Why Bradley Whitford Misses 'The West Wing' 

William Costigan OMG. What a hoot. I love that episode. ‘All right cats and kittens, josh Lyman here for your morning briefing...’ LOL

I laugh very loudly every time I read this comment.

Or as CJ put it, his 'Secwet pwan to fight inwation'....

El Corado I’m rewatching the series on Netflix for the 50th time. I understand the White House ( well, not this White House) because of this series. I love the Election Day prank on josh. Actors hired to convince him all their ballots were invalid. Then, when he gets back to the White House: CJ, ‘ ooooooo mr lymon, I see your picture on the magazine. Tell me, if I swallow my ballot...?’ Oh my god, hilarious.

El Corado ‘... twy vewy very hard not to detswoy us.

It doesn't really look bad though. I really should shave off the beard.And if they ever do any type of West Wing reunion, I'd suggest hair dye! (Especially with how awesome Donna still looks! Forgive me for not knowing her real name. It's right on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite remember it)

@@ellenw391 He looks fine. He could easily do a reunion. It's always something of a shock to see what time does to us. Like that moment after I let my hair go grey, I check the mirror one morning and my mother(RIP) was looking back at me. How the hell did that happen??

RIGHT I THOUGHT HED SOUND OLD??? I love him sm

@@graceskerp Well they just did (although Sorkin kept screaming it wasn't a reunion LOL). I haven't seen it yet (hoping to find online but if I can't I'll break down and take the HBO Max. Just don't want to give them my CC. He was what you see here. I saw enough clips to think he looked more like Donna's Dad than flirty interest. She looks AMAZING!!! BTW the did a trivia game to earn $$ for Biden (wish I knew this was going on. Had most of the main characters split in teams. Raised about half a million for charity!!! I think those of us watching knew many more answers than they did. I did scream at the screen more than a couple limes. You can pull it up on here. Went to get you the title, and just brought the link lol ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ewIS3fUL7E.html PS I like to fight the effects of time! Retinol A is my dear friend lolol

Even though I knew who it was, I absolutely could not recognize him until he spoke

Bartlet had tons of empathy...

For real. I keep wishing it wasn't fiction.

@@cristinac.7515 Yes, get Martin Sheen in to replace Trump. At least he knows how to _act_ like a president. Or Bill Pullman, or as I like to call him, President Lone Star. Despite the fact that I'm British, and think Independence Day is basically someone shouting USA USA USA in your ears for 2 hours, I still think President Whitmore was very cool. Or even Harrison Ford. President Marshall kicked a lot of ass and could actually deal with Russians on some sane terms.

@@stainlesssteelfox1 And you thought the previous 8 years were solid? Hiding in the oval isn't leadership.

TheCalenestel Don’t you know it. I’ve seen all 8 season at least 50 times. I understand my govt and how it’s ‘supposed to work’ because of the show.

Lindeman08 if you thought the time they changed time zones was bad

@Anne Liesveld No, just means they did well in the casting process.

@Anne Liesveld And it shows just how great of a writer Aaron Sorkin is! He would see how the actors behaved every day and implement it into the the writing.

except Rob Lowe, who's a republican.

Johan Ström absolutely.

@ajs1031 Yes I have the Dvds

Johan Ström my god I wish theyd do another season.

john Baldock And all their backstories were sooooo rich. I loved the ones that featured Toby especially. When he got in a fight with RTLer Mary Marsh. Lol

ajs1031 I agree 100%. Both awesome shows and casting was perfect!!

He did get CJ to say "Foggy Bottom" with gauze stuck in her mouth, so he was kinda clever.

Sabrina Sun lf

Yes, the President's secret plan to fight inflation.

Ah, yes. Josh's "secret plan to fight inflation." "Carol, get him outta there!"

Follows it one with "George Bush looks like Abbie Hoffman" which isn't necessarily inaccurate, compared to the GOP these days...

This didn’t age well.

I miss Ms. Landingham, Charlie Young, Margret, even effing John Hoynes and Bingo Bob. I miss the shit out of Matt Santos. Ed and Larry. Which one is Ed? Which one is Larry? Who cares. I miss Ron Butterfield, Zoe, Nancy, and most of all, Mr. Willis of Ohio.

that's Leo Thomas. I really miss Percy Fitzwallace. And Ainsley.

Girl, me too.

Not strange at all. He is a fine man who has aged like a bottle of perfect vintage wine. Oh, did I say that out loud??

@@bethd.6670 So you'd join me in that cult that's he a leader of??? I have loved him forever and his role as Josh just sealed that love. One of the reasons he was so good as Josh is because he's a really smart guy AND a great actor. LOVE him to bits!!!

I have a man crush on Bradley.

Dude.... yes. That’s a good looking, smart, fine fine man. The beard is just the cherry on top.

So did Rob Lowe, for a few years less, yes. Look up his allegiances. 🙄

Christiane Carson sounds like you have TDS and need to stop watching tv bud

I’ve been binging the series with nostalgia lately. I used to work on The Hill, so that show has always had a special meaning for me.

