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Sam Richardson

Richard Splett

Played by Sam Richardson

107 jokes across 35 episodes of Veep

WAR

22.6

Total Jokes

107

Avg Craft

7.2

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Richard delivers 107 scored jokes across 35 episodes of Veep, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 22.6. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Richard Lines

All Jokes — 105 total

S3E01

Hey, Richard, no offense... None taken. ...you're a catastrophe. Okay.

7.37.2
S3E01

Do you have a preference on water? Because I'm all about Fiji.

6.65.7
S3E02

Kelly and I go way back. She's like another me.

6.76.0
S3E10

Richard: 'Dynamic Duo' came in. That's Batman, Boy Wonder... young... Lady Wonder.

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S3E10

Richard: Yeah, I'll hit the phones until I have a sore throat and a hot ear.

7.36.8
S4E01

Illinois Institute of Technology.

7.16.7
S4E01

Your job is very interesting. Challenging. Very exciting job. My job, yes, it is. The job I have is a very good job.

6.96.3
S4E02

Am I being 'Punk'd'? Is this hazing? Happened to my brother once. He did not handle it well.

6.66.5
S4E03

He was up to his thighs in it.

6.76.0
S4E03

That isn't, Jonah. That's sexual harassment.

7.17.0
S4E05

Eggnog latte if it's in season. Is it? No, it isn't. Okay, I'll have a skinny cap.

6.56.0
S4E06

'VP Doyle's a lame duck. And you know what you do with lame animals?' 'You care for them.' 'You shoot them dead.'

7.27.0
S4E06

'Well, you do have that one purple shirt that looks a bit blousy, but...'

7.16.7
S4E06

'A number of tall women were molested and Mr. Ryan was one of them.'

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S4E07

Yeah, help you forget about being molested.

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S4E07

It's like words are your second language, sir.

7.37.0
S4E07

Don't know why I said T. My middle name is John.

6.96.3
S4E07

Your face looks kind of like a sad egg.

7.67.3
S4E08

So if I can offer any web design or support... Sir, can I ask you how you're going to vote today? No. Is that no as in I can't ask you or no as in...

7.07.0
S4E08

I took a precision driving class, Dan. I think I know what I'm doing.

7.27.0
S4E08

Okay, new rule in the Cube. If your name begins with D, you need to shut the fuck up immediately. I'm fine because my name begins with an R.

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S4E08

Not if we shorten it to Dick. Well, I mean...

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S4E08

I brought him also, ma'am. Richard Splett. She already knows who you are. You can go. No, no, no. Not you. Not you.

6.76.0
S5E01

Two. Constitutional law and veterinary medicine, which was my fallback. But you were getting my coffee. Which is much harder 'cause you have so many different moods.

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S5E01

I actually did my doctorate in recount procedures in the West. Excellent work, Richard. Richard works for me.

8.07.5
S5E01

She's Uncle Dursley and she's got the great wizard Harry Potter living under the staircase. Do you see that? But what happens in the Harry Potter books? He rises up and he kills all the muggles. I don't think that's what happens.

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S5E01

Like an empty cop car they park on the side of the road to slow speeders. Those cars are empty?

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S5E01

You know Jonah. He works for me. In fact, you two used to date, but you never got over him.

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S5E02

Or you could email me at splett2@splettnet.net. Splett1 is my father. It'll be sad to see him go, but it'll be nice to get my hands on that handle, you know?

7.78.2
S5E02

So it doesn't say 'Fuck Selina Meyer.' It says, you know, 'Fuck, Selina Meyer!' That's a testament to this voter's earthy but unambiguous enthusiasm for President Meyer.

8.28.7
S5E02

Can Paul McCartney teach Kid Rock how to be a good songwriter? I mean, that's a bad example. Kid Rock rules, but...

7.57.3
S5E02

Sorry. You should read C.S. Lewis's book on grief. It's not as fun as 'The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe' series, but it's still pretty good.

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S5E02

How. Me suck pee pee in teepee.

4.25.0
S5E02

Oh, that was a fuck, comma, today, yes!

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S5E03

This is like that famous scene from the movie 'Heat.' You know, with De Niro and Brenneman. Just thinking about that scene gives me goose bumps

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S5E03

This is like that famous scene from the movie 'Heat.' You know, with De Niro and Brenneman. Just thinking about that scene gives me goose bumps.

7.37.0
S5E03

Sometimes up to 16% end up missing or thrown out. - Is that what this is about? - The missing ballots in Washoe County.

7.47.2
S5E03

Funny thing about elections, historically there've always been leftover ballots. Sometimes up to 16% end up missing or thrown out

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S5E03

Holy bacon double Asperger's.

6.86.3
S5E05

It's like a wererabbit.

7.06.3
S5E06

They said that we can't use the song 'Working Man' anymore because they find you odious.

6.66.5
S5E07

I got it! I got it! The widow saw me filming her and she got mad. She called me some truly awful things. - Oh, thank you, Satan.

7.26.7
S5E07

I went to turn it on, but it was already on, so I turned it off. Then I went to turn it off, but it already was off, so I turned it on.

7.67.3
S5E09

Plus she taught me how to make sure the camera is on.

6.56.3
S5E09

I just thank God I didn't hit those schoolchildren. Who gives a fuck about them? Go! Go!

7.88.0
S5E10

Sir, by any objective standards, Colt, Brady, and Mason are unequivocally hot, not not.

7.16.7
S5E10

Maybe my auntie was actually my real mother and my mother was actually my grandmother. Ah, wow, that's starting to make a whole lot of sense. Everybody knew about it but me, too.

