7.10: Running Mates (with Matthew Del Negro)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week, we discuss the beautiful performance by John Spencer in "Running Mates," the first episode of his to air posthumously. We’re also joined by Matthew Del Negro to discuss Bram, telebrams, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the West Wing Weekly. I'm Joshua Molina.
0:10.3	And I'm Rishi K. Sherway. Today we're talking about running mates. It's episode 10 from season
0:14.5	7.
0:15.5	This episode was written by Peter Noah. It was directed by Paul McCrain. What jumps
0:19.6	to mind when you hear the name Paul McCrain?
0:22.0	I don't know.
0:23.0	Fair enough. I'm just old. For me, it's fame. 1980s breakout film, fame. He played Montgomery.
0:29.8	I know the song from fame.
0:31.1	Oh, sure. The one that goes, fame.
0:33.5	Yeah.
0:34.3	He's sang multiple songs in fame. And I think composed one of the songs that he performed.
0:39.6	No kidding.
0:40.6	But very good actor would become famous on ER. He has long list of credits. But I remember
0:46.8	being very excited to be directed by Paul because he played Montgomery in fame.
0:51.5	Did you talk about it?
0:52.5	Probably not.
0:53.5	I'm a little shy. Paul is a great guy. Terrific actor, terrific director, and a lot of fun.
0:59.0	Great sense of humor. I like him very much.
1:01.3	And he directed this episode, which is about the vice presidential debate and Leo's performance
1:07.2	as a debater. It might be terrible.
1:10.1	The episode or his performance.
1:13.8	The synopsis for sure. His performance.
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