Ladies and gentlemen i've been on the look out to find as many different types of sitcoms as I can possibly find be they the classic family sitcoms 1950 to 1960's. To something from a different era the point is i've been trying to find alot of different sitcom shows just to see what all the fuss was about and well now i've found myself a workplace sitcom and so join me as I review the first very first episode of Veep with the episode in question being called simply just "Fundraiser" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is Vice President Selina Meyer wants to wants to make the implementation of a Clean Jobs Commission her main legacy however when a Tweet from a member of her staff gets out and annoys the people in the plastics industry Selina must try to do damage control before it's far to freaking late. Now then in terms if what I personally thought about the plot of this particular / very episode in all honesty I honestly thought that the plot of this episode was shockingly really good and I say shockingly because i'm not usually a fan of workplace sitcom plots just because nine times out of ten the plots just aren't that good but nope the plot of this very / particular episode was in all honesty really freaking good in my opinion anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is this shows producer or executive producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer and Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer. Also starring in this episode is Tony Hale as Gary Walsh , Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock , Reid Scott as Dan Egan , Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan , Sufe Bradshaw as Sue Wilson , Kate Burton as Barbara Hallowes , Wil Love as Phil Dorsey , Timothy Hayes Lynch as Mike Dudley and Michael Mack as Paul Burton.
Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode in all honesty I honestly thought / felt that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode was / is really freaking good. This due to two things the first of which being the actors and actresses that are starring in this show are genuinely good actors and actresses and the second of which both the writing and directing are really freaking good.
Now then for those of you who don't know this show is actually an adaptation of classic British BBC comedy TV series The Thick Of It and The The Thick Of Its very own spin off film which is called simply just In The Loop. I will say that in terms of adaptations this is in all honesty a really good adaptation since it keeps the mockumentary look and style of The Thick Of It but but there are alot of changes made to actually show itself for it be it's own very unique thing.
In all honesty i'd say that this episode is a good example of a workplace sitcom since you really do get a feeling comradery between alot of if not all of this shows main cast of characters which is something that I think is essential for a workplace sitcom / comedy to really work. This is because at it's heart a workplace sitcom / comedy are always going to be ensemble comedies and so you need that feeling of comradery between all of the main cast of characters otherwise the show just falls flat on it's face in my opinion anyways / at least.
I will very fully admit that HBO is perhaps the best home for a show like this simply because / due to how grounded in reality this show well and truly is and as such a show like this very / particular show just wouldn't work on a big major network. This is because alot of the major networks prefer sitcoms that aren't grounded that much in reality and so they can have the characters not swearing in certain situations where they would normally swear but because this show is up and on HBO the characters can now fully swear as and when they would normally would do in real life.
Sadly tho this episode isn't perfect as I did personally find some faults / flaws with the actual episode itself. The first of which being the fact that none of the characters in this episode at least come across as being that likable which I get it that might be the point since this show is meant to satirize American politics but at the same time this is still a TV show and as such you do still have to make your main characters somewhat likable.
This episode has a grand total running time of exactly twenty nine minuets and fifteen seconds and if i'm being honest this episode did feel a tad bit on the long side. However at the same time I can't really say what scenes you'd need to cut out of this episode since every single scene is an important part of this episode and so it's honestly hard for me to say why I personally felt that this very / particular episode was a tad bit on the long side.
Now then this episode is an episode of a comedy TV show after all and so that means that I have to actually talk about the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode and if i'm being very freaking honest here people the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this in this very / particular episode aren't weren't that funny to me personally anyways / at least. Which is a shame because when this show does or actually says something that's actually funny it can be really freaking funny but there are alot more bad and unfunny jokes then / than there are actually good and actually funny jokes in this particular / very episode in my opinion anyways / at least.
Overall this episode had the potential to be great but for some rather strange reason is just couldn't live up the high standards that I had for this show in my head which is a shame because this episode and I assume the rest of this show is very well written and is very well acted. Now i've talk about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / particular episode in this very review and as such that means that this very / particular episode gets a score of a 7.5 out of 10 from this comedy fan.
Now then as for where I got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Wikipedia , the official I Dream Of Jeannie fandom wiki page and from the official Veep fandom wiki page. With my personally referred website to use to get the images that are from this particular / very episode and that I personally used in this very review being the official Veep fandom wiki page just simply due to the fact that the official Veep fandom wiki page has a wide varitity of images that are from this particular / very episode and plus alot of the images that are currently featured and as well as being up an on the official Veep fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.
