Or lifetime, Paul. I had two to call "Mrs. Morello" at my high school HCI: Mr. Dale Estabrook and Miss Elizabeth Wilson. Mr. Estabrook taught me math - I don't do math but Mr. Estabrook made sure that I COULD do math, that with good teaching anyone could DO math. Miss Wilson taught me Latin - I would later get a Classical Civ. degree. She took me (and members of my class) to Italy and in so doing, showed me the world. RIP Miss Wilson. Felix qui potuit rerum cognescere causas.
I got a text message from a former student I only had for a semester, but she told me she chose her career and major because of me. I hadn't spoken to her since she was in 4th grade, and she wrote me when she was a graduate student.
It is the entire line: Mrs Morello, I am in the Oval Office with the President of the United States, and it is because of you'. Just an amazing line, and Janel delivered it perfectly with the right expression on her face. Just upon watching this for about the 20th time, only now I saw Bartlet give her the signal to come stand behind his desk. He steps away because this is HER moment. Incredible. Just realized that.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg This is yet another example of the magic that can happen when you get great actors cast in the right roles with an incredible script. The West Wing is one of the finest shows ever put on TV anywhere..
I just realised after watching this after so many years that they likely banned Twelfth Night because of the woman dressing as a man storyline. I didn't get it at first.
If you watch, in that moment, she turns back into that young student who was a little intimidated by the teacher she looked up to. Donna even starts to bite her fingernails. Perfect acting.
I love the way the President says Donna’s name when she enters. You can hear the affection he has in his voice for her and shows how much he loves his staff, from his senior advisors all the way down to the assistants and more.
Because you have a good soul. Its the moment that gets you, because you understand what the characters portray is how you would feel in each of their shoes.
If a student of mine called and said that they are where they are at in life by working at the WH. That would be end game career high for my teaching career. What a great scene
"Tell her where you are." "Mrs. Morello, I'm standing in the Oval Office with the President of the United States, and it's because of you." I openly wept.
@@feraxks Yes, what a beautiful gift for someone who gives so much to their students. Thanks Mr. Gordon, you made High School Chemistry unforgettable!!!
I’m am who I am largely because of one high school teacher. He inspired me in a number of ways but ironically the greatest gift he gave me was to pass me when I did not have the grades to graduate. I am dyslexic and the school was not equipped to address that disability. Their solution was for me to “work harder”. My teacher believed that I would flourish once I was no longer held down by the yoke of the education system, and let me go. I got my first full time job within a week of graduating, taught myself the business, worked my way to the top, and then started my second career when I was still in my 30s. I’ve done extremely well in life because HE believed in my abilities. 30 years later I was in charge of a large fundraiser and invited him to attend as the theme was a quote he gave me when I graduated.
I love everything about these scene, but the end where he says now let's talk about twelfth night, it's a perfect example of how simply giving your time can be the best gift.
I had a teacher like that in Colorado springs CO Mr.Mike Mooney, special Ed teacher, I'll never forget how wonderful he was to me. I will always be thankful for him.😁😁😁
This is one of my favorite scenes in this show. It still brings tears to my eyes. From the look of joy on Donna's face to the fact that the President said "It's Jed Bartlet" instead of President Bartlet, gets me every time
@@seamonster936 And, you are more petty than any other coward hiding behind a fake username. GW is a more honorable man than you or any of your cellmates .
As a soon to be teacher, this scene makes me cry like a baby every single time. Just the love and care Mrs. Morello has for Donna and the fact that Donna truly believes that Morello is the one that got her to the White House is so touching
I remember each of my teachers from elementary to grad school. I'm sure your students will remember you and the contribution you made to their futures.
I don't think mrs Morello had anything to do with Donna winding up at the White House. As we can recall from season 2, Donna needed a job when she was dumped by her boyfriend, so she made a choice of being involved with a political campaign. Turned out to be Bartlets campaign before the convention.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg Wrong. If it wasn't for Mrs. Morello, Donna would not have had the education to enable her to succeed at her job during the campaign and subsequently get a job at the White House.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg I think you are rather ignorant. One great teacher opens a student's mind to possibilities. I have muted/blocked you and this conversation. Best of luck having a fulfilling life with your head buried in the sand.
I don't expect EVERY U.S. President to be as highly educated and "book smart" as Pres. Bartlet ...but it sure makes me feel good to see one that is and shows empathy and compassion. Yes, The West Wing is a fictional TV show but we CAN have a President with those qualities. Maybe someday we will again.
