I cannot watch Sam writing "on the fly" and not be overwhelmed to the point of tears at the sheer sense of wonder and curiosity he manages to convey in that simple statement.
I checked it, accurate (with rounding). As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane. This show looks good, might watch it.
"Yes, God forbid that while talking to 60,000 public school students the president should appear smart". Love that line. What happened in America in the last decade that intelligence became something to ridicule and mistrust?
A shining example. I think that there are candidates literally campaigning on the 'I'm pretty dumb so you should vote for me because I'm just like you" platform. Maybe I'm crazy but I prefer really smart people running things.
I'm watching through this, for the first time, on Netflix right now; I'm up to season 3, where they're fleshing out their campaign strategy. I love how Sam tells him not to fake "folksy," because he's not, he's very educated, and when he plays dumb it comes off as disingenuous.
The 'woah boy' from Bartlett while reading the NASA intro is classic and Sam's hello Mr. President had me rolling, there was a reason everyone saw them as arrogant. The intellectual snobbery of the West Wing was a good thing.
Arrogant is not smart and educated doesn't mean smart and neither of them are related to intelligence! A number of Presidents from Harvard and Yale have proved that! The snobbery simply signals the insecurity of the characters! While very much portrayed as liberal, Sorkin had each of them all over the map, as they each displayed their faults and blind spots. One only has to watch "Charlies' tax return" clip!
I enjoy these short moments. They remind me what a great show this was, the pool of talented actors, writers and production people that came together to create it. Then I get out my box set and proceed to watch the whole series again.
Jed treats his adoptive West Wing children in special ways. And I love the nerdy ways he has with his eldest adoptive child who is always kept in charge of the other younger siblings CJ Cregg. He's always nerdy and tends to show it off proudly to the dismay of almost every single person in the West Wing.
Wonderful intro... especially the part that begins at 3:22. The first few background musical notes play, Sam is reciting the intro, and President B giving him that "knowing" look all the while. Such an incredible moment. Well done, I wish there was something on TV now that was half as good as this.
I love all of the show openings.. and that music that comes on is just the best The West Wing is my all time favorite show.. well written, the casting was awesome, the right amount of scenes that make you smile and also make you cry
What's ironic is that all the principal players (actors, directors, writers, producers and yes even Aaron Sorkin) had agreed to another season showing the transition between Bartlett and Santos. NBC scrubbed it; citing poor ratings. Seems that an intelligent, well written program - moved to 4 different time slots on 3 different nights - seemed to do poorly - and today we get to watch some untalented wannabe sing on 4 nights a week, Thank God for cable, DVD's and PBS.
+Robert Snyder....you forgot to mention that the airways are also clogged with such educational television as Gerrymandering Springer and more " judge " shows than there are stars in our solar system.....
You know, the saddest thing is that this was made in a time when you could actually believe that there were people as incredibly smart as Sam working in the White House, and that there was a US President who knew how old the planet Mars was, and could convert Fahrenheit to Celsius in their head. Look at where we are now.
I think no president was that smart. I think there is only one US president who acquired a doctorate degree, and I doubt Wilson was 'that' smart either...
I hear ya. No one even remotely close to being as smart as Sam would want to work for an idiot like Trump. I don't blame them. But this is what it has come to. Kim Kardashian next President? What a joke.
Funny how we are revisiting this clip from 17 years at this point in history. I doubt the current POTUS even believes that Mars exists. West Wing was truly a masterpiece that should serve as a role model for all administrations to emulate. Perhaps we could have Aaron Sorkin nominated as Special Advisor to the Prez.
This is probably one of my favorite scenes for obvious reasons but also the subtle ones. When CJ is talking about using "love" twice in the same sentence, she also mentions broadcasting in living color," as there's a cut to a camera angle of her (in color) on a monitor. DAMN YOU, SORKIN, WHY MUST YOU DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY
God, I miss writing like this! It's funny, focussed and actually says something (about the power of story) and teaches any wannabe the difference between being a writer and someone who can spell.
Season 2 of the WW could be the best season of TV written and produced in the last two decades. Too bad smart TV isn't made anymore. We need another singing contest.
