It's very Seinfeld, trapped in a circle of hell together.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
hell is other people, especially at work
― maura, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
Haha ok I forgot the pantshitting episode
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 30 June 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
they corrected from that though, rather than setting a tone for the next four years
― glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 1 July 2016 00:47 (eight years ago) link
for those of you wanting an In The Loop style version of (one aspect of) the Brexit crisis this gets pretty damn close
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1371058/inside-story-of-tories-borexit-how-bojos-career-was-left-in-tatters-a-week-after-he-thought-hed-be-next-pm/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 July 2016 09:40 (eight years ago) link
^ ty
― glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 1 July 2016 11:12 (eight years ago) link
i'm guess i'm going to dip back in but what i didn't like about the first ep is that ALL the characters (aside from splett i guess) have become little wind-up insult machines.
This was largely the case from the beginning though! And in the thick of it too tbh, obv that had Malcolm & Jamie as more extreme examples but p much every character was ready with a punny epithet every other line. But it's hardly like they're indistinguishable in either show.
I really like this series & didn't realise iannucci had left but was coming to post that Jonah appearing to shout at the bowling alley clerk with Down's syndrome & Catherine appearing to kiss her mother were such clunking sub-Curbisms that I felt embarrassed for the show
Agree that sple✧✧✧@splett✧✧✧.n✧✧ is a joy, also surprised not to see more praise of Gary Cole's performance as Kent, which is consistently brilliant imo
― oh, amazonaws (wins), Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
lol
splett2 at splettnet dot net
― oh, amazonaws (wins), Saturday, 2 July 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
what we do now echoes in spletternity
― Taking dumps on a person's car is something children do (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 2 July 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
the christmas at camp david episode is just about the most excruciating thing i've ever seen
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 01:45 (eight years ago) link
Veep has plenty of characters who aren't wind-up insult machines - Splett, Catherine, Gary, Mike, even Kent's humor mostly comes from other things like his pathological need to correct people and point out weird facts.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 02:08 (eight years ago) link
oh my god it's real https://www.splettnet.net/
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link
Twenty years on, the No 1 album is by Radiohead (from the 90s), our funniest TV show is Frasier (from the 90s), my favorite jeans are starting to get real worn these days (from the 90s), i subsist entirely on a diet from my storehouse of hungry man tv dinners (from the 90s), and my busted hip from a golfing mishap (from the 90s) is forever back back back
Those characters are there for other people to insult.
― R.I.P. Haram-bae, the good posts goy (s.clover), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 05:23 (eight years ago) link
Maybe, but they're also funny on their own
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 12:05 (eight years ago) link
I guess I feel like everyone - particularly the Veep - having such virtuosic insult skills undermines their essential ineptitude, which is the main pillar of the show
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to think they spend so much time on zings and insults that they forget to actually do their jobs, let alone well. They're either so venal and craven and narcissistic, or completely jaundiced and cynical. Self-preservation above all else. And from Jonah to Selena, they seek power not to do good but just to vengefully shit on everyone below them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 12:42 (eight years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)
The Kelly Bundy Syndrome, supposedly as dumb as a rock but able to pull off amazing zings against Bud.
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
im not suggesting their insult skills are plausible but the show's rationale for it seems to be that the culture of politics is one in which youre allowed to be egregiously offensive to your colleagues at all times and so it's basically just practice that makes them so good at it.
― ♫ Corbyn's on fire / PLP is terrified ♫ (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
By my count there is only one character whose sole purpose is to be the butt of insults--Congressman Furlong's aide Matt
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 July 2016 02:59 (eight years ago) link
man today feels like the finale of this
― imago, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 08:15 (seven years ago) link
the georgia episode this season it feels like they hit their stride again, after sort of establishing the pieces in play this season. so many great lines this ep.
― the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Monday, 1 May 2017 04:07 (seven years ago) link
I saw she was credited as a producer but didn't think any of the leftover British writers were still doing scripts this year? (Isn't it just her and Smith now?)
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Monday, 1 May 2017 05:49 (seven years ago) link
Minna is so incredible
I'm surprised in the era of reactionary thinkpieces this show isn't v controversial?
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 1 May 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
"It's actually my favorite joke ever!"
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
otm !!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
This episode was fantastic, probably because, with the exception of Dan and Amy, they got the band back together.
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
lol Minna is so funny. I thought that she was always secretly disdainful of Selina, but it's even funnier that she thinks that she and Selina are best of friends.
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
And she's so relentlessly upbeat even though her 'best friend' hates her and her son tried to drown himself in an ice hole.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
"there are literally no laws in Georgia. and I'm using the term 'literally' correctly"
my favorite joke though was at the beginning when Selina won't take a picture with the guy and his daughter and he just says "I don't have a camera anyway."
― evol j, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
oh, Georgia the country, not Georgia the Veep writer
lots of good individual jokes in this but also some really lazy stuff (like ^), that definitely feel like the product of longtime American sitcom pros making a show in LA vs amused foreigners making a show about and near DC. "in post-communist Georgia, election fix YOU!"
<3 Splett
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
Scab Calloway! lol
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 13 May 2017 09:21 (seven years ago) link
That finale did a hell of a lot of expository lifting. Can't wait for Jonah's campaign!
― maura, Monday, 26 June 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
fantastically filthy season; lost a bit of heart but stayed funny. agree with you maura, curious to see the new reset universe.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 26 June 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
great season yeah. felt totally resurrected after the s5 finale but ended up if anything deepening its world (while remaining just as funny as ever) - second half of the season in particular
― imago, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
the finale was a bit of a mess but i still like this show. yeah they are spinning the same wheels but it's still funny. Selina has always been a horrible person focused entirely on her own ego and the show has never shied away from this. weaker shows would have turned her into a cartoon villain by this point, glad that she's still believably horrible.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
just finished the season. surely this is the funniest show currently on tv?
― Mordy, Friday, 30 June 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
"He's not exactly on the yes-fly list"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 30 June 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Selina has always been a horrible person focused entirely on her own ego and the show has never shied away from this. weaker shows would have turned her into a cartoon villain by this point, glad that she's still believably horrible.
eheh, yeah. she's a terrible human being. yet somehow they manage to make her likeable... even to people who are not Gary Walsh !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 30 June 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
Is the season worth watching, then? I enjoyed the first episode but general exhaustion (with the show and US politics in general) has kept me away.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 30 June 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
yeah, it's good.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 30 June 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
In regards to her horribleness they've been leaning way too hard into the terrible-mom thing but yeah otherwise they've kept it totally plausible
― Evan, Friday, 30 June 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
it's maybe the best season yet tbh and they're starting to do serious world building all over the place which has just been fantastic
― Mordy, Friday, 30 June 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
the gary origin reveal was lol. actually all the flashbacks were amazing. they're talking about getting rid of mike like a decade ago already lol.
btw did i miss it how did they get the reporter onto the campaign team?
― Mordy, Friday, 30 June 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
Was it to get the diary back?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 June 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
I think part of the joke is he's just there after going in so hard earlier
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Friday, 30 June 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
finale was weird. Loved Margery's reaction to getting the wipe warmer. The terrible-mum thing is getting lazy though.
― kinder, Saturday, 1 July 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
also he was replacing mike!
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 1 July 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
loved the finale but felt the rest of the series often missed the mark. hard to pin down but few bits felt hammy and cartoonlike, esp jonah in the early few episodes - far-fetched scene of him shaving his head in the mirror. this is the first season where armando's absence was notable, lost his light touch, went more sitcommy. no one else think this?
― NI, Sunday, 2 July 2017 11:25 (seven years ago) link
I thought it during the previous season. There are enough good jokes that I still enjoy it tho - I liked the reveal of the one senator's home life just as I'd been getting tired of his routine with his assistant (and I know a big part of the gag is how rote & stale this has become)
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Sunday, 2 July 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link
I thought the finale felt like an overlong in case you missed it for an episode we never saw... much preferred the run of episodes
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 2 July 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link