"The West Wing" The Crackpots and These Women (1999)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Anthony Drazan

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

20 October 1999 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On the series' first "Big Block of Cheese" Day (nicknamed "Total Crackpot Day" by Josh), staffers meet with reps of various organizations causes...

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Moira Kelly	...	Mandy Hampton
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
Guy Boyd	...	Stanley
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Elisabeth Moss	...	Zoey Bartlet
Suzy Nakamura	...	Cathy
Renée Estevez	...	Nancy (as Renee Estevez)
Sam Lloyd	...	Bob
Nick Offerman	...	Jerry

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Toby mentions that C.J. once called him a paranoid nudnik. "Nudnik" is a real word. It is Yiddish and means "someone who is a boring pest".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Bartlet mentions that his daughter will be starting at Georgetown University soon and "is scouting for off-campus housing". Georgetown requires all first- and second-year undergraduates to live on-campus, providing an exception only if the student is married, over the age of 21, has dependents, or is living with his/her parents.

Quotes:

Bob Engler: [Regarding UFOs] These things happen and go unexplained. you don't think this is something you should take to the President?
Sam Seaborn: No.
Bob Engler: Again may I ask why not?
Sam Seaborn: Because there are levels and an order to our air defense command and to jump from our radar officer to the commander-in-chief would skip several of those levels.
Bob Engler: Like what?
Sam Seaborn: Like the Pentagon and, you know, perhaps therapy.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Soundtrack:

Ave Maria (Op. 52, No. 6 - Ellen's Gesang III)