Desperate Housewivesthis week provided a couple wonderful blasts from the past. First we were treated to Six Feet Under‘s Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy) guest starring as Carlos’ “enthusiastic” massage client. Then came the best part of the evening (Lynette and Tom’s heartfelt rehearsal space encounter aside), seeing Mrs. Landingham and Debbie Fiderer (Mrs. Landingham’s replacement) playing […]
I live in a world of fiction. I’ve always subscribed to the theory that minds are more easily changed with stories than with speeches. And while reality often disappoints, I’ve been able to spend years alongside the honorable heroes, charming leaders and valiant world servants of television. But as of tonight, as of this very […]
… that The West Wingpredicted the future. They may not have known how close the democratic primaries would be or the approximate age of the 2008 Republican nominee when they wrote the prophetic final 2 seasons, but apparently the parallels between Matt Santos and Barack Obama aren’t an accident at all. Check out this article […]
… to those glorious years of the Bartlett administration, when it wasn’t uncommon for a top notch character to hire someone from the opposing political party to work for them. In fact, it was a point of pride. Characters would often say of president Bartlett that “he likes smart people who disagree with him”, which […]
Well, sort of. Check out this video from funnyordie.com in which Martin Sheen (The West Wing’s President Bartlett) dispenses valuable fake presidential advise to Paris Hilton and find out that “America [really was] at its best when it was on NBC” http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die
The best Christmas present I ever got was a navy blue file folder with the seal of the president. Inside that file folder were seven files. Inside each of those files were 22 episodes of the greatest show of all time. The Christmas that my dad got me the entire series of The West Wing […]