After getting good news on a clean-jobs bill, the staff brainstorm for a photo-op idea, but the trip to a local frozen-yoghurt shop is delayed by a stop in the White House Situation Room and a gastrointestinal illness that's going around.
Veep's second episode sustains 70 jokes in 36 minutes despite minimal standout moments.
Directed by Armando Iannucci · Written by Simon Blackwell, Simon Blackwell
WAR
54.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Frozen Yoghurt” ranks #51 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.6 — Great. The episode packs 70 scored jokes at 1.9 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Selina landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
I mean, that would be like persuading a guy to fist himself.
Selina Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort And it's your job to know that if I say I have it covered, I don't have it covered and you cover me.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch So you, my friend, have your cock out at a funeral.
Mike Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort It was a sneeze bullet. Right in the face. Saved Selina from the bug. Pure instinct. It was like a dirty bomb and I... bam... Dived on it.
Gary Escalation Character Comedy From now on, you bleached, plucked asshole, I am your fucking Siamese stalker.
Mike Escalation Character Comedy All Jokes — 70 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ God, this gastric bug, it's got my head all jammed up and my ass is like the thunderdome.
Eric Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Sorry to interrupt, but fuck-a-deedoo-dah, fuck-a-Dee-ay!
That is so great for me. And the country. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I meant.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch That's why I get paid the medium bucks.
Amy Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Well, that's sort of a stupid thing to say, isn't it? 'Cause you can't drink a solid, can you?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Soup?
Eric Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Well, soup is solids suspended in liquid, so it qualifies as a liquid.
Gary Character Comedy Absurdist See that? Gary was a major at U.V.A. in science.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm So occasionally that's of use.
Selina Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm His Facebook status is 'may God have mercy on my boxers.'
Mike Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Yeah, I saw that. I liked it.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Can move more air by farting.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Observational Those don't open. Those are anti-suicide windows. They only put those in after you started working here, right, Gary?
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy You're making it sound like a coup.
Amy Observational Irony/Sarcasm I'm not gonna say I'm not enjoying the President being in South Africa.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm God, wearing some kind of shawl at a lion sanctuary.
Selina Observational Character Comedy Where we gonna find them? Photo op with the normals and the normalistas.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy You're not gonna get a good photo holding a book. It's like kids read or something.
Dan Irony/Sarcasm Observational Kids are unpredictable. They wet their pants.
Amy Observational Deadpan/Understatement We can totally normalize with those guys.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort It was like getting off a mild food poisoning.
Dan Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Look, Amy, I am genuinely sorry that my arrival here has caused you to become so self-conscious and gain a little weight.
Dan Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Fuck point you.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback I want the people who are on time to think that they're late.
Selina Character Comedy Observational No, you're the guy with the big bag of lip balm, Gary. You're fucking Kissinger.
Dan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm I'm her moon.
Gary Character Comedy Absurdist Right, with the lip balm if she got shot in the lips. That could crack 'em pretty bad.
Dan Dark/Subversive Absurdist Doyle is essential. He's like the Russian doll of the Senate. Comes with little senators inside of him.
Amy Absurdist Setup/Punchline Don't shoot. Don't shoot. Please don't shoot. Shoot him. You can shoot him.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy He can be a real hogfucker.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort You know what I heard? Senator Doyle wears pantyhose. Oh, really? No. But now that you have that image, he's not that scary.
Gary Misdirection Character Comedy I just won't be photographed eating a hot dog or any other phallic food.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy He was gonna sneeze on you and I blocked it.
Eric Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy I don't think we're drenched at this end of the table.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement He can be a gold-plated fucking shit gibbon.
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but can I just say? You kinda look like an asshole.
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort It was a sneeze bullet. Right in the face. Saved Selina from the bug. Pure instinct. It was like a dirty bomb and I... bam... Dived on it.
Gary Escalation Character Comedy Oh, my God. Can I blow you? Uh, yes, you can. I will meet you out in the hallway in a few seconds. Sure, I'll get a stepladder.
Mint. It implies freshness, trust, traditional values.
Dan Absurdist Character Comedy Oh, swirl. Racial harmony and crossing the aisle.
Amy Absurdist Character Comedy I mean, that would be like persuading a guy to fist himself.
Selina Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort I got niced.
Selina Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement And it's your job to know that if I say I have it covered, I don't have it covered and you cover me.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I need you to have... make me unsaid it.
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist Oh, c'mon. Vanilla is a girl's flavor.
Dan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Perhaps if you had done your job better, then, oh, I could choose vanilla or chocolate or fucking blueberry with fucking sprinkles on it. But that's not an option for me, okay?
Selina Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I'm confused. Are we still talking about yoghurt here?
Amy Reaction Beat Meta/Self-Referential You're gonna kill him and you're gonna do life for murder and I never have to see your face again.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation We now go over live to the Vice President for her pissed-off reaction.
Mike Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy It's like Charlie Brown and the football.
You have on a very sweaty shirt. By golly, I do.
Those taxes are eating us alive. Gobble, gobble.
Potus Interruptus, that's what I call it. And I'm gonna tell him.
Dan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy You tell that shit- for-brains President...
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Please, be quiet! The President is experiencing severe chest pains.
So you, my friend, have your cock out at a funeral.
Mike Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Hey, come on, I major in major.
Dan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy faultless G.P.S. in guiding our nation.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy Holy mother of God and sweet Jesus Christ.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort My balls are comprehensively busted here. I'm down to my reserve pair.
That screaming, falling sound is my fucking patience going out the window.
Amy Escalation Character Comedy From now on, you bleached, plucked asshole, I am your fucking Siamese stalker.
Mike Escalation Character Comedy And you, you gay, Irish fireman... you, you're okay. But you, you I do not like.
Crossed wires. Potus just suffered heartburn after a traditional barbecue at the state function.
It's been an honor to serve such an accomplished understudy, ma'am.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort And I've also thrown out all of the Strawberry-Selina. It had a bad taste.
Anthony Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bite and smile.
Amy Observational Character Comedy Yeah, moving... I'm moving them down.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort I can't uncross my legs.
Selina Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort