Tonight's Pile of Ironing...
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caz963.... was accompanied by Enemies and The Short List! 2 episodes needed whilst I worked my way through two large baskets!
I know that Enemies is one of the few S1-4 episodes Sorkin didn't write, but it still has plenty of good lines. The teaser with Bartlet and Josh in the Oval in the early hours cracks me up
BARTLET
I'm a national park buff, Josh.
JOSH
I'm sorry, sir?
BARTLET
[smiling] I said I'm a national park buff. I bet you didn't know that about
me.
JOSH
Well, I didn't know that about you, sir, but I'm certainly not surprised.
BARTLET
Why is that?
JOSH
You're... quite a nerd, Mr. President.
BARTLET
Really?
JOSH
Yes, sir.
BARTLET
I assume that was said with all due respect.
JOSH
Yes, sir.
BARTLET
[gets up and sits near Josh] Is it nerd-like to know that Everglades National
Park
is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental United
States,
AND has extensive mangrove forests?
JOSH
Just a little bit. Yes, sir.
BARTLET
There are 54 national parks in the country, Josh.
JOSH
Please tell me you haven't been to all of them.
BARTLET
I HAVE been to all of them. I should show you my slide collection.
JOSH
Oh, would you? The expression on Brad's face here is priceless!
BARTLET
[counting with fingers] Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Badlands, Capitol Reef,
Acadia,
which is so often overlooked...
JOSH
You should certainly feel free to keep talking, but I need to go home so I
could be back
in my office in four hours.
BARTLET
Dry Tortugas...
JOSH
See, the thing is, I can't leave without your permission.
BARTLET
Petrified Forests, North Cascades, Joshua Tree, Shenandoah National Park,
right here
in Virginia! [bangs hand on couch] We should organize a staff field trip to
Shenandoah.
What do you think? [walks to his desk and writes a note]
JOSH
Good a place as any to dump your body.
BARTLET
What was that?
JOSH
Did I say that out loud?
BARTLET
See, and I was gonna let you go home.
JOSH
But instead?
BARTLET
We're gonna talk about Yosemite.
Also, Toby and Sam - "Somewhere in this building is our talent."
and Josh again, at the end; "I'm sure someone with your encyclopedic knowledge of the ridiculous and dork-like will
be able to find a tree or a ferret that the public has a right to visit."
The episode is also notable for featuring one of my favourite dreamy!Josh moments.
And in The Short List - two dork!Josh victory dances, "Who da man?", drunken yelling at cats; Sam tripping over the boxes in his office after waking up at his desk... and remember this guy?
"It was a series of phone calls, which I masterminded, while I'm not one to be selfish about credit, I think it is important to know that it is done, and I DID IT!"
... and then of course, this...
JOSH
That was inches from my head.
DONNA
Josh.
JOSH
Inches.
DONNA
It was not inches.
JOSH
It was inches. A little bit this way, a little bit that way, bam! Massive
head wound.
DONNA
You're fine.
JOSH
Yeah, but there for the grace of God, you know what I'm saying?
DONNA
Yes.
JOSH
I really think if big chunks of ceiling are gonna fall on anyone... I don't
know...
A brief silence as Josh inhales.
DONNA
What?
JOSH
It should be you.
DONNA
Ugh. I knew you were gonna say that.
JOSH
From now on, before I come in in the morning, I want you to test my office.
MANDY
[comes up] Josh?
DONNA
Staff in ten minutes. [leaves]
JOSH
You see this?
MANDY
Yeah.
JOSH
Inches from my head.
MANDY
Why is Peter Lillienfield holding a press conference?
JOSH
Who cares?
MANDY
I do. Why is Lillienfield holding a press conference?
JOSH
I don't know.
MANDY
Is he unhappy about something?
JOSH
He's always unhappy about something. [yells] Donna! Where's my east Asia
memo?!
DONNA [OS]
[yells] Right here!
MANDY
It starts in two minutes.
JOSH
What starts in two minutes?
MANDY
Lillienfield's press conference.
JOSH
[shouts] It's okay, Donna. I'll just come and get it myself! Love the way he's totally ignoring Mandy at this point!
DONNA [OS]
Keep your pants on Joshua! I'm on my way!
MANDY
Josh?
JOSH
Mandy.
MANDY
I'm just saying that we don't need any surprises today.
JOSH
We're not gonna have any surprises today.
MANDY
I'm putting on a show. I don't want to get upstaged.
JOSH
You're not gonna get upstaged.
Mandy leaves. Donna comes in hurriedly with a piece of paper. She gives it
to Josh.
DONNA
Here.
JOSH
Thank you.
DONNA
You're welcome.
JOSH
You should be nice to me. I could be dead you know.
DONNA
I don't have that kind of luck. [leaves]
Aaaand, then the ironing was over and it was on to IED. So much love for that ep. But it's late, I'm tired and I MUST go to bed, so maybe I'll ramble on about that another time...
