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FISHMANPET posted:This came across my Facebook feed: Sheen staring at those objects with a real intensity. drat that man can act, no matter what the situation.
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Could not hold myself back from this show, already back up to season 1, episode 15. Man there is nothing better than an angry Toby Ziegler.
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The Dark Wind posted:Could not hold myself back from this show, already back up to season 1, episode 15. Man there is nothing better than an angry Toby Ziegler. Angry Leo aint half bad.
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TheBigBad posted:Angry Leo aint half bad.
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May 24, 2013 07:17
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My wife and I caught a few more episodes last night; Debate Camp, Game On and Election Night. Dare I say that Toby is cute as a dad-to-be. When him and his wife are arguing over the press conference then stop dead to stare at the ultrasound monitor is a great moment. Also I identify with Josh on Election Day, around 1 in the afternoon there is nothing going on and time just goes by so slowly.
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May 24, 2013 13:48
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May 24, 2013 15:58
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Todays Amazon deal of the day is the complete series for 79.99
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bobkatt013 posted:Todays Amazon deal of the day is the complete series for 79.99 Oh thank god, it's just DVD. if it was Blu-Ray I wouldn't have been able to resist.
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So I just came across an uncharacteristic example of sexist racism from Josh in season 5; when Toby meets with the union reps and it comes out that Chinese bras are really hurting US manufacturers, Josh says "Really? Bras? Do the Chinese even need them? Well...you know." Seemed so out of place. A Chinese women have no tits joke.
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Billy the Mountain posted:So I just came across an uncharacteristic example of sexist racism from Josh in season 5 [...] That's just Season 5. Or, in fairness, a combination of the always vaguely-racist & sexist ways of Joshua Lyman combined with the generally pretty bad writing of Season 5. I mean, you could kind of argue that Josh's character in general displays characteristics of being aware of both sexist and racist points of view, but his character being so ingrained (and indebted to) those same cultural biases means that sometimes the words just slip out. Josh is kind of a dick, after all.
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Billy the Mountain posted:So I just came across an uncharacteristic example of sexist racism from Josh in season 5; when Toby meets with the union reps and it comes out that Chinese bras are really hurting US manufacturers, Josh says "Really? Bras? Do the Chinese even need them? Well...you know." Josh is kind of always skirting the line of being a sexist and racist jackass. There's the loving joke of a reparations debate in Six Meetings Before Lunch, for instance, where his argument is "I don't owe you because the Holocaust happened." It gets really uncomfortable when you realize that he's basically the Sorkin mouthpiece there. I mean, the driving creative force behind the show has openly lamented how great the 40s were, so it's not surprising to hear his characters say sexist and racist things.
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I'm rewatching on Netflix and in "The Crackpots and These Women" near the end where Bartlet is talking about Zoey:quote:I'm delighted our beautiful daughter, Zoey is here. You know, she's starting Georgetown in the spring. http://www.westwingtranscripts.com/search.php?flag=getTranscript&id=5 Way to call your boss's daughter a slut, Josh! 
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Jul 20, 2013 22:58
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I liked John Goodman as President Walken, too bad we only got him for three episodes.
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I'm at the start of season 3 of yet another rewatch  I did take time off for Orange Is the New Black though. And I occasionally mix it up with some Star Trek TNGbrylcreem posted:Way to call your boss's daughter a slut, Josh! He could have been saying "yeah, right!" about the medical school part! E: S3E4 showed a TV with CSPAN on it and it showed Senator John Kyl  I never noticed it before
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myron cope posted:He could have been saying "yeah, right!" about the medical school part! The President: "Say, Zoey's growing up nicely, isn't she?" His Deputy CoS: "Man, I'll say!" The President: 
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I'm into season 7 on my umpteenth rewatch. I love season 7, but man the leak storyline is a huge misstep.
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Caufman posted:The President: "Say, Zoey's growing up nicely, isn't she?" I've been catching it on the Christian channel once every few days (They blank out the darns, heck and hell, it's pretty good) and I'm left to wonder how Sam and Josh managed to keep their jobs as long as they did. And Donna and Margaret, I guess. Especially Margaret.
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FrozenVent posted:And Donna and Margaret, I guess. Especially Margaret. Margaret: I can sign the President's name. I have his signature down pretty good. Leo: You can sign the President's name? Margaret: Yeah! Leo: On a document removing him from power and handing it to someone else? Margaret: Yeah. Or, do you think the White House Counsel would say that was a bad idea? Leo: I think the White House Counsel would say that's a coup d'etat. Margaret: I'd probably end up doing some time for that. Leo: I would think.
