09 I dont live in Alaska

Roger Rees as Lord John Marbury in The West Wing. Episode 212 "The drop-in".

CUT TO: INT. RECEPTION HALL - NIGHT
Music is playing. Donna and Marbury are chatting.

MARBURY
Oh, well, yes. Oh, certainly. There's uh, Edward, Earl of Ulster. He's the son of
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who's the son of Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

DONNA
Edward, Earl of Ulster?

MARBURY
Yes.

DONNA
Do you think he'd like me?

MARBURY
Do you date younger men?

DONNA
Sure. How old is he?

MARBURY
Five.

DONNA
Okay, well let's stick a pin in that for a moment and move on.

Leo walks up.

LEO
Hello.

DONNA
Hello.

LEO
Am I interrupting?

MARBURY
Not at all.

DONNA
Ambassador Marbury was just telling me about how royal men are schooled in the ways of
courtship. King George III, for example, sailed his bride up the river Thames to music
that was specially composed.

LEO
Yeah. That was just a few years before we opened up a big can of whoopass on him at
Yorktown.

MARBURY
Leo, I- [as Donna slips away]

LEO
How can you look at North Korea, which 24 months ago fired a Taepodong missile...?

MARBURY
Uh, which failed...

LEO
And with some modifications it'll be able to reach Alaska.

MARBURY
Well I don't live in Alaska, I live in England, which by the way is not protected by
the shield. Not that anywhere else is at the moment, either. You've also forgotten that
we're both signatories to the '72 ABM treaty, which the shield is in clear violation.
You've forgotten that it will compel China to strengthen their nuclear arsenal. You've
forgotten that the European allies have strong reservations about the shield. And you've
forgotten that it doesn't work.

LEO
You know what I haven't forgotten?

MARBURY
What?

LEO
That we opened up a big can of whoopass on you at Yorktown!

MARBURY
All right.

CHARLIE
[coming up to them] Leo?

LEO
Excuse me.

MARBURY
Excuse me.

DONNA
[passing by Charlie] I'm going to correspond with Edward, Earl of Ulster, once he
learns how to read and write.

CHARLIE
Okay.

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[tgear77]

@DelaneyRoberts Leo was the glue that held the White House, and by extension, the country together. Yet get Lord John within earshot and Leo suffers a meltdown. The scenes between Lord John and 'Gerald' were the best.

[sunnchilde]

Donna is so adorable.

[UncleMikeNJ]

I can see it now... September 2008...

President Matthew Santos: "Ambassador, did you hear what the Governor of Alaska said?"

Lord Marbury: "Yes, and I am deeply troubled by the gross stupidity of this woman. Fortunately, I don't live in Alaska."

[tyranusfan]

"Yeah, that was just a few years before we opened up a big can o'whoop-ass on him at Yorktown."  LOL

[jesusthroughmary]

The eldest son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester is Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and he was 26 and engaged when this episode first aired in January 2001.

[bluesboy25000]

This month is the anniversary of when we opened up a big can of whoop ass on them at Yorktown

[mari71889]

@tgear77 yes! so true... poor gerald =)

[IronChefWannabe]

haha

one of the best moments ever

[HugMonster341]

0:42-1:02 twenty seconds of pure diplomatic brilliance there . . .

[IMWEARINFEET]

we opened up a big can of whoop-ass at yorktown :D

[CMack28]

@IrishEyes1989 The only other time I have enjoyed hearing  the term "whoop ass" by a fictional character is SCSA!