I cannot watch Sam writing "on the fly" and not be overwhelmed to the point of tears at the sheer sense of wonder and curiosity he manages to convey in that simple statement.

@tvaddictedbooklover

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you for writing that, because I genuinely thought I was the only one who teared up at this scene every time I watch it 🤗

@rehanmemon3969

3 жыл бұрын

Its the flute. It'll do that to you.

@redwall1521

3 жыл бұрын

@@rehanmemon3969 Exactly, but it's also great production to be able to put those together

@thomasw.eggers4303

2 жыл бұрын

I've now watched the clip about 5 times, and teared up each time. The contrast with the last few years is inexpressible.

@thomasoaxaca3379

2 жыл бұрын

Sam didn't write it, he just recited it.

"I converted it to Celsius in my head." He looks so pleased with himself

@emaayan

4 жыл бұрын

converting to cesius to an American student?

@julienteychene6022

4 жыл бұрын

I checked it, accurate (with rounding). As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane. This show looks good, might watch it.

@Lachlancopeland

4 жыл бұрын

@@emaayan You're supposed to use Celsius.

@rcslyman8929

3 жыл бұрын

@@emaayan Believe it or not, we do use Celcius in the American education system. We just, y'know, don't stick with it.

@neutrino78x

3 жыл бұрын

The USA uses SI in industry, science and the military.

"Yes, God forbid that while talking to 60,000 public school students the president should appear smart". Love that line. What happened in America in the last decade that intelligence became something to ridicule and mistrust?

@elquemando

10 жыл бұрын

Democrats tend to select brainiacs, while the Repugs opt for the "aw shucks" icon

@larkmacallan4257

10 жыл бұрын

it is not in the interest of the owners of this country to have an intelligent, well informed population

@TerryMcGinn

10 жыл бұрын

elquemando As exemplified by Ritchie's, "Crime. Boy, I don't know," in Posse Comitatus.

@dgrichmondbc

10 жыл бұрын

A shining example. I think that there are candidates literally campaigning on the 'I'm pretty dumb so you should vote for me because I'm just like you" platform. Maybe I'm crazy but I prefer really smart people running things.

@Scienceitworks

9 жыл бұрын

I'm watching through this, for the first time, on Netflix right now; I'm up to season 3, where they're fleshing out their campaign strategy. I love how Sam tells him not to fake "folksy," because he's not, he's very educated, and when he plays dumb it comes off as disingenuous.

The 'woah boy' from Bartlett while reading the NASA intro is classic and Sam's hello Mr. President had me rolling, there was a reason everyone saw them as arrogant. The intellectual snobbery of the West Wing was a good thing.

@marcopl17

4 жыл бұрын

That's my kind of arrogance. Smart is good

@TV-fv1ih

4 жыл бұрын

Arrogant is not smart and educated doesn't mean smart and neither of them are related to intelligence! A number of Presidents from Harvard and Yale have proved that! The snobbery simply signals the insecurity of the characters! While very much portrayed as liberal, Sorkin had each of them all over the map, as they each displayed their faults and blind spots. One only has to watch "Charlies' tax return" clip!

@lysechrist1947

4 жыл бұрын

The important word in your comment is “intellectual”, which is something obviously absent from today’s WH.

@TV-fv1ih

4 жыл бұрын

@@lysechrist1947 It's been absent for a long, long time from both parties!

@lysechrist1947

4 жыл бұрын

@@TV-fv1ih Unfortunately, you're right. It's why I don't watch regular TV anymore. Using fire stick and only watching reruns, and movies.

"No no, it's great... Do you mind if I change it all?!"

Jed treats his adoptive West Wing children in special ways. And I love the nerdy ways he has with his eldest adoptive child who is always kept in charge of the other younger siblings CJ Cregg. He's always nerdy and tends to show it off proudly to the dismay of almost every single person in the West Wing.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this scene. Exquisitely written. Marvelously acted. I could weep with joy.

I've probably seen that scene half a dozen times and it still gives me chills.

@forcedcobra

Жыл бұрын

Still watching it....2023!

@mssarahgerber

Жыл бұрын

@@forcedcobra He said it right. lol

"I don't show off". Followed within 15 seconds by him converting the surface temps on Mars from Fahrenheit to Celsius in his head.

@TherealSBlair

5 жыл бұрын

In truth, CJ should not have been surprised.

@bluerisk

4 жыл бұрын

That they were in Fahrenheit in the first place...

@rehanmemon3969

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluerisk I know. who the hell is reading planetary temp of heavenly bodies in Fahrenheit. Most either use Celsius or Kelvin.

Sam always had the golden touch when it came to words

This is like porn for speech writers and playwrights

@YouTubeKnight

4 жыл бұрын

this is porn for brain.

@roukemamd7468

4 жыл бұрын

Vesperitis yup!

@kingofthings7929

4 жыл бұрын

As a writer, it makes me violently angry. It’s so good.

