Here it is, take it:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-veep-20120420,0,3510200.story
toot toot veep veep, veep me 911, etc.
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do we think this is going to be good? I'm sort of interested.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm pretty excited! I've seen a bunch of good early hype and trailer looks lolz
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, same. I'm intrigued by this and by the one with Jeff Daniels they keep showing previews for.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, i've been craving a sharp, vulgar, + irreverent political sitcom
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ianucci. Not sure Americans can swear quite like this though:
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's true , I was worried when I heard there would be Americans involved in this, they always seem to ruin things
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Afternoon, ladies. I heard there were sandwiches and I'm a fucker for cress. No, no, no, please don't get up - I'm not Viagra. Geoffrey, good to see you. John, how are you doing? I just wanted to tell you I really enjoyed your novel ... way of writing a fucking awful story."
― jed_, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's written some great american characters like Linton Barwick
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
also thought anna chlumsky (My Girl!) was really good in the movie and she's gonna be in this
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha a fucker for cress. I bet Veep won't have anything close to that. Also THick Of It>>>>In The Loop, right?
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jamie otm
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
When will it be possible to acquire the first episode?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
tmmrw night i think
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sunday Night.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
right, that's what i meant
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol, i thought it was saturday already
Thanks. Monday torrent viewings looking very nice for the next few months then; this, GoT and Mad Men.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's a pretty bustling thread about another HBO sitcom happening on sundays
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
The recently completed Eastbound? Or am I missing something?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
GIRLS
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
the infection spreads
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Never heard of it, but damn that's a long thread.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
THick Of It>>>>In The Loop, right?
Yes, but I thought the americans had the funniest parts of In The Loop, so I'm optimistic.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 21 April 2012 07:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i saw the first three episodes of this, it's very good
― max, Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's not as good as the thick of it, mostly because there's no hilarious sweary malcolm tucker character, but i loled several times
― max, Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm looking forward to this, especially if it doesn't prove another example of a gifted satirist who sets his eyes on America but quickly reveals he knows little about this country.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 April 2012 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah now that you mention it, I'm glad there was a thread for this before one for The Dictator.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 21 April 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't realize the Thick of it Connection. I just liked the look of a trailer but now I realize that I probably should watch that movie. I'd forgotten about it after the comedy poll.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 21 April 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not quite In The Loop funny, but it was pretty good. I don't know if it would be possible to have two characters as funny as Malcolm Tucker and the eff-star-star-cunt American from ITL.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 23 April 2012 04:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Some thudding moments here and there, but this was pretty funny overall.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 23 April 2012 04:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is great, as are Anna Chlumsky and the slimeball. The press secretary and her body man could wear thin.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 23 April 2012 04:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
this seemed sort of ... off. it's an interesting decision to have the passive-aggressive dweeb kid instead of a malcolm tucker figure but ... i dunno
― thomp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe in three or four episodes i will stop automatically comparing it to the thick of it, and then i will also stop automatically trying to make the differences be emblematic of differences in national character
max
i. do they keep up the 'did the president call?' 'no' 'no' and the 'did you know i have my own flag' bitsii. do they get funny and how many repetitions does it take for them to get funny
― thomp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
would honestly stick w/ this just for tony hale & matt walsh but i was ok w/ those 'jokes'
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i laughed. i'll watch until they cancel it.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
no i mean i honestly believe, given time, those 'jokes' will become funny
― thomp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is fine, it's not remotely as good as the early thick of it but it's doubtful anything else is going to be, certainly within the pro forma confines of the american sitcom
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
felt very "ooh, handheld cameras, gratuitous cursing, big fuckin deal" to me, but still pretty funny and a good cast, will watch again
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol well in 2k12 those things are pretty commonplace no?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel like american sitcom is a more expansive genre than british sitcom -- one of the weird things about the thick of it is that it is an absolutely classical version of standard british sitcom setup, only it somehow escapes being awful
xpost ha yeah i don't really notice those things at this point?
― thomp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
well yeah that's what i meant, the look/feel of it is kind of played imo
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's an unplayable aesthetic
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it needs time to develop side characters. People like Blinky Ben, etc...
There's also a different dynamic from The Thick of It. Everyone listened to/was scared of Malcolm, and the politicians tended to need to be shepherded around. JLD seems to have all the agency in Veep, where everyone else is just scrambling to fix her mistakes or get her what she wants.
Also the US doesn't have an equivalent of the civil servant, so we don't get a Terri.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
you guys realize this isn't an adaptation, right, it's a different show by the same creator
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
original title was "The Veep of It" iirc
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
the thick of eep
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
In the Veep
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah, british humour.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
some dude is british?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
first ep was gold, Morris is great for this show
Addison doing the next few? should help bring the nervous vibe
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 05:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah, really poisonous first ep
― gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 06:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
dan bakkedahl is so good
i wasn't convinced that mr midnight caller's touted credentials as a cold-blooded operative were actually valid, though? he seemed sort of relaxed and then he got hit in the face with some lipstick and crawled away
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 18 April 2013 00:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
that was shit
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 18 April 2013 01:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
someone actually wrote 'idontgiveafuckistan'
nah it was p good. ppl say dumb shit like that
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 April 2013 01:20 (1 month ago) Permalink
This is way more realistic than House of Cards
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 02:00 (1 month ago) Permalink
:D
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 19 April 2013 07:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
Probably the best ep yet; surprising depth this go round.
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 April 2013 04:22 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
some great lines. the "you timed that metaphor out for that shitty ding" thing. the "tiny hands" gag.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Monday, 29 April 2013 04:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
"better than my shitty legs. i hate my legs."
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Monday, 29 April 2013 05:06 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
So glad this is getting another season. Hitting its stride.
