They ditched sam seaborn bc rob lower wanted too much money! And this is the best show of all time in my opinion, acting, writing, directing, casting, etc. Two Cathedrals episode was better than almost any movie Ive seen, and it was a tv episode!
Toby is my favorite character as well. This show never disapointed. Even when main characters left another one stepped in and the show never suffered.
The West Wing is easily one of the best television programs of the last thirty years and Josh Lyman one of the greatest characters even though Toby was my favourite.
odd. Obama is a fantastic orator, so was MLK Jr. Bill Clinton, excellent public speaker. I, personally, am a liberal; I have received high marks in English literature and oratory in middle school, secondary, and college.
I agree with NoirMusic, however it is TV show, and has unrealistic elements like the high intense dialogue. I would love to play off of other people with their wit and humor, but have had little success, even among smart people.
Maybe there are some of you on this page, find me.
I don't think we will ever see deeper into the political world, as the actors said they would like. Simply put, unlike West Wing, the average politician is a buffoon and the more we see them behind the scenes the more we will know it. If you doubt it you need only look to Georgia....Obama is a Socialist, a Nazis and a Marxist...lol
I came to West Wing late in the game. I didn't believe a television series could catch my imagination and put me in the White House with in-depth characters and plausible story lines. In an age where I've got 900 TV stations, DVR, DVD's, stacks of discarded video tapes--it's still a challenge to find superlative writing, acting and directing on the tube. I guess that's why I bought the entire West Wing DVD series.
I really do miss the nobility and idealism of the West Wing. It seems all the shows on television now are so cynical about the world. They're quality shows - Mad Men, Weeds, Entourage - but they're so soul crushingly cynical. I was one of the few who actually watched Studio 60 and enjoyed it. I want Aaron Sorkin back on television.
In Feb 2003 when i was in washington on hols i happened across a limo with a camera attached to the side. I followed it and low and behold met the cast of THE WEST WING. All of which must be said are absolute kings and queens of personality and civility. Martin Sheen spent time with people chatting signing autographs. Allison Denning both stunning in beauty and height was a delight and Richard Schiff was a gent as was Bradley Whitford but alas John Spencer was the only one missing. great day
Whe Jack Warner was told that Reagan was running for governor, he said..."No, Reaan for best friend, Jimmy Stewart for gov." I don't know what Martin is talking about.
My thoughts on this one were, they were asking Sheen about him playing the role of President, he said he would never cast himself in that role that he would see himself as Spencers role. Sheen also said he saw John Spencer as the Prsident. The other reference about Ronald Reagan was him as an actor and he should be VP and James Cagney (a bigger movie star) should be President. This was an amazing interview about a fantastic show. I was most stunned by Spencers comments this was his swan song.
It's very sad but apt that The West Wing was indeed John Spencer's swansong, and a fine one at that - but didn't John Spencer GET that opportunity. He was still there past when Sorkin had anything do with the show or his character anymore.
Regardless, he will be missed. And whilst in recent history there has been quite a few great ensemble casts, I reckon (especially the cast of Season 2 & 3/Post-Mandy) The West Wing had the best of the lot.
I never saw "West Wing" when it aired and only now am I catching up on DVD.
I enjoy "West Wing" very much and find the passion, idealism, intelligence, dedication, decency and sense of social justice of the characters extremely inspiring, but then I remember how real politicians and real people in power act and become terribly depressed.
In 2001 Sorkin was arrested when guards at a security checkpoint at the Burbank Airport found hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana, and crack cocaine in his carry-on bag when a metal crack pipe set off the gate's metal detector.
This is a great video nice to see my heroes on screen together I miss the show badly and saw all the episodes including the documentary and Issac and Ishmael, which were never shown in the U.K.. It's a pity that Rob Lowe and Jannell Maloney (Donna) are missing also Stockard Channing. They Should have Continued with Santos' Regime.
This is the first TV series ever to have writing that does not treat the viewers as morons. I loved the West Wing regardless of my personal political views.
Public Broadcasting Service... PBS is publicly funded rather than corporate sponsored, with the programming being primarily educational or artistic in nature.
It's how most of us learned how great the BBC was prior to satellite television bringing actual BBC channels to America. PBS tended to have it all... Dick Cavet, Masterpiece Theatre, Horizons (renamed as NOVA for some reason), Monty Python, Dr. Who, and so forth.
god... i miss Spencer so much... ):
VicodinMD 3 years ago
They ditched sam seaborn bc rob lower wanted too much money! And this is the best show of all time in my opinion, acting, writing, directing, casting, etc. Two Cathedrals episode was better than almost any movie Ive seen, and it was a tv episode!
kfgfan 3 years ago
there cant be another 1 hour sitcom in the history of television that has more words dialogue then this show.
pattbateman 3 years ago
josh is the best one by far
PathFinderJAG1 3 years ago 4
For such a great writer, he stammers a lot.
