The West Wing - The wrath from high atop the thing

[Tigerman1138]

I *LOVE* how Josh, not having heard Toby's speech, delivers nearly the same one! I love how he believes it too, how he is on Toby's wavelength, and how the two of them (Toby and Josh) come together to tell Sam to, "Go! Go! Go!"

[RuleNr34]

I love how Sam crumbles under peer pressure.

[UncleMikeNJ]

Toby was not big on, as he put it during the Mendoza confirmation, tempting fate.

Toby was not moody. "Moody" suggests that he was in a good mood sometimes. The only times he was in a good mood were when the Yankees or Knicks (or Democrats) won, or he got a good steak, or C.J. "did the Jackal."

[platinumsalamander]

lol, cj's 'mr. lyman' accent is brilliant.

[babytweeze85]

Ah the Thing...one of the best running gags in The West Wing

[bluesboy25000]

Is it just me or is Allison Janney an extremely attractive older woman. If I were twenty years older

[bornbillsmith]

@bluesboy25000 She is very sexy but you're wrong about calling her an older women.

She was born in 1959.which would mean she was 40 when this show went on the air and 46 when it went off the air.

That's whern women are at their best.

[bluesboy25000]

@bornbillsmith Well I am 20 so to me she is older

[andreghouse]

I have watched all seven episodes about 5 times through and even though there will not be a show quite as good as this, I reckon the best writing was int he first 3/4 seasons. Once the original writers left, the writing/dialogue slumped from outstanding to very good. This inbuilt humour was just so funny. There were pockets of it in the later seasons, but not the belly-aching funny stuff in the early seasons. The funniest for me is Bartlet on painkillers in season 1. Check it out.

[nascarkraz]

@andreghouse do you mean all seven SEASONS? Ive seen them all at least 6 times too:)

[TehCheese]

4 people clearly didn't go outside turn around 3 times and spit or curse

[hollywoodwerewolf]

when he spat, spun and swore the Secret Service guys and perhaps the Marine on guard thought he was having a seizure most likely.

[BetaArtemis]

LOL Sam is just too cute!!

[jamie32501]

For some reason, I find CJ's '"tell me, if I swallow my ballot..." the funniest line here

[kohstamojahn]

@jamie32501 CJ is the best!

[PaperbackWizard]

A couple seconds more, and you'd hear Josh say "These things have a half-life. You just can't wait around."

[thepezdispenser]

Is this a parody of the show or is it from the actual show? the line "oh mr Lyman..." sounds like something from Kung Pow

[sakar181]

@thepezdispenser

This is the show :D

[Jonathon86W]

@thepezdispenser if you watch the entire episode, josh gets bamboozled by a group of actors pretending to be confused on how to vote and wind him up, courtesy of Toby and CJ

[turquoiseskull]

I totally forgot about this one! What episode is it?

[wakeylad81]

This is the best show ever they. They really should bring it back. The West Wing The Next Generation!!! Comander in Chief tried its best to replace The West Wing and failed

[dinomom71]

Gosh I LOVE this show! It always makes me laugh!

[ambercandel]

Haha. Because of this episode, when my dad said Obama was going to win on election day, my sister and I yelled at him until he went outside, turned around three times and spat.

[katesatriani]

I like this ! Brilliant ! ( i used to compete in agility comps with my dog - and when I got up in the morning I had to step off with my right foot! Superstition but if I didn't then we wouldn't do well?? Completely illogical and totally insane but I still had to step off on the right foot! So this scene is soo true !!

[markadams2000]

that is hilarious, he must have forgot to curse

[TheMRivers]

@ambercandel forgot to curse

[AFLoneWolf]

@ambercandel So it's YOUR fault?!?!?!

[Quelkaima]

Yes, do not dare tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing.

Always have a second speech ready.

[ProveItsReal]

awesome...

[sparks12001]

Is that john de lancie?

[BenjaminEllett]

spoony made me watch this

[TheMortalOne]

MacBeth. If you say the name MacBeth in a theatre you need to go outside turn 3 times and then spit. If you don't, you're cursed by the guy who died during a showing of MacBeth, the thing on the rapier fell off when he was fighting and he actually got stabbed.

[5ilver42]

"You want to tempt the wrath of the whatever high atop the thing?"

[meredithchandler73]

This is QUITE hilarious. I don't understand CJ's line, but I find it incredibly funny, too.

[hitch4645]

watch?v=HMn2s1nmsxQ&feature=re­lated

watch that, see if it helps

[tejaswoman]

CJ is continuing a joke that had been played on Josh earlier in the morning, where various strangers pretended to recognize him and ask him stupid questions about voting.

[Stonymypony]

Funny! Oh poor Sam :)

[lifesaver72]

I love this scene.

[HotPiratesWench]

i love how josh and toby are always sort of on the same wave length.

[meredithchandler73]

LOVE THIS!!!  And Allison Janney totally cracks me up.

[thenakedbongo]

Actually the best line from this scene is when Sam comes back in.

"Yes. I turned, I cursed, I spat. It froze."

[jjfyke01]

Someone should post that.

[hiphipbadlad]

could't agree more. best line in the west wing, in fact XD

[BlueJellyzhn]

@thenakedbongo i think the best line belongs to CJ

[SoapStar4Life]

@thenakedbongo i fell like every time i come back to watch this clip. i 'like' this comment XD ahaha

(so I'm pretty sure about 70 of your 'likes' are from me)

[my2c]

Lol, the chemistry between everyone in the cast is amazing.

[mandapanda0824]

"Do everything. Go! Go! Go! Go!"

Love it :o)

[mikka2005]

Allison Janney Rocks!! Thats all i can say, lol. The way she delivers that line is classic!

[thenicerevolution]

do you have the clip from the same episode where toby sends all those people to the polls to play a practical joke on josh???

[grapesofwraith1066]

I believe someone posted it somewhere on youtube already!

[tmoore4075]

My favorite part in this scene is CJ "If I swallow my ballot.." LOL

[Mechlover]

That is intensely awesome.

[glamourweaver]

I want this scene tattooed inside the eyelids of every single Democrat for the next three weeks.

[preesidentboosh911]

this is my favorite scene ever.

that and the one where sam gets his ass kicked on capitol beat by ainsley hayes and josh and toby watch it and eat popcorn.

[JvilleJag2]

I know go outside, turn around three times spit and curse. Thank you WW for setting me straight.

[dbassplayer]

Classic... I love this scene!

[RuroniKaito]

I'm sorry but while this is not in my top 10 West Wing scenes, it's deffinately in the top 25. #1 has to go to the Two Cathedrals Bartlet insulting God scene. But yes we must all fear the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing.

[vintagefish921]

If I only had one minute to decsribe why I love this show so much, this clip would do it. :)

[frenchlady42]

For some reason I do NOT see the humor here.The division in this country is disgusting.

[Arondeus]

I almost wrote a full paragraph insulting you in at least 3 languages. But then I saw your Username. No reason to "kick a man when he's down."

[shakeitrite]

lol..good reply. I almost did the same thing (insulted the heck out of her) but then I read your reply and noticed the frenchlady42 username. lol

[FunnyGaijin]

How on earth is this clip pertinent to a discussion of how divisive the US is? The fact that you wrote that here undermines the point you are trying to make.

[TotallyJeannius]

Allison Janney, I heart you! Cracks me up every time. "Tell me, if I swallow my ballot..." Hilarious!

[spotty007]

love CJ

[Rotarrin]

Ditto that.  This scene cracks me up every time!

[v642336]

Toby and Josh are right. I may not believe in "the whatever from high atop the thing," but I'm still afraid of him.