The West Wing - S04E06 - Game On - Prank on Toby
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2012
- TOBY
A crisis of confidence?
LEO
Yeah.
TOBY
I don't understand.
LEO
I was on the helicopter with him earlier this morning, and I'm telling you
he's second
guessing himself, he's revising answers in his head...
TOBY
Leo?
LEO
I know.
TOBY
What-what... I don't... When I left him, he was ready. I don't understand. He's
ready.
You can see it.
LEO
Not this morning.
TOBY
This isn't supposed to happen with you people.
LEO
Christians?
TOBY
Yes. What happened to "steady as she goes"?
LEO
A smart guy said the Presidential elections are won and lost on one square
foot of real
estate. [points to his head] Up here.
TOBY
Well, that's great.
LEO
Yeah.
TOBY
All right, we still got a day and half before he debates. We'll go back
to school.
LEO
I think that's just going to pour gas on the problem.
TOBY
What do you want to do?
LEO
We've got a two-minute drill right now. I think whatever answers he gives
we should
just say "That's terrific, Mr. President."
TOBY
Then what's the point of the two-minute drill?
LEO
We got five of them scheduled before tomorrow night. We're using one of them
for this.
TOBY
This is crazy. I don't believe this.
LEO
That's terrific, Mr. President.
TOBY
All right.
Toby and Leo enter the COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE.
SAM
Leo...
TOBY
Listen, we're going to do something in the... in the drill right now.
SAM
What?
TOBY
No notes, just positive reinforcement.
SAM
Why?
TOBY
He has a problem this morning.
SAM
All right. Leo, I've got a 9:30 flight. I'll be there sometime after lunch.
LEO
You really can't do this with a phone call?
SAM
Oh, God, I don't know. The man died. There's a widow. We're asking them
to pack.
I'm an hour and 15 minutes away in a rental car, and we didn't make it
personal.
LEO
All right, I just need you in San Diego.
They see Josh in the HALLWAY.
TOBY
Josh!
LEO
We're still looking for ten words.
JOSH
I'm still looking for them, too.
LEO
Ten words, ten words-- let's go.
JOSH
We're going to expand the field.
They all enter the OUTER OVAL OFFICE. C.J.'s already there.
TOBY
No notes during this drill. [to C.J.] That's you, too.
C.J.
What's that?
TOBY
No notes during the drill.
JOSH
Why?
TOBY
He's in his head.
JOSH
There's pretty important feedback in the two-minute drills.
TOBY
We've got four more. We've got one on the plane.
C.J.
When is Debbie actually starting?
LEO
The President sent her to the Maxwell school for a three-day crash course
in everything.
TOBY
You know you've got a ten dollar bill in there on your clipboard.
C.J.
Yeah. I owe it to someone.
CHARLIE
You can all go on in.
JOSH
Thank you.
They all go inside THE OVAL OFFICE.
BARTLET
Ten words. Ten words.
JOSH
We don't have them yet, Mr. President.
BARTLET
All right, let's do a drill.
C.J.
Mr. President, despite a rise in tension around the globe, you've held up
funding for
a missile defense shield.
BARTLET
Too much money for too little protection.
ALL
Good.
BARTLET
Next.
JOSH
Sir, you oppose a voucher system that would offer children a choice of
better schools...
BARTLET
That would offer some children a choice of better schools, but I haven't
given up the
ghost on better schools for everybody, and vouchers drain money from that goal.
TOBY
Mr. President, this next question is on capital punishment, which you oppose:
If your
youngest daughter Zoey was raped and murdered, would you not want to see
the man
responsible put to death?
BARTLET
First of all, it's important to understand the President doesn't make that
decision,
though he appoints the Supreme Court Justices who do
so. What... any... um... All
right, I'm not going to say that. I'll just go right to... No, I don't. I
think you
know that I'm opposed.... [sighs] Let's not do that. I haven't seen any
evidence that
it's a deterrent, and there are more effective... In my state...
TOBY
Oh, my God.
BARTLET
What?
TOBY
[to Leo] You weren't kidding. [to Bartlet] What's the matter with you? When
I left
you... I just mentioned your daughter being murdered, and you're giving us
an answer
that's not only soporific, it's barely human! Yes, you'd want to see him
put to death.
You'd want it to be cruel and unusual, which is why it's probably a good
idea that
fathers of murder victims don't have legal rights in these situations. Now,
we're
going back to school.
There is a long pause of silence, then they all begin to laugh.
BARTLET
Let's go-- ten bucks. Crisis of confidence. [to Leo] You did one square foot
of real
estate.
LEO
Yes, I did.