It's not about smart, it's about cheap. "Reality" shows are far cheaper to produce. In fact, the glut of such crap that we swim in now came about precisely because the networks didn't want to pay for good shows - there was a massive writer's strike in 2000 that went on for quite a while. Since no scripted shows could be produced, the networks jumped hard on the "reality" bandwagon and good TV went down the sewer.
“I suppose if we broaden the definition of writers to those who can spell” ! Damn! You just know that was Aaron Sorkin taking a dig at the other so-called Television writers! Love this show SO much!
The end of this episode is great as well. CJ told the President he should go ahead with the classroom and at the end he said "CJ you set it right that time."
+melissa christensan let have guy beat so bad you go to E R not once but 6 times and see if you bran work the some as now ok ass hat smoke your dope one day it will happon
j lin er? What you on about? "ass hat"? Why are you watching what you're watching? Do you understand it? We're talking about TWW here, "man". Cripes = youtube as CJ says = filled with 'eejits".
I never watch the Emmy awards but my wife does. I heard the WW theme so many times during those shows that I just assumed it was the theme to the Emmys. Long after WW was over, and longing for a kinder and smarter president, someone suggested to me that if I liked the movie The American President I would LOVE the WW. So I started watching it on Netflix and found out WHY their theme got played so much at the Emmys.
The theme song was, and is, if not the greatest theme song, it certainly is among the greatest. Also, The West Wing, should be considered one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Watch it from the beginning and you will agree.
West Wing can have very good moments that make you smile with wonder and hope. The end were Sam speaks of receiving images from another world that will be shared not only with the experts, but the younger generation is one of those.
man, this truly is from another era, where intelligence and intellect and science and facts were something to strive for. oh America, what has become of you.
Small things- the camera (in-show) tracking Sam as he composes the speech as if he's giving it on-air; and the President, watching, seeing Sam as a future President. None of that is important to the story, but it is to where Sorkin thought the series would go (Rob Lowe was really supposed to be the star, originally).
I am both bursting with pride and overcome with sadness for my country as I watch these clips for the “umpteenth” time. Still, I’m hopeful that our dark days are ending. God bless you all...
Writing this good is literally off the planet. ALL of the West Wing opening sequences are good, but some are quite literally 'great'. This is one of them. Aaron Sorkin is a god
I don't know what you are all talking about. "Me" was properly used in that sentence structure. When listing people "I" is commonly used at the end, such as "Joe, Tom and I" or "You and I". If, however, you list yourself in the middle, it is best to use "me". So when Sam says, "You, me, and 60,000 children across America....." he actually is correct. Just like, "You, me and Tom are going to the movies" versus "You, Tom and I are going to the movies".
Remove you and Tom. You wouldn't say "Me is going to the movies" or "Us are going to the movies". It's nothing to do with where it appears in the sentence, it is whether you are the subject or the object.
In casual speech, "me" is fine in that situation, but not in formal writing like speeches. It is part of the subject of the verb, so the nominative "I" is correct, not the accusative "me".
Sara Sellers Have you seen the Newsroom? It's not with the same cast, but it kind of has the same type of characters, it's really nice, even if some parts of it are annoying to sit through *cough* Maggie *cough*
Given the speeches here and in some of the other "West Wing" space episodes and the one about climbing Everest in "Sports Night", Aaron Sorkin really should do a show about space exploration.
"Very unique" is one of my pet peeves. "Unique" means "one of a kind", and it is not a synonym for "unusual". Something either is unique or it is not, it cannot be qualified as very unique or anything like that.
+MegaFortinbras - I get the pet peeve thing. Mine is the use of "methodology" in place of "method". I agree that "very unique" is at least needlessly wordy. But "unique" also means "distinctive". I suppose you could make a case for applying such a qualifier to it. The use of "very" can also - as I believe to be the case here - represent a form of emphasis of the point being made. That's commonly the reason for the application of "very" to just about anything in every day speech - and the reason it grows (very) tiring to hear from most mouths.
@@daveinindy I share your peeve. When "methodology" would turn up, as it routinely did in office memos and conversations, I'd suggest that "methodologicalizationalism" be used instead.
"I converted it to Celsius in my head." I checked it, accurate (with rounding). As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane. This show looks good, might watch it.
@ while I am in unabashed agreement, I think with a 'wordsmith President' (an excellent coinage if I say so myself), we wouldn't bear witness to gems like "Bigly" and "Covfefe".
