Selina tries to finish her book. Selina and her staff prepare for her portrait-unveiling ceremony, while Jonah tries to weasel himself onto the guest list. Dan works on his onscreen-chemistry problem.
Sustained character chaos yields 69 jokes in 39 minutes—Veep's density sweet spot.
Directed by Morgan Sackett · Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham
WAR
74.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Blurb” ranks #18 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.8 — Elite. The episode packs 69 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 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
Okay, is that how we're talking now, Marjorie, like some sort of bi-curious Porky Pig?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Of course I was, but I had the courtesy to seem like I might not!
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Look at my neck. I have pardoned turkeys with fewer waddles.
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch So, it's sci-fi?
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch But unfortunately, I have to return to the Oval Office to deal with the shutdown.
All Jokes — 69 analyzed
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Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch And Mike. - See, Mike? That is good writing.
So, today. That's a bit of a brain twister.
Richard Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Richard, you have such a good sense of humor. Amy, you should take a cue from him, really.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Do you have some bai hao white tip? - I do!
There was an advance? - Quiet, quiet.
Hanukkah. - Canaan, Rabbi. Shut up, Nikhil.
This stupid hat is too small for my head. - Yarmulke. - Fine, this stupid hat is too small for my yarmulke.
Oh, good, 'cause all this learning is giving me a yarmulke ache.
Jonah Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Oh, Jesus Christ! I'm sorry, I can say that now and still get into heaven, right? Actually, Jonah, Jews don't believe in heaven.
Shut the fuck up, Nikhil! Wait, Shawnee, how am I gonna see my dog again? Is there, like, a Jew place for dogs?
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch We're fucked. I don't even remember any of that.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Some things are so dull, you have to block them out. No kidding. I mean, I'm sure that I played with Catherine when she was a child... but for the life of me, I can't remember one second.
Selina Mike Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch So, is it a boy, is it a girl? - Oh, right. It's a baby. - No.
This is a human being you're making, not some Brooklyn-based, artisanal chocolate bar.
Selina Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Okay, is that how we're talking now, Marjorie, like some sort of bi-curious Porky Pig?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch I had an aunt who transitioned twice. She was trapped inside a man, and then that man was trapped inside of another woman. - Oh, like a turducken.
Leslie or Dana if it's a boy and... And for a girl we like Linus. - Seriously? - That feels like child abuse.
It'll be my first human birth, so.
Richard Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Yeah, but, I mean, does anybody really give a shit about two average-looking lesbians?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kent?! My snatch isn't a data port!
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch You... you said it was at the Congressional Ball. - Oh, did I say that? - I think so.
God, how can anybody jerk off to her with him sitting right there? - I'm sure you'll find a way, Congressman.
Because we worked for the president and didn't cost her the presidency. And because we don't look like Herman Munster's brother who liked to molest that pudgy werewolf kid.
Dan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie, also played by Fred Gwynne. Season one, episode nine.
Kent Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback No, I'm bringing my jai alai instructor. - Female. - Ish.
Kent Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Maybe I'm gonna go hire some women, and I'm gonna make them date me.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort And I'm Dan Egan, bringing you your morning every morning of every day for many mornings to come.
Dan Character Comedy Awkward Silence You sound like a Scientologist.
Brie Character Comedy Observational Jesus, we were not fucking! - Okay, going down on each other, whatever. I don't wanna know!
But I... I'm actually fucking her. - Dan! - Aren't you engaged to a Yankee?
Maybe you two should fuck differently, then. I don't know. That's where I draw the line, man. I don't take notes on how I fuck.
So, it's sci-fi?
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch And in the end, I just turned out to be another blue bottle fly feeding on a heaping mouthful of Seabiscuit's finest.
Tom Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Oh, my God, why did I have to fuck the last remaining gentleman in Washington? - God! - Who said that? Was that Dolley Madison? - It was James Madison.
Everyone was unless you're a mole person who was cast out of his underground society for keistering sewer rats. - I wasn't invited. - I know.
You are addicted to spending like the proverbial drunken sailor.
Well, it's your casa white-o, as you would say.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort You haven't heard the last of Jonah Ryan.
Jonah Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Cutting aid to Israel! - Whoa, no! We're not gonna do that. Are you crazy? - Cutting aid to veterans. - Great! - They volunteered, right?
Okay, so I have got a White House book that is hotter than Nancy Reagan's guide to cocksucking.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch She's a year older than me. - Okay, that is a fucking lie!
This is like Black History Month. It never fucking ends!
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Do you want me to 69 him? - Oh, 86.
If Jackie Kennedy can go through the day with her husband's philandering brains all over her dress and her head held high, looking stunning, even though they made her ride around in a convertible like an animal, I might add, you can go to the White House tomorrow
Gary Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch even though they made her ride around in a convertible like an animal, I might add
Gary Observational Character Comedy where he couldn't even unzip the back of your dress. - Wait a minute, what? How do you know that? - It was in Mike's notes.
And if one person mentions Tom James to me, I'm gonna go piss in that punch bowl.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Well, well, well, sorry, boys, no votes today on legalizing tiny Fleshlights for micro wangs. Except for you, Gellardi. I'd wager it takes a whole roll of duct tape to strap down your hog of a cock.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Like my labradoodle, Teddy, when I cover his cock in honey and give him a sticky licky. - No, bad!
And when something's broken, you shut it down, and then you turn it back on again like with a router.
Jonah Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch I know one thing... she's the one who put my sweater in the dryer. - Yes!
What is this Dixie cup shit show? It's like we teleported to post-Katrina Mississippi.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Congressman Furlong. - Brookheimer! Got your dong of a résumé.
You're stronger than me, and you have a higher reserve of dignity and self-worth. And I'm trapped in a cycle of abuse.
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Of course I was, but I had the courtesy to seem like I might not!
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch You've got more issues than 'National Geographic.'
Tom Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Oh, ho, ho! So, you did want me to call. Oh, oh, poor Tommy. He wanted me to call him afterwards.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation Yeah, well, you know what, you can have your trophy wife and your trophy office and your trophy baby, who you won't even live to see go to college, but I still got to be president, and, tsk, you never will.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I swear to God, Tom James just wanted to fuck me right now. - What?! - Yeah, we had a real moment. But he's too much of a pussy to go for my pussy.
No, no, no, I'm not talking about the Green Room. That was just a good, old-fashioned hate fuck.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort That when we were in Los Angeles and we walked out onto the stage to accept the nomination, and you grabbed my hand and you held it up high, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, he's holding my hand.'
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Is that her name or is that the pill you take to fuck her?
Selina Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch But unfortunately, I have to return to the Oval Office to deal with the shutdown.
You know, because maybe in a hundred years, all that anyone will remember is that you have your portrait hanging on a wall in the White House.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Yeah, that cow put the chair in the painting. - What chair? - The fucking chair in that painting is the chair that she made love to Andrew on.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Look at my neck. I have pardoned turkeys with fewer waddles.
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jesus Christ, underage Muslim brides are less traumatized at their unveiling.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Remember, every day starts with morning.
Brie Character Comedy Absurdist