Anyone else notice how ramped-up Jonah's douchiness was in the last one? Thought it was great.
― yuoowemeone, Friday, 24 May 2013 07:21 (ten years ago) link
theres the uh bluff puff which we're gonna start off with youre her friend you went to high school together you guys like each other then we switch right over to rough puff
― johnny crunch, Monday, 10 June 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
i thought this was one of the better eps.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 June 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
little more than a month away from returning, very excited
― anonanon, Friday, 28 February 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
with some other good stuff starting as well it is that time of year when the tv emits a sweeter light than those first rays of spring sunshine.
― xelab, Friday, 28 February 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
silicon valley episode was amazing
― Roz, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
It's been a great season so far.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
yeah keeps getting better. I worry that they might be overusing Jonah though. He was a lot funnier as the obnoxious DC insider prick than the walking punching bag he is now.
― Roz, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
"I have to go to the bathroom - do they have a bathroom here or do they put their turds up in the cloud?"
The last 2 ep's have been so savagely funny!
― xelab, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Jonah is the Chang of this show and he is following a Chang-like trajectory
― anonanon, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
i dont even know what that means but it cant be good
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
He starts off as the external antagonist vested with undeserved authority/power over the core group, uniting them in their shared antipathy for him, but the show strips him of that authority and decides to reduce him to an erratic outlandish caricature who still sort of flits around the edges of the show but with less purpose and in a less interesting way.
I was happy when it looked like his site was going to be bought out because I thought they were re-establishing him as a thorn in the team's side in a new context, but it turned out to be just another set-up for him to fall on his face. But who knows maybe next episode he'll join up with the oil lobby and become Sidney Purcell's protege.
― anonanon, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
who was Chang?
― akm, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link
a character in TV sitcom Community
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 08:17 (nine years ago) link
still is, at time of press
oh man, that seems about right. They need to get Jonah back into the white house. Or on Gov Chung's campaign team.
anyway, this show doesn't get enough credit for how much plot it manages to pack into half an hour. This episode alone had anti-fracking mom, Selina and Craig (Craaaaaaiiiig...) at Clovis, the Amy/Melissa/Kent thing, the Gov Chung torture story (Dan doesn't even realise that Ben did the same thing to him as he did to Jonah), the subplot where everyone thinks Gary is gay, SMARCH, Meet/Meat/Meating Meyer and they still have time for throwaway gags like the Ron Jeremy/Jeremy Irons confusion.
― Roz, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 09:43 (nine years ago) link
I'd say season 3 has been as good as peak ITTOI.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 09:56 (nine years ago) link
Dan doesn't even realise that Ben did the same thing to him as he did to Jonah
this was beautiful, especially as Ben didn't even try to hide it
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
xps
OTM about Veep's dense plotting/writing, makes it extremely re-watchable and often better on repeat viewings. Also some great lines aren't even in the episodes but in deleted scenes, e.g. Mike response to Leon West question about when Selena knew a hitchhiker was a spy.
― anonanon, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
"post-tax"
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
everybody luvva da showbiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da5tjfpKyac
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 May 2014 06:35 (nine years ago) link
New episode is masterclass stuff.
― abcfsk, Monday, 5 May 2014 09:05 (nine years ago) link
some say three microwaves is overkill, my response is always ~tapas~
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
admit it, we're all a little bit Ray-curious.
― Roz, Monday, 12 May 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
"cancel search siri"
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 24 May 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
tony hale/jld laughing fit bathroom scene is so good
this season >>
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah, great wind up
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
shd i be watching this? p4reene seems to like it.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
i think it's some of the best teevee on teevee
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
easy enough, if you liked in the loop, you'll like this too
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
figured a show where all politicians are awful, self-obsessed, disingenuous prats would be total morbs bait
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 June 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
Jonad lives
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/charles-johnson-thad-cochran-mississippi
It was the latest twist in the rancorous, messy feud enveloping the Mississippi GOP — and Johnson was right in the middle of it. He followed up the story, which was published on his own website, gotnews, with an avalanche of defiant tweets."You establishment hacks do know that I've been threatened with lawsuits, death threats before, right?" he wrote in one. "I planned on this."He took on former Mitt Romney adviser Stuart Stevens, who mocked the bribery allegations and referred to Johnson as a "fringe" blogger. Johnson said Stevens had "praised" him in the past and threatened to publish private direct messages between the two.All the while, Johnson engaged in relentless self-promotion. He bragged that his story had been picked up by the likes of Fox News, Breitbart and Rush Limbaugh (although he lamented that Sean Hannity didn't cite him by name.) And he used the spotlight to give attention to his efforts to raise money for his "awesome projects.""Oh I know this annoys people but send me some research money. Because I am kicking ass," Johnson wrote in another tweet, providing a link to his page at gofundme.com where supporters can donate money to his cause.
"You establishment hacks do know that I've been threatened with lawsuits, death threats before, right?" he wrote in one. "I planned on this."
He took on former Mitt Romney adviser Stuart Stevens, who mocked the bribery allegations and referred to Johnson as a "fringe" blogger. Johnson said Stevens had "praised" him in the past and threatened to publish private direct messages between the two.
All the while, Johnson engaged in relentless self-promotion. He bragged that his story had been picked up by the likes of Fox News, Breitbart and Rush Limbaugh (although he lamented that Sean Hannity didn't cite him by name.) And he used the spotlight to give attention to his efforts to raise money for his "awesome projects."
"Oh I know this annoys people but send me some research money. Because I am kicking ass," Johnson wrote in another tweet, providing a link to his page at gofundme.com where supporters can donate money to his cause.
― anonanon, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
hahaha okay that is uncanny
― Roz, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Oh my god freaking OOUUUTTTT over Selina vs. Gary blow-up
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 00:58 (eight years ago) link
it was pretty awesome yes. thought for sure he was fired.
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
what happened on labour day
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
outlook unclear, try again laterhttp://tvline.com/2015/04/19/veep-season-4-selina-gary-fight-labor-day/
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
the banana doesn't work gag
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Monday, 27 April 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
this thing has gotten way to big, its like my moms cat
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
I love the pace of this.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 04:48 (eight years ago) link
hitler bunker
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
"Richard T. Splatt. I don't know why I said T, my middle name is John."
Pairing up Richard and Jonah is almost the best thing they've ever done.
I've been rewatching a few episodes from season 1, and they feel so empty. They've really created a world over time.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
yes, this show has gotten so classic. i love that iannucci is now expanding the universe to lobbyists.
― Mordy, Monday, 25 May 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
i have been loving this
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 May 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Richard is an A+ addition to the show; dude's comic timing is excellenti like that the more power JLD gets, the worse of a human being she becomesthe basic iannucci principle seems to be that the best thing about absolute power is that you don't have to take responsibility for your actions
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 May 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
this show is never not funny per se but sometimes the cringe comedy style is grating
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 25 May 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I feel like this show is missing a malcolm tucker type and that's a notable if not crippling deficiency - although ben the chief of staff comes close
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 25 May 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
& while this is obviously a satire I have to say that literally everything gary does has long since passed the point of being remotely plausible behavior by a human, even for a sycophantic assistant in the beltway - maybe it's just how one-note tony hale is idk
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 25 May 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link