Veep

Veep is a political sitcom which began on HBO in 2012, focusing on Vice President (and later President) Selina Meyer.

Muppet Mentions

 * In the first season episode "Helsinki," Dan asks Mike, "How do you do that Fozzie Bear happy guy 'Wocka Wocka' bullshit to get the press to like you?"


 * In the second season episode "Midterms," Selina refers to Jonah as Big Bird.


 * In the third season episode "Alicia," Selina's daughter Catherine talks about her lack of a childhood: "Posing for Christmas cards, watching C-SPAN instead of Sesame Street, going to memorials of old Israeli men that I've never even heard of."


 * In the fourth season episode "B/ill," Mike is again compared to Fozzie, less flatteringly, by Tom James: "You're Fozzie Bear that's been ripped up and used to smuggle heroin."


 * In the fifth season episode "Mother," Richard carries a sign to a "count the vote" rally. The sign depicts the Count only wrapped like a mummy and wearing a cowboy hat. Actor Sam Richardson (Richard) explained the sign more fully in a tweet, that Richard was warned of copyright infringement, changed him to a mummy, and the hat "was for panache."

Connections

 * Diedrich Bader plays Bill Ericsson (2014-)
 * Brian Doyle-Murray played George Huntzinger in three episodes (2016-2017)
 * Stephen Fry played Nikolai Genidze in "Georgia" (2017)
 * Allison Janney played Janet Ryland in "First Response" (2013)
 * Mimi Kennedy played Mary King in "Andrew" and "New Hampshire" (2014)
 * Phil LaMarr played Paul Graves in four episodes (2014-2017)
 * Hugh Laurie plays Tom James (2015-)
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer
 * Christopher Meloni played Ray Whelans in "Detroit" and "Special Relationship" (2014)
 * Kathy Najimy plays Wendy Keegan (2014-)
 * June Diane Raphael played Helen Wright in "Library" (2017)