Armando Iannucci is the King of the Insult. Anyone who’s seen “The Thick of It” or In the Loop, and learned to love Malcolm Tucker’s amazing array of demoralizing putdowns, will never forget where they were the first time they heard, “You couldn't organize a bum rape in the barracks.” Iannucci’s “Veep,” his first American series, has been dishing out some amazingly complex insults in its freshman season, too.
In honor of its finale this Sunday on HBO, here are my 25 favorite.
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My personal favorite: “Oh my God, you work at the White House? Can I blow you?”
That was one of my favorites, too.
If you don’t like this show, it’s probably because you’re stupid.
i think you mixed up slide shows. once you find the one with all the hilarious putdowns and complex insults you should repost. i keep hearing how brilliant this show is so it would be great to finally see the evidence.
Oh get over yourself, you meaty ogre.
To quote LastTexansFan, you’re stupid.
Not having a laugh track threw you off, huh?
To be fair, these insults are considerably less funny out of context, and without those great actors saying them.
you nerds can relax, i was just kidding. i actually watch and enjoy the show. sincerest apologies for pretending to express a dissenting a opinion. i understand how horrifying the feeling of others not agreeing with you can be.
Ah. That there’s a knee-slapper. I’m sure Veep will be bringing you on a writer in no time.
Oh, I get it!
See, what jaroslav is saying is that, despite the article putting forth these quotes as hilarious, ja-ha doesn’t find them funny at all. And – this is genius – he made it sound as if Uproxx got a slideshow of all the unfunniest moments!
Oh, wait…the article just says they’re the “most devastating insults.” Not that they’re “hilarious” or “complex.”
Never mind – Mr hasek is a trolling douche.
Any insult that comes out of Matt Walsh’s mouth and / or aimed at Jonah is my favorite.
Yes to all of this.
A+ Josh
Great list, but needs more hogfucker.
Great post, but you missed the best part of #s 24 and 25: “Hey Jonah, why don’t you go suck your cake.”
This show took all of one episode to hit my “must watch” list.
“What is this? Eat, Pray, fucking Love?”
The using a croissant as a dildo one made me yell-laugh.
If you watched it you’d see Julia Louis-Dreyfus couldn’t get through it without laughing.
Case in point.
Oopie daisey.
I love the way she says “croissant.”
I bet this was like the thirtieth take, at which point they realized that she was NEVER going to be able to keep it straight and just wrapped.
Gah, I want to yell like her. The way she yells “MESS” and “GARY” is fantastic.
The amount of love I have for this show is unexplainable.
I’m saving Veep for the dark time between the end of summer and the beginning of Game of Thrones Season 3.
I love Sen. Doyles response to what he would do if the VP’s office made a certain move on the energy bill:
“I imagine I’d mix ape-shit with bat-shit, raise it to a whole new level of fury and then I’d probably rip your face off and use your eye sockets as a sex toy.”
+1
That’s the one I was waiting for, Chazz.
I think the deserved attention for Jonah has resulted in some under appreciation of the insults throw at Gary.
“My office door should be half the height, so people would have to crawl in here on their goddamn motherfucking knees.”
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Can’t believe that didn’t make the cut
Yeah, that may be my favorite line of the series so far. JLD’s delivery was awesome. As it usually is.
I love that one, but it’s not really an insult. More rant-like. Still great.
Uh, maybe she was insulting the American people for the lack of respect they show her office? Kinda?
/grasps at straws
“If it’s a boy, I’ll name him after you. Call him Fuck Weasel.”
Also, the line at the diner. I don’t remember it precisely, but something like:
“What do you want?”
“To go to another restaurant.”
“What would you like?”
“To eat at another fucking restaurant.”
It’s so much more glorious when you stack them one atop another like this.
Jonah: “Hey hey, it’s the Flunkies! And people say you’re bad at your jobs.”
I’m also fond of Mike referring to Jonah as “tall, dark and tiresome.”
It’s a rare thing: I’m developing a crush on Julia Louis Dreyfuss all over again, nearly 20 goddamn years later.
It’s fucking crazy, right? I think she might be even more attractive now than she was then. “Viagra Prohibitor” my ass.
I wish I had a Gary.
pissface
One of these images shoulda just been packed with that list of nicknames.
Just the excuse I need to post this video:
try again:
I like this show but I only laughed at episode 6
Anna Chlumsky is pretty but Amy drives me friggin wild.
Also, “Has the President called? No.” is hilarious and could have been a substitute for me asking my answering machine about most girls I liked in high school.
It’s more rant-like, but I loved “You’re gonna get on it. You are gonna shut this the fuck down, okay? Because I am busy in there apologizing to that… fucktard. Gaahhhd!”