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  • “I'm sorry, a job in THIS White House?”
    Season 2 Episode 4: In This White House
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  • @rcslyman8929
    @rcslyman8929 5 місяців тому +330

    "The President likes smart people who disagree with him. He wants to hear from you. The President's asking you to serve... and everything else is crap."

    • @kristarolleri6442
      @kristarolleri6442 5 місяців тому +13

      👍They should have waited til that to cut it

    • @googoo-gjoob
      @googoo-gjoob 4 місяці тому

      @@kristarolleri6442 , search Leo interviews Ainsley

    • @richardkittle2346
      @richardkittle2346 4 місяці тому

      Who are you talking about? The orange turd, he only serves himself, ever

    • @loganc9441
      @loganc9441 4 місяці тому +6

      Man that did not age well. Wasn’t it great back in the day when you could give people the benefit of the doubt that they weren’t straight up evil.

    • @Wafflinson
      @Wafflinson 2 місяці тому +2

      @@kristarolleri6442 TWW youtube channel does this a lot. Whoever is in charge of their YT channel subscribes to the notion that you always cut off the best part at the end.

  • @blackspider1405
    @blackspider1405 4 місяці тому +78

    "I took a shot". It aint the line. It's the delivery. Perfect.

  • @kingfunny5016
    @kingfunny5016 5 місяців тому +196

    "I used to have a nervous condition"
    "How did your's manifest itself?"
    "I drank a lot of scotch"
    "I get sick when I drink too much"
    "I get drunk when I drink too much"

    • @kossttamojaan
      @kossttamojaan 5 місяців тому +13

      "you wanna glass of scotch?"
      "yes please"

  • @remychase
    @remychase 5 місяців тому +179

    “She seems to be a very good secretary.”
    “Well, she’ll be glad to hear that. She’s standing right outside the door.”
    BANG
    “Ow!”

    • @JosephLSelby
      @JosephLSelby 5 місяців тому +6

      One of my favorite moments from the entire show.

    • @robinps52
      @robinps52 4 місяці тому +7

      Leo & Margaret had a wonderful relationship, even if it wasn’t always obvious.

    • @BPhillips2000
      @BPhillips2000 4 місяці тому +6

      @@robinps52 the bit where she tells him she could sign the President's name (S2E2) & Leo just stares at her...
      "...or do you think the White House Counsel would say that was a bad idea?"
      "I think the White House Counsel would say that's a coup d'etat."
      "...I'd probably end up doing time for that?"
      "I would think...and what the hell are you doing practicing the President's signature??"
      "It's just for fun."
      "We've got separation of powers, checks and balances, and *Margaret*, vetoing things and sending them back to the hill..." 🤣🤣🤣

    • @theTokyoBill
      @theTokyoBill 3 місяці тому

      Comedy gold. One of the best in television!

    • @jamietodd2560
      @jamietodd2560 3 місяці тому

      I love the little nod Leo does, like "Got 'er."

  • @crockernevln4878
    @crockernevln4878 3 місяці тому +37

    The way Rob Lowe says, "where?", perfect edge to it. He's underrated as a comedic actor.

    • @karmagirl314
      @karmagirl314 3 місяці тому +3

      Is he still underrated after his time on Parks and Rec? I would say he's well rated by now.

    • @JamieFrevele
      @JamieFrevele Місяць тому +1

      The way his eyebrows just sink the tiniest bit. So subtle. So good.

  • @mollylea2643
    @mollylea2643 5 місяців тому +118

    This has one of my favorite scenes-Ainsley’s interview-and one of my favorite underrated CJ lines:
    “What the hell made you think I wouldn’t scream where there were people?!”

  • @MrFrikkenfrakken
    @MrFrikkenfrakken 5 місяців тому +71

    As always Gail's goldfish bowl gives away a plot line - the elephant in the bowl is genius.

    • @allenjpl
      @allenjpl 5 місяців тому +5

      The elephant also turns around mid-scene.

    • @ronaldtipton6035
      @ronaldtipton6035 4 місяці тому

      Gail?

    • @ronaldtipton6035
      @ronaldtipton6035 4 місяці тому

      Who is Gail? It's CJ's fishbowl.

    • @MrFrikkenfrakken
      @MrFrikkenfrakken 4 місяці тому +3

      @@ronaldtipton6035 CJ named the goldfish ‘Gail’

    • @johnchambers1380
      @johnchambers1380 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@allenjplgood eye! That's right out of naked gun. And how perfect is Ainsley's hair cut across her back?

  • @3h2o61
    @3h2o61 3 місяці тому +14

    I love all the West Wing characters but I have a special place in my heart for Ainsley. She is just so ... funny.

  • @dx7689
    @dx7689 4 місяці тому +29

    Ainsley was such a good character. They should've had more for her.