capnmaxx23 3 years ago
cause he isnt all coked out! he writes his best when he is under the inlfuence!
pattbateman 3 years ago
yeah the stuff he writes is pure gold!
randomgirl42 3 years ago 3
Martin Sheen is bombed
cosmonaut242 3 years ago
Toby is my favorite character as well. This show never disapointed. Even when main characters left another one stepped in and the show never suffered.
mheckmer 3 years ago
The West Wing is easily one of the best television programs of the last thirty years and Josh Lyman one of the greatest characters even though Toby was my favourite.
bonangusacdc 3 years ago 3
thanks for this one of the best programs ever
oliverps46 3 years ago 3
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aaron can not complete a sentence..
ah...ah...ah...we'tr not liberal....ah...ah.....ah...these characters want to the rihht thing...ah...ah...ah...liberal....ah..ah...
typical liberal....great articulation in a script..but none in the real world
newt0830 3 years ago
"typical liberal....great articulation in a script..but none in the real world"
the same could be said of W, with the exception of the liberal....
he's a writer, not an actor, and may not be accustomed to speaking in this setting. i may be wrong but i defend because his writing is so damn good.
shieldsuma 3 years ago
odd. Obama is a fantastic orator, so was MLK Jr. Bill Clinton, excellent public speaker. I, personally, am a liberal; I have received high marks in English literature and oratory in middle school, secondary, and college.
typical liberals i guess.
theforeman118 3 years ago
brilliant program....10/10
fergalfreddy1 3 years ago
I agree with NoirMusic, however it is TV show, and has unrealistic elements like the high intense dialogue. I would love to play off of other people with their wit and humor, but have had little success, even among smart people.
Maybe there are some of you on this page, find me.
tolhouse1609 3 years ago
I don't think we will ever see deeper into the political world, as the actors said they would like. Simply put, unlike West Wing, the average politician is a buffoon and the more we see them behind the scenes the more we will know it. If you doubt it you need only look to Georgia....Obama is a Socialist, a Nazis and a Marxist...lol
NoirMusic 3 years ago
As a fan of the west wing this is pure gold thanks for posting i just wish Janel was there too!!!!!!
scottyleep 3 years ago 2
i wish Janel and Rob Lowe were there...how could they ditch Sam Seaborn?
cosmonaut242 3 years ago
Richard Schiff has the most velvet voice, I can't even handle it.
LHRIII1 3 years ago 2
I came to West Wing late in the game. I didn't believe a television series could catch my imagination and put me in the White House with in-depth characters and plausible story lines. In an age where I've got 900 TV stations, DVR, DVD's, stacks of discarded video tapes--it's still a challenge to find superlative writing, acting and directing on the tube. I guess that's why I bought the entire West Wing DVD series.
cornelmarc 3 years ago 5
so did i......i'm just about to finish the last dvd of the tv series box set. love it.....i hope sorkin does more
PoliticalStu 3 years ago
ditto
BBBoggs 3 years ago
I really do miss the nobility and idealism of the West Wing. It seems all the shows on television now are so cynical about the world. They're quality shows - Mad Men, Weeds, Entourage - but they're so soul crushingly cynical. I was one of the few who actually watched Studio 60 and enjoyed it. I want Aaron Sorkin back on television.
LeaF2277 3 years ago 7
uh uh umm uh and uh uuuuh um
SparkleAnnie85 3 years ago 2
hahaha! I KNOW! So annoying.
"Uuuhmm ah ah ah, the characters ummmm ah ah I... yeah."
jonmelsa 3 years ago
In Feb 2003 when i was in washington on hols i happened across a limo with a camera attached to the side. I followed it and low and behold met the cast of THE WEST WING. All of which must be said are absolute kings and queens of personality and civility. Martin Sheen spent time with people chatting signing autographs. Allison Denning both stunning in beauty and height was a delight and Richard Schiff was a gent as was Bradley Whitford but alas John Spencer was the only one missing. great day
scrubber72 3 years ago 3
Whe Jack Warner was told that Reagan was running for governor, he said..."No, Reaan for best friend, Jimmy Stewart for gov." I don't know what Martin is talking about.
jbhart1 3 years ago
My thoughts on this one were, they were asking Sheen about him playing the role of President, he said he would never cast himself in that role that he would see himself as Spencers role. Sheen also said he saw John Spencer as the Prsident. The other reference about Ronald Reagan was him as an actor and he should be VP and James Cagney (a bigger movie star) should be President. This was an amazing interview about a fantastic show. I was most stunned by Spencers comments this was his swan song.
KPBMF 3 years ago
i love the guy who posted this ;( thanks so much. RIP Spencer.
thelonedissenter 3 years ago 3
Woow!! I am so happy that I found this. The best find I have made on youtube in many, many years.