@@lizellingwood7835 looking back there was a long time between when the actor died and when his character was killed. It was foolish of me to say it didn't have an impact
When it was first conceived, Sam was supposed to be the main character of the show, that's why Rob was casted as the only real professional big name and well known actor (Martin Sheen was only supposed to appear once every fourth episode)
+Dominic Sosa Also, When I just listen to this scene and not watch, I'd swear that the NASA Public Affairs guy sounds like Toby. Which, of course, is just what Sam needs: someone else that sounds like Toby bitching at him about whatever.
Sam's introduction is beautiful & poetic in its rhythm, the essence of great communication, but it's CJ who later schools the President in what the online classroom means to the watching students - the importance of "going to the blackboard and raising your hand".
I love Sam, but he did use the word "me" incorrectly in his magical speech: "You, *I* and 60,000 of your fellow students ... are going to be the first..."
@@cjeff3549 I am going to be first. You and I are going to be first. You and I and 60,000 students, etc., etc... "I" is the subject of the sentence. As it is, he is saying "me is going to be the first".
@@marcopl17 Right, because "You and I and 60,000 of your fellow students" just sounds so awkward. /s. Besides, this is Sam. Leo would agree with you not to worry about it, but of all the characters, Sam would be the one insisting on proper usage.
I cannot watch Sam writing "on the fly" and not be overwhelmed to the point of tears at the sheer sense of wonder and curiosity he manages to convey in that simple statement.
Oh thank you for writing that, because I genuinely thought I was the only one who teared up at this scene every time I watch it 🤗
Its the flute. It'll do that to you.
@@rehanmemon3969 Exactly, but it's also great production to be able to put those together
I've now watched the clip about 5 times, and teared up each time. The contrast with the last few years is inexpressible.
Sam didn't write it, he just recited it.
"I converted it to Celsius in my head." He looks so pleased with himself
converting to cesius to an American student?
I checked it, accurate (with rounding).
As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane. This show looks good, might watch it.
@@emaayan You're supposed to use Celsius.
@@emaayan Believe it or not, we do use Celcius in the American education system.
We just, y'know, don't stick with it.
The USA uses SI in industry, science and the military.
"Yes, God forbid that while talking to 60,000 public school students the president should appear smart". Love that line. What happened in America in the last decade that intelligence became something to ridicule and mistrust?
Democrats tend to select brainiacs, while the Repugs opt for the "aw shucks" icon
it is not in the interest of the owners of this country to have an intelligent, well informed population
elquemando As exemplified by Ritchie's, "Crime. Boy, I don't know," in Posse Comitatus.
A shining example. I think that there are candidates literally campaigning on the 'I'm pretty dumb so you should vote for me because I'm just like you" platform. Maybe I'm crazy but I prefer really smart people running things.
I'm watching through this, for the first time, on Netflix right now; I'm up to season 3, where they're fleshing out their campaign strategy. I love how Sam tells him not to fake "folksy," because he's not, he's very educated, and when he plays dumb it comes off as disingenuous.
The 'woah boy' from Bartlett while reading the NASA intro is classic and Sam's hello Mr. President had me rolling, there was a reason everyone saw them as arrogant. The intellectual snobbery of the West Wing was a good thing.
That's my kind of arrogance. Smart is good
Arrogant is not smart and educated doesn't mean smart and neither of them are related to intelligence! A number of Presidents from Harvard and Yale have proved that! The snobbery simply signals the insecurity of the characters! While very much portrayed as liberal, Sorkin had each of them all over the map, as they each displayed their faults and blind spots. One only has to watch "Charlies' tax return" clip!
The important word in your comment is “intellectual”, which is something obviously absent from today’s WH.
@@lysechrist1947 It's been absent for a long, long time from both parties!
@@TV-fv1ih Unfortunately, you're right. It's why I don't watch regular TV anymore. Using fire stick and only watching reruns, and movies.
I've probably seen that scene half a dozen times and it still gives me chills.
Still watching it....2023!
@@forcedcobra He said it right. lol
This is like porn for speech writers and playwrights
this is porn for brain.
Vesperitis yup!
As a writer, it makes me violently angry. It’s so good.
@@kingofthings7929 so...you can spell...
Linyun Qi Sometimes I can.