7.26.8
S6E01

it's cha-king. No, it's cha-king.

7.26.3
S6E02

Are we running from something scary, ma'am? No. Richard, you slow down. It'll look like I'm not running. Gary, you go fast. Yep! Oh, no, that's too fast.

7.17.0
S6E02

Because you served less than one year? No. Because nobody gives me any respect.

6.86.7
S6E02

I'm gonna scratch it into the paper and then kind of go back over and trace over and see what I wrote before, like in a suspense movie.

6.76.3
S6E02

I'm not really comfortable with that kind of language.

6.56.3
S6E03

I got a Georgian SIM card. Got text forwarding. I'll here from you?

6.96.3
S6E03

The same thing happened to me! Oh, my God! / Oh, my God, oh, my God. / How did it happen?

6.66.5
S6E03

I will give you my sperm. / Oh, great! / Yeah. / I thought that would take a lot longer.

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S6E03

You know, the band's name translates to Panzer Division. - What?

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S6E04

No, ma'am, you have a meeting with Tanz at 2:00. - Oh, thank you very much, Richard

6.45.5
S6E04

I want you to get in touch with Ed McPherson on Judiciary 'cause he's building an infinity pool. On it. Too late.

7.26.7
S6E04

It's hot flashy. / It's totally normal.

6.75.8
S6E04

Did I die? Is this heaven? Yeah, he keeps waking up and asking that

6.56.0
S6E04

You had a heart attack, Gary. For the third freaking time.

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S6E04

Monday, it's the day after Daylight Saving Time. It's my favorite holiday 'cause it's like living in a tiny version of 'Back to the Future'

8.07.7
S6E05

Well, my father and I both hate eating butterscotch, but love to say it. Butterscotch.

8.17.8
S6E05

Grandma Splett always said that self-pleasure was a sin like microwaves or laughter.

7.17.3
S6E05

No. Worse comes to worst, I'll burn in hell like Grandma Splett.

7.87.5
S6E06

Like Catherine's eyes.

6.96.2
S6E06

Maybe I can stop masturbating now.

7.17.2
S6E06

A peace lady? ... Yes, thank you very much, Richard! Richard is thinking.

7.37.0
S6E06

You look like redheaded bacon.

7.26.7
S6E06

NuvaRing is gonna dig this a lot. ... It's Nyaring.

7.67.2
S6E07

So, today. That's a bit of a brain twister.

6.15.3
S6E07

It'll be my first human birth, so.

7.67.5
S6E08

I tried to explain to him that Birmingham ranks low on the jihadi to-do list.

7.47.0
S6E09

Now that's a pun!

6.66.0
S6E09

Which, again, is tomorrow night, not tonight, despite the title.

6.75.7
S6E10

See, the box is empty to show that all you need to be happy is right here. - Well, that's stupid. - Yeah, it was a waste of $30.

7.47.0
S6E10

Can I petition for a recall against Ezra? - Unequivocally, no. - That's a great idea. - That's awesome.

7.47.0
S6E10

Does a rabbit need a yearly vaccination for myxomatosis? It does. Well, maybe. It depends on the rabbit. - But, yes.

7.06.8
S7E01

'Boasters are roasters,' my Grandma Splett would always say. She had a form of rhyming dementia. It's called Lyndrome Syndrome.

7.66.7
S7E01

Richard, is chocolate bad for dogs? - Oh, no, not bad. Deadly.

7.36.5
S7E02

It's pretty good, right? / It's great, thank you. / She's a lesbian. / No, we get it. / We get the joke.

6.66.0
S7E02

Looks like we're not the only campaign who farted and had to throw their pants away.

7.26.5
S7E02

That could probably be the main cause of your scoliosis. I have scoliosis? Oh, yes. Clearly.

7.16.5
S7E03

Because of my court-ordered chemical castration.

7.27.7
S7E03

Asbestos was the name of their pit bull. It was a rescue that killed its first owner.

8.38.8
S7E03

Happy Abortion Eve.

7.07.7
S7E03

It's my mother's side of the family. Speltt.

7.16.7
S7E03

Where is that Fatty McFatty hiding today? She aborted her unborn fetus.

7.07.0
S7E04

When my uncle stole me, I don't remember where he took me, but I do have this recurring dream where I almost find out.

8.28.3
S7E05

Mayor Splett, how does it feel to be the hero of 7-Eleven? Oh, I'm no hero. I'm just a mayor.

6.65.7
S7E05

Except for the 7-Eleven truthers. They say that no Jewish people were working in the store that day, but there's no Jewish people in Lurlene, so...

7.37.0
S7E05

there's no dipping your quill in the company ink. Copy that. I mean sex. Got it. By that, I mean Willa.

7.06.3
S7E05

That's good enough for me. Can't argue with science.

7.47.3
S7E05

Hilarious. A talking company. Where would the mouth even be?

8.07.8
S7E06

This is where you stick an unfuckable intern.

7.06.7
S7E06

That's for dogs. Uh, that's for dogs.

7.36.7
S7E06

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?

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S7E06

Isn't there any way I can endorse all of them?

7.87.8
S7E07

You just broke North Carolina's transgender bathroom law.

6.96.7
S7E07

New York Times? Krugman is positively creaming his khakis.

6.56.0
S7E07

The Ukraine. - A Wisconsin sister state.

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S7E07

When you listen to rumors, you rue more than... Nope. I don't know where I was going with that.

7.47.0
S7E07

What's wrong with the suit? - Oh, it's not network.

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S7E07

We ruled out beets because he doesn't know what those are. Then had to rule it right back in for the same reason.

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S7E07

Typical.

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