Selina tries to arrange a meeting via her Finnish contact Minna. Gary helps Catherine plan a big event. Jonah and Amy push an anti-vax message in Pennsylvania. Mike finds a new home. Richard may have an enemy.
Ninety jokes in forty-three minutes—Veep's densest finale run-up hits series peak velocity.
Directed by Brad Hall · Written by Steve Hely, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz
WAR
109.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Oslo” ranks #6 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.1 — Elite. The episode packs 89 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.1 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 can have Tibet. What? Yeah. You can have Tibet back.
Selina Lu Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback I feel like the Grim Reaper just dropped his scythe and started eating me out!
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy There's two things Americans don't like to see get hurt: animals, and white girls on spring break.
Kent Observational Dark/Subversive Joint Special Operations Command. JSOC.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy Oh, please, I've got America on my side, and America doesn't give a shit about anything!
Selina Observational Character Comedy All Jokes — 89 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Selina Meyer! The woman who freed Tibet!
It's kinda like the Peace Prize Junior.
Leon Deadpan/Understatement I wanna sound like Bono trying to impress his own reflection in the mirror.
Selina Observational Character Comedy The Nobel people don't ask too many questions if you buy a table. Ma'am, at this point, they're just trying to avoid losing the building.
Ben Dark/Subversive Escalation I think it's pronounced 'half-white.' Well, 'tomato, mulatto.'
mini-vegan pigs in gluten-free blankets
Because without an American marriage license, U.S. community property laws do not apply, my darling.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive That's fine. You and your maid of honor here can sit me next to whatever Injun Joe you want.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Face to face, I can convince anyone of anything. - That's not true. - Incorrect. You're both wrong. - Both: You're right.
Lu developed a real hankering for Finnish furburger back at Camp David. He eye-fucked her so bad he got retinal herpes.
Ben Setup/Punchline Escalation - I don't get the attraction. - Oh, I do.
Maybe you should let 'em choke you. You think they would rather choke me than listen to me talk? I can only speak for myself.
Oh, my gosh, I didn't know you were still alive.
Selina Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement The Russians reinstalled me when they invaded Georgia. Ha! - Oh, good for you. - Factory reboot. Both: Beep-boop-beep-beep-boop.
Leeds United. No English players, so pretty good team.
Murman Observational Dark/Subversive America does not stand for foreign interference in our elections! Who do you think that I am? - Yes, of course. Of course. - It's an outrage! - New topic. New topic.
I'd rather deal with the Russian mob than with those real estate people. It's because they're unethical, that's what they are.
Or else we'll tell the whole world how you vaporized a DRA leader's wedding with Hellfire missiles and also took a huge laser-guided shit all over Pakistani sovereignty
Keith Escalation Wordplay/Pun It was classified-- until somebody on your staff clicked on 'Asian Girls Bound and Gagged.'
Keith Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Oh, Ben. Or Kent. Or Leon. Oh, God. Or Marjorie.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Hey, Siri, you fuck my dad? Siri: I don't know how to respond to that. Typical woman.
The guests are vegan, and the president won't eat anything without a face.
Gary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy So I droned a couple wedding civilians on the wrong side of the Af-Pak border.
Selina Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive 'dr-droned a wedding' is, uh, American slang for, uh... 'I got it, I nailed it.'
Selina Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort No, no, no. Really. Like, 'I droned that wedding, man!' I do not think that it is slang of any kind.
Do they give Nobel Peace Prizes to war criminals, Minna? All the time. Aung San Suu Kyi, Henry Kissinger
I called Interpol before we got in the car.
Minna Misdirection Escalation Sweet Viking Christ! Come on!
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy As the former president of the United States, truth and justice can gargle my balls.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation That's because Autistic Barbie here tattled on me over the wedding drone strike.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive I'd just as soon stay at an Embassy Suites.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy She prefers the word 'spa.'
Ben Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy This is where you stick an unfuckable intern.
Richard Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Last night I tried to find one non-chain restaurant to eat at, and Yelp basically told me to go Fuddrucker myself.
Dan Wordplay/Pun Observational Save it, Manhattan Date Rape Mystery.
Although publically, Montez claims to be considering all options. Privately, I heard she's been doing impressions of you getting broom-sticked in prison.
Ben Dark/Subversive Escalation Are people actually laughing at that impression? - No. - Yes.
Well, no offense, Ben, but honestly, that could be, like, tonight. - God willing.
Ambassador Costas was Montez's husband's chiropractor.