That was one of my most favorite scenes. Teachers that name such an impact so vital as they do oft times don’t get a day of proclamation it’s through their students that their legacy lives on.
Indeed. I'm particularly fascinated at the way Donna's face lights up when she realizes who's on the phone, and how she falters searching for words. Those are little details in the acting, but as you so astutely pointed out, little things matter. President Bartlet did more for both those women by arranging this conversation than a proclamation could ever have. It's a fantastic scene from a fantastic TV show.
For me, that teacher is Penelope Stahl. My junior and senior English teacher wasn't only an inspiring and enthusiastic educator, she was also a good friend when I desperately needed one.
One of the many examples of why this show was and remains monumental. I'm sure almost everyone has had at least one teacher that taught them things beyond the books. For me it was Mr. Horn at Bishop McDevitt H.S. in Wyncote, PA. He actually spent his last few years at McDevitt teaching Pro-Bono, because he loved teaching so much.
For me It was Mrs. King, Junior year English at Coe-Brown Academy in Northwood New Hampshire. Aside from being absolutely bonkers and a lot of fun one day she stopped me after class and asked if I had ever been diagnosed with dyslexia. Now I had been pegged with ADD early in my life but she noticed how I would reverse swap letters in my writing. I never forgot that because she was the first teacher I had to pick up on it. Showed she was actually reading what I wrote.
@@seamonster936 I remember being forced to read passages of the thing when I was 14. It looked a lot like German mixed with English to me. As I understand it, that was what Middle English looked like.
capnskiddies Middle English developed after the Norman Conquest and was influenced by the langues d’öil (chiefly Norman French) that England’s new ruling class spoke. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English/Anglo-Saxon. It is therefore unsurprising that you perceived it as ‘more Germanic’, since it predates the influence of Romance language(s).
Favorite Donna scene ?? Last episode of the series, when they're touring their new offices, and the guy says "Oh no, the First Lady's office is next door. As her Chief of Staff, this would be your office" !
Imagine there being a president who could say "Let's talk about 12th Night" and be fully prepared and able to have a conversation on the subject with someone who taught English Literature for decades. I'm honestly not sure there's been such a man in the Oval Office in my lifetime.
@@joemckim1183 I don't doubt that he's bright enough, but I know Obama is no fan of the English, so I can't see him taking a keen interest in Shakespeare.
What a beautiful scene! This show was so well written and the cast was extraordinarily gifted… The West Wing reruns are worth watching, not all series can make that claim!
So glad this show didn't have a laugh track added. I can't even watch Sports Night and it probably has some great moments in it. Just imagine this scene that after Bartlett tells Charlie he missed the secret sign there are 50 people laughing. UGH.
The potential of the show to reach a broader audience and give them hope was, and is tremendous. I'll pick apart the politics it breezed over, the messages some of the episodes send, but I loved it and still do. This is where 'We The People' aught to be by now. This is where we were heading before the 2016 hijacking of the oval office. "The problem is not that we reach too high and fail. It is that we achieve mediocrity and get comfortable." -Bukowski (a rough translation but he's right) Now, hell, we've allowed the stagnation of education to meet the greed of the 1% and capitalize upon the misery of the poor.
Sure it's been pointed out in other places, but Beowulf was not in middle English; it was written in old English (and my high school teacher made us read the intro in the old English!).
Michael Muldowney she represented the WH on a CODEL, served as spokesperson for one presidential campaign and deputy campaign manager for another and finished as chief of staff to the First Lady. That's a heck of a career arc after Sorkin left.
floridjazzfan97 Yeah... but not sure Sorkin would ever have her working for Bingo Bob in any capacity. And Chief of staff for floutus ? In charge of hiring the catering staff and picking the floral arrangements .. wow
Every time I see this scene, it makes me want to track down my 7th grade English teacher and tell her how much her class meant to me, how much she meant to me. But I can't ever find her.
True, and Martin Sheen is an actor. President Carter always mispronounced it "Nu-cu-lar" in spite of the fact he held a Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering, and is one of the very few humans ever to go into an active reactor to manually shut it down. Chalk River, Canada in 1952. Other than self-important pedantry, what's your point?