    • @Wafflinson
      @Wafflinson 2 місяці тому +5

      They actually probably would have, but she took a lead role in CSI:Miami, which was just better than what The West Wing was offering as a reoccurring role.
      You know how well she was received as her character still got name dropped now and again through the end of the last season years later.

    • @FrozenHero2010
      @FrozenHero2010 27 днів тому +2

      @@Wafflinson Aaron Sorkin has often reflected with regret that he could not find a place for Emily Proctor in the cast of The West Wing. That said, she seemed to do OK in CSI:Miami. 😉

  • @alexb6234
    @alexb6234 5 місяців тому +59

    This was a great scene and she was a great addition to the show.

    • @cards0486
      @cards0486 5 місяців тому +2

      “Ainsley, would you like to work at the White House?”
      “Oh, only since I was two.”
      The quick exchange of dialogue on this show was terrific. I recorded every episode when it aired so I could rewind scenes with CC as many times as needed until I could get everyone’s lines. They talked over each other so much.

    • @RinJackson
      @RinJackson 5 місяців тому +2

      Too bad she didn't stay on too long

    • @SpydeyDan
      @SpydeyDan 4 місяці тому

      ​@@RinJackson they couldn't make her a series regular, because the cast was full. As a result, they lost her to CSI Miami. Sorkin later regretted not pushing to bend the rules in order to keep her on.

  • @ynaalsa
    @ynaalsa 15 днів тому +2

    “…This White House?” To this day, those are my favorite three words of the entire series!

  • @jmichaelramirez2510
    @jmichaelramirez2510 5 місяців тому +34

    "You want a glass of Scotch? Yes, please" Too bad I'm an alcoholic and don't keep liquor in my office. 🤣

    • @SpydeyDan
      @SpydeyDan 4 місяці тому

      The guy in the next office over has some.

  • @clarkbenefitconsultingltd8907
    @clarkbenefitconsultingltd8907 5 місяців тому +36

    wonderfully written and acted - pure class

  • @pbdye1607
    @pbdye1607 4 місяці тому +19

    Emily Proctor is gorgeous but good GOD her hair is amazing.

    • @BlackDiamond2718
      @BlackDiamond2718 Місяць тому +1

      For me its her accent and the way she sounds nervous even when speaking eloquently.

  • @josephhicks6445
    @josephhicks6445 5 місяців тому +27

    Ainsley Hayes is my favorite character.

  • @josephthomasjr.6551
    @josephthomasjr.6551 11 днів тому +1

    Yet again, superlative writing. And yet again, magnificent acting.

  • @mikemesser4326
    @mikemesser4326 5 місяців тому +74

    “OW!” Lol.

    • @DrownedInExile
      @DrownedInExile 5 місяців тому +2

      "Have you been giving the wall a physical again?" - MASH

  • @Vesperitis
    @Vesperitis 5 місяців тому +48

    “Are you kidding?”
    “No.”
    “Are you kidding?”
    “No.”
    “Are you kidding?!”
    “No!”
    “Well what the hell made you think I wouldn’t SCREAM where there were people?!”

    • @Afalstein
      @Afalstein 5 місяців тому +9

      "...it was worth a shot."

  • @Aminuts2009
    @Aminuts2009 4 місяці тому +7

    There is no television writing like this anymore.

  • @rodcdm3807
    @rodcdm3807 4 місяці тому +16

    Leo saying: ‘Here it comes….’ 😂😂

  • @mrs.rucker2448
    @mrs.rucker2448 Місяць тому +1

    My favorite line of the whole series! “What makes think I wouldn’t scream where there are people”

  • @gregking7926
    @gregking7926 5 місяців тому +21

    "Would you like a drink?" "yes please"

  • @niterider1969
    @niterider1969 4 місяці тому +2

    Brilliant, brilliant writing. Just superbly delivered.

  • @user-mh9kv6bo4w
    @user-mh9kv6bo4w 3 місяці тому +1

    Great timing the flow of the dialogue between them was perfect.

  • @geoffreyrichardson8738
    @geoffreyrichardson8738 5 місяців тому +11

    That was a classic scene

  • @Mathis37
    @Mathis37 2 місяці тому +4

    The irony of Ainsley saying that she doesn't look like other Republicans is something that couldn't have been predicted when this episode aired.

  • @AloisiaSedai
    @AloisiaSedai Місяць тому +1

    The writing in this scene with Ainsley is fabulous.

  • @damongraham1398
    @damongraham1398 4 місяці тому +4

    I have not watched West Wing in years. The second I saw the title of this clip I knew it was about Ainsley Hayes.

  • @avi8r66
    @avi8r66 5 місяців тому +3

    One of my favorite scenes in the show.

