I love that John Laroquette still had that Dan Fielding-like head-lowering of submission.... Yet, maintained his position of strength..And humor. Just fantastic.
"I - WILL - KILL people today Leo, I will kill people with THIS cricket bat...." Possibly the best character introduction on this show. Masterful set-up and execution.
All the early scenes with Ainsley were hilarious. The one where she thinks Leo's closet is a bathroom is classic. And Bartlett's comment just made it incredibly funny. Amazingly enough, the show wasn't a comedy, per se, but had some of the most deadpan funny one liners. The episode where CJ got a "woot cannow" made me almost pass out I laughed so hard.
This show has some great supporting characters like Ainsley, Lionel Tribey, Oliver Babish, Amy Gardner, Ron Butterfield, Fitzwallace and Bruno Gianelli. Some of them should have had bigger parts.
The Babish scene was written for Tribbey. It was supposed to be a running joke that Tribbey was always interrupted before a vacation. But the actor couldn't come back for some reason so they rewrote the scene for Babish. Everytime we see Babish he is also about to go on vacation but is interrupted.
I loved when this aired! I remember how hard I laughed, how much I liked it when he burst in on Leo, the president, and later stood up to those White House staffers.
wow i never thought of tribbey's reaction to the MS as mentioned below...if he's this upset about a memo, what would he say to conspiracy and withholding? wow.
I disagreed with 85% of what the Bartlett White House Administration did. But I wouldn’t miss a second of this show. It was brilliant.And the partisan arguments were civilized. Enthusiastic, usually angry, but civilized. I miss those days.
"Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline testified at governmental affairs that the White House couldn't produce the Rockland memo because the White House didn't HAVE the Rockland memo." "Do we?" "Holding it in my hand, Leo!"
This whole video and all the scenes are brilliant, but you're absolutely right....the final punctuation point of that line is what makes this quintessentially West Wing and just perfect.
John Bernard laroquette is badass on Broadway comedy and drama this man is a totally badass in everything he does a true badass legend icon and hero in entertainment
The relationship between Leo and Ainsley, limited as it was, was brilliant … I dearly wished they had more opportunities to share the screen together …
"They " being Secret Service would not let him walk around with a cricket bat, especially saying he is going kill people with it and getting inside the Oval Office, let alone near POTUS. Secret Service always follows POTUS and hear everything.
On one hand, you could be right. Long reach, a visible and audible lack of stability in temperament would make Tribby worrisome to the Secret Service But, don't forget that they will have extensive psychological profiles that would tell them. "Watch our for t the Bat, but he would NEVER swing it in the direction of the president. Tribby rates too high on any Loyalty measured
Martin Sheen kinda answered your comment: "Lionel Tribbey is a brilliant lawyer....one we can't live without. Or there would be very little reason not to put him in prison". Basically they need him, so he gets away with murder.
I have said in other places that if anybody with a weapon like that and as furious as he looked like that was headed for the Oval Office he would have been tackled and spread eagled on the floor by the Secret Service before he got to Mrs.Landingham’s desk.
I was just about to agree with Leo when he said this 2:13 but then Lionel snapped me back to reality with this 2:17 I swear Leo represents what modern liberalism is and Lionel represents what its supposed to be
He was half right. It's His/Her Majesty, no Royal, for monarchs and wives of monarchs. His/Her Royal Highness for the children of monarchs, the children of sons of monarchs. A monarch can grant or deny an HRH title.
As enjoyable as the Tribey cameos are, there is no way, any day and twice on a Sunday, that any person would be allowed head purposefully into the Oval Office carrying a bat. Cricket or otherwise.
How is a guy waving about a cricket bat and yelling for blood allowed anywhere near the White House, much less threatening the Chief of Staff in a room adjoining the Oval Office? And then allowing him to barge in? No wonder the Secret Service allowed two assassination attempts and a kidnapping to happen.
In real life.... RIP Queen Elizabeth II❤😢🎉 Sprinkles. Give me Democracy or give me a dearth of infrastructure weeks run by a weak man called Donald John Trump senior. Allegedly. One take Bartlet 😊 Let us try a gain again. Cricket and rugby? The Sportman Club❤😮😢
That final joke "...or there would be very little reason not to put him in prison" is just the kind of wit that makes the West Wing great.
I love that John Laroquette still had that Dan Fielding-like head-lowering of submission.... Yet, maintained his position of strength..And humor. Just fantastic.
