tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53384662011-10-17T09:45:36.250-07:00This week on THE LEFT ... er ... WEST WINGA blog dedicated to commenting on the 60 minute political campaign commercial for the DNC known as NBCs West Wing.<br>
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<i>"The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined."</i><br>
--T. S. Eliot
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.comBlogger731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1110312067062892932005-03-08T11:57:00.000-08:002005-03-08T12:01:40.896-08:00Christian Intolerance is Nothing New with the Left ....William Thatcher Dowell's commentary on Christianity and his comparison to the extremist teachings of Wahabi Islam is not only intolerantly silly, it's down right inane in it's agenda driven factual blindness.It's obvious that Dowell has issues with Christianity. But to claim that the Christian Right is America's brand of extremism is insulting to the 3500 men, womenand children who were Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1108063033029202652005-02-10T11:08:00.000-08:002005-02-10T11:17:13.030-08:00 #614 "The Wake Up Call"John Wells is getting crafty. THE WAKEUP CALL takes place around yet another international crisis when Iran shoots down a British passenger jet it mistakes for a US Spy plane. The President isn't cooperating with his new sleep schedule. And there's a foxy Miss World getting everyone's attention. All this activity so you don't truly catch on to the indoctination that's happening to you with Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1103064917216365192004-12-14T14:53:00.000-08:002004-12-14T14:55:17.216-08:00THE LEFT WING GOES OFF THE AIRWith a busy schedule and an even busier 5-year old. The Left Wing is once again going dormant. I barely have time to watch the show now, much less comment on it.
It's been another fun run. But it's coming to an end. But just remember - if it's a political drama, you can set your watch by the fact that it's from a Democrat's point of view.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1099595932804939632004-11-04T11:18:00.000-08:002004-11-04T11:18:52.803-08:00#603 'Third Day Story' "Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1099091891246934372004-10-29T16:18:00.000-07:002004-10-29T16:40:21.343-07:00#602 - "The Birnam Wood"
Occasionally, one comes to understand why Yahoo originally listed TWW as "fantasy."
This week's episode is one of them. Not because it's so unbelievable. It actually isn't. But because the entire foundation of this episode is based ON A LIE. The lie that puts forth the subtle notion that Palistinians had a country where the Israeli's now live.
Watching this episodeJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1098643645726285002004-10-24T11:45:00.000-07:002004-10-24T11:47:25.726-07:00STRANGE RELATIONS
(hat tip LT SMASH)
This is just plain wrong. But it appears that Bush and Kerry are cousins.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1098642079160805062004-10-24T11:18:00.000-07:002004-10-24T11:21:19.160-07:00WHITE HOUSE SHAKE-UP
USA TODAY reports that CJ's going to get a promotion - TO HIEF OF STAFF - after Leo has a heart attack. (Warning, SPOILERS THERE)
Seriously, isn't that like putting the field goal kicker in at quarterback after Favre gets knocked out of the game?Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1098641366031408042004-10-24T11:05:00.000-07:002004-10-24T11:18:30.686-07:00#601 "NSF Thurmont"
Only thing I have to say about this episode right now is that when you call for peace talks after being attacked by a terrorist, the only thing you guarantee is MORE ATTACKS.
Next Week - #602 "The Birnam Wood"Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1095133865407420072004-09-13T20:51:00.000-07:002004-09-13T20:53:15.236-07:00Jimmy Smits to join cast of 'West Wing'
Is Smits Bartlet's heir apparent? This article seems to think so. I think, thought, that Mr. Brady may have something to say about that.
And this article says that his tenure in the West Wing may be short lived already.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1093720184121726222004-08-28T12:04:00.000-07:002004-08-28T12:10:47.626-07:00
HAWKEYE JOINS WEST WING
M*A*S*H superstar ALAN ALDA is poised to join the cast of the West Wing, playing a republican senator with eyes on the White House.