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FrozenVent posted:I've been catching it on the Christian channel once every few days (They blank out the darns, heck and hell, it's pretty good) and I'm left to wonder how Sam and Josh managed to keep their jobs as long as they did. I love me some Margaret. When NiCole Robinson was pregnant, they had Margaret be pregnant too, and it was just some throw-away line on the show. Just found this: quote:The work that John and John were doing was so interesting to me, NiCole the actress, that I was watching them shoot from a crack in the door. All of a sudden I noticed that I could see the camera. And if you can see the camera, it can see you. I was sure they would fire me for ruining the scene when, in fact, that is the take they used. I guess I have a little Margaret in me. http://westwingnews.blogspot.dk/2006/06/tv-guide-interview-with-nicole.html She's near the end, at 23 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0CrZPoXdeE
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Caufman posted:The President: "Say, Zoey's growing up nicely, isn't she?"
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Josh Lyman posted:Zoey's not my type. You're a Fulbright scholar, you don't leer at coeds. Also, there will be grad students there.
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brylcreem posted:I love me some Margaret. When NiCole Robinson was pregnant, they had Margaret be pregnant too, and it was just some throw-away line on the show. I've watched this show all the way through at least 4 times and I never noticed that Margaret got pregnant... when did this happen?
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Jose Valasquez posted:I've watched this show all the way through at least 4 times and I never noticed that Margaret got pregnant... when did this happen? Season 6 - it really is a throwaway line, they mention it once and then never again.
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I'm pretty sure they made a throwaway comment hinting and nodding at thinking she was a lesbian.
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The line definitely made me think she's a lesbian. Although reading that interview I guess there's a theory that it's Bruno? I definitely had never heard that before.
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It's 100% supposed to be a lesbian gag. I've never heard the Bruno theory, it's just shipping.
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I've never heard the Bruno theory before either, but you could instantly tell it's bullshit because of all people, Bruno would know why a campaign strategist dating a white house staffer would be a bad idea.
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I know Aaron Sorkin isn't big on continuity, but there's a line in "The Short List" where Bartlet is being scolded by the outgoing Supreme Court judge:quote:CROUCH Isn't that a mistake? Bartlet was still set on being a one-term president at that time, right? Same episode, Bartlet is quizzing Harrison on the Constitution: quote:BARTLET Wouldn't the Commerce Clause prevent that ban?
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brylcreem posted:Isn't that a mistake? Bartlet was still set on being a one-term president at that time, right? The whole one-term thing was pretty much a "secret" agreement between him and Abbey though. If he wouldn't have talked about reelection in a situation like this, people would have become suspicious a lot earlier. But yeah, The Short List was a very early episode, and I'm certain Sorking hadn't come up with the whole MS story at that point anyway.
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brylcreem posted:Wouldn't the Commerce Clause prevent that ban? I admit the Commerce Clause confuses me sometimes, but I think that would only come into play if New Hampshire banned buying coffee cream from another state and using it in New Hampshire. The Commerce Clause says Congress can regulate commerce among the states, so Interstate Commerce. If New Hampshire were to ban all coffee cream while in their state, that doesn't really get into Interstate Commerce. But I could be way off base. Also, interpretation could very well have changed with a ruling by the Supreme Court I'm unfamiliar with. I'm no lawyer.
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Jed was right about one thing: New Hampshire maple syrup is better than Vermont's.
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I'm up to S4. The second episode always gets to me. When Bartlet is giving the speech after the pipe bombs go off, he talks about how some people went into the fire to help people. I had a friend who died because he went back in to a fire to try to save his girlfriend (neither of them made it). It makes me sad 
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myron cope posted:I'm up to S4. The second episode always gets to me. When Bartlet is giving the speech after the pipe bombs go off, he talks about how some people went into the fire to help people. I had a friend who died because he went back in to a fire to try to save his girlfriend (neither of them made it). It makes me sad  : "Ran into the fire"Me: 
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Sam: "In the car." Bruno: "Freak."
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What does Aaron Sorkin have against assesquote:I will stick a pitchfork so far up your rear end you'll quite simply be dead
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FISHMANPET posted:
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Mu Zeta posted:What does Aaron Sorkin have against asses I think it's just that he wasn't allowed to use the word gently caress on prudish American public television, so he had to make do with what he had available.
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Question: when Bartlet gets shot, Nancy, Toby, CJ and some others discuss the constitutional ramifications, and if Hoynes is actually in charge: they are not sure, given that the National Defense Act 1947 empowers the SecDef or something. Toby (exasperated): This is obviously an area of federal policy where you want as much ambiguity as possible. Nancy: Yes! Does she mean that literally, as in these situations you need some leeway to decide on the best course of action?
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meatbag posted:Question: when Bartlet gets shot, Nancy, Toby, CJ and some others discuss the constitutional ramifications, and if Hoynes is actually in charge: they are not sure, given that the National Defense Act 1947 empowers the SecDef or something.
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Here's a question for you all. We recently finished the Zoey kidnaping story line and was wondering if Walken got a president number. Like if Bartlett is the 40th(?) president would Walken get the next number even though he was only in office a couple of days?
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