
Character Analysis

Kenny Bania
Played by Steve Hytner
12 jokes across 3 episodes of Seinfeld
1.6
12
6.6
6.3
Character Comedy
Bania delivers 12 scored jokes across 3 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.3 on impact for a career WAR of 1.6. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Bania Lines
Bania · Jerry:Looks like I'm following you again. / Oh, I'm gonna puke. / Puke? That's a funny word. Can I use that?
Bania:Maybe she's right. Maybe I am a complete hack. / I'm the absolute worst. The worst, Jerry.
Bania:He's my protégé.
Jerry · Bania:Let's hurry. I gotta go. I'm meeting a woman for a drink. / Oh, and who might that be? / Some woman named Uma. / I got her number off that ticket before it was smudged. Hope she's good-looking.
Jerry · Bania:Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round. They should call it Roundtine. That's gold, Jerry. Gold.
All Jokes — 21 total
Bania · Kramer:That's a nice suit. / Well, thank you. / Did you get that here? / No, no, no. This is vintage. They don't make this stuff anymore.
Bania · Kramer:How'd you like to sell it? / Make me an offer. / One hundred bucks. / Surely you jest.
Kramer · Bania:Look at the stitching. This is old-world craftsmanship. / Three hundred dollars. / Sold. / Follow me into the dressing room. / You'll throw the shirt in? / Bania, you're killing me.
Bania · Kramer:Hey, that's the women's dressing room. / There's nothing there I haven't seen before.
Bania:Your nancy-boy cream leaked all over the pockets. Suit's ruined.
Jerry · Bania:You give me the ticket... and I will take you out for a nice dinner. / Can we go back to Mendy's? / You wanna go to Mendy's, I'll take you to Mendy's. / Twice. I wanna go twice.
Jerry · Bania:Hey, Bania, the dinner's off. The ticket's no good. The numbers are all smudged out. / You trying to get out of Mendy's?
Bania · Jerry:This soup is great. / Yeah, it's very good. / I told you Mendy's had the best pea soup. The best, Jerry. The best.
Bania · Jerry:You know, Jerry, I was thinking... for our next meal, do you think we should come here or should we go someplace else? / It has its pros and cons.
Jerry · Bania:Let's hurry. I gotta go. I'm meeting a woman for a drink. / Oh, and who might that be? / Some woman named Uma. / I got her number off that ticket before it was smudged. Hope she's good-looking.
Bania · Jerry:Hey, Jerry, I didn't know you liked soup. / Hard to believe.
Bania:This guy makes the best soup in the city, Jerry. The best. You know what they call him? 'Soup Nazi.'
Bania:Hey, Jerry. How's it going? You gonna join us for dinner? The duck here is the best. The best, Jerry.
Bania:The mentor saw my act. She dumped me. Maybe she's right. Maybe I am a complete hack. I'm the absolute worst. The worst, Jerry.
Bania:Maybe she's right. Maybe I am a complete hack. / I'm the absolute worst. The worst, Jerry.
Bania · Jerry:Bania pauses after Jerry's critique — [long pause before asking] You think you can give me a hand with my material?
Jerry · Bania:Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round. They should call it Roundtine. That's gold, Jerry. Gold.
Bania · Jerry:I just stopped by to thank you. That risk-management stuff you wrote for me is killer. Risk management? It's gold, Jerry. Gold.
Bania:It's gold, Jerry. Gold. / I got all these corporate gigs, and even Cynthia took me back.
Bania:He's my protégé.
Bania · Jerry:Looks like I'm following you again. / Oh, I'm gonna puke. / Puke? That's a funny word. Can I use that?