Private Velmjamin

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Private Velmjamin
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Network	Max
Premiere date	April 25, 2024
Run time	23:36
Starring	Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Russell Peters Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Sara Ramirez Nicole Byer Cherry Jones Jim Rash Kulap Vilaysack Debby Ryan Shay Mitchell Gary Anthony Williams June Squibb
Music composed by	Craig DeLeon
Writer(s)	Katie Wadsworth Keerthi Harishanker
Storyboard artist(s)	Jake Armstrong Steven Chan Amy Chang Nicole Chen Danica Dickison Steven Duffy Maggie McPheeters Noah Patrick Pfarr Jennifer Stachovic Tyler Turrett
Director(s)	Adam Parton
Voice director(s)	Charlie Grandy
Animation director(s)	James Bowman
Art director(s)	Valerio Ventura
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"Private Velmjamin" is the sixth episode of Velma season two, and the sixteenth episode overall. It aired on April 25, 2024 on Max. It was written by Katie Wadsworth and Keerthi Harishanker, directed by Adam Parton, and voice directed by series creator, Charlie Grandy.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Kaling
Gavin Swindig	N/A
Sheriff Earl Cogburn (photo)	N/A
Vincent (photo)	N/A
Vincent's partner (photo)	N/A
Aman Dinkley	Russell Peters
Sophie	Melissa Fumero
Sergeant Don Gigisfather	Gary Anthony Williams
Diya Dinkley (photo)	N/A
Detective Linda Blake	Jane Lynch
Amber McKnight	Sara Ramirez
Detective Linda Ke	Wanda Sykes
Thorn	N/A
Daphne Blake	Constance Wu
Doctor Edna Perdue	Vanessa Williams
Lola	Kulap Vilaysack
Principal Blythe Rogers	Nicole Byer
Daffy Duck (toy)	N/A
Porky Pig	N/A
Bugs Bunny	N/A
Elmer Fudd (toy)	N/A
Granny (toy)	N/A
Sylvester (toy)	N/A
Older woman (voice only)	June Squibb
Brenda Bright	Shay Mitchell
Krista McRae	Debby Ryan
Victoria Jones	Cherry Jones
Mayor Dave	Jim Rash
Father O'Rourke	N/A
Mr. Fluffy	N/A
Merle Cogburn	N/A

Organizations

• Crystal Cove Police Department
• Fighting Urchins
• CIA (mentioned)
• United States Army

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Cove
      • Dinkley residence
      • Blake residence
      • Crystal Cove High School
        • Crystal Cove High Gym
      • Spooner's Malt Shop (mentioned)
      • Crystal Cove Insane Asylum
      • Church
      • Fort Crystal
      • Crystal Cove Town Hall
      • Police station
    • Bedrock (mentioned)
  • Africa (map)

Objects

• Lola's brain
• Daphne's brain
• Brenda's brain
• Krista's brain
• Velma's bicycle

Vehicles

• Aman's car
• Van Mobile
• Don's Jeep

Production

Development

There is additional writing from Akshara Sekar, Ben Steiner, and Aaron Geary.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2024.

Music

The music was composed by Craig DeLeon, and edited by Joe Corcoran.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 25, 2024 on Max

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the 1980 film Private Benjamin.
• When Fred enters the church, he is carrying a miniature model of a nativity set with the Looney Tunes cast representing key religious figures, which includes Elmer Fudd as baby Jesus, Sylvester as Joseph, Granny as Mary, and Daffy, Porky, and Bugs as the three wise men.
• Apparently, "Gigisfather" is not a gag surname of Don and Gigi.
• Fred's ringtone for the mystery older woman is "(Meet) The Flintstones," the second theme song to The Flintstones TV series.
• The door leading to Military Facility Delta is labelled 1969, the year that Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! began.
• Sophie enlisted in the military.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