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

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 Engler, U.S. Space Command
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:

Donna Moss: [about a meeting Josh has with National Security] What do you think it's about?
Josh Lyman: I don't know, but this is the White House, so it's probably not that important.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Soundtrack:

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