Right up there with "If the Oscars were like that I'd watch." and "It's an entire generation beyond HEY LOOK YOUR SHOELACES ARE UNTIED!" and "Zoe, I work in a building with the smartest people in the world."
My father was the only boy out of 6 to see 12. He had 5 sisters who lived into their adulthood with 2 living into their 90's and his oldest sister to 101! His father died when dad was 10 and after he was grown, until he married, he lived with his mother and grandmother. He married my mother who was one of 4 girls. They had 2 daughters. He worked in an office with a dozen women. He called his life 'swimming deep in the Estrogen Ocean'.
My first clue was that I wouldn’t miss a new episode just a few hours after giving BIRTH! “Yep, baby’s healthy, mama’s healthy. Now, y’all go away...it’s West Wing night!!”
Ms. Lily Tomlin plays the part of the president's personal secretary perfectly. As someone who takes Gregg Shorthand at 185 wpm and types 114 wpm... I believe I am qualified to say "yes, she has what it takes!" // on a side note: Ms. Tomlin is one outstanding actress and person!
*I can reduce any amount of information spoken or written into a single paragraph or in many occasions a single sentence* ( *Political discourse is 'easy-peazy'..."Play nice and share"* )
The post-Sorkin scripts are an interesting study in contrasts. The writers who succeeded him had the challenge of following one of the best in the business. IMO, they fail to achieve his musical rhythm and dazzling counterpoint but in many cases (this is a good example) the dialog flows well and I find the characters personalities better defined. Thanks for posting!
@@joemckim1183 Of course. But a master cook has a lot of kitchen staff, but at the end he decides what the menu will be, which ingredients will be used, how all will taste and look, and in the end he decides if the dish will go out to the guests. He oversees the whole process. And this what the job of the chief writer for a show like this one looks like.
@@gene8172 true, but they also screwed up the timeline for Liz's daughter who is 12 in episode 1 but still in high school in the final season. They mess up sometimes. I can see them messing up Ellie's timeline easily. She was a tad neglected.
"A son is a son 'til he takes a wife, A daughter is YOURS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE"-LOL i WORK IN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP NEAR A COLLEGE AND NOT A MONTH GOES BY THAT i AM NOT HANDED A CELL PHONE to tell dad what is needed on his little girls car -lol love it!
@@MrBraddles3128 From what I've heard the model for The West Wing was the Clinton administration. Clinton is a Rhodes Scholar and had some very smart people working with him. So did Obama. Their staffs were well qualified for their jobs and I'm sure the conversations were interesting and informative. It's only idealistic in that Barlett is a genius with a good heart and not the stereotypical craven politician. And that's exactly what we need right now.
Since the topic is daughters I can add that my youngest grand daughter prepped her boy friend before he met me as: my dad is cool, it's grand pa you have to worry about.
Yeah, any smidgen of respect he might have had for that rich twerp vanished at that point. Since the Jean drugged Zoe, he's lucky he wasn't thrown in jail for the rest of his life. In gratitude, he goes and trashes Zoe in the press. Dick.
He's a white guy from New England and her boyfriend is a pompous entitled son of a french diplomat. Of course he's gonna call him a from behind his back.
As the father of three daughters, thank you for clarifying that. Maybe I'll make it a bumper sticker, after I learn how to drink tea of course, (which I'm not a fan of). XD
It could be Vic, the guy she eventually married. He was in a band (Schrodinger's Cats), though perhaps that was before they would have known each other.
As great as the dialog in this scene is, what I noticed most was the agent casually following the president down the halls of the White House as soon as he steps out of the Oval Office. No acknowledgement, nothing, just casually following the leader of the free world down the halls of one of the most secure building in the world you know, "just in case".
I have three nieces, my brother in law used to brag openly, at family gatherings no less, that he was quite the popular with the ladies before he settled down with my sister. Now he has 3 daughters...
Tell me about it. My wife and I have five daughters. All of 'em brainiacs, and made me look silly very regularly. Two are RNs, two are SpEd teachers, and one owns her own bookkeeping business. Dad couldn't be prouder or happier.
It was the Presidential Personal Person that she wouldn't tattle on. Season 4 Ep 2, which was 20 hours in America ( part 2) was the name of the episode.
He actually hired her mainly because during all the commotion with "wanna dwink of wa wa" guy and after he chased her almost to the exit door, she remembered a bunch of obscure market report stuff someone said in the oval. The way he hired her by looking at someone and just pointing at her while she looked confused was a great ending to the scene.