BARTLET
Ten bucks for you. [to Toby] And you-- You big bear, come to me. I'm going
to kiss
you right on the mouth.
C.J.
Ten bucks.
LEO
Anything else, sir?
BARTLET
Work hard.
ALL
Thank you, sir.
They head back out to the OUTER OVAL OFFICE.
JOSH
[to Sam] Have a safe flight.
SAM
I'll see you in San Diego.
JOSH
[to Toby] Sorry about that. It was the President idea. He bet us you couldn't
stay quiet
if he gave a bad answer. What?
TOBY
He's ready. 
Кино
This was based on an actual debate question during the 1988 Presidential election, between Michael Dukakis and the first Bush. Dukakis was asked the question that Toby asked, and he gave the same rambling answer that Bartlet gave. Sorkin was so furious at Dukakis blowing a chance to show passion that he 'fixed' it in this scene.
It is an interestingly emotive question. Sometimes it is better not to show your emotions but clearly people want to see what the candidate feels about their family being hurt.
And that was exactly the problem with Dukakis' answer in the actual debate. As far as the technical details, the answer was fine. But the fact that he answered a theoretical question about his wife being murdered without any evidence of emotion killed him in the election.
Yup. The correct answer is in what _Toby_ says, not what Bartlet says. It's "I would want him hurt, and hurt badly, and that's why I shouldn't have the power to make that decision, because the criminal justice system isn't about getting petty revenge, especially when there's a chance of a mistaken conviction." Or as a communications professor I know says, Dukakis should have led with, "First of all, FUCK YOU."
Yes, it's important to demonstrate control, but you have to demonstrate that there's something that you need to be in control OF, too. People need to feel your emotion, understand where it's coming from, identify with it, and then look at you and say, "I couldn't rise above that, but I think you can."
Michael Chui He could have also reframed the question by giving an example of innocent man being sent to death. And then asking can we guarantee that everyone sent to death is guilty and if we cant sooner or later an innocent man will die and the death sentence will have to get, ironically a death sentence. Or atleast thats how i would answer that.
@@asanokatana So true, he lost the second he put that obscenely oversized helmet on and got in that tank
Josh: "Sorry about that, it was the president's idea."
Toby: I wonder how much it would cost to hire an acting troupe...
Cut off the last and, in my opinion, the best part.
Josh: *chuckles* ....What?
Toby: He's ready.
That was a good part
I love the fact that CJ had the 10 bucks right at her clipboard, knowing FULLY WELL that she would lose this bet and almost flaunting it.
I love how the bet wasn't on Toby's ability to catch on to the joke, which would be disparaging his intellect, but on his ability to be silent in the face of inauthentic political pablum from a man who should know better. Bartlett was betting on his occasionally insubordinate but always principled employee having not only the guts but the uncontrollable impulse to call out his boss if he failed to meet his principled expectations. that's why the smile when Tony won him the money was warm, not condescending, and Toby laughs afterwards. it's a prank with zero malice in it, based on mutual respect. even his pranks are kind.
This show is so well written. Bartlett is the best President we’ve never had
You cut out the best part right after this when Toby chuckles and says "he's ready."
ITz Ninja darling, it's a television series not a movie. Buy the box set.
Indi Heaton. Thanks Ive got it on Netflix but if you're going to upload scenes from such an awesome series your upload should capture the full beauty of the scene.
Kinda with him, shoulda kept going 'til 'He's Ready', but hell we're all fans that can quote it by heart anyway, so the heck with it.
YOU ARE 100% RIGHT! I was waiting for that freaking capper line and it cuts before it. MAJOR MISTAKE!!!
I just love the way he slides the cash off the desk into the drawer.
I know. Like a smooth street magic operator
Reminds me of the time when Charlie found out he owed extra taxes and the President jokingly asked him to pay up in person.
@@DylanSargesson "Help Mr. Young find his pockets"
John Spencer's face is just fabulous! That widened eye look HA HA HHAA
Toby's payback is great. Josh's frustration reminded me of how I felt as a poll worker.
+Bitemis Oh believe me if he could have the cannons would have been aimed right at the President. Toby was going crazy in his mind and barely kept it under control. In that universe the Election was too close, it basically hinged on the Debate. Even then no one took anything for granted.
For me it was CJ's joke when Josh came back from voting. (Bimbo's voice): "Oh Mr Lyman, I saw you on the cover of a magazine... Tell me: if I swallow my ballot..." I was laughing out loud.
You should tell people how to fill in a ballot, that lack of assistance will filter out many stupid people.
YOU MISSED THE BEST PART "Why are you smiling?"
"Hes ready."
I feel like telling someone that they’re not only soporific but barely human is something I need to work more into daily conversations.
