Selina Meyer

Um, this is, you know, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the, is the main character.

She's Selina Meyer.

Um, you know, we have some disagreement on this.

I, I think The Thick Of It is better than Veep.

Um, you know, the th- you know, I don't think we're giving it away, but, you know, kind of...

Malcolm Tucker kind of, you know, he, he...

He's held accountable eventually, right? Selina Meyer is never held accountable.

Mm.

I don't know how many of you out there are a fan of Veep, the old HBO series with Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of my favorites, but there's a running gag in it.

Selina Meyer, the vice president, always finishes calls with her secretary by asking, did the president call? And the secretary always responds flatly, no.

I love that joke, and I think it's appropriate for today's question, which comes from Kelly in North Carolina.

Hi, Bob.

of the show Veep? Oh, I love the show Veep.

I think it's a terrific show.

And I often, when I lecture or write about the vice presidency, I often use that anecdote about Selina Meyer going in and saying, did the president call? Nope.

So it's a great show.

Theories of a Seinfeld curse swirled.

Louise Dreyfuss broke it, first with The New Adventures of Old Christine, which won her another Emmy, and then with Veep, on which she played Selina Meyer, the vino vice president and eventually the president.

Frank Rich, an executive producer on the show and a former New York Times columnist, marveled at her ability to make a difficult character nearly lovable.

She finds something in herself that makes you sympathize often with characters who can be a very demanding, very competitive and very annoying, Rich said.

tony hale one of louise dreyfus's veep co-stars didn't mince words regarding selena she was an absolute monster he said the choices that she made were so horrific and the narcissism was so deep but watching louise dreyfus play her he couldn't keep from smiling as to describe her performance one world came to mind deliciousness Louise Trifas can't defend Selena's choices or the choices of most of her characters, but she loves making them.

Those women entertain me, she said.

They suit me.

And...

the first time Kate looks over at him she doesn't really have any strong reaction she just sort of looks at him he's looking at her it's sort of a normal just like yeah we're all in this situation together and then he does that it reminded me of the Selina Meyer what the

fuck a fucking library

yeah she is just like her whole face sours she is like give me the fuck away from this man I

Theories of a Seinfeld curse swirled.

Louise Dreyfuss broke it, first with The New Adventures of Old Christine, which won her another Emmy, and then with Veep, on which she played Selina Meyer, the vino vice president and eventually the president.

Frank Rich, an executive producer on the show and a former New York Times columnist, marveled at her ability to make a difficult character nearly lovable.

She finds something in herself that makes you sympathize often with characters who can be a very demanding, very competitive and very annoying, Rich said.