4.11: Holy Night (with The Whiffenpoofs and Robert Malina)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

On the West Wing, it’s Toby’s birthday (December 23), and his father visits. On the West Wing Weekly, it’s Josh’s birthday (January 17), and HIS father visits. We turn to Mr Robert Malina for some Yiddish info and some Joshish insights. Plus, we’re joined by a couple of the Yale Whiffenpoofs who appeared in "Holy Night" to tell us about how they ended up singing for President Bartlet.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rishikesh Hereway. And I'm Josh, we're
0:10.2	Malina. This is like something you'd get on the internet.
0:13.8	Awesome. It's 2018. It is. You know what else it is, Josh?
0:18.4	No, don't say it. It won't be until the end.
0:21.0	Oh, okay. All right. All right. I blew this one. So I'm not going to do it again.
0:26.5	Today we're talking about the midway point of The West Wing, which is what we will
0:30.2	reach when we're done with this episode. Today we're talking about the episode
0:34.5	Holy Night. It's season four episode 11. It's the Christmas episode. And I
0:40.4	watched this over the holidays, which was nice. It first aired on December 11th,
0:45.0	2002. It was written by fan favorite Aaron Sorkin, directed by fan favorite
0:50.1	Tommy Schlamey. It's one of those episodes. They're a good team. Yeah. In this episode,
0:54.5	we get a special appearance from the Yale Wiffin Poofs. And later on in this
0:58.4	episode, we're going to be joined by a couple of the Wiffin Poofs who were in the
1:01.9	episode. Bula Bula. Very exciting. From the class of 2003. Plus we'll get a visit
1:06.9	from Josh's father, the charming and funny Mr. Bob Malina.
1:10.3	Woo.
1:15.1	This is a special episode for a variety of reasons. I remember this episode
1:19.2	better than most. You get your cold opening, Yiddish. I mean, that's just bad
1:24.3	ass. It is bad ass. At this point in the series, I was watching the show on TV
1:28.8	every week. I had caught up on DVDs and I was excited every Wednesday to watch. And I
1:33.9	remember when this episode aired, I remember watching it in LA and just my mind was
1:39.0	blown. This whole thing is in Yiddish. It seemed very balsy. Yeah. A very bold
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