I'm sorry, but an uberlib like Alda playing a Republican? Isn't that like a caucasian doing black face?Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1093034310898123672004-08-20T13:36:00.000-07:002004-08-20T13:39:11.490-07:00A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS ...
from freerepublic:
If Kerry's right about the SwiftVets not serving with him...
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1084304696706506042004-05-11T12:43:00.000-07:002004-05-11T12:44:56.706-07:00In lieu of today's events, I feel it necessary to post the wise words of President Bartlett when he said:
"Did you know that 2000 years ago, a Roman Citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation. He could walk across the earth unharmed, cloaked only in the protection of the words 'civus romanus': I am a Roman citizen. So great was the retribution of Rome Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1080789001407786012004-03-31T19:10:00.000-08:002004-03-31T19:16:34.123-08:00#518 "Access"
C.J. IS 'FULL-COURT' PRESS SECRETARY FOR A DAY WHEN TV DOCUMENTARY CREW TAGS -
C.J.'s (Allison Janney) every move is recorded by a TV documentarian as a crew follows her through a "typical" day for a program on White House press secretaries past and present, but the presence of outsiders adds stress when a crisis involving a terrorist shootout with the FBI has a smiling C.J. Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1080169494923886612004-03-24T15:04:00.000-08:002004-03-31T19:19:58.543-08:00JOSH, the most Bartletest aide gets the idea to share Supreme Court seats with the Right?
Man, Sorkin's influence really IS dead.
This was perhaps the best episode of the season - showing just how weak willed the moderate position can indeed be when grossly populated.
The only true balance is strength from the left, AND from the right, and using DISCOURSE to create consensus (sure wish thatJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1079730776685314312004-03-19T13:12:00.000-08:002004-03-19T13:16:13.200-08:00Since we have a small hiatus with TWW. I thought I'd address a list of lies being floated by LIBS about President Bush:
A rebuttle to FIFTEEN THINGS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CANNOT BLAME ON THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:
1. George W. Bush entered the White House with a criminal record (a first)
PROVE IT. What crimes did Bush commit (other than misdimeanors) that were convictions?
And actually, Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1079555584428509692004-03-17T12:33:00.000-08:002004-03-17T12:36:18.106-08:00Pre-empted this week.
However, here's what we have to look forward to in the coming weeks:
03-24-04 - #517 "THE SUPREMES"
TORNADO OF POLITICAL FUROR AND INTRIGUE ENGULFS BARTLET WHEN HE MUST NOMINATE NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE
When a Republican Supreme Court justice suddenly dies, the Bartlet administration scrambles to find a worthy replacement and the halls are are flooded with candidates -- Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1078952054607361012004-03-10T12:54:00.000-08:002004-03-10T12:57:20.983-08:00"Eppur Si Muove"
Bush judicial nominees who have votes for confirmation, and yet, are blocked by Democrats with a paper filibuster:
Justice Priscilla Owen
Judge Carolyn Kuhl
Justice Janice Rogers Brown
Judge Miguel Estrada (would be the FIRST Hispanic judge on the court)
Judge Charles Pickering (recess appointed)
Attorney General Bill Pryor
Constitution - Article 2 Section 2
(The President) Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1077659678046878262004-02-24T13:54:00.000-08:002004-02-24T14:03:45.076-08:00#515 "Full Disclosure"
From TVGuide
John Hoynes (Tim Matheson) is back in the news---in a magazine article in which he says that Bartlet and Leo tried to talk him out of resigning after his sex scandal broke. This is political dynamite, and C.J. learns of it from pugnacious cable talker Taylor Reid (Jay Mohr)---on Reid's live show.
Meanwhile, Toby spars with union representatives over ChineseJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1077233984371527442004-02-19T15:39:00.000-08:002004-02-19T15:42:22.340-08:00#514 "An Khe"
Who amoungst us wouldn't want to give the man who saved our lives the benefit of the doubt? That the man chose not to take advantage of that and, once again, save Leo, speaks volumes.
