Veep in the Media

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The cast and crew gathered on set to watch the last shot back in December:

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You can really buy Selina’s book!

A Woman First: First Woman: The Deeply Personal Memoir by the Former President

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JLD interview on The Big Picture (loved the Pendant Publishing reference). She discusses her cancer, her time on SNL, Seinfeld, and of course Veep/Selina:

Veep's Anna Chlumsky and Reid Scott on GMA (includes a clip from S7):

JLD on GMA:

Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, and Timothy Simons on GMA (includes a clip from S7):

Kevin Dunn, Sam Richardson, and Gary Cole on GMA:

Anna Chlumsky discusses S7 on Build:

Sarah Sutherland discusses S7 on Build:

Reid Scott discusses S7 on Build:

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Who knew Richard has his own blog?

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Splettizens know that this is a perennial topic here in the Splettzone and that I post something about it every year just because the answer is so fun and  counterintuitive.  Unless you have access to some sort of industrial freeze-drying equipment or a good quality laboratory glove box with military grade dehumidification modifications, the best place to store cocaine is…wait for it…in your freezer!

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7 hours ago, meowmommy said:

Who knew Richard has his own blog?

I'm pretty sure someone posted the link here back when it was first mentioned on the show (maybe S5?). It was when Richard was talking about his personal email address and he said that it will be sad when his dad dies but he'll finally get to change his email address from splett2 to splett1. I'm glad they have someone still updating his blog! He has had some hilarious posts!

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JLD and her son Charlie on Seth Meyers:

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On 3/31/2019 at 3:45 AM, ElectricBoogaloo said:

You can really buy Selina’s book!

A Woman First: First Woman: The Deeply Personal Memoir by the Former President

Book on Amazon

I don't know if this has been posted, but there is a campaign website:

https://selinameyerforpresident.com/

"Stateswoman. Champion. Role model. Humanitarian. Visionary. Feminist. Dreamer. Creator. Warrior. Trailblazer. Leader. Selina Meyer has been all those things and more"  There is a donation button, but it does not actually take your money.

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4 hours ago, Roaster said:

I don't know if this has been posted, but there is a campaign website:

https://selinameyerforpresident.com/

"Stateswoman. Champion. Role model. Humanitarian. Visionary. Feminist. Dreamer. Creator. Warrior. Trailblazer. Leader. Selina Meyer has been all those things and more"  There is a donation button, but it does not actually take your money.

But does it delete your address book like the app? 😆

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EW posted an article with one written excerpt from the book and a separate audio excerpt read by JLD with Tony Hale footnoting the text as Gary....and Selina demanding that Gary redact some of the info she's reading and his utter confusion to that suggestion. It's pretty great--I'm going to have to get it when I start missing the show so it'll feel like an extra episode. 

https://ew.com/tv/2019/03/20/veep-excerpt-selina-meyer-autobiography/ 

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I just looked at the front cover of the 'book' and just died. 

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I love that is a "100-ish page book."  That sounds about right for the powerhouse team of Mike an Selina. 

There is a website for Jonah's campaign. Among "Jonah's Issues" are Toxic Math and Tip Jars.  

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I love the picture they have at the HBO site for Veep. Selena used to look so happy.

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JLD explains 9 outfits from Seinfeld through Veep:

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Veep cast on Colbert:

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Fantastic article from Vulture/New York on the taping of the finale:

https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/veep-series-finale.html

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Anna Chlumsky interview about Amy's abortion and her relationship with Dan

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Mandel, Frank Rich, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Timothy C. Simons, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, and Clea DuVall discuss the final season of Veep at the 92nd Street Y:

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JLD and David Mandel sit down for long interview on Pod Save America, the 5/30/19 episode.

She's pretty animated, seems to really like being on the podcast.

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11 hours ago, scrb said:

JLD and David Mandel sit down for long interview on Pod Save America, the 5/30/19 episode.

She's pretty animated, seems to really like being on the podcast.

I appreciated David Mandel's overly-effusive claim that JLD's cancer was "the best thing to ever happen to the show". Dark humour that completely fits the Veep wheelhouse.

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The Emmy nominations are out and both Veep and JLD are again on the ballot. Tough competition, though.

Anna Chlumsky and Tony Hale also got nominations.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/emmy-awards-2019-nominees-list-161913223.html

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Julia and Anna at the Emmys:

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I'm imagining what Selina would say about this dress. I think she would hate it purely based on the color.

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S7 bloopers and wrap speeches from several of the cast members:

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Critics' Choice Award nomination!

Best Actress in a Comedy Series – Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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If I Wrote a Coronavirus Episode

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President Selina Meyer, Veep

Note: The following is an excerpt from Size 2: The Year(s) of Selina Meyer, by Robert A. Caro. Mr. Caro managed to write this “quickie” life story in just 18 months before resuming work on his final volume of Lyndon Johnson’s biography, saying, “I chose Meyer because I write about power, and I thought it would be interesting to write about someone with very little of it.”

