Veep (TV series)/Trivia

• Actor Allusion: Saturday Night Live, where Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member in the '80s, runs a sketch mocking Selina, which she defuses by appearing on the show herself.
• Development Hell: In 2007, ABC rejected a proposed American version of The Thick of It that would have centered around a newly elected congressman. Various networks expressed intererest in adapting The Thick of It after ABC passed, with HBO eventually picking the show up and changing the lead character from congressman to Vice President.
• Fake American: Hugh Laurie appears in Season 4, playing Tom James, an American politician.
• Fake Nationality: The Finnish Prime Minister and her husband are played by the British Sally Phillips and the Canadian Dave Foley.
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • Huh, I never figured Elaine Benes would become the VP.
  • Dear Lord, Buster Bluth as the Vice President's body man?
  • The Veep's chief of staff is Vada Sultenfuss!
  • Buddy Garrity is now a senator, god help us all.
  • In "Baseball", Jimmy Barrett is taking pictures at an event attended by Landfill.
• You Look Familiar: Anna Chlumksy, who plays Amy, previously played Liza Weld, a similar character in In the Loop, Iannucci's previous work.