There was nothing that wasn’t great about WW. The writing, the actors, storylines were legendary. I fail to understand why they never continued the show with Jimmy Smits and the cast, whoever wanted to stay. Issues talked about on the show are still relevant today. Bring back West Wing!!! Ok
Great scene. Although every time I find it again "Did you make the kids read [Beowulf] in the original Middle [sic] English?" gets on my nerves. But there aren't many shows I'd consider a puny, trivial error like that even noteworthy.
As much as I enjoy this clip and the sentiment it portrays so very eloquently, it still chaps me a bit that Sheen observes that Pulaski commanded the "Calvary." Yes, I'm grouch and picky, however I observe that Pulaski commanded "cavalry", which was mounted soldiers, while "Calvary" is the location of the crucifixion of Christ. I know it's narrow thinking, I can't help it.
For what it's worth, Martin Sheen is a devout Roman Catholic(not the asshole conservative type, but rather the get arrested protesting US government support for dictatorships type) and I am quite certain that he is aware of the distinction between the two. That he slightly muffed the line is more likely the product of fatigue than anything else. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson
Ok I love this scene so much, BUT just to clarify - Beowulf was written in Old English, not Middle English, and there's no choice about using a translation - it's completely unreadable in the original. Old English is more like German than Modern English. Jed Bartlett would've known that. Now, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - that was written in Middle English. And it's worth the effort to read it in the original, and not the "James Bond" version.
They do. But most people are ignorant of it, because they are self-brainwashed too much to know or understand which one of the parties remotely gives a flying flip about the American people. It's all that self-imposed drug-like addiction to things like Faux News that does it.
As a general manager of 100 or so employees of a chain of restaurants I've made it very clear that I don't care for their friends if they every introduce them to me, no offence but I simply have too much to do and worry about. However if they every bring their parents or grand parents I will always make an effort to say hello and say kind words about their them.
In the late seventies in high school I had a English literature teacher that had us read Romeo and Juliet. Each day a student was given a part and read it from our school book. At one point sometimes I would see her cover her face and shake her head. So one night I actually took my time and read Romeo and Juliet. What an eye opener. I went to her after class and asked about some lines I read and if they meant what I thought. She said yes and not to tell the others. At first I thought was being old fashioned but realized she was hoping others caught on. About 7 of us did. She then gave us other books to read that weren't allowed in the school library. What's sad is that after 40 years they still ban books in schools. But fortunately what the " administrators" fail to realize is when they ban of book of questionable content. The first thing kids do is go to the public library just to read it. Bless I was for getting Mrs Ferguson for literature.
I've always voted and supported causes left of center, and I saw this series when it was out, but this liberal "romance novel" of a series had Bartlett straight-up calling a black man "Tonto." Dude. Put down the heaping bowl of mushrooms while you're working, Sorkin.
No. Closest you can get is cable. Sopranos, Boardwalk and my favorite The Wire. While good, still didn't match West Wing. Even good Sit-Coms are harder to find. Modern Family is the best that is available. TV is struggling for a shrinking viewer audience. They produce show's for that audience. Me, I read more.LOL Watch more baseball. College sports.
Oh man, The West Wing takes us back to a simpler time when democrats were motivated by a desire to do good and not out of bitterness and hatred like they are today. Sad.
Bartlett is an economist, not an English major. He probably just confused it with The Canterbury Tales, which was in Middle English. Mrs. Morello didn't correct him because she was star-struck at the time, actually talking to Donna.
I've always loved this scene, and just now picked up on a glitch: President Bartlet, with his vast vocabulary and esoteric knowledge, gets ' "nuclear" right, but "cavalry" is "Calvary". Was that on Martin?
"and it's because of you" what a beautiful line, and as a teacher, i think it is something that would make a teacher's day- or year
Or lifetime, Paul. I had two to call "Mrs. Morello" at my high school HCI: Mr. Dale Estabrook and Miss Elizabeth Wilson. Mr. Estabrook taught me math - I don't do math but Mr. Estabrook made sure that I COULD do math, that with good teaching anyone could DO math. Miss Wilson taught me Latin - I would later get a Classical Civ. degree. She took me (and members of my class) to Italy and in so doing, showed me the world. RIP Miss Wilson. Felix qui potuit rerum cognescere causas.
@@KristineMaitland It would totally validate herself getting up early to teach that English class before school started.
I got a text message from a former student I only had for a semester, but she told me she chose her career and major because of me. I hadn't spoken to her since she was in 4th grade, and she wrote me when she was a graduate student.
It is the entire line: Mrs Morello, I am in the Oval Office with the President of the United States, and it is because of you'.