Tbe thing is, this is meant to be pitying for another reason. It's not 'oh, aren't daughters difficult, hahaha', it's 'you don't have sons you only have worthless daughters, you poor bastard'. Kind of makes it less charming.
2:35 Lexor, Egypt? How did that take end up being the keeper? That's the second time in as many days I've seen a dodgy take make the final cut. There's a short piece from about 20 years ago featuring a whole bunch of A-list actors reading the Declaration of Independence. During the portion critical of King George, Kevin Spacey says "inestimitable" instead of "inestimable".
Don't speak much, do you? As someone who has done professional voiceover work for over 30 years, I assure you, even the very best of the best mispronounce a word from time to time. It happens. I know a lot of other voiceover actors who wish they were as good during the rest of the week as you think you are on Sunday.
*Debbie:* They say daughters look for their fathers. *Bartlet:* _(thinking)_ I could have the Secret Service bury you up to your neck in the Mojave, but I won't because you're funny.
Quoting Douglas Adams. It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
The man's a great actor, but speaking frankly, Charlie and Emilio are trainwrecks, and it evidently has a lot to do with their father being a drunk. He's certainly aged well, but never forget that actors are malleable and deceptive creatures by nature. Also, don't forget that the same man who played President Barlett *also* played President Stillson in The Dead Zone.
J-F Bradley So what did he mean by that ? Kill him ? Or that Hoynes still belongs to god ? ------------------------------------------------- Its all blatantly based on The Book of Job . Did ye see that ? Literally word for word . Job was the gods (the worlds) most loyal of gods servants on Earth . By implication , that the US President is the most righteous of gods people - so righteous that god tested him by instructing satan to test him with affliction (MS) , attacks , and the death of his wife , then his daughter ......at which point Job (and the President) confronts god directly , one to one . Thats why hes shown speaking Latin ; an exclusively religious language that generally ,only Priests know. Its a great scene , but not for entertainment .
He was saying that he wouldn't run for President again and that he would let Hoynes run instead, but after the scene where he talked with Mrs. Landingham's "ghost" he decided to run again anyways. That and he got the MS long before he decided to run for President. And his speaking latin was explained by him being a devout Catholic earlier in the season.
umm.... which president in recent memory has written his own speeches? Every single thing any career politician says is written and orchestrated in advance.
Leo's look when he walks past CJ and Debbie after she said the line "do you want to bellydance for the joint chiefs or should I?" 🤣🤣🤣
CJ bellydancing would be a sight to behold, and you're a damnable liar if you deny it.
The best line of the whole scene; "Father of Daughters, they thought the tea was the least they could do. "
My favourite was "Nancy McNally is waiting and she's already had her bath"
Nope. The best line is "petty thieves". SOB's who didn't even get allowances. SOB's who were merely 'pets' to daughters who couldn't find a "father".
Nah - it’s “ *They •Say•* Daughters *Look* for Their Fathers.”
•GLARE•
I have had there tea it’s very nice in a small glass
What I want to know is how did that look after he said that did not cripple him.
I am the youngest of 5 girls, my Dad has the patience of a Saint and the heart of a lion - I get it!!
*Both my parents were a-holes...and so am I to some extent*
( *Had my very own 'Mommy Dearest'* )
Whatever scene of The West Wing I click on has stimulating dialogue and fine acting.
"Nancy McNally is waiting and she's already had her bath". One of the best lines of the whole show.
Right up there with "If the Oscars were like that I'd watch." and "It's an entire generation beyond HEY LOOK YOUR SHOELACES ARE UNTIED!" and "Zoe, I work in a building with the smartest people in the world."
@@thisisme2476 good choice
I'd like to bath with Nancy McNally
"I'll tell Liz."
This show has so many great lines it's hard to pick a single one as the best
"They say daughters look for their fathers." I could watch Sheen and Tomlin all day
Don't they act together in Grace and Frankie
I love that little story. There was some real wit on this show, a rare thing on television.
That glare after the look for their fathers line is awesome.
My daughters are 21 and 8. There's not enough tea in the WHOLE WORLD
since public consumption of alchohol is banned in Egypt I think strong Tea was the best they could offer in sympathy.
My father was the only boy out of 6 to see 12. He had 5 sisters who lived into their adulthood with 2 living into their 90's and his oldest sister to 101! His father died when dad was 10 and after he was grown, until he married, he lived with his mother and grandmother. He married my mother who was one of 4 girls. They had 2 daughters. He worked in an office with a dozen women. He called his life 'swimming deep in the Estrogen Ocean'.