Score one for CJ.
Man, now that this show is actually a drama, instead of a campaign commercial, it's really getting good!
Thank God for John Sacret Young!Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1076542423490943882004-02-11T15:33:00.000-08:002004-02-11T15:36:10.920-08:00Boy, am I behind!
Last week's episode on fixing Social Security was top notch. The ability to show how sometimes BOTH parties are more interested in politics than actually serving the very people who elected them to office.
A quote from Ronaldus Magnus comes to mind:
"There's no limit to what a man can do if he doesn't care who gets the credit."
Too bad today's Democrats don't get that. AndJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1068742553261681672003-11-13T08:55:00.000-08:002003-11-13T08:56:20.390-08:00Uh, last time I checked, Toby, the President has to SIGN a bill into law before a liberal judge can call it unconstitutional.
#507 "Separation of Powers"
From TV Guide
Matthew Perry returns as deputy counsel Joe Quincy, a former clerk to the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who's tabbed by Toby to try to persuade the aging jurist (Milo O'Shea) to retire following a collapse.
Meanwhile, Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1067975212160505112003-11-04T11:46:00.000-08:002003-11-13T08:54:19.246-08:00JOSH GOT SCREWED. And can someone please tell me what Bartlett's "defining moment" was in this episode? NBC touted it as "one president's defining moment," but aside from standing up the German premiere to hang with disaster victims, I can't see what it was.
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Now that was a defining moment!
Next week - #507 "Separation of Powers"
#506 "Disaster Relief"Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1067974951678940432003-11-04T11:42:00.000-08:002003-11-04T11:46:50.233-08:00The Bartlet Generation had better take notice .... one of their kind is supporting "W"
From OpinionJournal.com:
George Bush vs. the Naive Nine
Why this lifelong Democrat will vote Republican next November.
BY ZELL MILLER
Monday, November 3, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
If I live and breathe, and if--as Hank Williams used to say--the creek don't rise, in 2004 this Democrat will do something I Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1067974826023899272003-11-04T11:40:00.000-08:002003-11-04T11:41:41.966-08:00A bit of humor from freerepublic.com about CBS cancelling the miniseries THE REAGANs:
CBS will not broadcast THE REAGANS on November 16 and 18. This decision is based solely on our reaction to
seeing the final film, not the controversy that erupted around a draft of the script.
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1067542824940948222003-10-30T11:40:00.000-08:002003-11-04T11:38:31.560-08:00Tonight on a very special "Bickersons ..." Everybody fights! Course, C.J. did have a point. But when the boss says that' the line ... well, that's the line.
- TLW
#505 "Constituency of One"
From TVGuide
It's Josh's birthday, but Will receives what could be a gift: an offer to be the new VP's top aide. "You can shape the next presidency from the ground up," Russell (Gary Cole) tells him.
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1067382063494406632003-10-28T15:01:00.000-08:002003-10-28T15:22:34.013-08:00
LIFE IMITATING ART
West Wingers will remember episode #303 "Ways and Means."
In episode #303 ("Ways and Means") Bartlet is trying to decide whether to rely on a weather report which states that a storm is coming which will put out a fire "naturally," thereby supporting the wacked out environmental policy of democrats against clearcutting and thining out of our nation's forests in order to keepJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065718175892295182003-10-09T09:49:00.000-07:002003-10-24T13:53:55.326-07:00#504 "Han"
(thanks to bewarne's West Wing Continuity Guide)
If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. We see around us today the marks of our terrible dilemma--predictions of doomsday, antinuclear demonstrations, an arms race in which the West must, for its own protection, be an unwilling participant. At the same time we see totalitarian Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065633022929734102003-10-08T10:10:00.000-07:002003-10-08T22:21:01.466-07:00#503 "Jefferson Lives"
"ADVISE AND CONSENT ..."
