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Character Analysis

Kathy Bates

Jo Bennett

Played by Kathy Bates

40 jokes across 6 episodes of The Office

WAR

13.7

Total Jokes

40

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Jo delivers 40 scored jokes across 6 episodes of The Office, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.7 on impact for a career WAR of 13.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Jo Lines

All Jokes — 43 total

S6E13

Jo:My husband and I are divorced, but I kept the mrs. Just to piss off the new wife.

7.47.2
S6E13

Jo · Michael:They love a good crotch. / Yeah, they sure do. / You should take that as a compliment. / Oh, I do.

5.95.8
S6E13

Jo:Who's this tall drink of sun tea?

6.86.0
S6E13

Jo:Two guys doing one job? We gotta do something about that.

6.36.2
S6E13

Jo:Jeez, you gave me a paper cut on my throat!

6.15.7
S6E13

Jo:Yeah, I have this thing about men cutting or threatening to cut my throat. Don't try to cut my throat.

7.27.2
S6E13

Jo · Michael:Each of you is doing half a job. / No. / And sometimes I can hardly handle that.

7.47.3
S6E13

Jo:You can't give me gravy and tell me it's jelly, 'cause gravy ain't sweet... Is it, jim?

7.47.2
S6E13

Jo:I'm joleen bennett. Jo for short. I'm a breast cancer survivor. Close, personal friends with nancy pelosi, And truman capote and I slept with three of the same guys.

7.77.5
S6E13

Jim · Jo:Just choosin' seats. Not getting married. / Chop-chop, little onion.

6.86.2
S6E13

Jim · Jo:I...Would sleep in my office, And I would sexually harass people. / Why would you do that? / I'm turning myself in right now.

6.86.7
S6E13

Jo:And don't ride 'em. Lotta people try to ride 'em.

7.16.8
S6E14

Michael · Jo:I think you have a great accent. Thank you. I've been working on it since I was a little girl.

7.26.7
S6E14

Jo:but the last time I saw a company as mismanaged as Dunder Mifflin was my grandson's snowball company

7.37.0
S6E16

Jo · Michael:Is that a lump of coal? - Yes, it is. Have I been that naughty?

5.85.3
S6E16

Jo:We don't get much coal down in tallahassee. I mean, just alligators and some of the worst chinese food you've ever tasted.

6.35.3
S6E16

Jo:Oscar, homosexual accountant. Darryl. Darryl. Mellow, soulful, smart for warehouse.

6.16.0
S6E16

Jo:Darryl. Mellow, soulful, smart for warehouse.

6.06.0
S6E16

Jo:You know what, we are going to tape that up on the refrigerator in the kitchen. I like this, darryl. I like this a lot. Maybe you should be doing your sketchin' upstairs.

6.66.3
S6E16

Michael · Jo:How about July 4th weekend? Oh, honey, you didn't buy a ticket. I did. Oh, honey, I'm not, uh, home very often.

7.07.5
S6E16

Jo:These dogs have gotta be in a commercial with dwight howard next week.

6.86.0
S6E16

Jo:You'd probably feel better once you get some pants on.

6.56.7
S6E16

Jo:Oh, you don't become the most powerful woman in tallahassee by slackin' off. you do it by workin' hard. Or marryin' rich. And I did both.

7.16.7
S6E23

Jo:Cheap, foreign printers attacking innocent Americans.

6.35.8
S6E23

Jo · Michael:I'm not sure you do, Teddy bear. Well, now I think I might not.

7.26.8
S6E23

Jo:Put your hand up, Norma Rae.

7.16.2
S6E23

Michael · Jo:I know when their birthdays are. I know what their favorite kind of cake is. I know what color streamers they like. All that's just birthday information, Michael.

7.16.7
S6E23

Jo:Well, nine times out of ten, that's the anus they checked.

6.96.7
S6E23

Michael · Jo:We should give 'em a one-way ticket to Montego Bay... Where they keep all the Al-Qaeda. Uh, that's, uh, Guantanamo Bay.

7.57.5
S6E23

Jo · Dwight:Why would a man who hates people want to have a relationship with a maid? Oh, uh, I don't know. They way I look at it, there's only one of two reasons. He knows a secret about her that she doesn't know herself, or he wants to use her services to mop up after a murder.

7.16.7
S6E23

Jo:Basement office? You mean like a lair?

7.47.2
S6E23

Jo:Speak to me. Speak.

6.96.5
S6E23

Jo:And they'd make a Barbie out of me.

7.57.3
S6E23

Jo:Nobody will want to play with my Barbie.

7.47.2
S6E23

Dwight · Jo:I own a 1/8 share on a rental property down in Pittston. Well, I'm 1/8 proud of you.

7.77.7
S7E01

Jo:Lower yourself, Gabe. I don't wanna be having a conversation with your crotch.

7.07.5
S7E01

Jo:You know why? 'Cause he's a screw-up. He can swim in my pool, but he can't come in my house.

7.57.5
S7E21

Jo · Deangelo:Billy Crystal? Better. Neil Patrick Harris? He's in Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway.

6.86.5
S7E24

Jo · Dwight:Dwight Schrute. Yes, I would. DWIGHT: Thank you. Jordan, gather my things from my desk.

6.97.0
S7E24

Jo:Just like a man, wants to jump right into it while I still got my socks on.

7.06.5
S7E24

Jo:You've got to admit it, it's nice to have a little power, eh? How's it feel?

7.07.0
S7E24

Jo:Beaumont Adams is a girl's gun. That just makes it plain stupid.

7.37.0
S7E24

Jo:Stop asking yourself easy questions so you can look like a genius.

8.18.0