Chapter 28: January 2020

For a politician who hated everyday people almost as much as she hated touching them, President Selina Meyer’s role in fighting COVID-19 would prove quite ironic.

On the morning of January 3, President Meyer received her usual intelligence briefing and was informed of disturbing discussions between the Chinese government and the head of the CDC, her former physician, Dr. Hector Abernathy. This was the first on-the-record mention of the virus which had been spreading in the Wuhan province of China. According to contemporaneous notes, the president initially remarked “Ruh-roh” but then quickly lost interest and instead asked Dr. Abernathy a series of extensive follow-up questions on “what he could do about a real national crisis: her neck.” The CIA director then finished his briefing by stating that the virus represented a “serious threat” to the United States: “Nobody knew when it would arrive here, but it would be severe.” That was when Meyer shocked everyone.

As it turned out, President Selina Meyer was already familiar with the notion of a global pandemic, thanks to her former senior strategist Kent Davison, who believed “the only effective way to combat climate change was through a culling of the human population and the simultaneous construction of a system of electromagnetic trains à la the film Snowpiercer.” Meyer knew an actual pandemic could be deadly, and more importantly, she did not like sick people. They “grossed her out.” She did not like sick people at all. Or old people. “Or ugly people also,” a staffer recalled. She had stocked her administration with healthy, young, good-looking, immunocompetent people. But not too good-looking, because she also hated any competition. Regardless, between the virus warnings and her dislike of sick people as well as her long-seeded dislike of people from overseas, President Meyer sprung into action.

Just a few short hours after that initial intelligence briefing, Meyer created the office of “COVID-19 response coordinator,” and immediately appointed Secretary of Agriculture Richard Splett to be in charge of the full government response. With his background in veterinary medicine and having written his doctoral thesis on the “viral diseases of pet bats and what to name them,” Splett was the perfect choice for the job, and he immediately began a full government inventory of all medical PPE supplies including gloves, protective face masks, and respirators. Based on Splett’s recommendations and the NSC’s “pandemic playbook,” new and increased funding was diverted to state hospitals and medical facilities across the country while the president personally ordered millions of new masks and respirators for the coming crisis as well as billions to be diverted for testing and vaccines. Splett also began daily press briefings and became a familiar and calming presence to the American people.

Despite Meyer’s closing international travel to China and other — as she had been calling them for years — “infected countries,” the virus did reach America as expected. There was some belief that it was brought to America by CBS anchor Mike McLintock, who brought back a pet pangolin from China for his adopted daughter and may have eaten a bat while there. “I thought since I was in China, I should try a bat,” McLintock allegedly told friends.

But regardless of how exactly the virus reached America, it found the country ready. Meyer and Splett, with an almost three-month head start, had millions of COVID-19 tests waiting, with multiple testing centers set up across every state, which allowed them to track the virus and beat it back. When citizens were infected, quarantine hotels as well as newly built military hospitals were standing by, and the entire Department of Defense, both active and reserve components, was mobilized where needed.

The stock market, in turn, responded to the president’s actions by going higher than in any phase of the Meyer presidency, although still lower than the Hughes or Montez years. As America led by example, her role as the sole superpower was reasserted through the mechanism of soft power, and the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency was reaffirmed. Corporate earnings skyrocketed, and unemployment hit new lows. Meyer, however, particularly disliked the president of Boeing, who had refused to lend her a private jet years earlier, so one night after a few drinks, she angrily invoked the Defense Production Act and took control of the airlines, tanking all airline-related stocks. Later it was discovered that Vice-President Jonah Ryan, who had been sent by the president on a fact-finding mission “up his own asshole,” had gotten a tip about the airlines but misunderstood and sold huge put options, which caused his own personal bankruptcy and possibly led to his later impeachment.

In one of her few successful speeches to the nation, Meyer demanded citizens in every state practice social distancing. Meyer told the nation that she herself would “stay at least 30 feet from her daughter Catherine” if she could.

When it came to the coronavirus, Selina Meyer, who some historians would argue was the most incompetent president since James Buchanan, did what any sensible politician with a brain — from either party — would have done.

 

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale & Tim Simons Discuss VEEP Pilot for Direct Relief Fundraising

 

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JLD accounced there will be a Veep reunion

The reunion will take place on Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. CST and will feature “Veep” cast members including Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Sam Richardson, Tim Simons, Tony Hale, Clea Duvall and Matt Walsh, plus some surprise guests. David Mandel, an executive producer on the show, will moderate the event, which will only be livestreamed once.

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Inside the 'Veep' Virtual Reunion That Raised $500K (and Counting) for the Biden Campaign

If you missed the Veep reunion on Sunday, you can donate here to watch it on demand.