Ben Observational Character Comedy From the bottom of my heart, I truly and completely forgive you. Now shut the living fuck up.
Streptococksucker.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy You infected all those nutballs who don't believe in vaccinations! Well, serves 'em right.
Were you too busy bed-wetting and cutting fuck-holes in watermelons? Amy, that only works with fleshy melons. And sometimes pumpkins.
Were you too busy bed-wetting and cutting fuck-holes in watermelons?
Amy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort I hate you so much I could walk into a supermarket and shoot everybody.
Jonah Dark/Subversive Escalation I hate you so much I could walk into a supermarket and shoot everybody.
Jonah Escalation Dark/Subversive OK, you can be my dad. I can be what? You can be my dad if you want. I love you too, Daddy. No homo.
Amerikkalainen war criminal syo kaikki.
Minna Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement I feel like the Grim Reaper just dropped his scythe and started eating me out!
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy Ma'am, we got bigger reindeer to fuck here.
Ben Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Yes. Yeah, I believe it is. Apparently, Al Bashir had some sort of a private zoo, and that's actually how we were able to locate him. And boom! Wow! There goes the elephant.
Yes. Yeah, I believe it is. Apparently, Al Bashir had some sort of a private zoo, and that's actually how we were able to locate him.
Selina Dark/Subversive Observational but if anyone's crawling out of our cesspool of a state to become his Ag Sec, it's gonna be this pigfucker.
but if anyone's crawling out of our cesspool of a state to become his Ag Sec, it's gonna be this pigfucker.
They are... the same. And how is the blushing bride?
I didn't know the theme of the wedding was Edward Scissor Sisters.
Selina Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Those sandwiches aren't gonna finger themselves.
Gary Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy And I'm amazed by your look.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy And I'm amazed by your look.
Selina Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Fuck me with a side of ranch.
Jonah Absurdist Character Comedy Two generations of scabs, yo!
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort No. I feel fucking pretty.
Joint Special Operations Command. JSOC.
Selina Absurdist Character Comedy Local citizens banded together in secret to assist the Nazis.
Murman Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Once, I told my enemy it was tunnel escape, but in fact, I just buried him alive. Actually, it was her, but story is funnier with a man, huh? In these MeToo days, you know?
Murman Dark/Subversive Meta/Self-Referential Just kidding. You believed me! You are bad.
Ma'am, that's the Nobel Prize of bad ideas! - No, that's economics, OK?
Oh, please, I've got America on my side, and America doesn't give a shit about anything!
Selina Observational Character Comedy Tell him to get his dick out of whatever homeless woman froze to death in front of the hotel
Selina Escalation Dark/Subversive Oh, Ames, I almost offered to help your career, then bang you and tell everybody in the office you're an unstable slut.
Dan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive You barely worked at the White House. Ho ho ho ho!
Dan Amy Character Comedy Reaction Beat And we can do genetic testing to make sure they're not born dead.
Beth Absurdist Character Comedy Hey, Mom, will you make us some pancakes? Go to the store to make pancakes! Both: Pancakes! Pancakes!
That's for dogs. Uh, that's for dogs.
Richard Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy You can have Tibet. What? Yeah. You can have Tibet back.
Selina Lu Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Well, it's barely a democracy, so...
Selina Observational Character Comedy When the committee called to tell me I would be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize-- Summit award-- I considered telling them I didn't want it.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort Callback Tibet's lamas, like these right here sitting in the front row, looking at me... would certainly be imprisoned and tortured in the most vicious ways imaginable... possibly even k-illed.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback You're fired. All right, let's get out of here. Take this piece of shit.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Sorry you killed your own father and I wasn't there to see it! I can't! I can't believe you gave him chicken pox. I always had you pegged as an AIDS guy.
And I guess I don't even know if I liked him that much, because he probably woulda sucked like all of my other step-dads. And I don't care that he's dead, because I am very strong.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort There's two things Americans don't like to see get hurt: animals, and white girls on spring break.
Kent Observational Dark/Subversive And when I say Lord, I mean Jesus Christ Almighty, not the Jewish one.
Jonah Character Comedy Dark/Subversive He had this carne asada that I think was a family recipe. That guy stays.
Jonah Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Someday you'll be an old man, and you'll-- Governor, now that you're a super-delegate, have you given any thought as to who you're gonna be endorsing at the convention? Isn't there any way I can endorse all of them?
Isn't there any way I can endorse all of them?
I haven't been funny since 1987.
Kent Deadpan/Understatement Meta/Self-Referential I just wanna be president. Do you want six almonds? No!