Just an amazing line, and Janel delivered it perfectly with the right expression on her face.
Just upon watching this for about the 20th time, only now I saw Bartlet give her the signal to come stand behind his desk. He steps away because this is HER moment. Incredible. Just realized that.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg This is yet another example of the magic that can happen when you get great actors cast in the right roles with an incredible script. The West Wing is one of the finest shows ever put on TV anywhere..
I've watched this scene more than 10 times, still brings a tear. Shows the kind of genius this series was
I just realised after watching this after so many years that they likely banned Twelfth Night because of the woman dressing as a man storyline. I didn't get it at first.
One of the reasons this show was arguably the best TV series ever made.
But Beowulf was written in Old English, not Middle English...
Agreed, but he said "calvary", not "cavalry".
Pure propaganda trash made by communists in Hollywood.
It was the best!
I instantly wept no matter how many times I watch this scene. Even more now that I'm a teacher myself 🤗
I'm not even a teacher, and it kills me EVERY goddamned time. Still a wreck as I type these words.
@@FesterSilently Every time I see this, how I wish Presidents of any hue , could be like this. Hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy
I do the same
Ive had great teachers in my past...i miss them all
Yes... And the way she just keeps asking if everything is alright... That's the point I always lose it
The face that Donna (Janel Moloney) makes when she hears Mrs. Morello is great acting, very true to human emotion.
This show did an excellent job of making every character relatable, even when they weren't
If you watch, in that moment, she turns back into that young student who was a little intimidated by the teacher she looked up to. Donna even starts to bite her fingernails. Perfect acting.
I love the way the President says Donna’s name when she enters. You can hear the affection he has in his voice for her and shows how much he loves his staff, from his senior advisors all the way down to the assistants and more.
How can I be crying at an old episode of a tv show with fictitious characters?
But I am.
Oh good, I wasn't the only one
Because you have a good soul. Its the moment that gets you, because you understand what the characters portray is how you would feel in each of their shoes.
If a student of mine called and said that they are where they are at in life by working at the WH. That would be end game career high for my teaching career. What a great scene
…WH, that…
…where they are in life…
Home Ec?
Shop?
Lol
"Tell her where you are."
"Mrs. Morello, I'm standing in the Oval Office with the President of the United States, and it's because of you."
I openly wept.
Chokes me up everytime!
@@feraxks Yes, what a beautiful gift for someone who gives so much to their students. Thanks Mr. Gordon, you made High School Chemistry unforgettable!!!
I’m am who I am largely because of one high school teacher. He inspired me in a number of ways but ironically the greatest gift he gave me was to pass me when I did not have the grades to graduate. I am dyslexic and the school was not equipped to address that disability. Their solution was for me to “work harder”. My teacher believed that I would flourish once I was no longer held down by the yoke of the education system, and let me go. I got my first full time job within a week of graduating, taught myself the business, worked my way to the top, and then started my second career when I was still in my 30s. I’ve done extremely well in life because HE believed in my abilities. 30 years later I was in charge of a large fundraiser and invited him to attend as the theme was a quote he gave me when I graduated.
I love how Bartlett slips in the bit of news, as a way of confirming the next day that he really was the Prez I assume. Great touches.
I love everything about these scene, but the end where he says now let's talk about twelfth night, it's a perfect example of how simply giving your time can be the best gift.
Aaron Sorkin really is one the greats. As are his endlessly stellar casts! Brought a tear to my eye.
I had a teacher like that in Colorado springs CO Mr.Mike Mooney, special Ed teacher, I'll never forget how wonderful he was to me. I will always be thankful for him.😁😁😁
This is one of my favorite scenes in this show. It still brings tears to my eyes. From the look of joy on Donna's face to the fact that the President said "It's Jed Bartlet" instead of President Bartlet, gets me every time
And than he claims Beowulf was written in Middle English. This fictitious President is even dumber than George W. Bush.
@@seamonster936 And, you are more petty than any other coward hiding behind a fake username. GW is a more honorable man than you or any of your cellmates .
The POTUS we deserve.
This scene above all else shows what a great man Jed Bartlett is - he's a man of the people for the people.
As a soon to be teacher, this scene makes me cry like a baby every single time. Just the love and care Mrs. Morello has for Donna and the fact that Donna truly believes that Morello is the one that got her to the White House is so touching
I remember each of my teachers from elementary to grad school. I'm sure your students will remember you and the contribution you made to their futures.