😄
Gin helps. Just saying
You are a good man Shan!
has anyone else noticed that martin sheen is pretty good in this role?
I started to catch on after watching the entire series for the 10th time.
@@John_May. I noticed when I was watching the show week-by-week when it orignally aired in the early 2000's.
My first clue was that I wouldn’t miss a new episode just a few hours after giving BIRTH! “Yep, baby’s healthy, mama’s healthy. Now, y’all go away...it’s West Wing night!!”
John May ...I feel better. I thought I was bad for watching it 5-6 times thru; this and “The Newsroom.”
He'd be better than the current one in the actual position.
Ms. Lily Tomlin plays the part of the president's personal secretary perfectly. As someone who takes Gregg Shorthand at 185 wpm and types 114 wpm... I believe I am qualified to say "yes, she has what it takes!" // on a side note: Ms. Tomlin is one outstanding actress and person!
Marc Barlow 114 wpm? That's gotta be a typo! 😂
Brian, lots of us type over 110 a minute.
@@galacruse2318 As someone who types 25 wpm on a good day, I am in awe!
over 100 can be done, but it takes practice.
*I can reduce any amount of information spoken or written into a single paragraph or in many occasions a single sentence*
( *Political discourse is 'easy-peazy'..."Play nice and share"* )
"Belly dance?" I love the WTF look on Leo's face as he does by.
You'd have a funny look on your face too if someone brought up the prospect of CJ belly dancing.
@@Dafmeister1978 I would have a smile on my face if I heard that.
I have great memories of this show. Sadly I never really watched it but my parents did. Plot twist. Now I'm starting to watch it as - Abu El Banat
Don't leave us hanging! How accurate is this scene? 😃 [full disclosure: I am the only daughter]
Would you like some tea?
As the father of a little girl, all's I can say is: Word up, Jed.
My Lebanese wife inherited my daughter. I too am Abu El Banat. The only difference is that it makes me proud.
I'm imagining the belly dancing...
And "Nancy McNally is waiting and she's already had her bath." PERFECT!
The post-Sorkin scripts are an interesting study in contrasts. The writers who succeeded him had the challenge of following one of the best in the business. IMO, they fail to achieve his musical rhythm and dazzling counterpoint but in many cases (this is a good example) the dialog flows well and I find the characters personalities better defined.
Thanks for posting!
You do know that when Sorkin was on the show he had a writing staff, he didn't write the whole show by himself.
@@joemckim1183 Of course. But a master cook has a lot of kitchen staff, but at the end he decides what the menu will be, which ingredients will be used, how all will taste and look, and in the end he decides if the dish will go out to the guests. He oversees the whole process. And this what the job of the chief writer for a show like this one looks like.
@@AgaPadar You still have to admit that TWW even after Sorkin left was still better than most of the dreck on TV.
@@joemckim1183 Dreck? Don't you mean, Donald Dweck?
@John James
Yes.
Yes, I do.
The opening to this video is hilarious. That look Leo gives to those two XD
As the father of three grown daughters...this is spot on!
Mine are 14 16 and 20 ...I've been drinking tea for years
@@christopherweber9464 Man, you’re still IN IT! Lol!
"My children choose morons, every one." 😂
They say daughters look for their fathers
I mean Zoey LEFT Charlie and he was about as dedicated and devoted as they come so yeah, I'd say so.
Ellie may have dated a guitar player, but she ended up with the fruit fly guy who seemed reasonably smart.
I am still waiting of the next West Wing tv series that will top The West Wing.... so far none come close....
Madam Secretary was pretty dang close.
Everyone in this series is PHENOMENAL.
I've always wanted to hear more about Ellie's "guitar player with the purple van". We've met most of the other men mentioned.
She got over her bad boy phase and started up with the fruit fly guy.
@@gene8172 how do you know fruit fly guy and the guitar player with the purple van aren't the same person?
ArtemisScribe Good point. That’s entirely possible. He did play with a band, Schrodinger’s Cats, a while back.
ArtemisScribe But, then again, her and the fruit fly guy only dated for a year before getting married.
@@gene8172 true, but they also screwed up the timeline for Liz's daughter who is 12 in episode 1 but still in high school in the final season. They mess up sometimes. I can see them messing up Ellie's timeline easily. She was a tad neglected.