I enjoy these short moments. They remind me what a great show this was, the pool of talented actors, writers and production people that came together to create it. Then I get out my box set and proceed to watch the whole series again.
can i borrow your box set pls? :P
NETFLIX has all the episodes.
Netflix in usa. Not here in the old europe. too sad.
I think the box sets are coming out again!
I... I think it is time to revisit it. Escapism sometimes is the only tool we have to deal with reality.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this scene. Exquisitely written. Marvelously acted. I could weep with joy.
Jed treats his adoptive West Wing children in special ways. And I love the nerdy ways he has with his eldest adoptive child who is always kept in charge of the other younger siblings CJ Cregg.
He's always nerdy and tends to show it off proudly to the dismay of almost every single person in the West Wing.
"I don't show off". Followed within 15 seconds by him converting the surface temps on Mars from Fahrenheit to Celsius in his head.
In truth, CJ should not have been surprised.
That they were in Fahrenheit in the first place...
@@bluerisk I know. who the hell is reading planetary temp of heavenly bodies in Fahrenheit. Most either use Celsius or Kelvin.
"No no, it's great... Do you mind if I change it all?!"
Wonderful intro... especially the part that begins at 3:22. The first few background musical notes play, Sam is reciting the intro, and President B giving him that "knowing" look all the while. Such an incredible moment. Well done, I wish there was something on TV now that was half as good as this.
I remember watching the first run of these episodes and just starting to well up at the first few notes. It just took you away.
I love all of the show openings.. and that music that comes on is just the best The West Wing is my all time favorite show.. well written, the casting was awesome, the right amount of scenes that make you smile and also make you cry
History, civics, social studies, political science, and so much more masquerading as entertainment.
Bartlett 2016!
And in this case, space science!
right now I would settle for Kermit the frog...
Maybe Kermit can eat the cheato we elected and stage a hostile take over
Masquerading? It was entertaining.
Bartlett 2020!
God they really need to bring this back with Sam running for President.
What's ironic is that all the principal players (actors, directors, writers, producers and yes even Aaron Sorkin) had agreed to another season showing the transition between Bartlett and Santos. NBC scrubbed it; citing poor ratings. Seems that an intelligent, well written program - moved to 4 different time slots on 3 different nights - seemed to do poorly - and today we get to watch some untalented wannabe sing on 4 nights a week, Thank God for cable, DVD's and PBS.
JWA8402
Sam ran for Senator, and lost... 49.8 to 51.2 among the decisive votes.. what ' next?
+Robert Snyder....you forgot to mention that the airways are also clogged with such educational television as Gerrymandering Springer and more " judge " shows than there are stars in our solar system.....
Liberals leave America NOW! We own it and you now. MAGA!! TRUMP!!
Arizona Joe....way to stay on the subject. Obviously, non sequiturs are your strong suit
You know, the saddest thing is that this was made in a time when you could actually believe that there were people as incredibly smart as Sam working in the White House, and that there was a US President who knew how old the planet Mars was, and could convert Fahrenheit to Celsius in their head. Look at where we are now.
I think no president was that smart. I think there is only one US president who acquired a doctorate degree, and I doubt Wilson was 'that' smart either...
President Obama graduated first in his class at Harvard Law. Trump lied about earning an MBA frm Wharton. He was never even enrolled there.
Bill Clinton was a Rhodes scholar and has a (Juris Doctor) from Yale. Barack Obama has JD from Harvard.
I hear ya. No one even remotely close to being as smart as Sam would want to work for an idiot like Trump. I don't blame them. But this is what it has come to. Kim Kardashian next President? What a joke.
Funny how we are revisiting this clip from 17 years at this point in history. I doubt the current POTUS even believes that Mars exists. West Wing was truly a masterpiece that should serve as a role model for all administrations to emulate. Perhaps we could have Aaron Sorkin nominated as Special Advisor to the Prez.
A masterpiece. I wanna The West Wing BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is probably one of my favorite scenes for obvious reasons but also the subtle ones. When CJ is talking about using "love" twice in the same sentence, she also mentions broadcasting in living color," as there's a cut to a camera angle of her (in color) on a monitor. DAMN YOU, SORKIN, WHY MUST YOU DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY
The look Bartlett had on his face while Same rewrote the intro.