I don't think mrs Morello had anything to do with Donna winding up at the White House. As we can recall from season 2, Donna needed a job when she was dumped by her boyfriend, so she made a choice of being involved with a political campaign. Turned out to be Bartlets campaign before the convention.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg Wrong. If it wasn't for Mrs. Morello, Donna would not have had the education to enable her to succeed at her job during the campaign and subsequently get a job at the White House.
@@Nyx773 I think you are rather presumptuous. Following an English class doesn't make oneself interested in politics.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg I think you are rather ignorant. One great teacher opens a student's mind to possibilities.
I have muted/blocked you and this conversation. Best of luck having a fulfilling life with your head buried in the sand.
Another favourite scene is when the President gives Charlie his carving knife, usually handed down to the sons in the Bartlett family.
Yep -- and it's a knife made by Paul Revere!
I don't expect EVERY U.S. President to be as highly educated and "book smart" as Pres. Bartlet ...but it sure makes me feel good to see one that is and shows empathy and compassion. Yes, The West Wing is a fictional TV show but we CAN have a President with those qualities. Maybe someday we will again.
Paul Hull who taught science at Navalencia Jr High is the reason I became a Civil Engineer. I've always wanted to tell him that.
I love the Charlie and knee episode, but as retired teacher, this was favorite. I stopped watching TV after this show. Nothing better.
That was one of my most favorite scenes. Teachers that name such an impact so vital as they do oft times don’t get a day of proclamation it’s through their students that their legacy lives on.
This is a wonderful scene for many reasons, one of which is that Josh bothered to write the memo. Little things matter.
Indeed. I'm particularly fascinated at the way Donna's face lights up when she realizes who's on the phone, and how she falters searching for words. Those are little details in the acting, but as you so astutely pointed out, little things matter. President Bartlet did more for both those women by arranging this conversation than a proclamation could ever have. It's a fantastic scene from a fantastic TV show.
One of the many reasons Josh was my favorite among the staff
For me, that teacher is Penelope Stahl. My junior and senior English teacher wasn't only an inspiring and enthusiastic educator, she was also a good friend when I desperately needed one.
TWW and MASH have to be two of the top 5 TV shows ever produced.
Absolutely
One of the many examples of why this show was and remains monumental. I'm sure almost everyone has had at least one teacher that taught them things beyond the books. For me it was Mr. Horn at Bishop McDevitt H.S. in Wyncote, PA. He actually spent his last few years at McDevitt teaching Pro-Bono, because he loved teaching so much.
For me It was Mrs. King, Junior year English at Coe-Brown Academy in Northwood New Hampshire. Aside from being absolutely bonkers and a lot of fun one day she stopped me after class and asked if I had ever been diagnosed with dyslexia. Now I had been pegged with ADD early in my life but she noticed how I would reverse swap letters in my writing. I never forgot that because she was the first teacher I had to pick up on it. Showed she was actually reading what I wrote.
Yeah this show is lefty shit and Beowulf was not written in Middle English.
@@seamonster936 I remember being forced to read passages of the thing when I was 14. It looked a lot like German mixed with English to me. As I understand it, that was what Middle English looked like.
capnskiddies Middle English developed after the Norman Conquest and was influenced by the langues d’öil (chiefly Norman French) that England’s new ruling class spoke. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English/Anglo-Saxon. It is therefore unsurprising that you perceived it as ‘more Germanic’, since it predates the influence of Romance language(s).
Bottom line is it's about having a great teacher and appreciating them.
In the past 5 years we really need a tv show like this. At minimal to show someone how it is done.
"tell her where you are" was my tumblr username back in the day. Such a beautiful scene.
Hopefully this brings remembrance and happiness of your youth's yesteryear when you see this awesome scene.
This show was a masterpiece, a 2 minute scene has me crying
This has me in tears.. so let me watch it twelve times .
One of many scenes that made me quietly happy-weep from one of the greatest t.v. shows ever.
Just after watching this scene. Had to find a clip online. Such a heartwarming moment.
"Commanded our Calvary during the Revolution." LOLOL
One of the greatest of many great scenes in this wonderful series. I miss it.
This was my favorite Donna scene!
Favorite Donna scene ?? Last episode of the series, when they're touring their new offices, and the guy says "Oh no, the First Lady's office is next door. As her Chief of Staff, this would be your office" !
B Hatch I love that scene, too!
A little tear on my eye...
