Oops! Joe Biden's Team Not So Hot on Julia Louis-Dreyfus' "Veep"
5/9/2012
by Gary Baum


HBO's new White House comedy "Veep", already picked up for a second season, may be acclaimed for its insider's take on the goings-on in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.



But it's not with those who actually work there.

"It would have been more watercooler conversation-inspiring if it had been funnier," one staffer to Vice President Joe Biden tells THR. "The show gets the D.C. personalities right, but it has what's funny about the VP all wrong."



The source notes that in real life the VP — unlike Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character in the pilot — would never be snubbed by a senator:

"A senator would come to him. Not the other way around."



So what would make for good comedy?

"That the VP paradoxically has enormous power and no power — is treated like the president but isn't. But they missed that."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veep-julia-louis-dreyfus-joe-biden-hbo-321751

he should be proud that Julia is playing him - he's never looked sexier

he should be proud that Julia is playing him - he's never looked sexier
Haha omg. So true.

The show is outrageously funny. I hope it beats Modern Family at this year's Emmys. If any comedy has a chance, it's one starring an Emmy darling!

he should be proud that Julia is playing him - he's never looked sexier

So true. :lol:

Seriously though, so far I like it.

I think she definitely thinks of Biden when playing Selina. I mean come on, when Biden goes on national television and talks about what sort of skin cream his wife makes him use....you can't even script such lunacy!

I have to watch it. Is it really that good? Btw, didnt Biden meet Julia a while back saying he liked the show?