― Popture, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 22:58 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it's pretty decent, but i'm even more glad that this introduced me to "the thick of it." what an amazing show
― chilli, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it makes me laugh like once an episode, and those are always lines that feel like they were written for the thick of it ('i would rather set fire to my vulva', 'rubber idiots', etc.). i mean i'll keep watching and it's been held to an unfair standard, but it's not very funny and i've got a horrible feeling they're going to Make A Point about something at the end of this season with these multi-episode plots they keep touching on.
― caek, Thursday, 2 May 2013 08:58 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Multi-episode plots last season as well.
Feel this is basically as good as most TTOI at this point. And I don't see why people still claim it's copy paste. Especially in season 2, with the old characters settled and unique and new ones not having TTOI counterparts at all. The arsenal is pretty robust at this point, someone like Sue on the side holds up as an episode lead.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:02 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Thick of It is obv next level, but I'm laughing far harder at this series of Veep than the last. So many nice little moments in E3; the "robust" farce set-up, "procrasturbate", and a touching ending as the responsibilities of office intrude upon the career politician, which didn't happen at all last season (I may have forgotten that tho)
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Yeah it's the combination of multi episode stuff and the attempt at a touching ending this week that makes me nervous
― caek, Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:26 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Also my complaint is not that it's like/not like ttoi. My complaint is that it's nowhere near as good.
― caek, Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
do i need to know anything about british politics to get into The Thick Of It
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
No
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:51 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Not really. Political shananigans cross the atlantic quite well. My grasp of US politics is a bit shaky but I've no trouble with Veep. The pop culture references might be more problematic tbh, tho maybe they're not quite as parochial as I remember.
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:59 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
you'll be fine h4a, check it out
― caek, Thursday, 2 May 2013 10:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i dig veep. its not Hilarious but i get some chuckles out of it and i like the actors and im just into the general vibe
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 2 May 2013 10:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
liked the first season, but it definitely feels like this season stepped up a bit, really great right now.
i was on the set for a couple hours a few months ago, worked on a psa w/ J L-D, was really cool to see random cast members walking around and see the sets -- it really looks like they're in cramped old government buildings on the show but it's all these huge sets in a giant warehouse in columbia, maryland.
― love bullets featuring skylar grey (some dude), Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
jld elevates this into something far superior to ttoi imo
― NI, Thursday, 2 May 2013 18:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
interesting that chris morris and chris addison directed the first 2 eps but barely seemed different to the rest, in tone, etc. (thankfully as addison has shown himself to be grimly unfunny outside of ttoi)
― NI, Thursday, 2 May 2013 18:29 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i don't think he's terrible in mock the week. but yeah ianucci's group seem pretty good at sticking to a consistant house style
― chilli, Friday, 3 May 2013 01:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
not seen him in that but his twitter account is a hive of smug 6th form bants
― NI, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
so like his ttoi character?
― abcfsk, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― NI, Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nuh uh. langham & capaldi operate in such singular territory, i think jld's really good but i don't think she's doing something so novel or engrossing as to beat out ttoi. i think i said stuff upthread about the specifity of that show trumping veep's broad-brush stuff, but yeah this season is so much better, ep 2 in partic.
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:15 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah imagine that guy but one who isn't saying words written for him by the best comedy brains britain has to offer. and without a malcolm to brutalise him for his obnoxiousness. not quite as good huh
― NI, Friday, 3 May 2013 23:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
and yeah i get that ttoi is v novel and singular and all that but i simply don't find it as watchable, amusing or as engaging as veep. v rare i'd say that about any uk>us comedy but like i said, largely because jld plays that role so well, and her character is so well-written - maybe more cartoonlike than any of the brits but hey.
btw that's not to diss, ttoi's great but i found myself agreeing with a lot of the stuff in this article: http://richardhcooper.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/how-to-write-thick-of-it.html (esp re final series)
― NI, Saturday, 4 May 2013 00:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I think that article is pretty offtm. Most of all because the dialogue is improvised with the actors, so it's really not describing how to write it... Also, the examples he creates are really not that fun. It mainly made me think that ttoi had to do something right, since it's dialogue is so much better than when other people try it.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 4 May 2013 16:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ttoi is not improvised. it's like the most tightly scripted, printed-script-revering thing on tv. they just improvise the lines that don't matter to give it a looser feel.
― caek, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:04 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
right
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
they even published the scripts from the early episodes
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
come on though, the swears became as hackneyed as 'rock on tommy' by the end
― NI, Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:36 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i swear i will rip your tongue off and shove up your arse so far it comes out of both ears so you can hear me calling you a bellend in stereo you mum-sucking sewer-drinking numpty blah blah blah
― NI, Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:38 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it sounds like you just didn't really like ttoi?
― caek, Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"i just had to sign a 2 year lease on a nissan cube"
― johnny crunch, Monday, 6 May 2013 03:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"it actually comes out as the number two."
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Monday, 13 May 2013 04:18 (1 week ago) Permalink
<3 dave foley
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Monday, 13 May 2013 04:26 (1 week ago) Permalink
i'm giving up on this :-(
― caek, Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:59 (2 days ago) Permalink
really! i think it's improved greatly this season!
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:12 (2 days ago) Permalink
why did the midnight caller ask for mike again? he wanted him so much that he basically bribed VPOTUS. why??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:16 (2 days ago) Permalink
ohhh to get rid of jolly green jizzface perhaps
sometimes you just have to write it down and then you know
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:17 (2 days ago) Permalink
it's got more ambitious this season i suppose. it's still not gotten funny imo.
― caek, Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:19 (2 days ago) Permalink
i love it
― Mordy , Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:24 (2 days ago) Permalink
xxposts -- common interest in boating i thought made him think of mike as someone appealing to work with.
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Monday, 20 May 2013 05:27 (Yesterday) Permalink