Everytime i saw him on West Wing i thought of Night Court lol
Only recently realized he was also on Baa Baa Black Sheep (Black Sheep Squadron) which I loved as a kid.
In my mind it really is Dan Fielding working as the White House counsel.
It is a crying shame we only got about half a season's worth of Lionel Tribey.
Slinging the bat over his shoulder as he barely regains control and manages to be civil is the funniest part to me
John Larroquette is gold!
Would have enjoyed many more scenes with him in this show.
I lost it at the part he says "Nice to meet you", smiles and walks out pointing his cricket bat at them.
"I - WILL - KILL people today Leo, I will kill people with THIS cricket bat...."
Possibly the best character introduction on this show. Masterful set-up and execution.
"I just want to die."
"It's the White House you get used to that feeling."
LOL. The one liners on this show were great.
Leo was my favorite. RIP Jon XX
All the early scenes with Ainsley were hilarious. The one where she thinks Leo's closet is a bathroom is classic. And Bartlett's comment just made it incredibly funny. Amazingly enough, the show wasn't a comedy, per se, but had some of the most deadpan funny one liners. The episode where CJ got a "woot cannow" made me almost pass out I laughed so hard.
This show has some great supporting characters like Ainsley, Lionel Tribey, Oliver Babish, Amy Gardner, Ron Butterfield, Fitzwallace and Bruno Gianelli. Some of them should have had bigger parts.
Which actor is the lawyer for the first lady?
Babish
@@joecook5689I believe, if I’m not mistaken, Babish was White House council after some unknown, unimpressive guy called … ahh, what was it again?
I love Lionel!!! He actually says what lawyers are often thinking.
Anyone notice that both Babish and Tribbey were about to take a vacation when we meet them or did I miss a scene?
The Babish scene was written for Tribbey. It was supposed to be a running joke that Tribbey was always interrupted before a vacation. But the actor couldn't come back for some reason so they rewrote the scene for Babish. Everytime we see Babish he is also about to go on vacation but is interrupted.
@@ari9638 Even Ainsley was called BACK from vacation that one time.
One of the funniest scenes in the series!
John L makes this work in a way that none other could have.
I wish Tribey made more appearances.
But not like this scene, which was moronic.
I loved when this aired! I remember how hard I laughed, how much I liked it when he burst in on Leo, the president, and later stood up to those White House staffers.
Lionel Tribey is John Larroquette's third greatest role behind Dan Fielding (Night Court) and Sir Galahad (The Librarians)
THis is when this show was glorious.
shihoblade yep
she was alwasy my favorite person on the show
I've always wanted to see Lionel's reaction to Bartlet's secret. That scene would've been priceless!
That'd be good 😂🤣🤣
He’s probably watching it on TV pissing himself laughing.
While enjoying a drink with a little umbrella in it.
When Lionel finds out the President...of the United States, ask Ainsley to be hired and he looks down, it reminds me of Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes
"Oh dear God"... Donna 😂
(President Bartlett) I had.
wow i never thought of tribbey's reaction to the MS as mentioned below...if he's this upset about a memo, what would he say to conspiracy and withholding? wow.
bursting into the Oval Office screaming and wielding a Cricket Bat..... I'm sure the Sec.Service would be fine with that.
He'd have been face down on the floor the moment he appeared outside Leo's office with that.
I disagreed with 85% of what the Bartlett White House Administration did. But I wouldn’t miss a second of this show. It was brilliant.And the partisan arguments were civilized. Enthusiastic, usually angry, but civilized.
I miss those days.
Annnd ... It was fiction.
It was intelligent and represented a time when Americans could discuss ideas.
"Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline testified at governmental affairs that the White House couldn't produce the Rockland memo because the White House didn't HAVE the Rockland memo."
"Do we?"
"Holding it in my hand, Leo!"
This whole video and all the scenes are brilliant, but you're absolutely right....the final punctuation point of that line is what makes this quintessentially West Wing and just perfect.
John Bernard laroquette is badass on Broadway comedy and drama this man is a totally badass in everything he does a true badass legend icon and hero in entertainment
Damn, I miss John Spencer.
To me, the best part of this video was when Bartlett emphasized the word "Grip".
John has been nominated and won Emmy and tony awards for his comedy drama and Broadway work congrats on your amazing career as a entertainer
John Larroquette was brilliant -----he needed to be on more episodes. ------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
He's one of the best characters on the show
The relationship between Leo and Ainsley, limited as it was, was brilliant … I dearly wished they had more opportunities to share the screen together …
Who else would have loved to see half a dozen Secret Service agents tackle Lionel Tribey to the floor for approaching the President with a weapon? :)
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PARTS I EVER SEEN
"the President of what....?" Huahuaaaaah
Flippin' brilliant.