Pickering.
Estrada.
Owen.
I can list more if you wish.
A Democrat lecturing Republicans on advise and consent is like Mary Carey lecturing Arnold on self control.
Oh, and by the way, Adams said "Jefferson still survives."
From TVGuide (thanks to bewarne's West Wing Continuity Guide)
"With Bartlet back in the Oval Office attention is turned toJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065626038390074392003-10-08T08:13:00.000-07:002003-10-08T10:10:15.846-07:00
FROM CONAN THE BARBARIAN:
General: Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!
General: That is good. Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065592869211339722003-10-07T23:01:00.000-07:002003-10-08T08:07:16.063-07:00MANDATE
A Memo for 2004
look familiar?
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065539349617191532003-10-07T08:09:00.000-07:002003-10-07T08:09:09.706-07:00ON THE RECALL
Armani Suit .... $700
Law school tuition in the 70s ...$50,000
Having the last vestage of your credibility as an advocate destroyed in 5 minutes by a radio talk show host and a phone call by someone who was there exposing your client as a liar....
priceless!
For those who want taxes, taxes, taxes ... there's Davis and Allred.
For everyone else, there's ...
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1065022925484708112003-10-01T08:42:00.000-07:002003-10-03T07:38:59.213-07:00#502 "The Dogs of War"
A quick resolution to the Zoe Bartlett kidnap crisis this week got Bartlett back in the Oval Office. But not before acting president Walken made America's resolve known in no uncertain terms by bombing terrorist camps in the region.
And what was that? Though Bartlet's camp accusses the Republican President/Speaker of attempting to "ram an agenda" with closed door Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1064502082552248452003-09-25T08:01:00.000-07:002003-09-25T08:30:12.033-07:00"7A WF 83429" (Season Premiere)
The chaos of this episode is compelling. I loved the gravitas of Goodman's character as he plays the Republican Speaker coming out of the bullpen to relieve Bartlett and how they deal with the fallout from the Shariff assasination.
My favorite lines:
"If Zoe Bartlet's dead, I'm going to blow up something and God help what happens next."
"(Sherrif's) was a oneJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1064415134686994472003-09-24T07:52:00.000-07:002003-09-24T07:52:14.936-07:00CASHING IN
All that and a bag of chip$
E! Online reports that four West Wing cast members, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford and John Spencer, have gotten what they wanted ... a HUGE pay raise!
The four actors, taking a tip from the voting block at "Friends" have been negotiating "en masse" for months. Reportedly to be worth about $150,000 per episode, it will place them amongJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1064355208972906302003-09-23T15:13:00.000-07:002003-09-23T15:14:21.790-07:00HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING
TWW will jump right into the deep end of the pool
The Chicago Sun Times reports some interesting things regarding the beginning of this season, including these blurbs:
Regarding the character of President Bartlet
"We've put [Martin Sheen's President Bartlet] through quite a bit and the whole beginning of the season is actually about ... getting to the point where he'sJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1064242011270054092003-09-22T07:46:00.000-07:002003-09-22T07:48:02.903-07:00
FAIR AND BALANCED?
Ronald Reagan's old phrase about trust comes to mind
JOHN GOODMAN is set to JOIN the case of THE WEST WING. According to new series showrunner John Wells (of ER fame), The West Wing is seeking to shore up it's Republican viewership by making the show more "balanced" and presenting more of the conservative point of view. As such, John Goodman is reported to be "JOINING" Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1064240761074263912003-09-22T07:26:00.000-07:002003-09-22T07:27:01.996-07:00
SORKIN'S SWAN SONG
Vegas was right, TWW Wins for Best Drama
And I'm still trying to figure out how. Then again, I have a toddler so I don't get to watch much of the competition!
