Tony Roche (writer) Tony Roche (writer) Tony Roche is an English television, radio and film comedy writer and producer, best known as a writer of the HBO comedy "Veep", the BBC Television series "The Thick of It" and its film spin-off "In the Loop". He is credited with inventing the word omnishambles, which was named 2012 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary. After graduating from Warwick University with a degree in English, Roche became a stand-up comedian using material from a magazine he had produced in his final year. He was spotted at one of his stand-up comedy shows and
Spin-Off (U.S. game show) Spin-Off (U.S. game show) Spin-Off is an American game show created and produced by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir for CBS in 1975 that was based on the dice game Yahtzee. The series was hosted by Jim Lange and announced by Johnny Jacobs. The show replaced "The Joker's Wild" on CBS' daytime schedule and debuted on June 16, 1975, but was cancelled on September 5, 1975. "Spin-Off" originated in Stages 31, 33 and 41 at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. Two couples, one pair being the returning champions, competed. The couples answered questions to spin a series of