  • @flankspeed
    @flankspeed 5 місяців тому +11

    Purest gold 😊

    • @JohnSmith-kf8mv
      @JohnSmith-kf8mv 5 місяців тому

      I have always likened my DVD box sets to the first two seasons as blocks of gold. 😀

  • @googoo-gjoob
    @googoo-gjoob Місяць тому +2

    "Oh, only since I was two."

  • @gangster125
    @gangster125 Місяць тому +1

    What a genius Aaron Sorkin is

  • @jdw.karasu
    @jdw.karasu 5 місяців тому +5

    Please more Leo clips. John Spencer was so great.

  • @gregaj7
    @gregaj7 5 місяців тому +21

    Emily Proctor could not have done a better job in that scene.

  • @Gredddfe
    @Gredddfe 5 місяців тому +11

    West Wing was always classy, but the inclusion of Emily Procter in season 2 made it charming.

  • @RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers
    @RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers 4 місяці тому +3

    This is one of the Sorkin-iest sequences in history.

    • @cdjhyoung
      @cdjhyoung 4 місяці тому

      Sorkin is a genius writer, but not many actors can deliver his lines, and few actors can add to what he has written in the way the West Wing actors did. The actress that played Anslie Hayes was terrific in the role, but when she went to that David Carruso police procedural, and the writing was tepid, she just became another pretty face actress. Quality story lines and writing are rare. This show was a gem.

    • @RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers
      @RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers 4 місяці тому +3

      @@cdjhyoung In her defense, anyone that can make CSI writing sound like it doesn't suck is some sort of hybrid of Hepburn and Olivier created in a mad scientist's lab.

  • @davidcantor8349
    @davidcantor8349 4 місяці тому +2

    I liked Ainsley the moment she calmed down C.J. It was classy and nice.

  • @harelrosenberg3392
    @harelrosenberg3392 5 місяців тому +12

    Undoubtedly the best West Wing character. Too bad they didn't make her part of the main cast.

  • @hoss4774
    @hoss4774 5 місяців тому +7

    "Mr McGarry"
    "Leo"
    "Yes sir"
    repeat ad infinitum

  • @JoelNads72
    @JoelNads72 3 місяці тому

    man I miss this show....sooo good

  • @elimb6071
    @elimb6071 4 місяці тому +3

    Thump "Oww"!🤣

  • @nsatutor635
    @nsatutor635 Місяць тому +1

    I think this is my 10 time watching this and it still cracks me up. It'll be a nightmare if tweedle dee becomes president! Just saying.

  • @cameltanker1286
    @cameltanker1286 5 місяців тому +26

    Wow! Sorkin could write. Too bad he left the show.

    • @rcslyman8929
      @rcslyman8929 5 місяців тому +9

      Yes he could. He wrote in a way that showed what American politics could be... should be... opposed but working toward the honest-to-dog greater good. Without actually losing what made those sides opposed. Leaders on both sides that actually cared for the country and what they could do for it, what they were trying to do for it. Not what it could put into their pockets. If the reality operated with even half the integrity...

    • @cameltanker1286
      @cameltanker1286 5 місяців тому +3

      @@rcslyman8929 Sorkin wrote a fantasy.

    • @cameron120587
      @cameron120587 5 місяців тому

      @@totallybored5526”good writers borrow from other writers, great writers steal from them outright (even from themselves). After all, stealing from one writer is plagiarism, stealing from another thousand is research”

  • @845835
    @845835 5 місяців тому +2

    Uh oh, it's a walk and talk!

  • @1bbasket
    @1bbasket 4 місяці тому

    Took a shot🤣🤣🤣

  • @Adam-kx2pe
    @Adam-kx2pe 5 місяців тому +2

    She is so so beautiful

  • @blairbrown4812
    @blairbrown4812 Місяць тому

    3:23
    Penny in the air...😂😅
    3:28
    Penny drops.

  • @partyguy101ify
    @partyguy101ify 4 місяці тому

    After Leo offers Ainsley a job, I like to look at an imaginary watch on my wrist while she babbles on before she realizes...

  • @DeltaElites
    @DeltaElites 4 місяці тому

    Still one of my favorite scenes and not once did she call him Leo.

  • @jeffs9850
    @jeffs9850 5 місяців тому

    Love it!

  • @londonwerewolves
    @londonwerewolves 5 місяців тому +34

    Only a person who has never watched this series would clip that scene in the middle. Shame on you.

    • @DaSkonk
      @DaSkonk Місяць тому +1

      Couldn't agree more, just terrible editing!

  • @GBTCO2b
    @GBTCO2b 5 місяців тому +1

    Here it comes . . . . .

  • @Matty11209
    @Matty11209 Місяць тому +1

    She was in a few episodes and then just disappeared without any comment.