"A son is a son 'til he takes a wife, A daughter is YOURS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE"-LOL i WORK IN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP NEAR A COLLEGE AND NOT A MONTH GOES BY THAT i AM NOT HANDED A CELL PHONE to tell dad what is needed on his little girls car -lol love it!
Robert Chandler true that two grown up daughters
Is this click and clack? lol
If only someone would study Jed Bartlett and then run for President, I’d be a happy camper
Well, Obama happened two years after the show ended...
It wouldn't work. This is a very idealised and unrealistic way of running a country. Nice to dream though.
@@MrBraddles3128
Unrealistic? It's not hard to imagine smart people working with integrity to run the country.
@@liman42 The key word there being "imagine".
@@MrBraddles3128
From what I've heard the model for The West Wing was the Clinton administration. Clinton is a Rhodes Scholar and had some very smart people working with him. So did Obama. Their staffs were well qualified for their jobs and I'm sure the conversations were interesting and informative. It's only idealistic in that Barlett is a genius with a good heart and not the stereotypical craven politician. And that's exactly what we need right now.
Since the topic is daughters I can add that my youngest grand daughter prepped her boy friend before he met me as: my dad is cool, it's grand pa you have to worry about.
"The Frog"?! I didn't remember President Bartlet calling Zoey's boyfriend that.
Only 1 t. BARTLET. ur not a true ww fan
The french guy she dated when she got kidnapped.
Yeah, any smidgen of respect he might have had for that rich twerp vanished at that point. Since the Jean drugged Zoe, he's lucky he wasn't thrown in jail for the rest of his life. In gratitude, he goes and trashes Zoe in the press.
Dick.
He's a white guy from New England and her boyfriend is a pompous entitled son of a french diplomat. Of course he's gonna call him a from behind his back.
@@KiplingKat7 Drugging Zoe was the least of his actions. The consequences almost led to a war. "Dick"? You're too kind.
As a father of 3 daughters (22, 16, and 7) I feel his pain. My brother was the one that ended up with sons.
Leo's face when deb was talking with CJ about belly dancing in front of the chief of joint staff 😂
For those wondering, that's a semi accurate translation. However, بنات اب would be be better transliterated as Abu Al B'naat
As the father of three daughters, thank you for clarifying that. Maybe I'll make it a bumper sticker, after I learn how to drink tea of course, (which I'm not a fan of). XD
There tea is black and sweet
For those of us in the cheap seats, is that pronounced significantly differently than the way the President says it?
or Walid al B'naat would also be acurate
your Arabic translation is a little bizaare because Arabic is written right to left... however your script goes from left to right!!!
the *GREATEST* show in the _HISTORY_ of televisions
It could be Vic, the guy she eventually married. He was in a band (Schrodinger's Cats), though perhaps that was before they would have known each other.
The most humorous scene in the whole series.
As great as the dialog in this scene is, what I noticed most was the agent casually following the president down the halls of the White House as soon as he steps out of the Oval Office. No acknowledgement, nothing, just casually following the leader of the free world down the halls of one of the most secure building in the world you know, "just in case".
Mrs fiderer was a excellent replacement to mrs landingham
I mean, you had to be asking yourself "how the hell are they going to follow *that* act?"
I have three nieces, my brother in law used to brag openly, at family gatherings no less, that he was quite the popular with the ladies before he settled down with my sister. Now he has 3 daughters...
I have two girls, 7 and 5. I refer to myself as Abu el Banat.
If abu means father, does that mean alladin, an orphan, literally calls his pet monkey and only companion of who knows how many years, “dad”???
It's Apu not Abu
@@badrinarayanan4192 I don't think so. Apu is the proprietor of the Kwik e Mart in The Simpsons.
It's pretty common Arabic name.
can't believe we're still talking about Sudan!!
Tell me about it. My wife and I have five daughters. All of 'em brainiacs, and made me look silly very regularly. Two are RNs, two are SpEd teachers, and one owns her own bookkeeping business. Dad couldn't be prouder or happier.
I want this brought back. Have some people return back to the series and have a new cast of characters. Maybe connect this with The Newsroom.
One of my favorite scenes
I love anyone who speaks in parables!
American President.
Expectation: Jed Bartlett.
Reality: Donald Trump.
There is a meme right there.
dumbo. Bartlet. 1 t!
@jimmyfly If you're talking about Trump then not really. He's a small minded, small handed, red headed, troll.
