Selina is annoyed by the press' reaction to her running mate's charm.
Cringe-heavy 58-joke episode leans harder on discomfort than Veep's typical satire strength.
Directed by Chris Addison · Written by Will Smith, Georgia Pritchett
WAR
34.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Storms and Pancakes” ranks #60 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.1 — Solid. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.4 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
'You are the sun, I the moon. Of Jupiter. Not even one of the good ones.'
'This is just a Swiss suicide clinic with a hint of jojoba.'
Amy Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'It fell at the first fence and it got shot. And now some French fucker's got it in a baguette.'
Selina Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'I hope your vagina falls off.'
Amy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 'I was veep, they polled other candidates, fucked me in my slack old ass. Sound like a best seller?'
Selina Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Tom's awkward response to wedding question: 'She's way out of my league. That's the correct answer.'
Tom Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tom's overly careful qualifier: 'I mean, within obviously acceptable propriety and so on'
Tom Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Funnel cake physical comedy escalation ending with 'So fat. Thank you. No, don't talk anymore. No.'
Tom Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch 'No, what I said was Amy Brookheimer had issues, not problems. No, she got mad. She's not mentally mad.'
Mike Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy No, she got mad. She's not mentally mad.
Mike Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy 'You are the sun, I the moon. Of Jupiter. Not even one of the good ones.'
'You know, a wolf is actually a pack animal. I'm more of a lone squirrel.'
Tom Observational ★ Rewatch Fun fact... The Wright brothers used their bicycle repair shop to make the first airplane. - I knew that.
Mike Tom Reaction Beat Character Comedy 'Fun fact... we're running a campaign here, not a bake sale.'
Unknown Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Selina's sexual tension delusion: 'Did you get a load of that lone squirrel comment?' 'And that means?' 'Exactly.'
Selina Gary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch 'We almost... Kissed?' 'Fucked.'
'And it's about to take North Carolina from behind.'
'We have the full power of the National Weather Service, Mike.' 'Sure, but this is a really good app.'
'It's like a morgue full of dead librarians.'
Dan Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'This place is leaking bodies faster than a Chinese ferry.'
Dan Dark/Subversive Observational 'A joke's not a joke unless everyone can laugh at it.' Response: 'This is what I have to look forward to... A bunch of fucking half-wit jokers trying to grab my balls.'
'I was veep, they polled other candidates, fucked me in my slack old ass. Sound like a best seller?'
Selina Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'I don't want to break a tit. They weren't cheap.'
Selina Character Comedy Setup/Punchline 'I did do the Tour of Italy 2008, but my mountain times were embarrassing.'
Tom Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 'I should be riding in a basket in the front like E.T.'
'The only thing I can see is my eyeball. That's a great image. Vital, dynamic.'
Amy's text: 'You looked sweaty on TV yesterday. Are you going through the change?'
Amy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort 'I suggested that a week ago and I was shot down like a hang glider over the Pentagon.'
Amy Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch 'I have more White House staff than the White House. And a whiter building.'
'I'm like Picasso and I'm stuck painting fences.'
Jonah Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 'VP Doyle's a lame duck. And you know what you do with lame animals?' 'You care for them.' 'You shoot them dead.'
'Not co... I don't get corns.'
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch the cold got to us and then you decided... you wanted to walk home. Yeah, I love to walk at night.
Selina Tom Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection ★ Rewatch 'You're a guy, okay? You can't have any idea what I'm talking about. That's right, I am a guy. And Tom's a guy. You want me to talk to him like guy on guy?'
'I'm going commando at tomorrow's pancake brunch.' 'What? No underwear?' 'What? No. Jesus Christ. Yeah, that'll win me the election. A nice shot of my beav.'
'Dan Egan is back. Like denim and measles.'
Dan Observational ★ Rewatch 'I hope your vagina falls off.'
Amy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch it chews you up and it shits you out and then you are left with nothing but the night sweats and flashbacks.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation 'Am I the only man that he...' 'As far as we know.'
'Jesus fucking Christ. You all look like me. This is a nightmare. It's a fucking nightmare.'
Jonah Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jesus fucking Christ. You all look like me. This is a nightmare. It's a fucking nightmare.
Jonah Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch 'Well, you do have that one purple shirt that looks a bit blousy, but...'
Richard Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch It's just it's his right ear that's freakishly large. No, his right, my left.
Gary Character Comedy Escalation 'No, you flip when you see holes. Bubbles is too soon. Holes, not bubbles.'
'Fun fact... scopolamine was first used as a truth serum by the Czechoslovakian state police. How is that fun?'
Mike Selina Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback 'Well... it's either surprisingly little or surprisingly a lot.'
Mike Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 'This is just a Swiss suicide clinic with a hint of jojoba.'
Amy Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'Which, when you have a bag instead of a bowel, is not good.'
Bernie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Which, when you have a bag instead of a bowel, is not good.
Bernie Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive 'Who's, uh... who's achin' for some bacon?'
Tom Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback 'Well, spoils of war, handsome. You want top clients, be more like Amy. Or better.'
Sidney Character Comedy Setup/Punchline 'You are Beyoncé. He is backup bootie.'
Gary Character Comedy Setup/Punchline You listen to me. You are Beyoncé. He is backup bootie.
Gary Observational Character Comedy 'Ma'am, you've got to get back to DC faster than a speeding drunk.'
Ben Wordplay/Pun Observational 'Yeah, six hours till flying cow time.'
Ben Observational Visual Gag 'Hell, yes. I mean, no offense meant, Sue, but when it's just you and me, it's like it's just me.'
Ben Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 'I have had it with her category five fucking snoot.'
Tom Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch It was actually free. I updated my software and it just appeared on my screen. And I was like, 'What is this thing?' And I just picked it up.
Mike Character Comedy Absurdist Callback 'It fell at the first fence and it got shot. And now some French fucker's got it in a baguette.'
Selina Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch 'A number of tall women were molested and Mr. Ryan was one of them.'
Richard Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch 'This isn't damage. Just some shitty building.'
Unknown Observational Deadpan/Understatement O'Brien just pulled a teddy bear out of the ruins of a house.
Kent Observational Character Comedy Come on, let's go. You don't have to say hi to them. We've already said hi to these folks. Come on.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort