C.J. Cregg Does The Jackal - West Wing S1E18

[BEBE6105]

The West Wing was one of the best shows that I ever watched !!!!! FAN FOREVER !!!!! This is one of my MOST favorite scenes !!!!!! You GO CJ !!!

[GeekLikeMe1988]

My mother watched The West Wing when it first aired on TV. I was too young at the time and have recently started watching it, finished Season 1 online two nights ago. Waiting to watch the rest as I know I'm getting the boxset for Christmas. This was on of my favourite scenes and I had to come and find it on here. It's so hard trying to find my favourite Season 1 clips and avoid spoilers lol Can I just say how much I <3 this show!

[Tigerman1138]

EPIC SMOKE rings at 1:51

[MrKevinSchram]

This is the single worst scene in any episode of The West Wing

[Kasino80]

I think it's great that Sorkin wrote this scene after seeing it performed by Allison and Richard during a break in shooting.

[jgoode1028]

@Kasino80 That's so cool. I never knew that.

[Mandilee9393]

It's on iTunes. It's actually Ronny Jordan.

[flexi712]

An epic scene.

But would it be remotely possible to get a hold of this song somehow? I searched under the name Ronnie Jordan and couldn't find anything. Could someone help me out? Cause this piece of music is very funky indeed.

[wxclim8]

@flexi712 Find a good recording (version) of the song on You Tube, then copy the link and post it in mp3ify.com and there you go!

[ajaxthesquishy]

never talk to toby during the jackal!

[VonHades]

great sequence!

[BodhisattvaBlooming]

I LOVE CJ she reminds me of my own neuroses lol a lot haha. and who can resist when CJ does the Jackle?

[bluesboy25000]

If one of my coworkers ever tries dating my daughter, I'm going to screw with them like Leo screws with Sam.

[Faceman825]

Superb. Great show. Great writing, with some peerless human touches, like CJ's 'The Jackal' being reasons why this show, quite simply had no equal. Janney looks totally enchanting. 'Never talk to me during The Jackal!"

[UncleMikeNJ]

"Never talk to me during 'The Jackal'" is right up there with "Never interrupt an interrogation, McGee -- NEVER!"

[mineurbizness]

@UncleMikeNJ AND NEVER TOUCH A BLACK MAN RADIO...HAHAHAHAHAH

[UncleMikeNJ]

@mineurbizness While that's probably good advice, as Dr. Temperance Brennan would say, "I don't know what that means." What's that line from?

Also from NCIS, "Never mess with a Marine's coffee. If you want to live."

[MeanGino]

Believe it or not, I bought this on CD back in 1997, 100% Acid Jazz

[downhomesunset]

Ronny Jordan's singing voice isn't much different than Allison Janney's!

Leo-I dont mind you dating my only daughter...but you cant expect me not to have a little fun.... RIP John Spencer!

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

@downhomesunset

That's because CJ is lip-synching.

[downhomesunset]

@DrGregoryHouseIT I heard her singing on "Mr. Sunshine" just before I saw this-that was how I was making a comparison.... :)

[M00M0O]

I would love to put a saddle on her and ride her round the White House wearing nothing but a pair of socks.

[1krrov]

I loved this scene. I miss the show.

[Pumba86]

who sings the song? and what is the name of this title

[Blubberbernd95]

@Pumba86 Ronny Jordan-The Jackal ...

[nonamesavailable4]

@Pumba86 uhhhhmmm... it's called "The Jackal". Ronny Jordan

[ahoy1sailor]

This is my life

[AdiRudi]

Whenever I hear this song, I always think it's CJ singing even though she's only lip syncing.

[damechastain]

They have so much fun in the White House... at least on this show. Sometimes I want to go into politics because I think about The West Wing and how much I want to be a part of it, and then I realize that real life probably isn't like that. So I decided to be an actor instead.

[downhomesunset]

this is a fabulous scene-not only is CJ doing The Jackal- but there is real dialogue that carries plotlines along-Aaron Sorkin is a genius!

[trickmastermonkey]

what a cool scene this was

[shottynot]

CJ is right at the top of the list of best female characters, along with Sam Carter and Olivia Benson. And Xena.

[jmoon219]

this was the point I turned this shit off and never watched it again. That and the fact that Bartlett=Obama.

[you2besux]

@jmoon219

you are an idiot

[jmoon219]

@you2besux ahhh, did I offend an Obama lover?

[jmoon219]

@VlipsYan Yes??? You replied and then didn't put anything. Anybody home? Hello?

[niamh029]

@jmoon219 Oh shut up...

[niamh029]

@jmoon219 Wow - you're a real wordsmith.. Such eloquence.

[jamie32501]

@jmoon219 Your loss...