Sam always had the golden touch when it came to words
As did Sorkin, when it came to Sam's words.
It makes me laugh. Every time there is a conversation about Sam being a great writer, Sorkin wrote it, about the words he himself wrote.
@@LM-nc9ou Yeah, but nobody could have delivered that opening soliloquy like Sam.
God, I miss the West Wing
You got that right. I get chills every time I watch a show opening and they transition to the theme song.
Also worth noting how well they transitioned from Sam's speech into the opening music. Just the best. Bless this show.
By far Sam's opening speech here was one of the best written on the show. I got goose bumps just listening to it
It was truly an inspiring combination of scripting and acting that crossed over into brilliant with "He said it right".
God, I miss writing like this! It's funny, focussed and actually says something (about the power of story) and teaches any wannabe the difference between being a writer and someone who can spell.
I was thinking about that just today. A new WW, with Sam taking the oath in the beginning of the premiere episode.
The end of that scene gave me chills. Always does.
Damn. What exceptional writing man!
I hear you. I miss this show so much!!!!!
Sorkin is a special talent
Season 2 of the WW could be the best season of TV written and produced in the last two decades. Too bad smart TV isn't made anymore. We need another singing contest.
It's not about smart, it's about cheap. "Reality" shows are far cheaper to produce. In fact, the glut of such crap that we swim in now came about precisely because the networks didn't want to pay for good shows - there was a massive writer's strike in 2000 that went on for quite a while. Since no scripted shows could be produced, the networks jumped hard on the "reality" bandwagon and good TV went down the sewer.
Anyone can write a singing show. It takes great intelligence and skill to write a program as good as The West Wing.
Does that make it WW2
Honestly .. that was my first thought
“I suppose if we broaden the definition of writers to those who can spell” ! Damn! You just know that was Aaron Sorkin taking a dig at the other so-called Television writers! Love this show SO much!
"How your are doing Mr. President" - well done by Rob Lowe, lol.
The end of this episode is great as well. CJ told the President he should go ahead with the classroom and at the end he said "CJ you set it right that time."
Thank you'; I just watched them out of order and wondered what she said, that made her so happy to hear his appraisal
CJ's sigh at the very end is a great touch.
yes, if we broaden the definition to those who can spell. LOL
+melissa christensan it's funny because it has been well documented in TWW that Sam Seaborn cannot spell
+melissa christensan let have guy beat so bad you go to E R not once but 6 times and see if you bran work the some as now ok ass hat smoke your dope one day it will happon
j lin er? What you on about? "ass hat"? Why are you watching what you're watching? Do you understand it? We're talking about TWW here, "man". Cripes = youtube as CJ says = filled with 'eejits".
My husband and I are both writers and I've never heard a response sound more like him in my life lol
A requirement we should establish for presidents.
This one of the best episodes in the series. When CJ talks to Bartlet about a "border theme" for the classroom he says. "You said it right that time"
"Broader theme." I assume your automatic speller betrayed you.
I never watch the Emmy awards but my wife does. I heard the WW theme so many times during those shows that I just assumed it was the theme to the Emmys. Long after WW was over, and longing for a kinder and smarter president, someone suggested to me that if I liked the movie The American President I would LOVE the WW. So I started watching it on Netflix and found out WHY their theme got played so much at the Emmys.
The theme song was, and is, if not the greatest theme song, it certainly is among the greatest. Also, The West Wing, should be considered one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Watch it from the beginning and you will agree.
God!!! I miss this show so much...It is a great show with great actors and great theme music...
Honey, I miss this WORLD so much.
Too many "great(s)", but you're right!
West Wing can have very good moments that make you smile with wonder and hope. The end were Sam speaks of receiving images from another world that will be shared not only with the experts, but the younger generation is one of those.
man, this truly is from another era, where intelligence and intellect and science and facts were something to strive for. oh America, what has become of you.
Indeed. After 8 years of that fucking idiot obama, a change was needed.
@@MrJamberee A massive slide downhill is what trump and trash brought.
Really hadn't been planning to binge West Wing clips.
There’s never planning. It just happens. “One more . . . I swear this is the last one . . . How’d it get to be 0200?”
"If we broaden the definition to those who can SPELL!" Dat SASS!!
