@@kingpin6989 I have! I've lived in Japan for 20 years, so I have no idea what's on TV in America anymore, but some clips recently showed up in my newsfeed and I started watching and I was SO impressed with the writing. I thought: This reminds me of the writing on The West Wing! So I looked it up and sure enough: same folks.
Sorkin loves scenes when people speak truth to power. He did so many times in WW even made a whole movie out of it with American President. In this case that why even though Tribbey has a commanding prescence. She doesnt back down about the pinafore thing as tribial as it may be.
I love how she quietly puts Tribbey on the defensive. This was a brilliant character and I was saddened to see her written out. I know it had something to do with her getting another role elsewhere, but it was still sad to see her leave.
The ending of this episode is amazing. After the worst first day she could have Ainsleyt comes into work and 'Toby Sam and Josh decorated her office with Gilbert and Sullivan and played He's an Englishman.
Ainsley Hayes: Is it so hard to believe in this day and age that someone would roll up their sleeves, set aside partisanship, and say "what can I do?" Oh poor, naive Ainsley. If you only knew the horror that the future holds.
I miss Lionel. Oliver does a fine job later, and he was probably a better character to have in place during the MS debacle, but you have to wonder what judicious use of the cricket bat Lionel would have employed on staffers during the questioning.
Not speaking in iambic pentameter!! The funniest line ever in existence. I literally burst out laughing, with a big baudy BAH HAHA, I sounded like someone out of G&S. Hee hee
A few years ago a friend at work called me in to ask for help with something and I had to look at her and ask, "Are you going to be speaking in iambic pentameter the rest of the day?" I watched her bob her head as she must have been repeating what she'd just said in her head followed by a long, "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck." I responded, "I guess not then." And did a military turn to walk out of her office. Still mock her about that.
It's entirely possible to at least begin to form an accurate idea of a person's intellect based upon whether they thoroughly understand the nuances of and enjoy The West Wing.
Kudos to the script staff, and to whoever signs off on what they produce, for the Gilbert and Sullivan references, knowing full well that no more than 3% of Americans would know who G&S were, and 0.3% could differentiate between Penzance and Pinafore.
+spacyfoil - Yes, I miss that show. Also WKRP. Both great shows that took the road less taken. Also, check out Newsroom. It's another Aaron Sorkin creation that makes us think.
I'd like to do well on this my first Assignment; any advice you could give Me that might point me the way of success Would be, by me, appreciated. With the exception of the nine-syllable first and last lines and a couple of emphasis issues, Ainsley's comment is, indeed in iambic pentameter. 😁
@ramonalejandrosuare I think the point of the WW was it represented the idea of an ideal form of US government rather than a reflection of reality. An aspiration.
HMS Pinafore - they are all about Duty. Sentry Willis marries a Fairy Princess at the end of Iolanthe.
When all night long a chap remains On sentry-go, to chase monotony He exercises of his brains, That is, assuming that he's got any. Though never nurtured in the lap Of luxury, yet I admonish you, I am an intellectual chap, And think of things that would astonish you. I often think it's comical--Fal, lal, la! How Nature always does contrive--Fal, lal, la! That every boy and every gal That's born into the world alive Is either a little Liberal Or else a little Conservative! Fal, lal, la! Room for hope Senator Graham
@jokr8790 - yes, isn't this a great example of what we need now. Bipartisan solutions, compromise, with the result being a balanced budget, elimination of our deficit and restructuring of our banking and financial systems.
@grumpytosnowwhite It's funny, if you look at the first episode with Oliver Platt as Babbish (Bad Moon Rising), you can kinda hear that the dialogue was written for Larroquette. I guess they couldn't get him back for those episodes, but the written lines in Platt's first episode definitely sound more like they were meant for Tribbey, right down to the cricket bat smashing the Dictaphone (changed to a gavel for Babbish).