“And you! You big bear! Come to me. I’m going to kiss you right on the mouth.” - that line is so not like Jed Bartlett which makes it even funnier.
I'm looking to the one where CJ is appointed COS and everyone walks in resigning and PB does too and then they pay $10 for freaking her out
And when they prank Josh on Election Day.
I love how Jed chastised Toby for being the one to break.
“You’re weak. You have a weak will, my friend. You should’ve held! See if she pulled out the continuity of government plan.”
"This isn't supposed to happen with you people..."
"What.. Christians?"
hahahaha... I'd never caught that exchange before.
okay but i dont get that part, can somebody explain
Think it’s because Toby is Jewish…
That’s the thing that makes him different from Leo and Bartlett.
It might be an inversion of a stereotype of Jews being indecisive and full of self doubt.
So ergo, Christians should be the opposite.
@@jimmy2k4o It's not exactly indecisiveness at play, but rather that consolidation around a single commonly accepted opinion is unexpected. As the joke goes- if you ask ten Jews a question, you'll get eleven answers. Whereas a Catholic like Bartlett is likely to have a single clear answer, e.g. the official dogma of the Church.
From the outside it may look like indecisiveness, or inconsistency, but it's really an openness to questioning existing answers.
That look from Toby at 03:32 was pure gold.
Notice how Sam just about soils himself trying to hold it together just before CJ laughs ?
3:00 that look says it all
"Oh geez, we got more than our money's worth...'
Damn! This is the best show ever!!!!!
soooooooooo good ......I love how Sorkin "fixed" Dukakis lmao
He fixed Clinton too. Bartlett is who Sorkin wished Clinton was...
Bartlett is basically Bill Clinton with brains, integrity and class.
CJ says "Yeah, I owe it to someone" she knew she'd lose. She knew Toby, is the easiest mark to wind up. How he never had a damn stroke, is beyond me. If we were to bet on heart attacks I'd have bet Toby not Leo.
The look back towards the president as he is walking out is hilarious!!
Toby couldn't help himself that's what's funny about this scene
The look on Toby’s face is priceless!
To be fair it's Toby's job to get up in the President's grille if he stumbled around like that.
My personal fave is CJ's ten dollars. She KNOWS she's already lost the bet, before she walks into the Oval, but wants to see Toby's reaction anyway.
You cut out the punch. "He's Ready."
It was the “in my state” that makes it beautiful lol
Toby should've stayed back and demanded a cut of the proceeds
Yes, I remember this scene. And yes I did laugh at the end of this as well and understood.
Wow. English is not my native tongue and when I watch The West Wing, I really need to pay close attention to whatever's happening or I'll be lost from the get-go. When I watched this episode a couple of weeks ago, I did get the scene in the Oval Office but only now I understand that the joke actually already began when Leo walked into Toby's office. Very very nice
Roza W Roza, native tongue or not, you express yourself well, hats off to you.
Anthony Wayne Thank you, that's very nice of you! I try, haha
+Roza W English IS my first language and it often takes me three or four viewings to get it all gathered up and processed.
+wchase62 Every sentence is packed with information. Whenever they say something it's like BAM BAM BAM and I'm there like "Wait... what?"
It'll probably take me more than four viewings as well haha, especially because American politics is relatively new to me, apart from the things I see on the news or read about.
Soporific?
I had to look that one up in google dictionary...........(8^)
Toby's face as he leaves the Oval Office.
Can't believe they got the president of the United States to participate in a prank LOL
Did you even watch the show? Bartlet had a great rapport with his senior staff, and he loved to mess with them.
Brutal editing: Toby rounds up the point of the scene with saying “He’s ready.” Subbed, but see the wider context of a script.
Probably my third favorite moment in the series, behind the Dr. Laura clone and "The Jackal."
Can we add: "Watch this" when the president puts his hands in his pockets, looks away and smiles?
Gosh I miss that show.
“This isn’t supposed to happen with you people.”
“Christians?”
Lol
He's ready.
This scene cracks me up every time. lol
This sums them up in four minutes. 🤣🤣🤣
Man, I miss this show, these characters and this dialogue. Nothing comes close.
Spot on!
Well there are other things Aaron Sorkin wrote
Thanx, I needed funny right now.
Mr. President, that was MEAN...
I envy all the smart minds in that office.... why this spirit is missing elsewhere???
Toby really makes a niche oh his abilities... RESPECT
Bc its a tv show
Greatest. Show. Ever.
simply great. the best tv show ever
Of course CJ breaks first.
Ironically, when CJ becomes Chief of Staff a couple of years later and everyone, even the President, pretends to resign, it’s Toby who cracks first.