  • @AloisiaSedai
    @AloisiaSedai Місяць тому +1

    Here it comes…

  • @ColoradoTodd
    @ColoradoTodd 5 місяців тому

    My favorite episode!

  • @AmitKumar-tg7of
    @AmitKumar-tg7of 4 місяці тому

    Honestly what more did Rob Lowe want out of this series is beyond me?

    • @robinps52
      @robinps52 4 місяці тому +2

      Allegedly the show originally was to be centered around Sam Seaborn but Martin Sheen was just too good in his only scene in the pilot so the focus changed to the President. So Rob Lowe became part of the ensemble instead of the Star & he was disappointed. Allegedly.

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy906 Місяць тому

    When Leo says, "Here it comes" is he breaking the fourth wall?

  • @dencamp6685
    @dencamp6685 2 місяці тому

    Jeez, they can wake up Elvis Presley.

  • @bmw128racer
    @bmw128racer 5 місяців тому

    Ainsley was a fun character. Was rather surprised and disappointed that she disappeared after some episodes. I think Emily Procter got a better gig on CSI.

    • @kingseleyjameskanditkor7058
      @kingseleyjameskanditkor7058 4 місяці тому

      That’s literally the reason she disappeared. It was because she got an offer for CSI Miami

  • @pympton
    @pympton 5 місяців тому

    Can you please do the scene where Leo explains alcoholism?

  • @donkeyears4704
    @donkeyears4704 5 місяців тому

    i love how sam sounds like a woman when he and c.j. both scream, leo!

  • @timhorn0511
    @timhorn0511 5 місяців тому +8

    Ainsley should have stayed onbthe show. That was a lost opportunity.

  • @ericburges8309
    @ericburges8309 4 місяці тому

    Love Ainsley

  • @davidlee2438
    @davidlee2438 4 місяці тому

    she is so beautiful here, didn't realize how hot she was until she went to CSI MIAMI

  • @_TheDudeAbides_
    @_TheDudeAbides_ 5 місяців тому +1

    Can everybody please quote the clip we all just saw in the comments? Because we all need to just read it again, right? I wonder if those morons just quoting the clip live in a special place somewhere. The conversations in that town would be something special.

    • @shiftfocus1
      @shiftfocus1 5 місяців тому +4

      You have an interesting conversational style. 🥳

  • @ericburges8309
    @ericburges8309 4 місяці тому +2

    Unlike Mandy Ainsley was great addition

  • @andrewwoolstencroft9987
    @andrewwoolstencroft9987 5 місяців тому +2

    I hate this, now i want to know what CJ's question was and i can't remember.
    Now im going to have to watch it all again. Oh well. 😉

    • @dklabratful
      @dklabratful 5 місяців тому +3

      She thought she’d inadvertently given information about a grand jury to a journalist and she’d broken the law. She thought she was going to prison. Ainsley figured it out and reassured her she hadn’t done anything wrong.

  • @gchild1286
    @gchild1286 3 місяці тому +1

    I miss Ainsley Hayes!

  • @wmst5065
    @wmst5065 4 місяці тому

    "It has to be _this_ White House?"

  • @johnthehillboy7369
    @johnthehillboy7369 Місяць тому +1

    Too short

  • @davidkeller2208
    @davidkeller2208 Місяць тому

    One of the few times I legitimately dislike C.J. She was being arrogant and definitely judging a book by its cover. Being a republican does not make one the bad nor does being a Democrat means your a ggod guy.
    C.J. and Sam were both very wrong in this scene and that is why I loved Leo McGarry. He did not let partisan play a role in his decision making.

  • @beovp91
    @beovp91 4 місяці тому

    This is what took the behaviour of the young liberal and democrat persons in this country to the level it is today. Just a sad case of US AGAINST THEM TRIBALISIM and very poor behavior.

  • @beovp91
    @beovp91 5 місяців тому +4

    Children who were raised with this show have been conditioned to OPPOSE the other party.

    • @czarspan3057
      @czarspan3057 5 місяців тому +6

      -A child who has never watched this show

    • @timhorn0511
      @timhorn0511 5 місяців тому +3

      Well, John Goodman played a Republican Speaker of the House in a favorable light and Alan Alda's Arnie Vinnick was very positive as a Republican. I do think you have a point, though.

    • @Elthenar
      @Elthenar 5 місяців тому +10

      @@timhorn0511 There was also the Republican who absolutely chewed out everyone else for trying to use illegally obtained copy's of Leo's treatment history. His "I will wait for you in the tall grass" rant was pretty epic.

    • @lizziebkennedy7505
      @lizziebkennedy7505 5 місяців тому

      @@timhorn0511John Goodman’s character was vile!

    • @lizziebkennedy7505
      @lizziebkennedy7505 5 місяців тому

      @@Elthenartwo different scenes.