
Character Analysis

NBC Executive
Played by Chris Parnell
5 jokes across 4 episodes of Seinfeld
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7.3
7.3
Observational
NBC Executive delivers 5 scored jokes across 4 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.3 on impact for a career WAR of 1.5. Their comedy leans toward observational. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest NBC Executive Lines
NBC Executive:That thing you did, the two guys running through? I love stuff you don't have to think about.
Kramer · NBC executive · Jerry:Kramer himself walks into the audition under the alias 'Martin Van Nostrand,' and the NBC executive recognizes him from Calvin Klein underwear ads.
Jerry · George · NBC executive:Realization that Tom (the Kramer auditioner) walked out with the box of raisins. 'Did he just steal the raisins?' 'Do you think he stole them?'
George · NBC Executive · Jerry:No! No! No! Nothing happens! / Well, something happens. / Why am I watching it? / Because it's on TV. / Not yet.
George · NBC Executive:There was one great scene with the chef. What was his name? / Pepe. / Oh, Pepe. Yes, Pepe. / And he was making tamales. / Oh, he actually cooked on the stage? / No, no, he mimed it. That's what was so funny about it.
All Jokes — 21 total
George · NBC Executive:There was one great scene with the chef. What was his name? / Pepe. / Oh, Pepe. Yes, Pepe. / And he was making tamales. / Oh, he actually cooked on the stage? / No, no, he mimed it. That's what was so funny about it.
NBC Executive:Maybe in philosophy. But even nothing is something.
Jerry · NBC Executive:You see, it's just like life. You know, you eat, you go shopping, you read, you eat, you read, you go shopping. / You read?
NBC Executive · Jerry:You read on the show? / Well, I don't know about the reading. We didn't discuss the reading.
George · NBC Executive:What did you do today? / I got up and came to work. / There's a show. That's a show.
George · NBC Executive · Jerry:No! No! No! Nothing happens! / Well, something happens. / Why am I watching it? / Because it's on TV. / Not yet.
NBC Executive:Story is the foundation of all entertainment. You must have a good story. Otherwise, it's just masturbation.
NBC Executive · Other Executive:I place great confidence in this lady's judgment. / Good judgment. / That's a pile of judgment. / Yes. Yes, judgment with earrings on.
NBC Executive:So let's make a pilot.
NBC Executive:NBC executive: 'You must have a good story, otherwise it's just masturbation.'
NBC Executive:NBC exec on what makes a show: 'We like to look at a show as if it were an EKG... This show will be like a heart attack. Just a huge, massive coronary.'
Jerry · George · NBC Executive:'Let's do business. We'll do business. Business. We're in business. Let's have business. This is business.'
NBC executive · Jerry · George:NBC casting begins. Russell is notably absent. 'I saw him in the hall this morning, I said hello to him. He walked right past me.' — because Russell is obsessing over Elaine.
Jerry · NBC executive:Jerry offers to read with Melissa for the Elaine audition. Everyone in the room immediately overreacts with enthusiasm: 'Oh, great! Oh!'
NBC executive · Jerry · George:After the Levels reading, the NBC executive says 'Very nice! Very good! Very nice!' — and then looks around confused: 'What happened to the raisins?'
Jerry · George · NBC executive:Realization that Tom (the Kramer auditioner) walked out with the box of raisins. 'Did he just steal the raisins?' 'Do you think he stole them?'
Kramer · NBC executive · Jerry:Kramer himself walks into the audition under the alias 'Martin Van Nostrand,' and the NBC executive recognizes him from Calvin Klein underwear ads.
NBC Executive:That thing you did, the two guys running through? I love stuff you don't have to think about. Give us a call. We wanna be in the Kenny Bania business.
NBC Executive:That thing you did, the two guys running through? I love stuff you don't have to think about.
NBC Executive:By the way, Jerry, the suspenders... a little hackey.
NBC Executive:By the way, Jerry, the suspenders...a little hackey.