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Bruno Gianelli was right when he called Sam a freak.

The difference between a writer and a great writer is how just off the top of his head Sam came up with this amazing intro. Space exploration needs to continue. cooperation with other countries or just us, but it needs to continue. This is the next step in exploration besides sea exploration. It’s what mankind aspires to. We are all explorers. Just watching little kids explore their environments is an amazing and humbling scene to see.

THE BEST OPENING EVER. ❤

Still one of the best shows ever made. The writing, the casting, the direction, the idealism... A masterpiece

I haven't seen this movie but I want to know why he's giving this gigalo such a hard time.

Just finally getting into this show. Been a Sorkin fan for years and I see why the show gets so much hype. This scene in particular with Sam making the new intro is such a standout though cause it uses this little bit of conflict between him and the NASA guy to show the difference between strong and week writers. While the NASA guy is trying to hyperbole and throw in big adjectives to make it seem like a big deal, Sam (and Sorkin) understand that in a moment like this, you don't need to make it seem bigger. He understands that the moment itself is already big, all he needs to do is tell you what's happening and you feel the weight of it all.

I love how flustered CJ gets when Bartlet is in an exploratory mood

I wish so much that we had people like this character in/running for office. Not to ignore that they are fictional characters...we just had that in Orange Tang. But real people that carry a certain membership with the American people. I think of Raskin, AOC, Katie Porter, Tlbaib, and Sanders. Real people. Of the People. By the People. and For the People.

Beautiful marvellous and refreshing

The is a great example of “show, don’t tell” for expressive writing. The NASA writer was very much expressing what what happening, while Sam’s version is telling the story of Galileo V. The same information, but much more engaging.

Oddly enough, if the experts had been there for the Temperature question, they would also have answered in Celsius as well. NASA, if I recall is one of the only Agencies to Operate on the Metric System in the United States.

The end of the secen is a class in how to write impactful speeches

The list needs to include the little bitty spot scene from Runaway Train with Jon Voight...... ruclips.net/video/VTdjoA8HeAM/видео.html

This has too be the (or) one of the best t.v shows ever made I should know I’ve been watching it for over 20 years

Sorkin showing all other writers how it's done

There is no such thing as a bad scene in this enter show. I'd hate to be a nail on set, you now your getting hit.

President Nerd ❤.

In one episode Bartlett told Sam that some day he would be President. Wish they'd make that sequel.

Oh, the writing on this one..... It gives me goosbumps still. Sorkin was extraordinary on most WW episodes, but he created magic in some. Like this for example. (and who better to deliver this hopefull message then Sam :))

I’m so glad these clips always include the intro, there’s something about the way the moments lead up to it, the way the music fades in before the cut and the unabashedly patriotic, grandiose and inspirational aura of it that makes it perfect.

There are very few shows that I made a point to watch throughout my time and West Wing was one of them. Before WW it was Cheers and most recently all seasons of Game of Thrones. Yes I said all seasons!

I hadn't watched The West Wing in a long time. After watching this video, between Sam's stirring speech writing for the Galileo V mission and the soaring opening credits music, I was nearly in tears. This show is really that good, but even more so, it speaks to a yearning to have leaders who are smarter than the rest of us and at the same time are men and women of conscience and good will. Naturally, I immediately found the entire episode on MAX and watched it through... and a few more after that. Aaron Sorkin sure knows how to write 'em good!

I love how President Bartlet stands in awe as Sam "writes".

I get the feeling Aaron Sorkin would have done a great job writing a movie about NASA in the 60s.

This scene simultaneously means so much, understands so much and explains so much, especially now that we're working so hard to explore and colonize Mars. I can never adequately explain how passionate and excited I am about NASA and its missions, but "he said it right."

I recently saw Sorkin's adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Such great writing!

..and honesty

Great speech! Trust.

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The last expression from CJ is what steals this scene, my opinion.

In fairness to President Bartlett, Sam *did* say it right

HANDS DOWN, my favorite presidential administration.

The best series ever on TV.

I love how Sam polished up the speech and made it amazing

This is peak West Wing right here. Everything about this cold open, it’s like a microcosm of the entire show. Very unique. Extremely historic. 😂

We all did want to live in a submarine. Not perhaps a yellow one unless The Green Lantern was after us all? Greene Lantern? Just saying. Bliue Meanies wasn't it? Blue Green and Yellow. Never bothered to buy Yellow Submarine album. I think I saw it on TV later. 1968? Yes definitely later.

I think of this scene when Kamala Harris speaks. She needs a Sam on her staff...

I would have bought that documentary they put on DVD

Sigh...

Wow, I think we lost something in the last 20 plus years and I have to cry for America

The “How you doing, Mr. President?” Cracks me up every single time!😅

Pretty sure Sam's pupils dilated to twice normal size when she stepped in and said "It really does..."

If he can convert it to celcius in this head , he's my favourite american

WHY... WHY... is this great show NOT still on the air????

I could be wrong and I would never second guess Sam... But isn't it "you and I"? I really don't know.

That was a really long, run on sentence

How did they get it so right 😭

I have to say, No single show or movie has ever raised my opinion of an actor as much as the west wing raised my appreciation for Rob Lowe. He shows how fantastic of an actor he is during his run

I love CJ's little in-joke about "in living color". NBC was the first network to switch to all color broadcasting in the 60s.

This dynamic between CJ and the President. Gold.