Character Analysis
Zena Sherman
Played by Rhea Perlman
39 jokes across 6 episodes of Taxi
14.9
39
7
6.9
Character Comedy
Zena delivers 39 scored jokes across 6 episodes of Taxi, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 14.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Zena Lines
Louie · Zena:I got you some flowers / Thanks / I threw them away / Why? / Because that's the kind of guy I am
Louie · Zena:Zena, do you want those to be the last words we ever say to each other? No. You're garbage!
Zena · Louie:Want me to rub your feet? No. Your shoulders? No. That little vein in your head? No rubbing
Zena · Louie:You can go now, Louie / That's easy for you to say
Zena · Alex:So why haven't we? / You mean he hasn't touched you?
All Jokes — 39 total
Zena:First one is free. Then after I get you hooked...
Zena · Bobby:I thought that the only thing that could have made it better was you in it / Oh, you noticed that, too, huh?
Zena · Elaine:Bet you don't even notice how cute he is / Louie? / Yeah / Louie?! / Yeah!
Zena · Elaine:Maybe I just get turned on by powerful men / Louie!? / Yeah
Zena · Elaine:You want him for yourself / Zena says I want Louie for myself
Louie · Zena:[Long awkward silence after introduction]
Zena · Alex:So why haven't we? / You mean he hasn't touched you?
Zena:I can't even get him to hold my hand
Louie · Zena:I got you some flowers / Thanks / I threw them away / Why? / Because that's the kind of guy I am
Louie · Zena:We're not going out tonight / Why not? / Because that's the kind of night this is
Zena · Louie:Want me to rub your feet? No. Your shoulders? No. That little vein in your head? No rubbing
Zena:Stop it, Louie. Just don't make up stories. I think I deserve better than that
Zena:My friends have been asking me that question, my parents. The doorman's been asking me that question
Zena:You touch me
Louie · Zena:I can't go in there, Zena! / Oh, open it! / No... I'm sorry
Louie · Zena:Women! / It would mean a lot to me
Zena · Louie:You can go now, Louie / That's easy for you to say
Zena:Oh, yeah, you mean the one where my face is taped to the body of Miss October?
Louie · Zena:Look at Reiger and Ignatowski. They think you're serious. She loves me. I am serious.
Zena · Louie:On the floor! What a sense of humor! Stop it, Louie. You're making a jackass of yourself.
Mrs. Sherman · Zena:I don't shake hands with anyone who's so close to my daughter. Oh, no, Mom, Mom. This is Louie.
Zena:See? And you were worried.
Zena:Trying to romance you is like trying to blow your nose without a handkerchief.
Louie · Zena:I know what'll take the tension out of you. Oh, no. No.
Zena:Please let me be deaf.
Zena · Louie:I'm sure you don't want to know the details. No, you don't, really.
Louie · Zena:What do you mean? / It's all you ever think about. / You mean, that's the problem?
Zena:Well, I can't watch them now, anyway, because it's the middle of the winter. But the philosophy's the same.
Zena:There are moments when I'm proud of the lug.
Louie · Zena:Zena, do you want those to be the last words we ever say to each other? No. You're garbage!
Alex · Zena:Why would you be inviting Louie? / You just tell him what you told us... and duck.
Louie · Zena:You're looking good. / Oh, thanks. I got a mirror that tells me that.
Louie · Zena:Nope. Nothing's changed?
Zena · Louie:His name is Tom Pelton. He's a child psychiatrist, and we met six months... / That's enough.
Zena · Tom: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.
Alex · Zena:You mean he hasn't touched you? I can't even get him to hold my hand.
Zena: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.
Zena:You touch me.
Zena · Louie:You can go now, Louie. That's easy for you to say.