There are ninjas floating around youtube, cutting up onions and hiding them all over.
One of my favorite scenes. Right after President Bartlett giving Charlie the carving knife from Paul Revere.
Imagine there being a president who could say "Let's talk about 12th Night" and be fully prepared and able to have a conversation on the subject with someone who taught English Literature for decades. I'm honestly not sure there's been such a man in the Oval Office in my lifetime.
Not sure if he has but Obama is a very bright guy and the possibility of him being knowledgable about it isn't impossible.
@@joemckim1183 I don't doubt that he's bright enough, but I know Obama is no fan of the English, so I can't see him taking a keen interest in Shakespeare.
@@ClarinoI The thing is what do you think the present incumbent of the OO may say (or not come to that)... that's me just saying...
@@johnmh1000 I doubt he'd have made the phone call in the first place, but that wasn't really my point.
Obama might not have known 12th Night but he could have discussed Reinhold Niebuhr. Carter could have discussed any number of things.
One of my favourite scenes :D
This is a favorite segment from this series.
I hope we all had a teacher like her.
Donna was a such a beauty.
Part of being a great leader is knowing you can't do everything yet you still do something.
One of my favorite scenes
What a beautiful scene! This show was so well written and the cast was extraordinarily gifted…
The West Wing reruns are worth watching, not all series can make that claim!
So glad this show didn't have a laugh track added. I can't even watch Sports Night and it probably has some great moments in it. Just imagine this scene that after Bartlett tells Charlie he missed the secret sign there are 50 people laughing. UGH.
This isn't a comedy show lol. Imagine if there was a live audience reaction to serious things; that would be hilarious, but awkward.
I love this scene so much❤
You see - Amanda Gorman, you are in good company. In the 1960s they banned 12th Night. Now it's you.
The potential of the show to reach a broader audience and give them hope was, and is tremendous. I'll pick apart the politics it breezed over, the messages some of the episodes send, but I loved it and still do.
This is where 'We The People' aught to be by now. This is where we were heading before the 2016 hijacking of the oval office.
"The problem is not that we reach too high and fail. It is that we achieve mediocrity and get comfortable." -Bukowski (a rough translation but he's right)
Now, hell, we've allowed the stagnation of education to meet the greed of the 1% and capitalize upon the misery of the poor.
I like how the president uses “whom” correctly 1:17
Sure it's been pointed out in other places, but Beowulf was not in middle English; it was written in old English (and my high school teacher made us read the intro in the old English!).
Hwæt, we gar dena in gear dagum þeod cyninga þrym gefrunon, hu þe æþelingas ellen fremedon...
Janel Maloney is just wonderful in this scene. So sad what happened to her character after Aaron Sorkin left.
Michael Muldowney she represented the WH on a CODEL, served as spokesperson for one presidential campaign and deputy campaign manager for another and finished as chief of staff to the First Lady. That's a heck of a career arc after Sorkin left.
floridjazzfan97 Yeah... but not sure Sorkin would ever have her working for Bingo Bob in any capacity. And Chief of staff for floutus ? In charge of hiring the catering staff and picking the floral arrangements .. wow
Every time I see this scene, it makes me want to track down my 7th grade English teacher and tell her how much her class meant to me, how much she meant to me. But I can't ever find her.
This is what all teachers aspire to.
Probably the 47342ND time I've seen this scene and I just twigged now that Jed making this call allowed him to de-stress from the Idaho incident.
If Mrs. Morello is any kind of teacher she would have taught Jed Bartlett the difference between "cavalry" and "Calvary".
True, and Martin Sheen is an actor. President Carter always mispronounced it "Nu-cu-lar" in spite of the fact he held a Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering, and is one of the very few humans ever to go into an active reactor to manually shut it down. Chalk River, Canada in 1952. Other than self-important pedantry, what's your point?
Those Americans sure love their fairytales.
There was nothing that wasn’t great about WW. The writing, the actors, storylines were legendary. I fail to understand why they never continued the show with Jimmy Smits and the cast, whoever wanted to stay. Issues talked about on the show are still relevant today. Bring back West Wing!!! Ok
Great scene. Although every time I find it again "Did you make the kids read [Beowulf] in the original Middle [sic] English?" gets on my nerves. But there aren't many shows I'd consider a puny, trivial error like that even noteworthy.
