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The West Wing Weekly

1.11: Lord John Marbury (With William Duffy and Peter James Smith)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.912.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

According to Encyclopedia Brittanica, Josh and Hrishi are joined by William Duffy (@WilliamDuffy_) and Peter James Smith (@PJSActor), who played Ed and Larry.

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0:00.0

You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rishi Kei Shereway.

0:08.6

And I'm Joshua Molina. And we're here to discuss season one episode 11 of The West Wing

0:14.8

titled Lord John Marbury. The stories by Patrick Cadel and Lawrence O'Donnell,

0:20.1

the teleplay is by Aaron Sorkin and Patrick Cadel, and it was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

0:26.6

Here's the NBC Synopsis. The Kashmir border powder keg becomes more explosive when the Indian

0:31.4

Army invades Pakistani-held territory, making the threat of a nuclear confrontation

0:35.8

frighteningly real to President Bartlett, who calls in Lord Marbury an eccentric British diplomat

0:40.6

with ties to both warring nations and a weakness for booze. An angry Josh is subpoenaed to testify

0:45.9

as the investigation into substance abuse among White House staffers grinds on towards its inevitable

0:50.7

target, Chief of Staff Leo McGarry. Mandy floats a trial balloon among the staff to test their

0:55.3

reaction to her notion of representing a liberal Republican. The president is surprised when

0:59.4

Charlie asks him if he can date his willing daughter, Zoe. I think angry Josh was the incredibly

1:05.6

unpopular app sequel to Angry Bird. No one bought it. Okay, today we're joined. This is exciting

1:13.2

by two very special guests, the actors who played Ed and Larry, and do you know which is which?

1:18.8

I believe I do. William Duffy, which ends with the E sound played Larry,

1:24.0

and Peter James Smith, which rhymes with Ed, played Ed. That's a great song. Good morning.

1:29.6

Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. You are clearly fan favorites. A lot of people

1:34.8

through Twitter and through our website reached out and demanded that we have you. Maybe before we

1:39.7

dive in, we should unpack the Ed and Larry of it all. Can you guys tell us how you each became

1:46.1

part of the show? I actually originally auditioned for Sam Seaborn, and I was in the room and I saw

1:52.6

that Rob was there. He actually, I don't know if he was auditioning, but he had walked out of the room.

1:57.0

And I'm like, I'm in trouble. I auditioned well. I mean, the room, to this day, I've never seen

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