History Trivia / VEEP

* Creator/AnnaChlumsky (Amy Brookheimer) played Liza Weld, a similarly high-strung D.C. aide for Assistant Secretary of State Karen Clark
* Creator/DavidRasche (Speaker Jim Marwood) played Assistant Secretary of State Linton Barwick
* Creator/MimiKennedy (Rep. Mary King) played Assistant Secretary of State Karen Clark
* Creator/ZachWoods (Ed Webster) played Chad, another State Department aide working for Barwick

* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/AnnaChlumsky, who plays Amy, previously played Liza Weld, a similar character in ''Film/InTheLoop'', Creator/ArmandoIannucci's previous work.

* IKnewIt:
** That Andrew [[spoiler:is not dead and just FakingTheDead, due to people believing LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt. Confirmed as makes cameo appearances in "Oslo" and "Veep".]]
** Richard [[spoiler:becoming president in the finale, although only after the TimeSkip in the DistantFinale]].
** Jonah [[spoiler:becoming Selina's veep. Subverted in that he gets impeached, which almost no one was expecting.]]
** Selina [[spoiler:dies in the finale, although everyone was expecting her to get assassinated or have a heart attack, when she instead dies of old age in the DistantFinale.]]

* CareerResurrection: For Creator/AnnaChlumsky. She returned to acting in 2005 after taking a hiatus to focus on college, having established herself as a child actress in TheNineties (notably with her role as Vada in ''Film/MyGirl'' and its [[Film/MyGirl2 sequel]]). She previously collaborated with Creator/ArmandoIannucci in ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' spin-off film ''Film/InTheLoop'', who remembered her while casting for ''Veep'' and chose her to play the role of Amy. The show's success revived Chlumsky's career, who would gain six Emmy nominations for her performance.

* AssumedWin: At the 2019 Emmy Awards, almost all predictions had Julia Louis-Dreyfus winning a seventh Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy. After all, not only had she won for each of the show's previous six seasons but Louis-Dreyfus had also just recovered from breast cancer and it being the show's final shot at a nomination made her win a sure thing. Instead, in a huge surprise, Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge won for ''Series/{{Fleabag}}''.

* DevelopmentHell: In 2007 ABC rejected a proposed American version of ''The Thick of It'' that would have centered around a newly elected congressman. Various networks expressed intererest in adapting ''The Thick of It'' after ABC passed, with HBO eventually picking the show up and changing the lead character from congressman to Vice President.

* PlayingAgainstType: Patton Oswalt (who normally plays geeks, losers, and underdogs who are either implied or stated to be virgins at best, asexual at minimum, and too obsessed with geek things to even think about sex at worst) as a sleazy lech and [[spoiler:serial sexual abuser]].

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Sue was PutOnABus for Season 6 and Season 7 due to her actress's poor health. Fortunately, [[BackForTheFinale she was able to return]] for the GrandFinale.

** It's been agreed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Creator/KevinSpacey that if Selina Meyer and [[Series/HouseOfCardsUS Frank Underwood]] ran against each other for presidency, Selina would totally "kill" him in the debates only to be killed in a "horrible accident" at some point.

* YouLookFamiliar: Anna Chlumsky, who plays Amy, previously played Liza Weld, a similar character in ''Film/InTheLoop'', Iannucci's previous work.

** In Season 4, Selina's campaign slogan was "Continuity with Change". Then, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made several references to "continuity and change", a fact that did not go unnoticed by the creators, who commented that they'd picked it because "it was the most meaningless election slogan we could think of".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The references to Selina being the first female Vice President date the show to before Kamala Harris became the actual first one.