This was, and still remains one, if not the best of television. From it's Golden Age right up till this, the saddest ages in broadcast television.
Small things- the camera (in-show) tracking Sam as he composes the speech as if he's giving it on-air; and the President, watching, seeing Sam as a future President. None of that is important to the story, but it is to where Sorkin thought the series would go (Rob Lowe was really supposed to be the star, originally).
Man, I love this series with the passion of a thousand suns. It is currently helping me to forget the reality of who is in the White House right now.
Thank you Sam... best written tv show.....
I am both bursting with pride and overcome with sadness for my country as I watch these clips for the “umpteenth” time. Still, I’m hopeful that our dark days are ending. God bless you all...
alas the dark days are getting darker
Writing this good is literally off the planet.
ALL of the West Wing opening sequences are good, but some are quite literally 'great'. This is one of them.
Aaron Sorkin is a god
Something about this whole opening scene just gives me the chills.
Every time that theme music comes up I get chills. Every time.
There could not and never will be another show like this!!!!!!!!!!
This will never fail to give me chills
"No, it's great!....Mind if I change it?"
While it drives me crazy when we simply repeat a line from the show, "I converted it to Celsius - in my head" is just an awesome line.
That's the point when C.J.'s draw should have dropped. "You're going to quote degrees in Celsius to the American people?" There goes Arkansas.
I don't know what you are all talking about. "Me" was properly used in that sentence structure. When listing people "I" is commonly used at the end, such as "Joe, Tom and I" or "You and I". If, however, you list yourself in the middle, it is best to use "me". So when Sam says, "You, me, and 60,000 children across America....." he actually is correct. Just like, "You, me and Tom are going to the movies" versus "You, Tom and I are going to the movies".
Remove you and Tom. You wouldn't say "Me is going to the movies" or "Us are going to the movies". It's nothing to do with where it appears in the sentence, it is whether you are the subject or the object.
In casual speech, "me" is fine in that situation, but not in formal writing like speeches. It is part of the subject of the verb, so the nominative "I" is correct, not the accusative "me".
I converted it to Celsius in my head.
+pleappleappleap Wow! You watched the video too?
It's actually quite easy to do: if you remember that for every 5C there are 9F.
"I don't show off....I converted it to Celsius in my head."
Great!!!
I really need a new Aaron Sorkin show. Now. Preferably with the same cast as The West Wing.
Sara Sellers Have you seen the Newsroom? It's not with the same cast, but it kind of has the same type of characters, it's really nice, even if some parts of it are annoying to sit through *cough* Maggie *cough*
+rjh00 Maggie is a less annoying Mandy, Unfortunately she stayed on
+rjh00 Maggie is a less annoying Mandy, Unfortunately she stayed on
Given the speeches here and in some of the other "West Wing" space episodes and the one about climbing Everest in "Sports Night", Aaron Sorkin really should do a show about space exploration.
I wish The Newsroom had continued.
"Very unique" is one of my pet peeves. "Unique" means "one of a kind", and it is not a synonym for "unusual". Something either is unique or it is not, it cannot be qualified as very unique or anything like that.
+MegaFortinbras - I get the pet peeve thing. Mine is the use of "methodology" in place of "method". I agree that "very unique" is at least needlessly wordy. But "unique" also means "distinctive". I suppose you could make a case for applying such a qualifier to it. The use of "very" can also - as I believe to be the case here - represent a form of emphasis of the point being made. That's commonly the reason for the application of "very" to just about anything in every day speech - and the reason it grows (very) tiring to hear from most mouths.
@@daveinindy I share your peeve. When "methodology" would turn up, as it routinely did in office memos and conversations, I'd suggest that "methodologicalizationalism" be used instead.
@@levenkay4468 - I have now saved that to my phone, in anticipation of future utilizationification.
I CHEERED when Bartlet said that. Damn, that annoys the hell out of me.
No, "unique" means "one of a kind". It's in the word - "uni" meaning "one".
Yes, I know this was just a tv show of a fictional White House but OMG I miss the days of a mature American government.
"I don't show off" followed by "I converted it to Celsius in my head."
"I converted it to Celsius in my head."
I checked it, accurate (with rounding).
As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane.
This show looks good, might watch it.
Have you watched it yet?