[lilly94white]

LOL at sam at 2:04 haha

[jb420]

is toby smoking a cigar in the white house?

[sparkyinbath]

I thought this show was supposed to be good.

[ian9outof10]

@sparkyinbath Are you seriously going to judge an entire 7 season run of the best TV ever from two minutes and twenty five seconds on YouTube.

[sparkyinbath]

@ian9outof10 yes

[sparkyinbath]

@sakar181 Sticks and stones

[sakar181]

@sparkyinbath

Indeed. But at least Im not the one who judges things based on 2 minutes taken out of context. I hope to FSM that your not a researcher.

[sparkyinbath]

@sakar181 Nah you've got me wrong. I've seen the first 4 West Wing seasons. It's brilliant and i really like. But this scene is excruciating.

[sakar181]

@sparkyinbath

Ohh... Im sorry for what I said, then. I did overreact, and am sincerely apologetic. I still think your nucking futs though, cause I just find this brilliant :P

I will now go outside, turn thrice, spit and curse. ^_^

[MissHoov]

Freakin' awesome. Never talk to me during the jackal...

[MrCaddilac]

check out Toby's smoke rings

[IMWEARINFEET]

lol!!!!! best lip-sync ive ever seen!!!!!

[2528997]

It doesn't get any whiter than this, lol.

[senojelyk]

seriously.

[Ms14787]

''never talk to me during the jackall!'' LOL!

[firestar1075]

Sam gang signing..".yo dats dope yall" LOL... i love when white folks go gangsta

[ghancox]

slighty naff but i like it .... just a damn good track i guess. plus of course, i am guilty of lip-synching to this myself.

[funkyceili79]

don't talk to me during the jackal.

[FannoFlow]

ROFL at Sam at 2:07

[evfich]

shes too sexy for her shirt, too sexy for here skirt, too sexy for the other things.

[BradTheProducer]

The Jackal is how she destroyed the Man in Black's people and their village.

[viva114]

@BradTheProducer hahaha crossovahh!

[cinnamon91945]

I love this clip, however, the talking during the performace of "The Jackal" is really distracting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sparkyinbath]

i found this scene excruciating.

[dangloverenator]

Brilliant clip. But I think my favourite part is how terrible Josh and Sam's dancing is... 1:53 and 2:05

[asdfs11]

@dangloverenator You've just ruined this clip for me now :(.

[greenwanders]

"You're talkin' to me during 'The Jackal'? Never talk to me during 'The Jackal'!"

[IrishEyes1989]

LMAO CJ is awesome!!! :D The West Wing goes gangsta!

[fbmarz]

if anyone knows where I could get this mp3...LET ME KNOW!!!

[dubtea]

@fbmarz The song is "The Jackal" by Ronny Jordan & Dana Bryant.

[fbmarz]

@dubtea Thanks!

[thomasoa]

It's on iTunes.

[Crazydog7]

I love west wing but this has got to be the dumbest part of Season one apart from poor underused easily discarded Mandy.

[vrginie]

that's why it's funny, it's surprising

[LinusandSally]

I just realized that almost sounds like CJ's real voice.

[ameroux]

I love TWW, love Sorkin and love CJ but her performance of The Jackal is embarrassing. It's a great song, but to me this is an example of white folks trying to be cool that just falls flat.

[firestartertwistedfi]

@ameroux This scene isn't about white v black - it's about old v young. CJ is a woman of a certain age who nevertheless knows how to let her hair down, and is pretty damn sexy. Toby enjoys his greater seniority to Josh, and Leo enjoys making Sam sweat over his daughter. Sam and Josh feel they have to be cool, but are embarrassing dancers. It's the older generation in Toby and Leo who are cool, not by moving around, but just watching and relishing it.

[carlw38uk]

@firestartertwistedfi No. It's about CJ miming to a song :-(

[PresidentJoshua]

Such a great show. She really does do this very well. I love this episode.

[grumpytosnowwhite]

That fade-out to the overhead of the White House as CJ ends the song and tails off with her signature wild giggle is simply one of the most epic bits of editing I've ever seen. :D

[Peach2506]

Your easily impressed, i suppose apocalypse now must have given you a heart attack.......I mean really, "the most epic bit of editing"

[miahk2]

thanks for making me laugh out so loud that I nearly fell off the chair :)

[emmyjo720]

I loved CJ the best female character ever written...

[HPislegend248]

@emmyjo720 I think Alicia Florrick, Khalinda Sharma or Penelope Garcia would give her a run for her money.

But yes,I agree CJ is awesome. She's one of my fave characters, along with Bartlet, Donna and Sam.

