
Character Analysis

Zena Sherman
Played by Rhea Perlman
39 jokes across 6 episodes of Taxi
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6.9
Character Comedy
Best Jokes by Zena
I got you some flowers / Thanks / I threw them away / Why? / Because that's the kind of guy I am
Zena, do you want those to be the last words we ever say to each other? No. You're garbage!
Want me to rub your feet? No. Your shoulders? No. That little vein in your head? No rubbing
You can go now, Louie / That's easy for you to say
So why haven't we? / You mean he hasn't touched you?
All Jokes — 39 total
First one is free. Then after I get you hooked...
I thought that the only thing that could have made it better was you in it / Oh, you noticed that, too, huh?
Bet you don't even notice how cute he is / Louie? / Yeah / Louie?! / Yeah!
Maybe I just get turned on by powerful men / Louie!? / Yeah
You want him for yourself / Zena says I want Louie for myself
[Long awkward silence after introduction]
So why haven't we? / You mean he hasn't touched you?
I can't even get him to hold my hand
I got you some flowers / Thanks / I threw them away / Why? / Because that's the kind of guy I am
We're not going out tonight / Why not? / Because that's the kind of night this is
Want me to rub your feet? No. Your shoulders? No. That little vein in your head? No rubbing
Stop it, Louie. Just don't make up stories. I think I deserve better than that
My friends have been asking me that question, my parents. The doorman's been asking me that question
You touch me
I can't go in there, Zena! / Oh, open it! / No... I'm sorry
Women! / It would mean a lot to me
You can go now, Louie / That's easy for you to say
Oh, yeah, you mean the one where my face is taped to the body of Miss October?
Look at Reiger and Ignatowski. They think you're serious. She loves me. I am serious.
On the floor! What a sense of humor! Stop it, Louie. You're making a jackass of yourself.
I don't shake hands with anyone who's so close to my daughter. Oh, no, Mom, Mom. This is Louie.
See? And you were worried.
Trying to romance you is like trying to blow your nose without a handkerchief.
I know what'll take the tension out of you. Oh, no. No.
Please let me be deaf.
I'm sure you don't want to know the details. No, you don't, really.
What do you mean? / It's all you ever think about. / You mean, that's the problem?
Well, I can't watch them now, anyway, because it's the middle of the winter. But the philosophy's the same.
There are moments when I'm proud of the lug.
Zena, do you want those to be the last words we ever say to each other? No. You're garbage!
Why would you be inviting Louie? / You just tell him what you told us... and duck.
You're looking good. / Oh, thanks. I got a mirror that tells me that.
Nope. Nothing's changed?
His name is Tom Pelton. He's a child psychiatrist, and we met six months... / That's enough.
Uh, well, um, there's, um, bingo at 7:30. Uh-huh. And then, uh, there's a movie, The Poseidon Adventure at 8:00.
You mean he hasn't touched you? I can't even get him to hold my hand.
To tell you the truth, I've been asking myself that question. My friends have been asking me that question, my parents, the doorman's been asking me that question.
You touch me.
You can go now, Louie. That's easy for you to say.