All these clips look really great and I'm thinking of giving this show a try. But is it worth it for people who don't really know that much about US politics?
unterbm, Yes it is worth it. There are numerous facts that are presented in many episodes of this series that have nothing to do with US politics but they do have something to do with the human condition all over the world. Funny one liners, tragic events that were made up just for the show, arguments about social interactions all over the world, and even a few love stories. If you can find the whole series on DVD anywhere start with season 1 and work your way through to season 7 when these people are finished with their second term. If you can only find individual seasons start with season 1 and then collect the others in numerical order as you can find them.
I think I've said this in other WW video comment areas but I'll say it here as well. If I could watch every episode EVER over the course of 1-3 months and type onto individual sheets of paper EVERY statement that ANYONE makes that gets me thinking about how insightful or argumentative that statement is in MY HEAD I could fill 200 pages or more from top to bottom. Hell, I could fill 5 pages alone with any 1 of 10 different episodes.
@@minggnim ...... Two things you should do ..... 1) Seek emergency mental help for disliking the incredible C.J. (( There's also Donna too that would rank above Ainsley )). 2) Learn how to spell "ridiculous". It shouldn't be that hard since I had just spelled it for you.
@@nashburnette7247 - Seek emergency mental help because I don't like a crappy character? Get a grasp on reality pal. It'z a dam pore mined thatt kan onlee thinck uv won way too spel ah wurd.
@@minggnim ...... Now you're calling C.J. a crappy character ?!?!?!? Forget the mental help I suggested. It would be a waste of time. You're just stupid. 😂🤣
nancy sexton: Not in Sweden, you can get some VPN thing and log-on to your Netflix account, but I don’t have enough computer-skills🤓🇸🇪 Netflix should put it up anyway.
Of all the female characters on the West Wing. This was the only one I had a sizeable, crush on. Smart, strong, emotional, mega-feminine and very pretty. If they ever perfect, female androids? I want her personality for mine.
Tribbey walking away without a witty retort after you call him out is a huge sign of respect.
And his look up meaning “look
where we are working” says it all even without words…
Sounds like he farts at 2:24
@@tomshea8382 lmaooo
@@tomshea8382 It's the steam pipes in Ainsley's office. You see him look at it.
When you act like you know everything and discover you really don’t….
"It wasn't out of duty?" Total respect given to Tribbey and he returns it by not giving a snide comeback. I miss this show.
The writing on this show was so good, and all the actors were so good. I miss this show.
You should check out The Newsroom if you haven't already.
@@kingpin6989 I have! I've lived in Japan for 20 years, so I have no idea what's on TV in America anymore, but some clips recently showed up in my newsfeed and I started watching and I was SO impressed with the writing. I thought: This reminds me of the writing on The West Wing! So I looked it up and sure enough: same folks.
Have to get rid of that pesky two-term limit somehow, though.
I do, too!
@@kingpin6989 another great show with intelligent writers.
love the way that Ainsley talks, she is scared at first, then gets braver. love her a lot!
Gorgeous!!!
Sorkin loves scenes when people speak truth to power. He did so many times in WW even made a whole movie out of it with American President. In this case that why even though Tribbey has a commanding prescence. She doesnt back down about the pinafore thing as tribial as it may be.
@@tokyworld American President is one of my favorite movies!
It is, by us, appreciated.
"I feel a sense of duty."
The look on Ainsley's face right after she said that... O.M.G., *what* did I just say?!?!?!?!? 🤣😱
I love how she quietly puts Tribbey on the defensive. This was a brilliant character and I was saddened to see her written out. I know it had something to do with her getting another role elsewhere, but it was still sad to see her leave.
She got the other role after she left.
This has to be considered one of the greatest scenes of of one of the greatest shows. Truly Shakespearean.
I may not know my Gilbert and Sullivan, but I know my golden era of The Simpsons episodes. It's from Pinafore!
Bake em aways toys.
@@jimmy2k4o Whud you say, Jimmy?
@@jychilly Do what the kid said.
😁
I shall take you to heaven before I send you to hell!
She's the cutest character. The only actress that can get away with calling sam "see-am".
Good ol Carolina accent. Moved to North Carolina 3 years ago from Turkey it is delightful
@@alperenbulbul6367 it is delightful. Were you talking about her character moved there at three or the actress?