No way they let him that close to POTUS with a heavy bat!
...but its not a bat..its a sports piece of equipment ;)
It was a cricket bat.
"They " being Secret Service would not let him walk around with a cricket bat, especially saying he is going kill people with it and getting inside the Oval Office, let alone near POTUS. Secret Service always follows POTUS and hear everything.
On one hand, you could be right. Long reach, a visible and audible lack of stability in temperament would make Tribby worrisome to the Secret Service
But, don't forget that they will have extensive psychological profiles that would tell them. "Watch our for t the Bat, but he would NEVER swing it in the direction of the president. Tribby rates too high on any Loyalty measured
If Debbie Fiderer or Mrs. Landingham were in the outer office, there is no way Lionel would have been able to burst into the Oval Office.
I keep thinking of night court;)
For 20 years I’ve wondered what was in that damn Rockland memo.
I just realized we never got told what was in it🤣 And i can't count the number of times I've seen this scene🤣🤣🤣
Easiest way to get me to watch a show: put John Laroquette in it
no one would survive walking into the Oval and talking like that to the President. Especially with dozens of people in the room.
Martin Sheen kinda answered your comment: "Lionel Tribbey is a brilliant lawyer....one we can't live without. Or there would be very little reason not to put him in prison". Basically they need him, so he gets away with murder.
A counsel wandering into the Oval Office with a cricket bat in hand would be preferable to the current White House gong show.
It’s better now with the Pennsylvania ave retirement home……?
Best sceen ever
Larroquette was great in this role.
I’m curious how Justice Dreifort was wanting to violate the ninth amendment
That part reminded me of this scene later in the series
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about enumerated rights...
The president... of what?
I have said in other places that if anybody with a weapon like that and as furious as he looked like that was headed for the Oval Office he would have been tackled and spread eagled on the floor by the Secret Service before he got to Mrs.Landingham’s desk.
Lionel, Leo is, in fact, your boss...
2:27 he makes a good point
finally someone who uploaded the part where he bursts into the oval office, thanks TheRyman25
"Her Royal Majesty Elizabeth Windsor"
As a Brit I physically cringed at that. It should be "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth"
He doesn't seem the type of person who is a big royalist.
I was just about to agree with Leo when he said this 2:13 but then Lionel snapped me back to reality with this 2:17
I swear Leo represents what modern liberalism is and Lionel represents what its supposed to be
I think he means Her Royal Highness. "Majesty' is normally used in the second person.
He was half right. It's His/Her Majesty, no Royal, for monarchs and wives of monarchs. His/Her Royal Highness for the children of monarchs, the children of sons of monarchs. A monarch can grant or deny an HRH title.
@Nemhain1 They would shoot and ask questions later.
As enjoyable as the Tribey cameos are, there is no way, any day and twice on a Sunday, that any person would be allowed head purposefully into the Oval Office carrying a bat. Cricket or otherwise.
The almighty Lord Assistant DA Reinhold Daniel Fielding Elmore. 😁
I think even they wanted to see what would happen
drinks have parasols not umbrellas. think about it
Gentlemen: Lil' Slugger: Age 47
And now, in 2023, "Contempt of Congress" is no longer a thing.
Wonder which is more incorrect, calling her by an incorrect title “her royal majesty” or calling her by an incorrect name “Elizabeth Windsor”
did lionel charge her a fee and the cricket bat came with it
Tribbey had a cricket bat, Babbish had a “big hammer”. Why are the White House Councils always armed?
tribbey's way way better than babish!!
Tribey is ummmmmmmm, dramatic shall we say
Does Lionel look like a man you want to stand in front of
LOLLOLLOOLOLLLLOLL
How is a guy waving about a cricket bat and yelling for blood allowed anywhere near the White House, much less threatening the Chief of Staff in a room adjoining the Oval Office? And then allowing him to barge in? No wonder the Secret Service allowed two assassination attempts and a kidnapping to happen.
I hate it when a series gets old and thinks it needs to get cute to survive.
In real life.... RIP Queen Elizabeth II❤😢🎉 Sprinkles. Give me Democracy or give me a dearth of infrastructure weeks run by a weak man called Donald John Trump senior. Allegedly.
One take Bartlet 😊
Let us try a gain again. Cricket and rugby? The Sportman Club❤😮😢