Here's the story from THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
Incumbent 'Wing' surprises with fourth Emmy win
In a startling upset, NBC's "The West Wing" overcame a season of disappointing ratings and behind-the-scenes turmoil to Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1063808975728581112003-09-17T07:29:00.000-07:002003-09-17T07:29:42.876-07:00ODDS ON FAVORITE
Vegas Bets Sorkin's Last Year will win Emmy's
NBC4.TV is reporting that a Las Vegas bookmaker puts NBC's "The West Wing" as a 2-1 favorite to win a fourth consecutive Emmy as best television drama series...
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1063639519174263552003-09-15T08:25:00.000-07:002003-09-15T08:27:08.123-07:00FITZ RETIRED
Amos gets his own gig
AICN is reporting that six weeks into the new season, Admiral Fitzwallace will be replaced as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
This is largely due John Amos getting his own gig the "grouchy dad" on The WB comedy “All About The Andersons.”
Meanwhile, Josh Lyman will be in the doghouse again, having "stepped in it" with an influential Democratic senator Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1063301175648716492003-09-11T10:26:00.000-07:002003-09-11T10:26:29.416-07:00IN MEMORY
9-11-03
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1063133879020669362003-09-09T11:57:00.000-07:002003-09-09T11:58:22.370-07:00JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
West Wing Season 1 on DVD
“THE WEST WING: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” will come out on DVD November 18th.
SHOP NOW AND AVOID THE RUSH.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1063074199189425872003-09-08T19:23:00.000-07:002003-09-08T19:23:19.200-07:00
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
Sam Seaborn backs a Kennedy Republican
Aaron Sorkin would be rolling over in his grave ... (well, we can only hope his career is dead, anyway)h
West Wing Alum Rob Lowe, onetime Democratic activist and former star of NBC's "The West Wing," was subsequently named as "celebrity coordinator" for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1062798231894297442003-09-05T14:43:00.000-07:002003-09-05T14:52:41.253-07:00ESPN OFFERS SHEEN EQUAL TIME TO LIMBAUGH
Yeah, like that's even a fair fight ...
The Kansas City Star reports that ESPN - which recently hired conservative commentator RUSH LIMBAUGH to provide a "Cosell-esque" perspective to NFL COUNTDOWN - went for equal time in their opening by using actor Martin Sheen for the voiceover.
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1062651909341786232003-09-03T22:05:00.000-07:002003-09-03T22:05:09.333-07:00With the New season approaching ... ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME FOR SHEEN TO GET ARRESTED AGAIN?Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1062172460747393082003-08-29T08:54:00.000-07:002003-08-29T08:54:20.553-07:00MOVING ON
Sheen admits that the Sorkin era is over.
This Fall, the President will have to answer to a higher authority over his decision to assasinate a diplomat from a middle Eastern country. HIS FAMILY.
In an AP Interview, Sheen talks about how The West Wing will not only "hit the ground running" in tying up the loose ends of the kidnapping of Zoe Bartlett, but also that even he recognizes Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1061571436705920232003-08-22T09:57:00.000-07:002003-08-22T09:58:14.746-07:00MARTIN SHEEN SEES BLACK HELICOPTERS IN THE RECALL ELECTION
Accuses AHNOLD of taking orders from the Bush White House
Seeing his ratings plummet and Arnold's poll numbers rise, West Wing Chief Executive Martin Sheen is crying conspiracy!
According to the New York Post: Sheen told "Access Hollywood" Schwarzenegger got his marching orders from the Bush administration. "The California recall is Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1061308328292897812003-08-19T08:52:00.000-07:002003-08-19T13:50:59.350-07:00FROM JONNY QUEST TO MR. BRADY
Gary Cole joins the cast.
Kim Possible has reason to be proud. That's because her dad (or the guy who does his voice) is being appointed Vice President on the West Wing.
COMING ATTRACTIONS is reporting that Gary Cole is set to join the cast as a vice president with "unconventional ideas." His character will be the replacement for Vice President Hoynes (played Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1061223639730245352003-08-18T09:20:00.000-07:002003-08-18T09:20:39.723-07:00LIVE FROM NEW YORK ...
