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Character Analysis

Dave Allen

Jeff Rosso

Played by Dave Allen

49 jokes across 9 episodes of Freaks and Geeks

WAR

12.3

Total Jokes

49

Avg Craft

6.8

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Mr. Rosso delivers 49 scored jokes across 9 episodes of Freaks and Geeks, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 on impact for a career WAR of 12.3. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Mr. Rosso Lines

All Jokes — 35 total

S1E01

Mr. Rosso:I'M JUST JEFF, YOUR FRIEND WHO CARES.

7.07.2
S1E01

Mr. Rosso:WELL, THEN MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD TELL YOUR FACE.

6.97.0
S1E01

Mr. Rosso:HIS KIND SHOULD BE DESTROYED.

7.37.3
S1E01

Mr. Rosso:HE BROKE MY TAILBONE, BUT THE RESULTS WERE EFFECTIVE. HE GOT EXPELLED.

7.47.2
S1E01

Mr. Rosso:MAYBE YOU SHOULD START CALLING ME MR. ROSSO AGAIN.

7.06.7
S1E02

Student · Mr. Rosso:A SEX PARTY. ALL RIGHT, I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE SAY 'BIRTHDAY PARTY.'

6.36.8
S1E03

Mr. Rosso · Lindsay:Amelia Earhart of McKinley High comparison

7.57.0
S1E03

Mr. Rosso · Lindsay:Don't turn me into the man / See? It's working already

7.26.3
S1E05

Mr. Rosso:Mr. Rosso's excessively casual 'Peace, brother' to student

6.05.3
S1E05

Mr. Rosso:Mr. Rosso saying 'Rock on, Kirby' with finger gesture

5.64.7
S1E07

Lindsay · Mr. Rosso:Do you actually say the words 'hot dog'? / Yes, I do.

7.06.7
S1E07

Mr. Rosso:A lot of times you might see, maybe you're taking a shower or something, and you go, 'What are these?' 'What's that?'

6.37.0
S1E07

Mr. Rosso:I'M A BOY OR GIRL, AND I'M A MAN OR WOMAN.

6.66.3
S1E07

Lindsay · Mr. Rosso:You know who didn't go to college? Einstein. Thomas Edison. / [INDULGENT SIGH] / Frank. / Frank who? / The dude who pumps my gas.

8.18.3
S1E07

Mr. Rosso:I heard the words, but your eyes said something else. They said, 'I'm lost. I need your help. Don't listen to me. Guide me.'

7.27.0
S1E07

Mr. Rosso:Tell you what. Why don't I just come and visit you then in the prison-- where you'll be living-- and give you some really good advice, like should you get shanked in the yard or the dining hall? When you have your baby, which prison guard should take care of it? That kind of thing.

7.57.3
S1E07

Mr. Rosso:All the way from McKinley High School, we've got the key members of another smokin' band we like to call 'Creation.' Daniel Desario, Ken Miller, Nick Andopolis, Kim Kelly, and their manager, Miss Lindsay Weir.

7.18.0
S1E07

Mr. Rosso · Band:I can't let you serve our guests plain old beer. Why don't you bring them some of your finest pop, on the house. / OH, I GOT THOSE UNDER-AGE DRINKING BLUES.

7.57.8
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:I've gotta say it rocks pretty heavily, and that's comin' from a guy who's seen Hendrix live.

5.95.8
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:I got it on in a van at Woodstock, I'm not judgin' anybody.

7.18.0
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:Until one night, I was checkin' out this discotheque. The one at the bowling alley on 15 Mile.

7.06.5
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:One thing led to another and... Now I get sores on my lip once a month. I have herpes.

7.28.2
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:Mr. Rosso's devastating confession: 'I have herpes.'

7.77.5
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:IT DEVE YOU DON'T WANT IT!

6.66.8
S1E08

Mr. Rosso:I just blew your mind, didn't I?

7.47.7
S1E11

Mr. Rosso:ALAN, HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE NOT GAY TO BE COOL?

6.36.2
S1E11

Mr. Rosso · Sam:SAM, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 20, I WAS HANGING OUT IN THIS HONKY-TONK DOWN SOUTH WHEN A BIG BUNCH OF REDNECKS SURROUNDED ME. STARTED MAKING JOKES ABOUT MY FRINGE VEST, MY HAIR. CALLING ME A HIPPIE, A WOMAN. THEY DRAGGED ME INTO AN ALLEY, MADE ME DANCE, TOLD ME TO BARK LIKE A DOG. DID YOU DO IT? YEAH. PRETTY MUCH HAD TO, THERE WAS 10 OF THEM

7.27.2
S1E11

Mr. Rosso:WHAT MATTERS IS THAT I NEVER LOST PRIDE IN WHO I AM

7.06.8
S1E11

Mr. Rosso:IF I SAY I'M THE COOLEST GUY IN THE WORLD AND I BELIEVE I'M THE COOLEST GUY IN THE WORLD, THEN SUDDENLY I BECOME THE COOLEST GUY IN THE WORLD

6.26.0
S1E11

Mr. Rosso:WELL, THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS KID. BECAUSE THAT'S A COOL KID

6.86.5
S1E17

Mr. Rosso · Secret Service Agent:"DO YOU LIKE WORKING WITH MAJOR APPLIANCES?" THAT'D BE A YES.

6.56.3
S1E18

Mr. Rosso:You don't think you're the Fonz or something? If a jukebox was broken, think you could hit it and it'd start playing?

6.15.8
S1E18

Mr. Rosso:Do you like them apples?

6.36.0
S1E18

Mr. Rosso:DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?

5.35.3
S1E18

Mr. Rosso:When I was in college, back in the early 1700s

6.36.0