@@joecook5689 I believe she is actually from North Carolina. I believe the poster is referring to themselves.
This scene in 2020.....and the WHOLE West Wing Series Remain CLASSIC....off to Binge Watch WEST WING once again.....It's Like Family! Cheers Everyone
Two characters I wish had been utilized more. I'd love an episode of Tribbey and Ainsley bantering.
Top banter ! And I am an Englishman!
I actually love Ainsley and Tribbey scenes more than I love Ainsley and Sam scenes they're just so fun together
"Well, not speaking in iambic pentameter might be a step in the right direction..."
All I hear when she talks is a female Yoda lol
John Larroquette is a national treasure
Don't.
Sorkin: "But Lionel. That's my entire career!"
I love the way Ansley speaks!
Had to come back to this after I started working with HMS Pinafore at work!
The ending of this episode is amazing. After the worst first day she could have Ainsleyt comes into work and 'Toby Sam and Josh decorated her office with Gilbert and Sullivan and played He's an Englishman.
and CJ
Thanks! I heard that clip of them playing He’s an Englishman is still on YT! That is what I was going to look up! Happy I saw your comment! 🙏🏼
And sing along!
Ainsley Hayes: Is it so hard to believe in this day and age that someone would roll up their sleeves, set aside partisanship, and say "what can I do?"
Oh poor, naive Ainsley. If you only knew the horror that the future holds.
Possibly Biden.
To be fair, he did say yes...
@@jamessingleton5069 this is true
@@sithlordofoz Oh please. Biden is about as corrupt as they come.
@@crucisnh well done Sherlock.
"Would be, BY ME, appreciated!" LOL
Well not speaking in iambic pentameter might be a step in the right direction.
@@iandhr1 Shakespeare would have been proud of this episode.
Aeschylus.
One of the things I really like about the character Ainsley Hayes is she always won these exchanges.
notice the slight look of shock on ainsley's face when she hears herself say, i felt a sense of duty.
It's like she knew why she was there but couldn't name it. It was at the tip of her brain until that very moment when she answered Lionel.
I thought her look was her realizing, “ I sound like a Gilbert & Sullivan character” lol.
Three very impressive people in this room, Emily, John, and Aaron.
'Were you recording secretary of the Princeton Gilbert and Sullivan society?'
'No, but I'm not a girl.'
Woman*... I just watched that clip, lol
There's that classic Sorkin misogyny we all know and love!
Gosh I LOVED trhis show.. and I love her I wish they would have kept her she was so much fun..
The Iambic Pentameter line gets me every time
My two fav side characters in the whole show
I liked the Ashley character. Integrity.
I miss Lionel. Oliver does a fine job later, and he was probably a better character to have in place during the MS debacle, but you have to wonder what judicious use of the cricket bat Lionel would have employed on staffers during the questioning.
Not speaking in iambic pentameter!! The funniest line ever in existence. I literally burst out laughing, with a big baudy BAH HAHA, I sounded like someone out of G&S. Hee hee
Perhaps he's a trochee fetishist.
A few years ago a friend at work called me in to ask for help with something and I had to look at her and ask, "Are you going to be speaking in iambic pentameter the rest of the day?" I watched her bob her head as she must have been repeating what she'd just said in her head followed by a long, "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck." I responded, "I guess not then." And did a military turn to walk out of her office. Still mock her about that.
This gal maintained her genuine southern accent.
It's entirely possible to at least begin to form an accurate idea of a person's intellect based upon whether they thoroughly understand the nuances of and enjoy The West Wing.
That cute staffer that managed to make sam into two sysllables: Seeam!
I love Oliver Babbish. But how awesome would it have been if Tribbey filled that role?
Fabisch Factor oh that could have been amazing.
But then we wouldn’t have gotten a cooking channel.
For starters, Instead of that recorder being smashed by a gavel, it would have been hit into a wall by a cricket bat.