...it's Aaron Sorkin?
The New York Daily News reports that Sorkin has a new idea. He wants to do behind the scenes of a late night sketch comedy show.
"He wants to do the politics, the fighting to get stuff on the air, the masterful show runner and the young crazy comics," said a Sorkin friend familiar with the project. "He's fascinated by it."
Chances are, this willJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1061221579342775362003-08-18T08:46:00.000-07:002003-08-18T08:47:32.366-07:00LIFE CAN BE STRANGER THAN FICTION
Rob Lowe Advises the Terminator
In a flat our BIZARRE twist in the California Recall Election, Gubenatorial Terminator "Ahnold" is firming up his campaign team by bringing ROB LOWE on board as a "senior advisor?!"
Read about it here.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1060370959520784892003-08-08T12:29:00.000-07:002003-08-08T12:29:19.446-07:00JOEY LUCAS HAS ONE IN THE OVEN ... AGAIN
West Wing regular to have baby.
GLAD TIDINGS! THE MIAMI HERALD is reporting that MARLEE MATLIN is going to have a baby!
Her fourth child, Matalin broke the news on CRAIG KILBORNs show.
"This is my fourth ... and you know what? It just happened ... The morning I woke up, I felt funny and said 'Honey, did we?' ... And the fourth one, right there."
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1059587646498977572003-07-30T10:54:00.000-07:002003-07-30T10:54:06.353-07:00ER GURU BRING IN SCRIBE TEAM
Writes first two episodes personally
Reuters/Yahoo reports that John Wells has brought in an actual writing team - though he's shown some Sorkin like work ethic by personally writing the first two episodes this season himself.
And the results aren't very encouraging. Though missing some of Sorkin's trademark bantering, and the episodes are rumored to contain some Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1059576112552199192003-07-30T07:41:00.000-07:002003-07-30T07:46:09.553-07:00PASS THE HAT
Industry trades confirm demands and names names
Showbizdata.com has confirmed that the supporting "vanguard" of the West Wing is demanding a pay raise:
"For the second year in a row, four co-stars of The West Wing reportedly are holding out for more money. According to trade reports, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford and John Spencer are demanding that NBC nearly Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1059404459962529742003-07-28T08:00:00.000-07:002003-07-28T08:00:59.813-07:00GIMME GIMME GIMME
The Daily Variety is reporting that four stars of "The West Wing" are hitting up Warner Bros. TV and John Wells Prods. for a hefty raise -- again....
They don't mention names but here's the photo they posted:
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1059058252858962332003-07-24T07:50:00.000-07:002003-07-24T07:52:09.760-07:00MY BIG FAT GREEK DEMOCRAT
Eckholdt joins first family on 'West Wing'
The Hollywood Reporter
Steven Eckholdt has joined the cast of NBC's White House drama "The West Wing" as a recurring. He will play President Jed Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) son-in-law, married to his older daughter, Elizabeth, the recurring role Annabeth Gish has been tapped to play (HR 7/22). Eckholdt and Gish will make their Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1058884590050047302003-07-22T07:36:00.000-07:002003-07-22T07:36:29.943-07:00FROM ONE PARANORMAL SERIES TO ANOTHER
Gish elected 'West Wing' 1st daughter
The Hollywood Reporter
Get ready to meet President Bartlet's older daughter. Annabeth Gish has been tapped as a recurring on the NBC White House drama "The West Wing," playing Elizabeth Bartlet Westin, President Jed Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) older daughter who has been talked about on the show but has never made an Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1058367534940069562003-07-16T07:58:00.000-07:002003-07-16T08:00:16.590-07:00AMERICA GETS IT, PRESIDENT BARTLET, WHY CAN'T YOU?
