Veep' Had To Kill A 'Golden Shower' Joke Because Of The Trump Dossier

Theres been a lot of talk about how HBOs Veep will go about tackling its upcoming season.The writers for the comedy show often sit around dreaming up the most ridiculous scenario that sits just outside to confines of D.C. reality. But considering how often the nations current political reality has leaned toward the absurd in the last year, where that line sits has become increasingly difficult to discern.At least once already this year, reality has turned out to be exactly as ludicrous as the writerswildest imaginations.Veep executive producer David Mandel revealed in a recent as-told-to in The Hollywood Reporterthat the show had to pull a golden shower joke after it turned out that something very similar had shown up in a dossierthat included unverified claims of a Donald Trump visit to Russia:The only thing we did have to changeit sounds like a bad joke, but its truewas a golden shower joke in one of the episodes where someone is yelling at Jonah [Timothy Simons] about a golden shower. We hadnt filmed it yet, and we realized, Oh, we need to change that [because of the Trump-Russia dossier]. Who knew we would literally have to change a Veep golden showers joke because of the real president of the United States of America' It doesnt get any weirder than that.This has been a problem in the past.A similar situation developed last season, except the moment made it into an episode. Timothy Simons, who plays the insufferable Jonah Ryan on the show, told The Huffington Post prior to the election last yearthat show writers thought a joke ' in which he accidentally salutes the crowd in a manner that would have made Hitler proud ' might be unbelievable. Cut to Trump being photographed doing just that in real life before the episode aired.Thats an example of, Whats the dumbest thing a politician can do' And then a politician goes out and does it, Simons said.The issue, the writers believe, is that once something so absurd has happened in real life, it might seem stale months later on a comedy show. Tough times for political comedians. Tough times indeed.Season 6 of Veep premieres on Sunday, April 16 at 10:30 p.m. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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