Kudos to the script staff, and to whoever signs off on what they produce, for the Gilbert and Sullivan references, knowing full well that no more than 3% of Americans would know who G&S were, and 0.3% could differentiate between Penzance and Pinafore.
Yeah, but some of us know the difference between a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger, and a McDouble. So there's that.
@@MPDLR Hahaha
Whats's a Mcdouble ?
@@tonypegler9080 cheeseburger with an extra patty. double cheeseburger has two patties and two slices of cheese
>
I guess I'm somewhere between the .3% and 3%.
Such great acting and dialogue
she is my favorite person on the show.
facts
They really needed to carry this joke throughout the series
Ainsley should have had her own show
On a side note, I miss Night Court !
spacyfoil Once I can get my VCR to work, I'll play my Night Court tape.
+spacyfoil I have Seasons 1-5 of Night court and will be getting the rest this summer.
+spacyfoil - Yes, I miss that show. Also WKRP. Both great shows that took the road less taken. Also, check out Newsroom. It's another Aaron Sorkin creation that makes us think.
I wish a lot of congressmen and women could see this video and put aside partisanship regardless of personal ideology.
I love you Ainsley
Every time I see her scenes, can't help but wonder why the powers that be let her go!!!!!
I'd like to do well on this my first
Assignment; any advice you could give
Me that might point me the way of success
Would be, by me, appreciated.
With the exception of the nine-syllable first and last lines and a couple of emphasis issues, Ainsley's comment is, indeed in iambic pentameter. 😁
@ramonalejandrosuare I think the point of the WW was it represented the idea of an ideal form of US government rather than a reflection of reality. An aspiration.
If this were house of cards the answer would be power.
HMS Pinafore - they are all about Duty. Sentry Willis marries a Fairy Princess at the end of Iolanthe.
When all night long a chap remains
On sentry-go, to chase monotony
He exercises of his brains,
That is, assuming that he's got any.
Though never nurtured in the lap
Of luxury, yet I admonish you,
I am an intellectual chap,
And think of things that would astonish you.
I often think it's comical--Fal, lal, la!
How Nature always does contrive--Fal, lal, la!
That every boy and every gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little Liberal
Or else a little Conservative!
Fal, lal, la!
Room for hope Senator Graham
"They're all about duty."
Sending her to “the Hill, because she speaks Republican “! As if it’s a different country! Great lines!
It is from Pinafore, if anyone was wondering.
... YES. Haha, West Wing was amazing!
@jokr8790 - yes, isn't this a great example of what we need now. Bipartisan solutions, compromise, with the result being a balanced budget, elimination of our deficit and restructuring of our banking and financial systems.
Both these characters should have had way more air time.
@grumpytosnowwhite It's funny, if you look at the first episode with Oliver Platt as Babbish (Bad Moon Rising), you can kinda hear that the dialogue was written for Larroquette. I guess they couldn't get him back for those episodes, but the written lines in Platt's first episode definitely sound more like they were meant for Tribbey, right down to the cricket bat smashing the Dictaphone (changed to a gavel for Babbish).
He smashed it with his "big hammer" not a cricket bat.
I believe I fell in love with Emily Procter during tww. keep it to yourselves. she doesn't know
Every crappy show ever aired is being shown in reruns somewhere on cable. Why not this - one of the best shows of all time?
It's on paramount plus
@@marcopl17 Thank you, Michael!
I see WW and I click my ruby slippers and say, there's no place like home.
All these clips look really great and I'm thinking of giving this show a try. But is it worth it for people who don't really know that much about US politics?
oh, it is worth every minute. to see what its supposed to be, and when they get off track, how they find ways back.
Absolutely!!
unterbm,
Yes it is worth it. There are numerous facts that are presented in many episodes of this series that have nothing to do with US politics but they do have something to do with the human condition all over the world. Funny one liners, tragic events that were made up just for the show, arguments about social interactions all over the world, and even a few love stories.
If you can find the whole series on DVD anywhere start with season 1 and work your way through to season 7 when these people are finished with their second term. If you can only find individual seasons start with season 1 and then collect the others in numerical order as you can find them.
