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Character Analysis

Hugh Laurie

Tom James

Played by Hugh Laurie

81 jokes across 16 episodes of Veep

WAR

12.2

Total Jokes

81

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Tom James delivers 81 scored jokes across 16 episodes of Veep, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 12.2. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Tom James Lines

All Jokes — 20 total

S4E05

I am an Ameri-can with a merry plan. I subscribe to a 'whistle while you work' philosophy. (Blows)

5.75.8
S4E05

I could murder and make a lampshade out of a Manhattan.

7.37.2
S4E05

I could murder and make a lampshade out of a Manhattan.

7.06.8
S4E05

Madam President, I... I had a feeling that this was in the wind. Sure, okay. Yeah. I'm afraid, with deep regret... Oh, my God. That I'm going to have to accept.

7.37.2
S4E05

I'm afraid, with deep regret... I'm going to have to accept.

8.08.5
S4E07

I'm not sure what a fake car would be exactly.

6.86.0
S4E07

I should be president or something.

6.86.5
S4E07

Sa-shi-mi... Listen to the shus and the mis.

6.76.2
S4E07

Oh, duck 'cause I ducked. Very clever. Very funny.

6.46.0
S5E05

His comprehension of the word no hovers somewhere around drunk college quarterback level.

7.26.8
S5E05

I try not to act like an alcoholic father who has just stepped on a Lego.

7.87.8
S5E05

I'm fucking with you. Come on, let's go.

6.75.5
S5E05

I mean sell my sweet white ass on a street corner jonesing.

6.46.3
S5E09

Playing catcher is kind of like being the economy czar. There's not a lot of glory, but a lot of squatting. A lot of asses in your face.

7.06.5
S5E09

Oh, yeah, like one of those movies for people who like to be sad.

6.76.2
S5E09

All right, I wanted to fuck you! That's right! And now you're trying to fuck me again tonight. No, I am fucking you tonight! No, I'm gonna fuck you! No, no, no, no, no...

7.06.8
S5E10

Well, I've always dreamed of living in a small town, having a little place on Main Street, hanging a shingle out front, and running my own little multibillion-dollar hedge fund

7.87.8
S7E07

One of the nice things about being dead is, it gives you time to think. Also, fewer telemarketers.

7.06.5
S7E07

What do you think I'm trying to do?

6.35.7
S7E07

The party and the nation will never forget all that door you pushed open, yes, backwards and in heels.

6.86.5