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Character Analysis

Ray

Played by Michael D. Conway

21 jokes across 2 episodes of Seinfeld

WAR

6.2

Total Jokes

21

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Escalation

Ray delivers 21 scored jokes across 2 episodes of Seinfeld, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 6.2. Their comedy leans toward escalation. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Ray Lines

All Jokes — 46 total

S2E06

Ray:Ray's entrance: 'Greetings. Greetings and salutations. I beg your forgiveness. My tardiness was unavoidable... And you must be Jerry, lord of the manor. My liege. A pleasure to serve you.'

7.77.8
S2E06

Ray · Jerry:'Your palace shall sparkle like the stars in heaven...upon your safe arrival, sire.' / 'The toilet brush is under the sink.'

8.48.3
S2E06

Ray:Ray's second entrance: 'This is an unexpected surprise. And delight. The once and future king of comedy, Jerry the first...gracing our humble abode. Rava, we are in the presence of royalty.'

6.96.7
S2E06

Ray · Jerry:'But I didn't just clean your apartment. It was a ritual, a ceremony. A celebration of life.' / 'Shouldn't you be out on a ledge somewhere?'

8.58.7
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · Elaine:'Do you take sugar? / No. / No.' — casual tea conversation cutting through Jerry's quiet panic about the stolen statue

7.57.3
S2E06

Ray:'Sweet elixir, its fragrant nectar a soothing balm for the soul.' — Ray on the tea he just poured

7.26.8
S2E06

Ray:'My mother left us when I was 6 years old. All seven of us. We never heard from her again. I hope she's rotting in an alley somewhere.'

8.48.8
S2E06

Ray:'In Scandinavian mythology, the pastries were the food of the gods.'

7.77.3
S2E06

Elaine · Ray:'I just remembered, I'm...getting a facial. Oh, I'll see you tomorrow morning.' / 'How about dinner?' / 'No, I don't eat dinner. Dinner's for suckers.'

8.18.0
S2E06

Jerry · Ray · George:The confrontation phone call: 'Yeah, the king of comedy, right.' / '...the one with...? The blue lady? Would you shut up?!'

7.16.8
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · George:The entire Ray confrontation where he turns the accusation around, insisting he bought the statue at a pawnshop in Chinatown and 'the guy retired and moved to Singapore'

7.37.3
S2E06

Jerry · Ray:'You were in my house. And then I saw it in your house. / What are you saying? / What am I saying? Take a wild guess.'

7.47.3
S2E06

Ray · George:'Are you saying I stole your statue? / What a mind.'

7.77.5
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · George:'I got that statue in a pawnshop. / Pawnshop? / A pawnshop? / In Chinatown, with money I earned cleaning apartments. / Cleaning them out.'

8.28.2
S2E06

Ray · Jerry:'You want her. / No, she's a little too cheery for me. She's from Finland, for crying out loud. Finland! Do you understand?'

7.77.8
S2E06

Ray:'I know Finland. They're neutral.'

8.07.8
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · George:'Is it me? Do I rub you the wrong way? / No, actually, I find you quite charming. A bit verbose at times. / I find you so charming. You wuss.'

7.57.5
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · George:'Did you call me a wuss? / What did you say? / I said luss. I'm at a luss.'

8.18.3
S2E06

Ray · Jerry · George:'I'd love to take you to the pawnshop where I got it. / That's not necessary. / You know, maybe it's not that bad an idea. / And I would love to. Nothing would please me more. But unfortunately, the guy retired and moved to Singapore.'

7.26.7
S2E06

Ray · George:'Have him make a Photostat of the receipt...and send it over.' / 'That's it. That's it! I can't take it. I can't take it anymore! You stole the statue! You're a thief! You're a liar!'

7.06.8
S2E06

Ray · George:'I've gotta get going. I have a class. / Oh, a class, huh? A class. At Columbia? / Let me tell you something. I called the registrar's office. I checked you out. They have no record of a Ray Thomas at that school, you liar!'

7.87.8
S2E06

Ray · George:'That is because I am registered under my full legal name...Raymond Thomas Wochinski. Ray Thomas is my professional name.' / 'You mean alias.'

8.18.0
S2E06

Ray · Jerry:'You are starting to make me angry. / Well...that was bound to happen.'

7.37.0
S2E06

Ray:Ray's exit speech: 'I hope you think about what you've done here today. And if you wanna call and apologize...you know where to reach me.'

7.77.7
S2E06

Jerry · Ray:'Hey, Ray. / Yes? / How did you get the goop out of the top of the dishwashing liquid? It was like a brand-new nozzle.'