(from THE BELTWAY)
So, while President Sheen is bitching that he has a first amendment right to a hit television show, SHOWBIZDATA.COM has a headline which says it all: VIEWERS DEMAND MORE "PATRIOTIC" COVERAGE
On the Emmy Front, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER states that NBC's White House drama "The West Wing" has won 22 Emmys and received 58 Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1058282056013675302003-07-15T08:14:00.000-07:002003-07-15T08:14:27.603-07:00SORKIN-FREE WEST WING DETAILS BEGIN TO EMERGE
Ain't It Cool News has a story that describes casting for the first batch of what they call "Sorkin-free West Wing.”
Highlights of the 2-hour opener is acting president, Walken (John Goodman), wanting a Vice President (“In case you boys haven’t noticed,” explains the mammoth Walken, “I’m one prime rib dinner away from sudden cardiac arrest.”), Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1058280069888235082003-07-15T07:41:00.000-07:002003-07-15T07:41:57.130-07:00PRESIDENT BARTLETT'S PARANOIA GETS THE BETTER OF HIM
(He seems to think he has a first amendment right to good ratings)
Martin Sheen's interview in the Progressive is typical Larry King Softball fluff. They give The West Wing chief executive a chance to take pot shots at Bush, this country, and the true freedoms we enjoy.
He complains that people want him off NBC because of his anti-war views.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1058223103055553192003-07-14T15:51:00.000-07:002003-07-14T17:48:18.080-07:00
BRAVO GOES LIBERAL!
(must be eager to see the ratings plunge)
bewarne of "The West Wing" Continuity Guide reports that BRAVO is going liberal! (not surprising considering that they're owned by NBC):
"THE WEST WING" MARATHON AND A NEW EPISODE OF INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO FEATURING MARTIN SHEEN AIRS SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
BURBANK, Calif. -- July 9, 2003 -- This August, Bravo will present the Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1057259165552979102003-07-03T12:06:00.000-07:002003-07-03T12:06:05.513-07:00FALL MURMURS
What's new for West Wing vs. 2.0
Ain't it Cool News reports that John Goodman, whose Republican character became the nation’s acting president at the end of last season, is only signed for one episode this season. That could be that the kidnapping story will be wrapped up in short order.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-1057179322885450692003-07-02T13:55:00.000-07:002003-07-02T13:55:22.853-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRUNO!
Happy 57th Birthday to actor and born again Bush conservative :D Ron Silver!
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-958643502003-06-20T08:01:00.000-07:002003-06-20T08:04:39.000-07:00HAIL TO THE CHIEF
REUTERS reports:
"Martin Sheen may have shown up first in The West Wing, but television audiences are currently embracing ('24' President Dennis) Haysbert as their favorite leader."
Is that because Haysbert's portrayal of an embattled president is more presidential, a more dramatic storyline instead of preaching from the liberal bully pulpit? Or simply because Haybert tends Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-957548452003-06-17T07:54:00.000-07:002003-06-17T07:54:39.000-07:00SORKIN PASSES ON BLAIR
from CTNOW.COM
A Wing And A Blair? Sorkin Takes A Pass
Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," has said no to a prospective TV miniseries about a dysfunctional newsroom for which Jayson Blair would be consultant. This is according to Tuesday's Page Six of the New York Post. Sorkin, the column pointed out, dates New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd, who was one of Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-957545152003-06-17T07:44:00.000-07:002003-06-17T07:49:58.000-07:00'West Wing,' '24' provide civics lesson
How to be a liberal in one semester or less ... ;)
The Charlotte Observer is reporting on how shows like THE WEST WING and `24' are providing insight into the 25th Amendment for local area schools.
And although both shows created situations which stretch the limit of Constitutional and Political reality, they do provide a case of how, if done correctly, Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-950649092003-05-29T21:03:00.000-07:002003-05-29T21:03:41.660-07:00
The Drudge Report is reporting that former West Wing Regime Leader Aaron Sorkin is chairing a campaign event for Democratic Presidential Hopeful Dick Gephart.