Jimmyfly ask 800,000 unpaid workers if they would rather have Obama or Dump in the WH.
@jimmyfly evidence please?
@jimmyfly OK. Post a link to a document or a website with the recorded calls.
What is the episode where he hires Debbie becuase she wouldn’t tell on the Vice President?
It was the Presidential Personal Person that she wouldn't tattle on. Season 4 Ep 2, which was 20 hours in America ( part 2) was the name of the episode.
He actually hired her mainly because during all the commotion with "wanna dwink of wa wa" guy and after he chased her almost to the exit door, she remembered a bunch of obscure market report stuff someone said in the oval. The way he hired her by looking at someone and just pointing at her while she looked confused was a great ending to the scene.
I've heard that twice now......🤔
As the father of 3 "Banat", I understand.
Tbe thing is, this is meant to be pitying for another reason. It's not 'oh, aren't daughters difficult, hahaha', it's 'you don't have sons you only have worthless daughters, you poor bastard'. Kind of makes it less charming.
As a father of twin girls: quit whining, Mr. President. Its the best job in the world.:)
“loving kindness and good will toward men”?! Have you met a American Christian?!
2:35 Lexor, Egypt? How did that take end up being the keeper? That's the second time in as many days I've seen a dodgy take make the final cut.
There's a short piece from about 20 years ago featuring a whole bunch of A-list actors reading the Declaration of Independence. During the portion critical of King George, Kevin Spacey says "inestimitable" instead of "inestimable".
Don't speak much, do you?
As someone who has done professional voiceover work for over 30 years, I assure you, even the very best of the best mispronounce a word from time to time. It happens. I know a lot of other voiceover actors who wish they were as good during the rest of the week as you think you are on Sunday.
I am the father of daughters.
awwww, I'm out of the loop here
That was a good one, a man who has Daughters
*Debbie:* They say daughters look for their fathers.
*Bartlet:* _(thinking)_ I could have the Secret Service bury you up to your neck in the Mojave, but I won't because you're funny.
omg its a TV show, stop tolling the RUclipss!
I need glasses Quota
Martin Sheen would make a good president. LoL
Especially because he in no way wants the job.
Quoting Douglas Adams.
It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
I doubt that as he is speaking written dialogue, Bartlett is a character.
The man's a great actor, but speaking frankly, Charlie and Emilio are trainwrecks, and it evidently has a lot to do with their father being a drunk. He's certainly aged well, but never forget that actors are malleable and deceptive creatures by nature. Also, don't forget that the same man who played President Barlett *also* played President Stillson in The Dead Zone.
pbdye and an aide in “The American President.”
Apparently in this White House one is qualified if one can talk really fast.
Whos "Hoynes" ?
The chap he mentions in the Cathedral ....."You get Hoynes" ???
Anyone ?
Vice-President
J-F Bradley
So what did he mean by that ?
Kill him ?
Or that Hoynes still belongs to god ?
-------------------------------------------------
Its all blatantly based on The Book of Job .
Did ye see that ?
Literally word for word .
Job was the gods (the worlds) most loyal of gods servants on Earth .
By implication , that the US President is the most righteous of gods people - so righteous that god tested him by instructing satan to test him with affliction (MS) , attacks , and the death of his wife , then his daughter ......at which point Job (and the President) confronts god directly , one to one .
Thats why hes shown speaking Latin ; an exclusively religious language that generally ,only Priests know.
Its a great scene , but not for entertainment .
He was saying that he wouldn't run for President again and that he would let Hoynes run instead, but after the scene where he talked with Mrs. Landingham's "ghost" he decided to run again anyways. That and he got the MS long before he decided to run for President. And his speaking latin was explained by him being a devout Catholic earlier in the season.
He meant to say, if you're not pleased, then I give up. Hoynes will be his preemptive successor.
@@RegentPrime Re Latin. Also he considered becoming a priest until he met Abby.
Daughters means you are paying there dowry
The Vice President
Sufficient faith I love ❤️ Geico
luv it
LOL @ people thinking Sheen would be a good president from this seeing this show. His lines are written people! lol
umm.... which president in recent memory has written his own speeches? Every single thing any career politician says is written and orchestrated in advance.
Touche
whistlerbrk Ignoratio elenchi
lol ok
Trump's words can't be written because he can't read.
honyes is the vice president that Bartlett does not like he leaves because of a scandle
My wife is number 4 out in 5 in 5 years parents are masochists,
Kremlin version of west wing wow