Nintendo2k 3 years ago
aaron sorkin is a brilliant writer but he can't talk for nuts
jeretang 3 years ago
"As long as Aaron has something to say about leo, I will carry on saying it"
Sadly John Spencer, you did not get that opportunity
antdabost 3 years ago 4
It's very sad but apt that The West Wing was indeed John Spencer's swansong, and a fine one at that - but didn't John Spencer GET that opportunity. He was still there past when Sorkin had anything do with the show or his character anymore.
Regardless, he will be missed. And whilst in recent history there has been quite a few great ensemble casts, I reckon (especially the cast of Season 2 & 3/Post-Mandy) The West Wing had the best of the lot.
citywalls 3 years ago
So...This was May 15, 2001, correct?
gracebasherguy92 4 years ago
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J E W !!!
noniggers001 4 years ago
Aaron...um eh um....Sorkin is a...um eh eh....great...emm uh uh uh uh em uh....writer.
swisscottagelondon 4 years ago 5
eeer eeh uuumm yeah I..I eeer think you're eeeeh right... xD might not be so good at speaking publicly but he's a damn good writer:D
johano9026 3 years ago
I never saw "West Wing" when it aired and only now am I catching up on DVD.
I enjoy "West Wing" very much and find the passion, idealism, intelligence, dedication, decency and sense of social justice of the characters extremely inspiring, but then I remember how real politicians and real people in power act and become terribly depressed.
JohnBrown001 4 years ago 8
That contrast between how it really is and how it COULD be is one of the main factors that gave the show so much appeal I think.
ironlion45 3 years ago
why is it so quiet, i cant even here what they are saying clearly.
sptsgy04 4 years ago
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*couldn't care less
sweetiepy23 4 years ago
he's better now and he's still a genius i could care less about his past drug problems- i love him!!
sweetiepy23 4 years ago 6
thanks so much for posting : )
pacificguitarist 4 years ago 2
they were having such a good show why would charlie bring that up? especially at the end...you could see everyone was thinking "what the hell?"
sweetiepy23 4 years ago 2
what was he talking about there?
davetheravekl 4 years ago
In 2001 Sorkin was arrested when guards at a security checkpoint at the Burbank Airport found hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana, and crack cocaine in his carry-on bag when a metal crack pipe set off the gate's metal detector.
sweetiepy23 4 years ago 3
wow. didnt know that. cheers
davetheravekl 4 years ago
27:40-50-----chilling
Emmausfan 4 years ago 4
wow Sorkin can write but he sure can't speak well. I wonder if he could speak better if he would be as good as writer?
pbloging 4 years ago
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uh uh uh uh I'm uh uh uh uh Aaron uh uh uh uh Sor-uh uh uh uh kin
newbase99 4 years ago
Thank you. I loooove that Bradley and Martin are just in the corner laughing their heads off the entire time. What a fun set that would have been.
youlove24 4 years ago
This is a great video nice to see my heroes on screen together I miss the show badly and saw all the episodes including the documentary and Issac and Ishmael, which were never shown in the U.K.. It's a pity that Rob Lowe and Jannell Maloney (Donna) are missing also Stockard Channing. They Should have Continued with Santos' Regime.
locutus1962 4 years ago
wow. it's at 15:05 and FINALLY allison janney speaks. they should have directed a question at her a long time ago.
lmalory 4 years ago 6
Thank you for posting this video
duffydo 4 years ago 3
I wish Rob Lowe aka Sam Seaborn was included - a great character
largetalons22 4 years ago 5
I'd just like to see the words match the lip movements. I feel like I'm watching an old Japanese monster movie!
But I still love hearing what Sorkin and the actors have to say. I still miss West Wing; it was the practically only show on tv worth watching.
CasaiAgicap 4 years ago 5
wow, i thought that was amazing, but it sure ended on a creepy note!
refuzd 4 years ago
This is the first TV series ever to have writing that does not treat the viewers as morons. I loved the West Wing regardless of my personal political views.
spaceyrules 4 years ago 9
I wouldn't go so far as to say "ever", but it certainly is the first in a long time.
darkthunder84 3 years ago
I wish the sound was better. Louder.
creature57 4 years ago
For some reason the sound on most of the Charlie Rose videos uploaded by the show stinks. Its unfortunate.
filegirl 4 years ago
Its PBS...enough said.
rockbmg1 3 years ago
Please tell more. Not all of us are from USA, only 5% is? (PBS is american yes?)
Melkefin 3 years ago
"(PBS is american yes?)"
Public Broadcasting Service... PBS is publicly funded rather than corporate sponsored, with the programming being primarily educational or artistic in nature.
It's how most of us learned how great the BBC was prior to satellite television bringing actual BBC channels to America. PBS tended to have it all... Dick Cavet, Masterpiece Theatre, Horizons (renamed as NOVA for some reason), Monty Python, Dr. Who, and so forth.
PicadillyJester 3 years ago 2
Listen to John Spencer at 27:45...he talks about this being his swan song in television drama. Wow, what eerie foreshadowing. I got shivers.
jadevoyager 4 years ago 10