And that's supposed to surprise us? SORKIN HAS BEEN CHAIRING A DNC EVENT FOR 4 YEARS, only now he's doing it in the open.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-950422822003-05-29T10:32:00.000-07:002003-05-29T10:36:01.000-07:00TV GUIDE GOES INSIDE THE WESTWING MELTDOWN
"Describes Sorkin's exit as a Shocking Truth"
This week's edition of TV Guide (the one with future California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the cover) goes behind the scenes of writer-producer-creator-and Uber Liberal and Conservative Bigot Aaron Sorkin's abrupt exit from THE WEST WING.
In this "shocking truth" expose, TV Guide talks about Sorkin'sJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-949466642003-05-27T09:43:00.000-07:002003-05-27T09:43:50.000-07:00
Creator of 'Mr. Sterling' Admits: We TV Writers Are '99% Leftist'
NewsMax.com
Last Sunday, on CNN's "Reliable Sources," there was a fascinating exchange between host Howard Kurtz and Lawrence O'Donnell, creator of NBC's Democrat fantasy series "Mr. Sterling" (starring Barbra Streisand's stepson Josh Brolin, and not to be confused with NBC's Democrat fantasy series "The West Wing"). Here's Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-945827052003-05-19T07:50:00.000-07:002003-05-19T07:52:24.000-07:00U.S. Constitution: Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Twenty-Fifth Amendment - Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability
Amendment
Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shallJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-943718592003-05-14T22:07:00.000-07:002003-05-14T22:14:13.000-07:00
#423 "Twenty-Five" (fourth season finale)
This may be not only the best episode of the season, but of the entire series. And why? Because it's a drama - not some fantasy in Aaron Sorkin's mind of what Presidential politics is like in the real world. This episode - tense with the chaos of a kidnapped daughter, a father on the brink of starting a war, and another realizing he loves his newbornJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-943301842003-05-14T07:42:00.000-07:002003-05-14T07:44:10.000-07:00I look up at the calendar and WHAMMO! I realize that a week has passed, the new ep. is tonight and I haven't ranted on the last one! I beg forgiveness:
#422 "Commencement" - By and large, aside from the telegraphed murder of a rather cute SS agent, and the fact that the entire country was placed on "Condition Bravo" BUT the Secret Service, which allowed Zoe to get kidnapped (yet another reasonJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-936187842003-05-01T14:57:00.000-07:002003-05-01T18:06:43.000-07:00TALK ABOUT REGIME CHANGE!
SORKIN SOARING FROM 'WING'
Writer has penned most of the show's episodes
from DailyVariety
By JOSEF ADALIAN
There won’t be a second term for Aaron Sorkin.
Emmy-winning scribe has informed Warner Bros. TV and NBC that this will be his final season with "The West Wing." He is expected to announce his decision this afternoon.
Move comes after a particularly tough Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-936037692003-05-01T09:59:00.000-07:002003-05-01T10:17:34.000-07:00LIFE ON MARS ...
TV Guide's Take: "On his first day at work, assistant White House counsel Joe Quincy (Matthew Perry) receives three pieces of information that lead to an unsettling discovery---and then to a scandal---when he pieces them together."
My Take ...
Okay, what chapped my buns about this episode wasn't the CONSTANT shots at Republicans during this episode (note, I actually enjoyed Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338466.post-934889982003-04-29T14:19:00.000-07:002003-04-29T14:19:17.520-07:00This week on The LEFT ... er ... WEST WING IS BACK!
That's right, the weekly commentary on the hit NBC propaganda tool known as THE WEST WING has returned after a lengthy absence in order to comment on the overt, and covert, left wing messages of series creator Aaron Sorkin.
Why did we come back? Well, first off, The Left Wing's son is now a growing toddler. So, by the time we finish watching Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741442624820146noreply@blogger.com0