The glands joke CJ makes is my second favorite moment in the entire series; second only to CJ (again) bursting out laughing in front of Marianne Coatsworth Hayes.
The greatest moment of the entire series is when President Walken is sworn and tells Bartlett he's relieved. Up to that point the United States had been without the real leadership that only a member of the Republican Party, the party of every day Americans, can provide in a crisis.
: "Are you actually taking them, or are you just carrying them around in your pocket?" "You know, carrying them around in my pocket was a pretty big step for me." "You gotta take the pills." --- I love these rapid-fire exchanges.
Toby - When you get visitied in the middle of the night by the Ghost of Christmas Future, don't come running to me. Bartlet: Damn, Toby, 'cause you're exactly who I was going to come running to.
Nearly 18million new jobs. Wages rising at more than twice the rate of inflation. The highest level of home ownership in history. The smallest welfare rolls in 30 years. The lowest peacetime unemployment since 1957. The longest peacetime economic expansion in our history. Almost impossible to even imagine such a scenario these days.
it's amazing how well this show holds up. Some storylines are spooky right for now. If they would have a Trump character, I can't imagine who would play him.
It's actually a running gag of sorts - I seem to recall it being somewhat consistent through the first couple seasons where someone would comment on typos.
I wish there was the scene where Toby explains the actual requirement of the State of the Union address. I’m paraphrasing, but he tells them all “It doesn’t have to be a speech. Legally, a speech isn’t required, We could put a paragraph in the New York Times.” Boy! Don’t we wish that method had never died? Once cameras were available suddenly all the presidents wanted a larger audience than the U.S. Congress.
After every time I watch Trump's press conference on T.V., I have to watch a snippet from West wing for my head to stop spinning. I need this fiction to reduce the suffering inflicted by reality.
@cara golder A lot better than Trump. At least he knows how to act like a President. @KhAoz Don't get on cara golder's case, she's probably a time traveller from the 321st century, and may be a bit shaky on her ancient history, or arrived 30 years late. Over that sort of period, 30 years is pretty close to target.
Ah, the West Wing. Brilliant, witty, thoughtful. Shame how all that got flushed down the toilet in Season 5. And they were just starting to find their feet again in Season 7 when John Spencer died, and that was pretty much the death knell for the series. Still, hashtag BartlettIsMyPresident