Very moving
As much as I enjoy this clip and the sentiment it portrays so very eloquently, it still chaps me a bit that Sheen observes that Pulaski commanded the "Calvary." Yes, I'm grouch and picky, however I observe that Pulaski commanded "cavalry", which was mounted soldiers, while "Calvary" is the location of the crucifixion of Christ. I know it's narrow thinking, I can't help it.
For what it's worth, Martin Sheen is a devout Roman Catholic(not the asshole conservative type, but rather the get arrested protesting US government support for dictatorships type) and I am quite certain that he is aware of the distinction between the two. That he slightly muffed the line is more likely the product of fatigue than anything else.
Cheers,
Alan Tomlinson
Beowulf was written in Old English not Middle English. Middle English applies more to Chaucer. Jed Bartlett should know that.
Ok I love this scene so much, BUT just to clarify - Beowulf was written in Old English, not Middle English, and there's no choice about using a translation - it's completely unreadable in the original. Old English is more like German than Modern English. Jed Bartlett would've known that.
Now, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - that was written in Middle English. And it's worth the effort to read it in the original, and not the "James Bond" version.
i wish the Democrat leadership had 1/10 the class and dignity of the people depicted in this show
They do. But most people are ignorant of it, because they are self-brainwashed too much to know or understand which one of the parties remotely gives a flying flip about the American people. It's all that self-imposed drug-like addiction to things like Faux News that does it.
Tribute to good teachers .
As a general manager of 100 or so employees of a chain of restaurants I've made it very clear that I don't care for their friends if they every introduce them to me, no offence but I simply have too much to do and worry about. However if they every bring their parents or grand parents I will always make an effort to say hello and say kind words about their them.
Beowulf was written in Old English... not Middle...
In the late seventies in high school I had a English literature teacher that had us read Romeo and Juliet. Each day a student was given a part and read it from our school book.
At one point sometimes I would see her cover her face and shake her head.
So one night I actually took my time and read Romeo and Juliet. What an eye opener.
I went to her after class and asked about some lines I read and if they meant what I thought. She said yes and not to tell the others. At first I thought was being old fashioned but realized she was hoping others caught on. About 7 of us did. She then gave us other books to read that weren't allowed in the school library.
What's sad is that after 40 years they still ban books in schools.
But fortunately what the " administrators" fail to realize is when they ban of book of questionable content. The first thing kids do is go to the public library just to read it.
Bless I was for getting Mrs Ferguson for literature.
If only .....2024 White House residents , intelligence , humanity .
...Back when Hollywood was A- OK.
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It's 10 am I'm not crying you're crying
"...commanded our calvary..." oops! I've made that mistake!
I hope the 29 people who have downvoted this video are on a watch list somewhere for all our sakes.
I love the president, but Beowulf is written in Old English...Canterbury Tales are in Middle English.
Try saying "Josh wrote you a memo on Molly Morello." Sorkin is cruel.
I've always voted and supported causes left of center, and I saw this series when it was out, but this liberal "romance novel" of a series had Bartlett straight-up calling a black man "Tonto." Dude. Put down the heaping bowl of mushrooms while you're working, Sorkin.
Beowulf was written in Old English, not Middle English.
Sheen said ''calvary'' but meant to say ''cavalry''. I wonder if that one was intentional.
Series name please
The West Wing, it’s on Netflix
Is there television like this any more?
No. Closest you can get is cable. Sopranos, Boardwalk and my favorite The Wire. While good, still didn't match West Wing. Even good Sit-Coms are harder to find. Modern Family is the best that is available. TV is struggling for a shrinking viewer audience. They produce show's for that audience. Me, I read more.LOL Watch more baseball. College sports.
I shouldn't have watched this... It's hard to see the monitor now...
Oh man, The West Wing takes us back to a simpler time when democrats were motivated by a desire to do good and not out of bitterness and hatred like they are today. Sad.
I will never stop hating this scene, for the simple reason that Beowulf was not written in Middle English.
Bartlett is an economist, not an English major. He probably just confused it with The Canterbury Tales, which was in Middle English. Mrs. Morello didn't correct him because she was star-struck at the time, actually talking to Donna.
Agree. And in The Newsroom, Will McAvoy says that Don Quixote rides a donkey. Also unforgivable.
David Weihe Shut up cock.
Good, I’m glad to have found this comment.
I've always loved this scene, and just now picked up on a glitch: President Bartlet, with his vast vocabulary and esoteric knowledge, gets '
"nuclear" right, but "cavalry" is "Calvary". Was that on Martin?