · Donna · Craig:Craig, as sommelier at Tom's Bistro (test/audition): serving a customer who orders 'full-bodied red with fish' and ice cubes in wine — 'I'll have a glass of your most expensive red wine mixed with a glass of your cheapest white wine, served in a dog bowl. And silly straws all around.'
Craig:Craig's internal monologue (to himself in the conference room that has no sound privacy): 'What kind of monster orders red with fish? I know they're messing with me and it's just a test, but have some decency!'
Craig · Tom:Craig eavesdropping revelation: 'Can you hear everything people say in that conference room? I've been taking what I thought were private phone calls. I've heard everything. I know all about the car dealership in Tampa.'
Craig · Leslie · Tom:Well, I sold everything on the auction list, no thanks to you people. What's so wonderful that you're all celebrating while I do all the hard work? / We're having triplets. / [Laughter] Oh, great. First my cousin Winona gets into a car accident the night my one-man show opens, and now this? Why are my accomplishments always overshadowed? Congratulations, I suppose.
Craig:Craig bursts in: 'First my cousin Winona gets into a car accident the night my one-man show opens, and now this? Why are my accomplishments always overshadowed? Congratulations, I suppose.'
Craig · someone:I once got into a cab that Kyra Sedgwick was getting out of! / No way, the closer?
Craig:The sawdust from Ron's chairs is everywhere. My sinuses are on the fritz, and smell is 90% of taste! Maybe 95!
Craig · Donna:That's a bold flavor. Fruity. A little earthy. Which is it? Fruity or earthy? It can't be both, they're mutually exclusive!
Craig:Oh, no! You do not come at me like that. I'm sorry. I don't know who I am anymore. A man without a palate isn't a man. I love you, Donna.
Craig:We're having a moment, you monster!
Ben · Craig:Morning, guys. / What did you do to the office? Ron, you're wearing my yoga clothes. You're gonna stretch out the elastic.
Craig:It's about time. We're losing the cranberry salad, effective immediately!
Craig:Well, I wish my reign had lasted longer, but I'm happy with the decisions I made and the people I fired.
Craig:Do you think this is my first time working a side job as a wedding planner for a former co-worker?
Craig:I mostly have my rage problem under control, but planning is very stressful. Please avoid my trigger words: 'flowers,' 'schedule,' 'vows,'
Craig:'bride,' 'groom,' 'food,' 'love,' 'happy,' 'church,' 'event,' 'wedding,' and 'Craig.'
Craig · Donna:Do you want to go to dinner tonight? [Craig] I do not. [Donna] Respect. [Craig] I'm free. [Donna] I have plans.
Craig:"I am calm. I am grateful. I am Craig." — Craig's entrance mantra
Craig:Craig's confessional: 'My name is Craig Middlebrooks. I'm the part-time sommelier here at Tom's Bistro. And I'm a very good singer!'
Craig · Typhoon:A bar patron sends Craig a glass of wine and his business card — Craig's love story begins
Craig · Typhoon:Craig's wedding: 'I don't know about this. I'm very scared.' / 'Oh, just relax, you nervous Nellie. You're right. We love each other. And the tax break is substantial.'
Craig · Typhoon:Craig and Typhoon's anniversary: 'Do you have any regrets? Not one. Not a single one.' / 'Do you have any regrets? Are you kidding? Thousands! Most recently, this trout!'