@Christiane Carson *Your 'locked room forced into chair and 'binge watch' would mean NOTHING to Trump* *You seem to think he's 'lived on some other Planet all his life' and he hasn't...he's been n America all of his life* *The only thing that matters to Trump is...TRUMP HIMSELF and you don't 'get that' at all* ----------- *Even his own WIFE can't stand him!*

This morning I just finished watching all 7 Seasons (for the first time) in 34 days. I loved every minute of it. Definitely one of the top TV series ever produced.

me too!

Literally. tRump is a brain damaged amphetamine (adderall) addict. Loss of memory, delusion, constant lying and lack of empathy are symptoms of a brain damaged amphetamine addict.

Thems some bad drugs too.

And now we have Sara Huckasans filling in for Allison Janney.

A K I think you are talking about VICE not The West Wing there...

George2001k I loved that show. How inspiring it would be to watch the president and his pals behave like that.

Jon O'Guin Wow

Jon O'Guin We learned by rote, whether we wanted to or not but it worked.

That would be nearer 1500 years before the monks and the printing press

Well we already have a television character in the white house, why not another one?

Sam Seaborn!

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you might have an obsession

I've watched almost as much as you, and I'm currently introducing my girlfriend to it for the first time and she's so hooked. It would be amazing to see a new series, and yes it would make sense to put Sam at the centre as president. Although, all the other characters have already achieved 'peak career' in the show. Also I think there's probably been enough White House stories... What if it was a smaller show about Sam as a senator? And we see things from the Senate side?

@@vishalsaha2145 hehe yeah maybe. It's hard to put my finger on it, but i just love Sorkin's writing, it blends the drama and the humor brilliantly and it's always a joy to watch. And also when you look at the realism of the show, and compare it to the presidency of Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Trump i's really scary how much this show predicted.

@@JoelJoel321 Yes that could work too. But you know, this is politics. IN politics everyone seem to be moving around. They have different careers and sit in different positions. You can end up anywhere. And the reason i want Sam is because Bartlet told him in one of the episodes that if he once chose to run, he would support him. And this is also what did happen, Sam did run, as he is the right kinda guy, he worked for a well organized and trustworthy administration, he has experience, and if Trump can get away with sleeping with prostitutes, so can Sam! xD People like Toby, which was pardoned, will probably not be in the administration, but he can act as a friend to Sam, CJ can in fact maybe return as Press Secretary, maybe she thinks that she can do better than all these other morons we see. If Sarah Huckasands can be allowed on the podium, you bet CJ thinks she can do better. There is material here, definitively. Josh is even easier, as he was chief of staff, his political career skyrocketed with that job, god knows how far he's come. And so on. You see how this basically writes itself. And there is plenty of room to add more interesting characters here. So you mix the old with the new to have an administration that saves the world from the total disaster that the Trump administration is. We need hope in these dark times, this show, would be just that. Just like the original West Wing aired while W. Bush was in office.

@@FabledGentleman Yeah, I like the Bartlett reference from series 3. I love that line. I cannot see CJ coming back as press secretary. She left to work for (effectivey) Bill Gates spending billions of dollars in Africa (Xander Berkeley's character was an obvious proxy). But I could see her maybe in the senate or congress. I would rather see Donna in that role. Josh is an interesting one, as being Chief of Staff to Santos would have been the pinnacle of his career -- where does he go from there?

I used to binge watch West Wing on Netflix every 3 months, now I watch it every month (takes 10 days to binge 7 seasons). Hollywood is my new "reality check"

lynn welch The characters were all so believable. I loved how the President and his wife had such a personal interior relationship. If President Obama had a series it would be like that...*I miss my beautiful President and First Lady*

lynn welch I binge watch it a couple of times a year... when I need something soothing

Cant watch past season 4. Season 5 is just mediocre.

I've probably watched the whole series 50 times over the year. Love quoting it too

windseafrogs One of the cnn commentators did a Sam Seaborn ref today. Classic.

Just Jessi ohhhh yeah....I loved that show too...with Jeff Daniels

Absolutely, ended way too soon. It should have been 7 seasons.

I get that feeling about myself,when I look in a mirror.

Khalid Kashogi That mental picture of an obese middle aged woman chain smoking parliaments...omg

Michael J. Schaefer Indeed

I miss the days when it was impolite to talk party affilliation.

I love what you said. But probably people would not watch. As they would play the current thing of attacking people not ideas. And being very biased pushing agendas. Calling people insane like Bradley does in this interview is a terrible strategy for seeming rational at all, and in posession of the correct argument. They showed this in the show when in private discussions, venting, the idealized characters tried to say the other side was "evil" and get emotional about it; some character with wisdom or other perspective of calmness would set them straight. Sorkin put aside his personal views to instill this culture in the shows DNA.

Rob Lowe is an idiot though

Me too... Josh is the best political mind...ever...

The only thing they did to be "forgiven" for, was cease to exist.

@@christelheadington1136 I wholeheartedly agree! I miss them so much. the current west wing drama is waaay too much of reality for me. probably because it IS reality, and a TV horrorshow at the same time.

Very fitting quote