Wish someone like Pres. Jed Bartlet did become US President in real life and wish Carl Sagan is still alive.
indeed!
@ while I am in unabashed agreement, I think with a 'wordsmith President' (an excellent coinage if I say so myself), we wouldn't bear witness to gems like "Bigly" and "Covfefe".
That NASA writer got his hat handed to him
He is used to writing to Scientist. Not school kids.
@@billnotice9957 Carl Sagan was quite elegant. Einstein thought that you should be able to describe scientific concepts to children.
@@seanwebb605 yes maybe. But Einstein and Sagan are elite people.
bill notice Elite people who thought the average Joe had skin in the game and could understand and appreciate such things.
It was like being in a room full of lead guitarists at a rock and roll summit just outside of London. And Jimi is in town, too…
Love it. Some of the best writers wrote this series.
Competence porn!
it's insane how much this opening made me smile
ok rob lowe's character is the heartthrobbiest of heartthrobs that could possibly have been written, casted and acted HOT DAMN
It's really the music buildup that makes this scene special.
This was the best show ever! Right up to when Sorkin left. Then it went south fast. And of course when John Spencer died there was no future.
Z Z who did John spencer play
@@TreeWars but he died one of last episodes. That can't have had much impact on the show
@@BarginsGalore it had a huge impact as he was beloved
@@lizellingwood7835 looking back there was a long time between when the actor died and when his character was killed. It was foolish of me to say it didn't have an impact
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One of the best shows ever
the best show ever made.
When it was first conceived, Sam was supposed to be the main character of the show, that's why Rob was casted as the only real professional big name and well known actor (Martin Sheen was only supposed to appear once every fourth episode)
Probably my favourite WW intro
Sorkin probably improvises that fast if there's a dialog change mid way through a movie.
Sam could write! Freak! :D
Aaron Sorkin could write.
"Freak"--Bruno Gianelli
“I don’t show off” proceeds to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius in his head
Actually not that hard. I'm a German living in the US now and do it all the time. 86F means little to me but 30C... oh yes, turn on the A/C :-)
I JUST LOVE THIS SHOW......PERIOD.
I get chillbumps every time.
Sam Seaborn: force of Nature, weaver of words.
chills, Sam. Chills.
Also, why is the pitch slightly higher? I can tell because I know this scene well.
+Dominic Sosa so the copyright people don't take it down. It doesn't raise a flag with the scanning system.
+Dominic Sosa Also, When I just listen to this scene and not watch, I'd swear that the NASA Public Affairs guy sounds like Toby. Which, of course, is just what Sam needs: someone else that sounds like Toby bitching at him about whatever.
I actually thought Toby was sitting in the back and asked Sam the question. You are right, must be NASA guy
I...LOVE...this opening. It's awesome in every way.
I love this show.
goosebumps :)
I loved this show
i love how Bartlet says "I knew that one!"
I watch this as comfort food right now
Sam's introduction is beautiful & poetic in its rhythm, the essence of great communication, but it's CJ who later schools the President in what the online classroom means to the watching students - the importance of "going to the blackboard and raising your hand".
It is a great speech, indeed. Just a shame not even he can get me/I right
"I converted it to Celsius in my head" - hahaha
The re-write is the way to write a news release!
“He said it right.”
Said no one ever about trump.
can someone find me a clip of josh's conversation w/ donna about the lend lease act?
That right there! That is the speech that made me want Sam Seaborn to be President one day.
#Seaborn2024
I love Sam, but he did use the word "me" incorrectly in his magical speech: "You, *I* and 60,000 of your fellow students ... are going to be the first..."
Nope. He said it right
@@cjeff3549 I am going to be first. You and I are going to be first. You and I and 60,000 students, etc., etc... "I" is the subject of the sentence. As it is, he is saying "me is going to be the first".
It's poetic license. You don't let grammar get in the way of the poetry.
@@marcopl17 Right, because "You and I and 60,000 of your fellow students" just sounds so awkward. /s. Besides, this is Sam. Leo would agree with you not to worry about it, but of all the characters, Sam would be the one insisting on proper usage.
@@cjeff3549 No. I is one of the subjects of the sentence. "Me" would be an object. Not correct in that sentence.
Probably the best episode ever.
Allison Janney and CJ Cregg are terrific.
I love The West Wing
Goosebumps.