
Character Analysis

Pat Buckles
Played by Barry Diamond
9 jokes across 1 episodes of Seinfeld
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Character Comedy
Buckles delivers 9 scored jokes across 1 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 5.8 on craft and 5.8 on impact for a career WAR of 0.0. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Buckles Lines
Kramer · Buckles · George · Elaine:I only have a 20. / Hi. / Hey! / What happened to you? / That's my coat. Give me that. Where did you get that? / It was on the seat. / You took my seat? / You owe me $7.50. / Yeah. Right. / What is this stain? / It's yellow mustard. Can you break a 20?
Jerry · Buckles:Jerry: 'No, I'm not riffing. I'm ignoring. Do you understand the difference?'
Buckles:'Can you help me get on The Tonight Show?'
Club Manager · Buckles:'You just need some height.' — Club manager to Buckles asking if he needs to lose weight.
Buckles · Jerry:We should go see Rochelle Rochelle. I hear it's really hot. / No, thanks. Maybe some other time. / Really? Do you mean that? / No, I don't.
All Jokes — 27 total
Buckles:Hey, do you think this is funny? Why do they call it 'athlete's foot'? You don't have to be an athlete to get it. I mean, my father gets it all the time and, believe me, he's no athlete.
Jerry · Buckles:Jerry tells Buckles the athlete's foot bit is terrible later (at 10:46): 'No. No. I was kidding. It was terrible.' — but here: Jerry immediately says 'I gotta go' after Buckles delivers the bit, cutting him off
Buckles · Jerry:Buckles in the cab with Jerry, detailing his family's move from Bensonhurst to Sheepshead Bay: 'The whole atmosphere stunk from fish.' / 'To this day I won't eat fish.' / 'Do you eat fish?' / 'Yes! Yes, I eat fish!'
Jerry · Buckles:Take the Park. / No, no, take 55th. / No, there's beautiful homes there. There's lovely, talented, attractive people. You'll thank me.
Buckles · Jerry:Jerry, I want you to do me a favor: No more fish. / Okay. I get your point. / I have a point?
Buckles:I wonder how Ike Turner would react in traffic. 'You better move that car, girl, before I bust you up.' / And what about Jose Feliciano? 'It's not bad enough that I can't see, I have to sit here for two hours.'
Buckles · Jerry:Franklin Roosevelt: 'Driver...' / All right, all right. I got the bit.
Buckles · Jerry:Jerry, I want you to have this piece of material. / That's nice of you. I can't do the voices. / Jerry, don't start up with me.
Buckles:Can you help me get on The Tonight Show?
Jerry · Buckles:Your trench coat in my closet? / Jerry, my closet is packed to the gills. I'm afraid to open the door. / Just for a few months.
Buckles · Jerry:We should go see Rochelle Rochelle. I hear it's really hot. / No, thanks. Maybe some other time. / Really? Do you mean that? / No, I don't.
Buckles · Jerry:But you like the athlete's-foot bit, right? / No. No. I was kidding. It was terrible.
Jerry · Theater Doorman · Buckles:I got friends inside I need to get a message to. You mind if I walk through real quick? / Go ahead. / Bye-bye.
Buckles · Jerry:You think I need to lose some weight? / Weight? No. You just need some height.
George · Jerry · Buckles:Let's get out of here. I'll see you. / You're leaving? / Yeah. / Jerry, take the coat. Please. One month. / I don't want the coat.
Buckles:Jerry, call me when you get home, so I know you're okay.
Kramer · Buckles · George · Elaine:I only have a 20. / Hi. / Hey! / What happened to you? / That's my coat. Give me that. Where did you get that? / It was on the seat. / You took my seat? / You owe me $7.50. / Yeah. Right. / What is this stain? / It's yellow mustard. Can you break a 20?
Buckles:Buckles performs his 'athlete's foot' bit: 'Why do they call it athlete's foot? You don't have to be an athlete to get it. My father gets it all the time and believe me, he's no athlete.'
Jerry · Buckles:Jerry tries to leave immediately after Buckles' terrible bit, and Buckles offers to split a cab.
Buckles · Jerry:Buckles rambles about his family moving from Bensonhurst to Sheepshead Bay and the fish smell, forcing his opinions on Jerry in the cab.
Buckles:Buckles riffs on Ike Turner and Jose Feliciano reacting to traffic, then claims 'It can be anybody — people down through history reacting in traffic.'
Jerry · Buckles:Jerry: 'No, I'm not riffing. I'm ignoring. Do you understand the difference?'
Buckles:'Can you help me get on The Tonight Show?'
Buckles · Jerry:Buckles asks Jerry if he can keep his trench coat in Jerry's closet 'for a few months.'
Jerry · Buckles:Jerry tells Buckles his athlete's foot bit was 'terrible' — after having said nothing earlier.
Jerry · Buckles:Buckles: "But you like the athlete's-foot bit, right?" Jerry: "No. No. I was kidding. It was terrible."
Club Manager · Buckles:'You just need some height.' — Club manager to Buckles asking if he needs to lose weight.