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
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase its own way." It has also appeared as one of the favorite episodes on a number of "best of" lists. "Entertainment Weekly" placed the episode 19th in their top 25 Simpsons episode list. In an interview for "Star-News", "The Simpsons" writer Don Payne revealed that the episode was in his personal top six of the best "The Simpsons" episodes. Additionally, Gary Mullinax, a staff writer for "The News Journal", picked the episode as part of his top-ten list. The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" is the twenty-fourth episode of the eighth season of "The Simpsons". It originally aired