Selina settles on a location for her presidential library. Dan lands in a gossip column. Mike and Selina work on her book. Jonah tries to cement a big donation. Gary manages a mini-crisis at Madame Tussauds.
81-point episode rides 59 jokes in 38 minutes, banking on character chaos over setup precision.
Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller · Written by Gabrielle Allan, Jennifer Crittenden
WAR
64.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Chicklet” ranks #23 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.8 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Selina landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
God Almighty, I wish I'd been assassinated in office.
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Honestly, it was one less thing to worry about.
Shawnee Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Huh, that's actually right when I started working with you.
Mike Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Well, my father and I both hate eating butterscotch, but love to say it. Butterscotch.
Richard Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Is this the Hall of Half-Term Wonders?
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ American University sounds like a made-up college in Egypt.
Selina Observational Character Comedy You understand that, Amy, that even Richard has trouble understanding you?
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Even that sanctimonious fraud Carter had a library.
Selina Character Comedy Observational American University, it's like American Univer-shit.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy I look like I'm trying out for 'The Price is Right.'
Selina Observational Character Comedy God Almighty, I wish I'd been assassinated in office.
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Although, with my luck, I'd be then crippled for life, sitting in a wheelchair in my reading room with my name on the thing.
Selina Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch They haven't agreed to putting your name on anything, ma'am.
Amy Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Oh, God, I hate every food ever, from everywhere.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation Have you tried ice cream? Ugh.
Is this the Hall of Half-Term Wonders?
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy I thought that was Craig T. Nelson.
Gary Observational Visual Gag ★ Rewatch The real one was made of wood.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Just do it before I melt down that whole collection and use it to wax Madame Tussauds' big, fat, nasty snatch!
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Trust me, Amy, it was not the heart attack that depressed your dad.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy I just feel like I'm a thick, dark fog and everyone disappoints me and nothing works out, and what's the point of anything anyway?
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm 'Cause I'm getting 14 hours of sleep a night.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation Both of them went to town on me. It was brutal. I cried so hard, I threw up, but it was the best thing I've ever done.
Mike Cringe/Discomfort Escalation You're in therapy? Since when? Since I was 13.
Well, what you really needed was a dermatologist.
Selina Character Comedy Reaction Beat Well, my father and I both hate eating butterscotch, but love to say it. Butterscotch.
Richard Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oh, no, it's a graveyard that sells gum.
I show assholes the door.
Here's a statement... your investment is doing quite well.
Andrew Setup/Punchline Character Comedy And then we just hired the least fuckable press secretary we could find.
Selina Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Huh, that's actually right when I started working with you.
Mike Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch which is a line of prison inmates standing on each other's shoulders trying to sodomize you.
I'm the daughter. Gross.
Shawnee Setup/Punchline Reaction Beat More crime means more for-profit prisons. We're gonna lock 'em up and we're gonna fry 'em.
If you kill them, they can't get arrested again. That's how we make our money.
Shawnee Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Failure to thrive at birth... fuck that. Puberty at 19. When it hit, it hit like a fucking thunderbolt. Third grade reading level in the tenth grade.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation Mother up and sold her. She hated all animals that she couldn't eat or wear.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive In 10 years, we'll be taking vacations together.
Mike Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm What is this, Yonkers?
Selina Observational Character Comedy Oh, that Chinese one?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Grandma Splett always said that self-pleasure was a sin like microwaves or laughter.
Richard Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch No. Worse comes to worst, I'll burn in hell like Grandma Splett.
Richard Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Honestly, it was one less thing to worry about.
Shawnee Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy They're fucking her in the ass?
Amy Setup/Punchline Visual Gag You're as useless as a dick at a roller derby.
Amy Character Comedy Observational Zero anal access. How's that for a new deal?
Dan Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag for a president who is currently more famous for being a jizz sock for Times Square tourists
Amy Character Comedy Escalation Your dad sold it to get the IRS off of his back.
Died right on top of her. What a way to go. She was built, my God.
you know, because your dad was always taking her to the doctor.
Pay me! Pay me, bitch!
Mike Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Why do shoes cost so much money?! I wish I had peed first. Why do I always wait so long to pee? I'm a grown man! I shouldn't eat when I'm full!
Mike Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch I shouldn't eat when I'm full!
Don't you see? I had no choice but to go into politics and be extraordinary and a sex symbol.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Yes, Danny, I know that we're not actually fucking because you're not a billionaire and I don't wanna catch anything.
by two tits with a degree from American University over there.
So you don't scrape your head, you giant barbecue fork.
Kent Character Comedy Observational No, I'm gonna look like that old popcorn homo.
Jonah Character Comedy Observational Well, ironically, I have bigger tits.
Kent Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy What does Rumpleforeskin want?
Selina Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun It's just, like, a woman's face with sunglasses on.
Catherine Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement So, people were trying to have sex with my statue. Domestic terrorism.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Dominoes.
Gary Reaction Beat Absurdist ★ Rewatch