[jordan23387]

On the set of the series one day, Allison Janney was entertaining the cast and crew by lip-synching to an obscure spoken jazz piece called "The Jackal", by Ronnie Jordan. Aaron Sorkin liked it so much that he wrote it into the next episode of the show ("Six Meetings Before Lunch season 1") as a ritual of C.J.'s.

[sammythemc]

When I first saw this scen, I actually thought it came from an on-set moment. It feels really genine

[nilbud]

@jordan23387 Wow you can really cut and paste.

[MilwaukeeFtw]

Who thinks the real white house is this banterfull? =P

[lauraW38]

I love this episode. This particular scene with Allison Janney, is golden. Thanks for the post.

[Requiem9001]

I adore this scene, and truly miss the really good seasons of the West Wing. Allison Janney is amazing, as was the entire show.

[barclaybass]

Great scene from one of my favorite shows ever.....go CJ!

[TVGord]

This is HANDS DOWN my favorite scene of The West Wing, but as much as I like him, Rob Lowe ruined it by doing those white-homey moves at the end. Sad. Love it, though! Allison Janney, I know this world is killin' you, ooh but my aim is true in this scene!

[oyagain]

i do think the 'white-homey moves' were meant as funny, and that it was the character sam, not rob lowe who did that :)

[Stonymypony]

I love this scene!

[goldiloks08]

"well you hang in there, son."

and then Sam trying to throw up gang signs.

ROFL!!!

[shieldsuma]

that was very karl rove of him

[jimbobjimminy]

ARe you talking to me during the Jackal?

LMAO Toby I love you

[Soujurn]

I wonder if Sotomeyer gets confirmed if the Obama staff will celebrate with someone lip synching Achy Breaky Heart?

[baz2186]

A very human moment in in the shows series. Compelling!!

[ninjapandahamster]

i <3 west wing.its the best poplical show out their. really funny part

[grumpytosnowwhite]

This is one of the most awesome funny scenes in the show. I don't know why, but there's something just so lovable about the idea of the staff celebrating a court appointment like that...as a ritual. So, well, human.

[hitch4645]

Weirdest scene in West Wing history. btw sweet camerawork at 1:55 shooting through the smoke rings

[LaptopKerouac]

2:06 creepyist smile ever LQTM

[malizlato]

you talking to me during "The Jackal"???? lol

[CatAmongPidgeons]

Love Allison Janney, awesome scene on a whole.

[lifesaver72]

Sam looked funny as hell at 2:07. LOL!!! Great scene.

[orangebus333]

hahaha 2:05 is absolutely brilliant

[QuaintTaint]

Music by the great Ronny Jordan!

[pammie823]

I love how Josh and Sam do some really lame dancing!!

[neobrown81]

I just saw this on Bravo. How bizarre, but she did good

[loveangelmusicbaby28]

Apparently, Allison Janney did "The Jackel" on set and became an on-set joke. They filmed it and put it in the episode!

[sakar181]

One of the best scenes in the whole show. The first time I saw this, I damn near died!

[awakenedinseattle]

Awesome Jackal, Claudia Jean! :-)

[flutterbycakes217]

omg that's classic. love cj

[kristolstarz]

awesome!

[kevmarkpat]

You're blogging at me during the Jackel? Never Blog at me during the Jackel! LOL

[shieldsuma]

obama would be happy in this white house, cigar smoke and all

[hj502005]

When they had her do it the first time, she did it too well, and they asked her to do it over again sillier and laughing embarassed, so that it would fit her character.

[meredithchandler73]

Well, the way it is in the scene is totally perfect. LOVE IT!

[actorguy213]

LOVE!

[vintagefish921]

I love toby and josh at 1:52

[Talwynhawkins]

haha, i loved this scene. She's amazing. I love CJ.

[DragonQuicksilver]

One of my favorite scenes in the series. XD

[darkfrankhs]

Just imagine how awesome it would be to do that! Plus the related videos just totally ruined something for me... God dammit!

[taloolamay]

ah! me too! well, my fault for going on youtube before finishing the series lol

[Vegasoon]

Imagine how embarrassing that must have been to do.

[hutt359]

That scene was written into the show after she really did that and Aaron Sorken saw it. So that isn't something new for her. ;)

[taloolamay]

Are you serious? That is hysterical and totally makes my day.

The talents of Allison Janney never seem to cease.

[eurythmic72]

I think im gunna try that scene anyhow. Mwahaha. look out unsuspecting freinds with headaches.

[wrestlingdog]

That's absolutely hilarious. I love when Sam starts trying to bring the gang signs.

[deskjunkie]

"trying" being the key word :)

[hibob418]

Toby: "You're talkin' to me during the Jackal? Never talk to me during the Jackal."