Sounds like he made a duty at 2:25
I think I've said this in other WW video comment areas but I'll say it here as well.
If I could watch every episode EVER over the course of 1-3 months and type onto individual sheets of paper EVERY statement that ANYONE makes that gets me thinking about how insightful or argumentative that statement is in MY HEAD I could fill 200 pages or more from top to bottom.
Hell, I could fill 5 pages alone with any 1 of 10 different episodes.
Ha ha! I always loved that line!
Tribbey was such a 2D character - Sorkin got it right 2nd time with Babish
2:25 Sounds like Tribbey's steam pipe trunk distribution venue let his duty go just a few seconds too soon
Ainsley’s office was the steam pipe distribution venue.
Let life imitate art🙏🏻
Hmm. "A" is also a level of security clearance
"They're all about duty!"
LOL!!!!
I didn't know what iambic pentameter was until this show.
Savoy Place
Savoy Hotel
Savoy Operetta
Somerset House.
The Strand.
Waterloo Road
I never went to any of them.
Super power be darned.
She earned her job after the ending there.
See-am, its Pinafore.
Two of the best people. :)
Well, okay, they're all the best. #WestWing
Every successful administration needs a few Lionel Tribbey's whether as White House Counsel or as the White House Usher
Okay. Somerset House in its old form. A couple of times.
"Prime4571", One of my siblings has all 7 years on Boxed set but some of the discs are scattered all over the place from constant viewing.
Terrific scene.
personally,i like Kelsey Grammar's version of the song from the Simpsons ;)
Imagine if they gave Charlie this office. Boyyyyyy
@effyleven I mean Ainsley. Botheration!
The best female character on West Wing.
Well, as good as she was,
that's a ridiculous claim when
considering C.J. was there.
@@nashburnette7247 - It's not ridicules, seeing that I didn't like C.J.
@@minggnim ......
Two things you should do .....
1) Seek emergency mental help
for disliking the incredible C.J.
(( There's also Donna too that
would rank above Ainsley )).
2) Learn how to spell "ridiculous".
It shouldn't be that hard since I
had just spelled it for you.
@@nashburnette7247 - Seek emergency mental help because I don't like a crappy character? Get a grasp on reality pal.
It'z a dam pore mined thatt kan onlee thinck uv won way too spel ah wurd.
@@minggnim ......
Now you're calling C.J. a crappy
character ?!?!?!?
Forget the mental help I suggested.
It would be a waste of time.
You're just stupid. 😂🤣
It's the one about duty.
Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline?
I'm trying to see where she spoke in an iambic pentameter.
"I'll have their backs while they're trying"
And he Did.
@miniCSI Was it because the scene of getting caught dancing was so original?
She is worth more then all of them put together
I miss that actress.
It's a pity it's not available in the Republic of Ireland. Even after 12 years
That is a shame! Also, it’s cool that you share the last name of one of the show’s Supreme Court nominees, from the episode “The Supremes” 😁
Art
I like her in everything I ever saw her in to date
Both of these characters shouldv appeared more :)
Where can one stream this?🥰🇸🇪
Netflix
nancy sexton: Not in Sweden, you can get some VPN thing and log-on to your Netflix account, but I don’t have enough computer-skills🤓🇸🇪
Netflix should put it up anyway.
Why can't THIS be reality?
It’s from Pinafore
@bornbillsmith
Noblesse oblige.
Never did like John Lar. but he was OK in this show.
1:05 - oh that did not age well....
Of all the female characters on the West Wing.
This was the only one I had a sizeable, crush on.
Smart, strong, emotional, mega-feminine and very pretty.
If they ever perfect, female androids?
I want her personality for mine.
He farted. At minute 2:29 he farted!
2:25 but YES
It's a steam pipe.
How could anybody ever be horrid to Ainsley?
I would have loved it if they had both been wrong...
I'd have pissed myself laughing if she said it was from _The Mikado_ or _The Gondoliers_ .
Any advice you could give, would be, by me, appreciated.
Don't do it for money and don't do it for medals.