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Character Analysis

Lawrence Tierney

Alton Benes

Played by Lawrence Tierney

12 jokes across 1 episodes of Seinfeld

WAR

1.9

Total Jokes

12

Avg Craft

6.4

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Cringe/Discomfort

Alton delivers 12 scored jokes across 1 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.7 on impact for a career WAR of 1.9. Their comedy leans toward cringe/discomfort. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Alton Lines

All Jokes — 12 total

S2E03

Alton · Jerry:You like ice. / I say, do you like ice? / Like it? / Don't you find that you get more without it?

7.57.2
S2E03

Jerry · George · Alton:She's usually pretty punctual. / Don't you find that, George? / Yeah. Yeah, she's punctual, and... she's been late sometimes. / Yeah, yeah. Sometimes she's on time... and sometimes she's late. / I guess... today she's late.

8.08.2
S2E03

Alton · Jerry · George:It appears that way. / Yep. / Yep. / Looks like rain. / I know. I know. That's what they said.

7.87.7
S2E03

Alton · Jerry:Who said? / The weather guy, Dr. Waldo.

7.16.8
S2E03

Alton:I don't need anybody to tell me it's gonna rain. All I have to do is stick my head out the window.

6.96.5
S2E03

Alton · Jerry · George:Which one's supposed to be the funny guy? / Oh, he's the comedian. / I'm just a regular person. / No, no. He's just being modest.

7.47.2
S2E03

Alton · Jerry:We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tail gunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. / There's nothing funny about that.

9.09.3
S2E03

Jerry · Alton:I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed Fair Game. I thought it was just brilliant. / Drivel. / Yeah, maybe some parts. / What parts? / The... drivel parts.

8.89.2
S2E03

Alton · George:Yeah, they should have taken care of Castro when they had the chance. / Like we did in Guatemala in '53.

7.47.2
S2E03

Alton · Elaine:Who's the lipstick for? / No one. / How's your mother? / Fine. / How about you, are you working? / Yeah. I'm reading manuscripts for Pendant Publishing. I told you 10 times. / Pendant? Those bastards.

8.18.0
S2E03

Alton:Pipe down, chorus boy.

8.58.7
S2E03

Alton · Jerry:What the hell do you call this? / I turned my jacket inside out. / Well, you look like a damn fool. / Well, it's a new suede jacket. It might get ruined. / Well, you're not walking with me and my daughter dressed like that. That's for damn sure.

7.16.7