look. >> we're in shutdown mode, i have to have a staff -- >> keith, he is skinny like a skeleton, please, i can't afford to be furloughed? >> you are not, but you are, dan, you two do similar jobs, the deal is, it won't be long, i have a meeting with the speaker today, correct? so i'm going to shut down the shut down. >> and in june, is it life imitating art? well, frank rich is the executive producer of "veep," and also writer at large. good evening. >> good evening. >> you must think you're actually a sooth-sayer, or so long in the tooth in this game it was inevitable that life would imitate art. what happened as you lampooned it so successfully? >> well, i must say arnucci, who