I want to see the other one where someone prankee Toby and his desk fell apart
Leo says ‘A smart guy said the presidential elections are won and lost on one square foot of real estate’ but you know Bartlett probably knew and told Leo the specific name of the ‘smart guy’. But Leo either forgets or deliberately changes it because otherwise Toby might correctly guess that the President put him up to saying it ;)
Sam Seaborn goes and elects a fictionally dead man with Will Bailey and Winnie Snuffins' assistance. T'Rolls.
Washing T'Up behind closed doors.😅😅
3:27 Josh came.
I don't know if I'm reading too much into this, but am I right in thinking that Toby shifts his eyes to CJ's $10 bill before he mentions it? If so, it's those small attention to details that made the show so great. Their mannerisms and idiosyncrasies. On my third loop of re watching WW
These are all classically trained theatre actors. Except for Rob Lowe. That’s the quality you get from actors of that calibre
You cut off, "He's ready!"
Steady as she goes. 😊
For the love of God, how can you cut the punchline?
This scene is sad because it set up the plot of Sam Seaborn leaving.
fantastic !!!
LOL. No big deal. It's on several other clips here.
1:15 from OC to San Diego? I know this is fiction but suspension of disbelief has limits.
The pitch in the audio is completely wrong. By at least several tones.
3:26-33. Wow. What an asshole. LOL. Got to love Bartlet.
WHO DOESN T LUV TOBY/RICHARD!!!
Brilliant.
Oh CJ..... you're weak. You couldn't keep it together longer than that. I can't remember if he was the first to suggest that they all quit when she became chief of staff. A little bit of payback. But CJ was a good sport saying, "Oh you BAD men."
Did Josh spit something out when he lost it?
TOBY: Stop fucking with me...
We need a President who is truly articulate.
You'll get one at around noon on January 20th, 2021...
Clinton was. Obviously it's not necessarily an indicator of integrity or honesty, but it does make listening to someone easier.
You forgot he's ready
Aaron Sorkin for president
Yeah, vote for the ex-cocaine addict because he writes glib fiction.
Shouldn't it be cubic foot? :)
Game on.
ODIN - the YuTube ALGO!!
1:35 Toby notices that CJ has $10 on her clipboard before they walk in the Oval Office...
It is a bit odd to walk into a senior meeting with $10 note... and she was quick to say "yeah, I owe it to someone..." knowing that she will lose the bet anyway.
Wow! I hadn’t realised this. Great spot David.
She knows she is losing the bet.
You cut out the best part!!!!
😊
Can someone explain this to me??
What's there to explain? They are getting ready for the presidential debate, and are running these quick drills with the president. Bartlet gets the staff to play a joke on Toby.
One second later and you would've heard Toby say, "He's ready" and que theme. Wasted!
i dont believe people who say that they wouldnt want someone who murdered a loved one put to death unless that actually happened to them and thats how they reacted. Its one thing to say that that is how you would react in that situation when you haven't been in that situation
I have no children, but if someone murderer my wife I'd hire a bounty hunter to bring him to me, and an assassin to make it hurt.
Someday, someone is going to do this to me
I didn’t understand the prank.
The president bet his staff that Toby wouldn't be able to hold his tongue, and Toby was not able to hold his tongue. The added benefit was freaking Toby out, making him think that the president's confidence was shaky with only hours left before the only debate of the election.
Whats so wrong about revising answers in your head?
Revising your opinion/beliefs in your head is fine. Revising your answers to a debate question makes you stutter, backtrack, and stand there looking stupid.
Matu5e
That's a great answer. Thank you.
Pay backs are a bitch, and as it turns out so is Toby, come election eave
Shoe's on the other foot, eh Odin?
When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother, I'm gonna run away from home. She said, On your mark.
Rodney Dangerfield
On your saint mark? KJV of course. Too much! To those that have never KIPPLED aka read a book. Seen a playbill
RIP Alec McCowen.
Chekov's Hamilton.
You shouldn't play pranks on Toby. Look at him. Look at how bald he is.
He was bald at the start of the first campaign as well. 😀
Thats why president liked that Jewish fella. He told him what he needed to hear
I hated...HATED...what the producers and writers did to Toby in the last couple of seasons.
ODIN GET OUT OF HEAR
I hate kunta kinte.
I'm fairly certain Bartlett opened the wrong drawer and just missed and brushed the cash onto the floor. I mean it doesn't matter, but just saying I wouldn't vote for him.
well this show fuck up end game jews got it work haha iron dome show how much slap in face it was keep them out the lloop
What the fuck are you talking about?
Josh: "Sorry about that, it was the president's idea."
Toby: I wonder how much it would cost to hire an acting troupe...
He's ready.