I know that Enemies is one of the few S1-4 episodes Sorkin didn't write, but it still has plenty of good lines. The teaser with Bartlet and Josh in the Oval in the early hours cracks me up
BARTLET
I'm a national park buff, Josh.
JOSH
I'm sorry, sir?
BARTLET
[smiling] I said I'm a national park buff. I bet you didn't know that about
me.
JOSH
Well, I didn't know that about you, sir, but I'm certainly not surprised.
BARTLET
Why is that?
JOSH
You're... quite a nerd, Mr. President.
BARTLET
Really?
JOSH
Yes, sir.
BARTLET
I assume that was said with all due respect.
JOSH
Yes, sir.
BARTLET
[gets up and sits near Josh] Is it nerd-like to know that Everglades National
Park
is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental United
States,
AND has extensive mangrove forests?
JOSH
Just a little bit. Yes, sir.
BARTLET
There are 54 national parks in the country, Josh.
JOSH
Please tell me you haven't been to all of them.
BARTLET
I HAVE been to all of them. I should show you my slide collection.
JOSH
Oh, would you? The expression on Brad's face here is priceless!
BARTLET
[counting with fingers] Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Badlands, Capitol Reef,
Acadia,
which is so often overlooked...
JOSH
You should certainly feel free to keep talking, but I need to go home so I
could be back
in my office in four hours.
BARTLET
Dry Tortugas...
JOSH
See, the thing is, I can't leave without your permission.
BARTLET
Petrified Forests, North Cascades, Joshua Tree, Shenandoah National Park,
right here
in Virginia! [bangs hand on couch] We should organize a staff field trip to
Shenandoah.
What do you think? [walks to his desk and writes a note]
JOSH
Good a place as any to dump your body.
BARTLET
What was that?
JOSH
Did I say that out loud?
BARTLET
See, and I was gonna let you go home.
JOSH
But instead?
BARTLET
We're gonna talk about Yosemite.
Also, Toby and Sam - "Somewhere in this building is our talent."
and Josh again, at the end; "I'm sure someone with your encyclopedic knowledge of the ridiculous and dork-like will
be able to find a tree or a ferret that the public has a right to visit."
The episode is also notable for featuring one of my favourite dreamy!Josh moments.
And in The Short List - two dork!Josh victory dances, "Who da man?", drunken yelling at cats; Sam tripping over the boxes in his office after waking up at his desk... and remember this guy?
"It was a series of phone calls, which I masterminded, while I'm not one to be selfish about credit, I think it is important to know that it is done, and I DID IT!"
... and then of course, this...
JOSH
That was inches from my head.
DONNA
Josh.
JOSH
Inches.
DONNA
It was not inches.
JOSH
It was inches. A little bit this way, a little bit that way, bam! Massive
head wound.
DONNA
You're fine.
JOSH
Yeah, but there for the grace of God, you know what I'm saying?
DONNA
Yes.
JOSH
I really think if big chunks of ceiling are gonna fall on anyone... I don't
know...
A brief silence as Josh inhales.
DONNA
What?
JOSH
It should be you.
DONNA
Ugh. I knew you were gonna say that.
JOSH
From now on, before I come in in the morning, I want you to test my office.
MANDY
[comes up] Josh?
DONNA
Staff in ten minutes. [leaves]
JOSH
You see this?
MANDY
Yeah.
JOSH
Inches from my head.
MANDY
Why is Peter Lillienfield holding a press conference?
JOSH
Who cares?
MANDY
I do. Why is Lillienfield holding a press conference?
JOSH
I don't know.
MANDY
Is he unhappy about something?
JOSH
He's always unhappy about something. [yells] Donna! Where's my east Asia
memo?!
DONNA [OS]
[yells] Right here!
MANDY
It starts in two minutes.
JOSH
What starts in two minutes?
MANDY
Lillienfield's press conference.
JOSH
[shouts] It's okay, Donna. I'll just come and get it myself! Love the way he's totally ignoring Mandy at this point!
DONNA [OS]
Keep your pants on Joshua! I'm on my way!
MANDY
Josh?
JOSH
Mandy.
MANDY
I'm just saying that we don't need any surprises today.
JOSH
We're not gonna have any surprises today.
MANDY
I'm putting on a show. I don't want to get upstaged.
JOSH
You're not gonna get upstaged.
Mandy leaves. Donna comes in hurriedly with a piece of paper. She gives it
to Josh.
DONNA
Here.
JOSH
Thank you.
DONNA
You're welcome.
JOSH
You should be nice to me. I could be dead you know.
DONNA
I don't have that kind of luck. [leaves]
Aaaand, then the ironing was over and it was on to IED. So much love for that ep. But it's late, I'm tired and I MUST go to bed, so maybe I'll ramble on about that another time...
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Date: 2006-07-07 09:15 am (UTC)Yeah... unfortunately, there's a queue! *g*
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Date: 2006-07-07 09:13 am (UTC)LOVE.
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