still is, at time of press
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 08:17 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
I'd say season 3 has been as good as peak ITTOI.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 09:56 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
"post-tax"
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:21 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
New episode is masterclass stuff.
― abcfsk, Monday, 5 May 2014 09:05 (ten years ago) link
some say three microwaves is overkill, my response is always ~tapas~
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
admit it, we're all a little bit Ray-curious.
― Roz, Monday, 12 May 2014 16:13 (ten 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
what happened on labour day
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:03 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
the banana doesn't work gag
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Monday, 27 April 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
this thing has gotten way to big, its like my moms cat
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:30 (nine years ago) link
I love the pace of this.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 04:48 (nine years ago) link
hitler bunker
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:55 (nine 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
idk i find hale's character believable. aren't there so many ppl in politics - actual politicians, and staff, etc - that you wonder how they made it so far considering how bizarre they are? and the answer is normally that the entropy of the system creates a condition where you met the right person and ten years later you're still working with them.
― Mordy, Monday, 25 May 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
adding hugh laurie's character was a total masterstroke imo, he's the malcolm tucker of this bullshit
― rather than allowing the music to possess us like a sexy demon (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 03:09 (eight years ago) link
"I don't care if you're a 1950s radio broadcaster. your fozzie bear's been ripped up and used to smuggle heroin. *points to ken* and nazi doctor...*points to gary* and I don't even know what the fuck you are!!!*
― rather than allowing the music to possess us like a sexy demon (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
not quite as good as malcolm's "sanitarium for the fuckin deaf" rant but close
― rather than allowing the music to possess us like a sexy demon (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
ben is great but he has a weariness and lack of concern w/power that you wouldn't see in malcolm
malcolm was like the omar of ttoi, the villain with a heart of gold, everyone on earth petrified of him, a supernatural being almost, with the power to bestow life or death
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link
richard is completely all-time at this point
feel like the show has gotten a little slower, more telegraphed, more curb-y, not a bad thing though necessarily
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
yea Jonah & Richard are amazing
I lol'd that they really had Jonah w/ a Nissan cube after making that reference a few seasons ago
also lol'd so much @ jld can u guys just pick up all this shit tomorrow and fuck u america
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:29 (eight years ago) link
chlumsky's kiss-off speech coupla eps ago was weirdly unsatisfying, maybe her character is too uptight to properly deliver it i dunno. it reminded me of ben stiller's equally damp rant to the stewardess at the end of meet the parents, you're supposed to identify with what they're saying, this voicing of long suppressed irritation, but when they've done you're just kinda eh is that all you got?
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Richard is definitely the star turn. His low-key introduction last series was a turning point.
Hard not to see the inquiry that will close this season as anything other than a rerun of S4 TToI though.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
well it won't be called an inquiry, so that's different..
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
I was always worried they'd put in a Malcolm and so happy they haven't. They've really impressed with finding new types of characters who fit in oddly well. Ben was early on and always delivers gold of course, but Richard is a whole new thing. Dude's face is amazing.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:42 (eight years ago) link
re: chlumsky rage, i think part of that stems from the show having such disdain for literally everyone that it's not even going to give that character the big fuck-you/truth to power moment, in part because im not sure chlumsky's character actually hates what she does for this completely inept/undeserving candidate - just hates not being listened to when her ideas are always relatively practical
― dellevadova depression beard (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
The introduction of Selina's friend that led to Amy's ragequit was, I assumed, AI's take on the Carole Caplin saga.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
also lol'd so much @ jld can u guys just pick up all this shit tomorrow and fuck u america― johnny crunch, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 8:29 AM (36 minutes ago)
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 8:29 AM (36 minutes ago)
this was so great
― gr8080, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
this ep was all time, this show is all time, everything abt veep is just the best
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 03:50 (eight years ago) link