@fanjalmtj

4 жыл бұрын

@@kingofthings7929 so...you can spell...

@kingofthings7929

4 жыл бұрын

Linyun Qi Sometimes I can.

I enjoy these short moments. They remind me what a great show this was, the pool of talented actors, writers and production people that came together to create it. Then I get out my box set and proceed to watch the whole series again.

@egdapo

7 жыл бұрын

can i borrow your box set pls? :P

@sunny71169

7 жыл бұрын

NETFLIX has all the episodes.

@AndreAFirenze

7 жыл бұрын

Netflix in usa. Not here in the old europe. too sad.

@briane5706

4 жыл бұрын

I think the box sets are coming out again!

@NickGreyden

3 жыл бұрын

I... I think it is time to revisit it. Escapism sometimes is the only tool we have to deal with reality.

The look Bartlett had on his face while Same rewrote the intro.

God, I miss the West Wing

@pac401

10 жыл бұрын

You got that right. I get chills every time I watch a show opening and they transition to the theme song.

Wonderful intro... especially the part that begins at 3:22. The first few background musical notes play, Sam is reciting the intro, and President B giving him that "knowing" look all the while. Such an incredible moment. Well done, I wish there was something on TV now that was half as good as this.

@marcopl17

3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the first run of these episodes and just starting to well up at the first few notes. It just took you away.

A masterpiece. I wanna The West Wing BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I miss writing like this! It's funny, focussed and actually says something (about the power of story) and teaches any wannabe the difference between being a writer and someone who can spell.

I was thinking about that just today. A new WW, with Sam taking the oath in the beginning of the premiere episode.

History, civics, social studies, political science, and so much more masquerading as entertainment. Bartlett 2016!

@antourte1

8 жыл бұрын

And in this case, space science!

@plgjp83

7 жыл бұрын

right now I would settle for Kermit the frog...

@stareyedwitch

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe Kermit can eat the cheato we elected and stage a hostile take over

@jefffarrell7066

5 жыл бұрын

Masquerading? It was entertaining.

@lysechrist1947

4 жыл бұрын

Bartlett 2020!

You know, the saddest thing is that this was made in a time when you could actually believe that there were people as incredibly smart as Sam working in the White House, and that there was a US President who knew how old the planet Mars was, and could convert Fahrenheit to Celsius in their head. Look at where we are now.

@CONOW406

7 жыл бұрын

I think no president was that smart. I think there is only one US president who acquired a doctorate degree, and I doubt Wilson was 'that' smart either...

@nbenefiel

7 жыл бұрын

President Obama graduated first in his class at Harvard Law. Trump lied about earning an MBA frm Wharton. He was never even enrolled there.

@nbenefiel

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Clinton was a Rhodes scholar and has a (Juris Doctor) from Yale. Barack Obama has JD from Harvard.

@TheAudioman15

7 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. No one even remotely close to being as smart as Sam would want to work for an idiot like Trump. I don't blame them. But this is what it has come to. Kim Kardashian next President? What a joke.

@britkidd72

7 жыл бұрын

Funny how we are revisiting this clip from 17 years at this point in history. I doubt the current POTUS even believes that Mars exists. West Wing was truly a masterpiece that should serve as a role model for all administrations to emulate. Perhaps we could have Aaron Sorkin nominated as Special Advisor to the Prez.

"How your are doing Mr. President" - well done by Rob Lowe, lol.

I never watch the Emmy awards but my wife does. I heard the WW theme so many times during those shows that I just assumed it was the theme to the Emmys. Long after WW was over, and longing for a kinder and smarter president, someone suggested to me that if I liked the movie The American President I would LOVE the WW. So I started watching it on Netflix and found out WHY their theme got played so much at the Emmys.

@robertsevers6251

4 жыл бұрын

The theme song was, and is, if not the greatest theme song, it certainly is among the greatest. Also, The West Wing, should be considered one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Watch it from the beginning and you will agree.

The end of that scene gave me chills. Always does.

This is probably one of my favorite scenes for obvious reasons but also the subtle ones. When CJ is talking about using "love" twice in the same sentence, she also mentions broadcasting in living color," as there's a cut to a camera angle of her (in color) on a monitor. DAMN YOU, SORKIN, WHY MUST YOU DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY

God they really need to bring this back with Sam running for President.

@robertsnyder2252

9 жыл бұрын

What's ironic is that all the principal players (actors, directors, writers, producers and yes even Aaron Sorkin) had agreed to another season showing the transition between Bartlett and Santos. NBC scrubbed it; citing poor ratings. Seems that an intelligent, well written program - moved to 4 different time slots on 3 different nights - seemed to do poorly - and today we get to watch some untalented wannabe sing on 4 nights a week, Thank God for cable, DVD's and PBS.

@philipb2134

9 жыл бұрын

JWA8402 Sam ran for Senator, and lost... 49.8 to 51.2 among the decisive votes.. what ' next?