8.68.7
S2E06

Kramer · Ray:Kramer enters Ray's apartment dressed as a cop: 'Police. Open up!' / 'Freeze, mama!' / 'Shut up! Spread them. I said, spread them! You're in big trouble, son. Burglary, grand larceny...possession of stolen goods. / And murder! / Murder?' / 'Shut up! Keep them spread. You just make love to that wall, pervert.'

8.18.5
S2E06

Ray · Kramer:'Hey. Hey, are you a cop? / Yeah, I'm a cop. I'm a good cop. I'm a damn good cop!'

8.18.3
S2E10

Ray:Ray's entrance: 'Greetings. Greetings and salutations. I beg your forgiveness. My tardiness was unavoidable. Rava, my love. Elaine, dear friend. And you must be Jerry, lord of the manor. My liege. A pleasure to serve you.'

7.37.7
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:'Your palace shall sparkle like the stars in heaven upon your safe arrival, sire.' / 'The toilet brush is under the sink.'

8.28.3
S2E10

Ray:Ray's arrival at his own apartment: 'This is an unexpected surprise. And delight. The once and future king of comedy, Jerry the first, gracing our humble abode. Rava, we are in the presence of royalty.'

6.56.3
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:'But I didn't just clean your apartment. It was a ritual, a ceremony. A celebration of life.' / 'Shouldn't you be out on a ledge somewhere?'

7.78.0
S2E10

Elaine · Ray:Elaine says 'He's funny' approvingly after Jerry's 'ledge' insult — implying Ray found it charming

6.56.0
S2E10

George · Ray:'You know how mothers are.' / 'My mother left us when I was 6 years old. All seven of us. We never heard from her again. I hope she's rotting in an alley somewhere.'

8.59.0
S2E10

Ray:'In Scandinavian mythology, the pastries were the food of the gods.'

7.37.0
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:'How about dinner?' / 'No, I don't eat dinner.' / 'Dinner's for suckers.'

7.67.7
S2E10

Ray:'Yeah, the king of comedy, right.' — Ray's callback to his earlier epithet for Jerry, used now with a hint of sarcasm

6.56.0
S2E10

Ray · Jerry · George:'For your information, I got that statue in a pawnshop.' / 'Pawnshop?' / 'A pawnshop?' / 'In Chinatown, with money I earned cleaning apartments.' / 'Cleaning them out.'

7.57.3
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:'What's behind this? It's Rava, isn't it?' / 'Again with the Rava.' / 'You want her.' / 'No, she's a little too cheery for me. She's from Finland, for crying out loud. Finland! Do you understand?'

7.37.3
S2E10

Jerry · Ray · George:Jerry: 'Is it me? Do I rub you the wrong way?' / Ray: 'No, actually, I find you quite charming. A bit verbose at times.' / George: '"I find you so charming." You wuss.'

7.17.2
S2E10

Ray · Jerry · George:'Did you call me a wuss?' / 'What did you say?' / 'I said, "luss."' / 'I'm at a "luss."'

8.18.2
S2E10

Ray · George · Jerry:Ray offers to contact the pawnshop owner who 'retired and moved to Singapore' to get a Photostat of the receipt — Jerry loses it: 'That's it! I can't take it. I can't take it anymore!'

6.56.3
S2E10

George · Ray:George calls out that Ray is not enrolled at Columbia under 'Ray Thomas' — Ray reveals his full legal name is 'Raymond Thomas Wochinski' and 'Ray Thomas is my professional name.' George: 'You mean alias.'

7.57.8
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:'You are starting to make me angry.' / 'Well... that was bound to happen.'

7.67.7
S2E10

Ray · Jerry:After the whole ugly confrontation, Ray delivers a gracious exit speech: 'I hope you think about what you've done here today. And if you wanna call and apologize, you know where to reach me.' Then Jerry asks: 'Hey, Ray. How did you get the goop out of the top of the dishwashing liquid? It was like a brand-new nozzle.'

7.57.5
S2E10

Ray · Kramer (as cop):'Hey, are you a cop?' / 'Yeah, I'm a cop. I'm a good cop. I'm a damn good cop!'

7.07.0
S2E10

Kramer (as cop) · Ray:'And today's your lucky day, junior. Because I'm gonna let you off with just a warning. Any more of this criminal activity, and you'll be sorry. You got me?' / 'I don't know what you're talking about.' / 'Good, good. Let's keep it that way.'

8.08.0