Dan and Amy try to figure out if an Asian-American war hero-cum-governor could be a political threat to Selina. Meanwhile, Selina and Mike prep for her "Meet the Press" interview; and Gary and Amy make a startling discovery about Selina's romantic life.
Eighty jokes in 38 minutes: Veep's densest opener establishes its rapid-fire character-comedy foundation.
Directed by Armando Iannucci · Written by Will Smith, Sean Gray, Will Smith
WAR
85.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Chung” ranks #35 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.0 — Elite. The episode packs 88 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 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 am gonna throw up a leg. And then I'm gonna take that leg and I'm gonna beat Scott to death with it.
Selina Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch You're not even your mom's favorite Jonah, Jonah.
Dan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I will appear to love filibuster reform as much as I appear to love my idiot son. And for my wife's sake, I appear to love that wretched shitnia lot.
O'Brien Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch You don't wanna give a loaded gun to that walking silo.
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I'm the vice president of the United States, you stupid little fuckers! These people should be begging me! That door should be half its height so that people can only approach me in my office on their goddamn, motherfucking knees.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 88 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Because it's better than watching Gary drip that fucking noodle juice down his chin.
Selina Character Comedy Observational God, I'm gonna snort a line of tzatziki and go.
Selina Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch 'Cause if you ever wanna step several rungs down the ladder, I could always use help from a fellow Daniel.
Chung Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Yes, but sometimes you have to go down to go up.
Chung Observational Character Comedy But everyone will be watching her, so I guess I can just wing it.
Chung Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy I'd better be going around myself, make sure everyone gets to touch the hem of my garment.
Chung Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I'm gonna steal that, because he who speaks in maxims... can sound wise.
Amy Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch This is good. This is like cornbread.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Observational You looking for some fresh backs to stab?
Why don't you try working an iPad with your dick?
No, he's already got carpal tunnel in that area.
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Oh, is that what they call it still with two oil guys on it?
Doyle Irony/Sarcasm Observational Wow, you're gonna have to buy a lot of spray cans to paint that turd gold.
Doyle Setup/Punchline Observational Who uses withdraw as a fuckin' verb besides catholics and butlers?
Amy Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Maybe the Israeli military every once in a while.
Dan Observational Deadpan/Understatement You gotta network to get work, baby. All right? Chung for change.
Dan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm You could talk about how you always get a sweaty upper lip underneath studio lights. That shows you're normal.
Gary Character Comedy Observational Well, the redskins have a great running game this year and, honestly, that receiving corps over there, Anquan Boldin, not looking good for you.
Gary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Beer makes me so gassy... about how it always bloats you, beer.
You can talk about that... about how it always bloats you, beer.
Gary Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Did he do this thing where you don't know if you're supposed to hug him or crucify him? Which, by the way, makes me wanna crucify him.
Selina Setup/Punchline Escalation Should I fire up the shit eater?
Sue Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch To vice president Salina Meyer... with an 'a'... from an admiring wannabe.
Sue Setup/Punchline Character Comedy What an e-hole.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Plus, he doesn't wanna look like he made a massive error picking you... Well, that was lovely.
If anything, Chung was too late.
Amy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Do I look like a kindergarten teacher to you, Mike? Actually, yes.
Sue Mike Setup/Punchline Character Comedy You're not even your mom's favorite Jonah, Jonah.
Dan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Does he want to operate me by remote control? No. That's not technologically possible.
Well, with respect, ma'am, do you think anybody's gonna remember your primary campaign?
Jonah Setup/Punchline Character Comedy You know, I meant that more as a slight against the power of recollection of the electorate and not as an attack on the potency of your campaign.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation Oh, because you have the social skills of someone who was raised by wolves.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy God, I love saying that.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort My zipper on my Leviathan broke, so I had to drive around trying to find a replacement.
Sue Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch You know what I did? I went to bed at 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. on a Saturday night. Even people who are dying of malaria stay up later than that.
Gary Setup/Punchline Escalation Hearing you say that gives me a massive hard-on. Oh, baby, I'm ready to launch.
Ted Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Why are you so tired? You don't do anything.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy He was born back in China before his dad got his citizenship, so he can't be president or vice president.
Amy Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Oh, God, I'm gonna eat him up.
Selina Character Comedy Reaction Beat A team can't play itself, can it? You can in video games.
That's sweat. That's lip sweat. / That's shimmer.
Mike Selina Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Well, I'll say this... in order to reform, you have to perform.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Hello, penis enlargement clinic.