[zwolfen]

WEST WING is the best "WRITTEN SHOW" on Reg TV. Sorry...WAS! I put it up against ALL IN THE FAMILY and M.A.S.H.

[TheDuck77]

by far my fav character! she's awesome! I'm currently watching the west wing for the first time (i know i should hide from the shame) but i love it. Thank the lord for box sets. Season 4 almost done. Quality! :-)

[r0binh00dl0ver]

haha box sets are the best!

50 quid for the 7 series cant beat that

[wikum3]

yes i got the complete series too for £50! - has to be the best deal on anything ever.

[minimegz]

ha ha same and agreed!!!!

[mikka2005]

@wikum3 WORD! Me too, at HMV? Lol

[imperialeagle1789]

rob lowe looks geeky but in a cute kind of way plus he is sooooo hot

[littlemonster333]

I love it!!! it so amazing. The West Wing is the best show ever created! X

[misanthrope2112]

Well, it used to be a good song.

[leadsled1994]

funny thing is it was actually inspired by Alisson Janney. She lip synched in her trailor, and fellow cast and crew loved it so much they found a way to write it in the show.

[ronanocarroll]

Adore the show but that scene put me off the whole cast for a long long time. What a boring bunch. Ohhhh the Jackel ohhhh CJ you're craaaazzzzyyyy. What a stuffy cow. That's how they let their hair down after workin their asses off. Wouldn't mind but in subsequent scenes she gloats and basks in the glory of being the life n soul of the party! That's one you have to hand to Republicans over Democrats - they know how to throw a party. YEEEHAAA!!!

[MrAnderson123]

Republicans sure are crazy. Free abstinence pamphlets and pocket bibles for everyone!!! Crank up the Josh Groban!!!

[trueblue4you]

hahaha is this a real song?? i'm trying to

find it on ituness :) i luv it

[Animeac]

that was great!! I've never seen that scene before. I didn't know Cj had it in her.

[hibob418]

Toby: "... You're talkin' to me during The Jackal?"

[ninjaboy56]

we watch this show in my gov class, and when i saw this scene, i was like WTF?! but it waz awesome!!!!!! My teacher got me hooked on this show

[xzlm2q]

REALLY!! You meen that I'm NOT the only Teen out there who actually LIKES the West Wing?!

(Well, USED to) :)

[elysehpie]

I -adore- it. And I'm only sixteen.

[xzlm2q]

YAYY!!! Me 2!!!!

I'm also HOOKED on the show!!!

[elysehpie]

I started watching it two summers ago, and bought the seven season box set within a month.. It took me about a year to get through it haha! And now.. I still love it :)

[mygeneration01]

yes! teenagers who like west wing and politics. this how is purely addictive. my dad has 1-5, and over the summer i couldn't stop watching them. awesome show, it was a shame when lowe left, sam was a great character

[xzlm2q]

yeah, i know, he was my faveorite character!!!

[BackstreetLakerFan]

same here. haha. ive been begging my mom to buy me the complete series.

this show is freakin awesome

[xzlm2q]

lol, yeah it is!!!

[AmorFati1013]

Well I'm nearly 18 and I've loved The West Wing for a while. Best show ever.

[xzlm2q]

YAY!!!

(i don't turn 18 fo ranother two years)

But ur right, best show EVER!!!

[SoulThing1981]

that  scene is a riot... love the show!! lol The Jackal!! great song

[Manna9]

I'm just watching this series for the first time (on DVD), and this is the scene that hooked me. What I appreciate the most is how much they all unabashedly love her, and rightly so.

[MelCNutty]

I love this clip. This is one of my fave West Wing moments.

Has anyone ever heard this song in its entirety?

[whitetanuki]

Yep, they cut the song down a bit to fit the scenes for the show, but most of it is there. Ronny Jordan did the song - great groove!

[peboy69]

All hail the Jackal! When is Allison Janney getting her own show or a starring role in a film? She's simply amazing.

[faeyero]

Well, her next project is actually a Broadway musical! She's playing the former Lily Tomlin role in the upcoming musical version of _9 to 5_. I have tickets for the show when it's in previews in LA (my favorite tv actress ever--Janney--and my favorite stage actress ever--Stephanie J. Block--onstage at the same time...HEAVEN).

Can't wait to watch her bring the funny full-time. XD

[RuroniKaito]

I wonder if she called Lily up and got some pointers :p I'm sure they kept in contact after the show.

[Carlajward]

Love CJ and Allison Janney! This is brillent!

[tanialiu]

Love CJ!!

[poobumfartyblast]

CJ's doin' the jackal!

[ukdeejay]

As good as it gets. Great times, fond memories... excellent show. TWW, we miss ya.