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The West Wing Thing

David Anthony

News, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Politics, Westwing

4.4 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

We're joined by the hosts of the great Useful Idiots podcast to say goodby to Aaron Sorkin, as we discuss the Great Man's final episode of The West Wing. We also break down some fashion Don't, and discuss how to stalk and terrify women into marrying you.

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0:00.0	But what happens to Sorkin leaves and then who takes over?
0:05.1	Yeah, John Wells, who's a big, big TV writer, who's the producer on it,
0:10.4	most notable for being the worst president that WGA ever had.
0:14.7	If you can believe a producer would be a bad president for writers.
0:21.5	You can believe that.
0:23.3	I'm trying to sit there.
0:24.8	They're the people we work for.
0:26.5	See, their management, that's the thing.
0:28.7	But we're a little anxious because I don't know how it's going to go.
0:31.5	We've never seen any of the Wells years, but I know there's some insane shit coming.
0:35.7	Oh, you haven't watched them?
0:37.5	No. Oh, God, no.
0:39.4	Okay.
0:39.7	We watch one a week and that's...
0:41.1	Right, right. I know, but I thought you were, yeah, returning to, yeah.
0:43.8	No, no, no, no.
0:44.6	I, David, I both watched the show a little bit when I first aired and then stopped.
0:48.1	Right.
0:48.9	I'm assuming it will be an ER-type competent writing with horrible politics.
0:57.4	Yeah.
0:58.3	I think it'll be better writing.
1:00.0	Yes.
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