Mike Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Well, he, uh... Ray Rice, he play nice.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Uh, you know, I would, but I've got a game of solitaire going on, so I think I'll give that a skip.
Selina Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Well, I'd be surprised because technically he's not an American. I mean, because he wasn't, um, born here, you know, not because he's half Chine...
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy It totally might have just been me, but kind of... didn't it sound a little glitchy in the end or anything like that?
Gary Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy All I heard was the sound of a fuckup, okay?
Sound guy Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement That's why I'm in here in here, Dan.
Sue Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy You don't wanna give a loaded gun to that walking silo.
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Well, I'm Sue. It's my job to know everything, Amy.
Sue Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch No, they don't.
Mike Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Oh, well, the White House is very much under the moon about that
Jonah Character Comedy Observational You can't just make up acronyms, Jonah. Somebody has to, Mike.
What do you call that? Bi-casual? Thanks, Mike, but it's Sunday. I work hard, I work fast, and I get hot legs. I say let the whale hang loose.
Mike Jonah Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I work hard, I work fast, and I get hot legs. I say let the whale hang loose.
Jonah Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Do you have something that can fit the McClintock shape that's not a Santa suit?
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Converse generally? What about? The weather? / Not about the weather. / It is unseasonably warm, though, okay?
Well, it's unseasonably warm.
Selina Callback Cringe/Discomfort Callback if, for some reason, we find out that there was negligence that caused this accident, those who are responsible are gonna have the White House to answer to.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm 'Cause technically he's not an American. They're taking over our ports. It's like they've invaded us. Come on, this is the White House, not the Yellow House.
Crowd Dark/Subversive Escalation Gary, that was my fucking flesh that you just... trapped in there.
Selina Physical/Slapstick Escalation Jennifer, quite frankly, I had more windows in my first apartment than the V.P. currently has in her schedule.
Amy Setup/Punchline Observational Oh, sure! You know what? I blame George Washington. If he hadn't started this whole form of government, then we wouldn't...
I'm the vice president of the United States, you stupid little fuckers! These people should be begging me! That door should be half its height so that people can only approach me in my office on their goddamn, motherfucking knees.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch You want to break out the white, pointy hoods, too, ma'am?
Mike Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline Once you go down that dark country road, the lights go out and the scarecrows come to life.
Mike Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Look, Mike, that's what you always hear because mentally you're in a fuckin' hammock on a back porch.
Dan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Is McCaulay the one with the nose hair problem like he's got two raccoons in his nostrils?
Amy Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch What? He's Captain fuckin' America?
Amy Reaction Beat Character Comedy What did Scott use as a research tool, the fuckin' drudge report? That and bathroom walls.
Amy Dan Escalation Setup/Punchline I've got a purple heart on my chest, but the one that beats inside of me is red, white, and blue.
I am gonna throw up a leg. And then I'm gonna take that leg and I'm gonna beat Scott to death with it.
Selina Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch I've got a purple heart on my chest, but the one that beats inside of me is red, white, and blue.
Chung Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Chief? Shouldn't that be chiefess?
O'Brien Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort I'd like to know if you're going to offend us with some chickenshit deal that means we have to leave before the food comes.
O'Brien Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Now, if you had bad neighbors who came into your yard every night to crap a buttful of drugs and beans on your flowers, you might think about building a fence.
O'Brien Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Yeah, but ironically, the only affordable option would be immigrant labor.
Dan Irony/Sarcasm Observational Now you keep talking like that, sweetheart, and we'll be having cigars at the end of this dinner. Just not Cuban ones.
O'Brien Character Comedy Setup/Punchline You know what... I'm coming over there, like, right away. Uh, you know, when you come over, can you try and sneak in incognito? I got Korean neighbors and I don't think they'd like the idea of me dating you.
It's about seven inches, hangs between my legs... The thing. I like to call him sergeant Ted.
Ted Setup/Punchline Misdirection Is that some kind of a joke or something? It's not funny at all. Fuck off, Ted.
Selina Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch What happened to your hot pants? Oh, the hot pants picked up some negative traction. I realize now they're unbecoming of my office.
I will appear to love filibuster reform as much as I appear to love my idiot son. And for my wife's sake, I appear to love that wretched shitnia lot.
O'Brien Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Sometimes you've gotta go down to go up.
Amy Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Something about 'getting fucked every which way.' Direct quote.
Sue Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy How many times can she be underneath that? She's got such a little body and he seemed like a big man.
Gary Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dan, you have about 10 seconds to stop distracting me, or the next thing that they'll find at the back of that couch are your remains.
Sue Setup/Punchline Character Comedy