@sully271

7 жыл бұрын

+Robert Snyder....you forgot to mention that the airways are also clogged with such educational television as Gerrymandering Springer and more " judge " shows than there are stars in our solar system.....

@arizonajoe1608

7 жыл бұрын

Liberals leave America NOW! We own it and you now. MAGA!! TRUMP!!

@sully271

7 жыл бұрын

Arizona Joe​....way to stay on the subject. Obviously, non sequiturs are your strong suit

I love all of the show openings.. and that music that comes on is just the best The West Wing is my all time favorite show.. well written, the casting was awesome, the right amount of scenes that make you smile and also make you cry

The end of this episode is great as well. CJ told the President he should go ahead with the classroom and at the end he said "CJ you set it right that time."

@ValeriePallaoro

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you'; I just watched them out of order and wondered what she said, that made her so happy to hear his appraisal

This one of the best episodes in the series. When CJ talks to Bartlet about a "border theme" for the classroom he says. "You said it right that time"

@larrysmith2638

5 жыл бұрын

"Broader theme." I assume your automatic speller betrayed you.

“I suppose if we broaden the definition of writers to those who can spell” ! Damn! You just know that was Aaron Sorkin taking a dig at the other so-called Television writers! Love this show SO much!

Season 2 of the WW could be the best season of TV written and produced in the last two decades. Too bad smart TV isn't made anymore. We need another singing contest.

@Serai3

5 жыл бұрын

It's not about smart, it's about cheap. "Reality" shows are far cheaper to produce. In fact, the glut of such crap that we swim in now came about precisely because the networks didn't want to pay for good shows - there was a massive writer's strike in 2000 that went on for quite a while. Since no scripted shows could be produced, the networks jumped hard on the "reality" bandwagon and good TV went down the sewer.

@1971merlin

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone can write a singing show. It takes great intelligence and skill to write a program as good as The West Wing.

@ValeriePallaoro

3 жыл бұрын

Does that make it WW2 Honestly .. that was my first thought

By far Sam's opening speech here was one of the best written on the show. I got goose bumps just listening to it

Also worth noting how well they transitioned from Sam's speech into the opening music. Just the best. Bless this show.

Damn. What exceptional writing man!

@MarcusLeepapi

6 жыл бұрын

I hear you. I miss this show so much!!!!!

@marcopl17

3 жыл бұрын

Sorkin is a special talent

Small things- the camera (in-show) tracking Sam as he composes the speech as if he's giving it on-air; and the President, watching, seeing Sam as a future President. None of that is important to the story, but it is to where Sorkin thought the series would go (Rob Lowe was really supposed to be the star, originally).

"If we broaden the definition to those who can SPELL!" Dat SASS!!

"No, it's great!....Mind if I change it?"

It was truly an inspiring combination of scripting and acting that crossed over into brilliant with "He said it right".

Really hadn't been planning to binge West Wing clips.

@stsegovia

3 жыл бұрын

There’s never planning. It just happens. “One more . . . I swear this is the last one . . . How’d it get to be 0200?”

man, this truly is from another era, where intelligence and intellect and science and facts were something to strive for. oh America, what has become of you.

@MrJamberee

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. After 8 years of that fucking idiot obama, a change was needed.

@Thumbhit1

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrJamberee A massive slide downhill is what trump and trash brought.

yes, if we broaden the definition to those who can spell. LOL

@ArtemisScribe

8 жыл бұрын

+melissa christensan it's funny because it has been well documented in TWW that Sam Seaborn cannot spell

@scouttroop291

8 жыл бұрын

+melissa christensan let have guy beat so bad you go to E R not once but 6 times and see if you bran work the some as now ok ass hat smoke your dope one day it will happon

@theresechristiansen9769

8 жыл бұрын

j lin er? What you on about? "ass hat"? Why are you watching what you're watching? Do you understand it? We're talking about TWW here, "man". Cripes = youtube as CJ says = filled with 'eejits".

@aqu1r3

5 жыл бұрын

My husband and I are both writers and I've never heard a response sound more like him in my life lol

@Serai3

5 жыл бұрын

A requirement we should establish for presidents.

God!!! I miss this show so much...It is a great show with great actors and great theme music...

@Serai3

5 жыл бұрын

Honey, I miss this WORLD so much.

@wholeNwon

Жыл бұрын

Too many "great(s)", but you're right!

While it drives me crazy when we simply repeat a line from the show, "I converted it to Celsius - in my head" is just an awesome line.

@seanwebb605

5 жыл бұрын

That's the point when C.J.'s draw should have dropped. "You're going to quote degrees in Celsius to the American people?" There goes Arkansas.

Man, I love this series with the passion of a thousand suns. It is currently helping me to forget the reality of who is in the White House right now.

Every time that theme music comes up I get chills. Every time.

West Wing can have very good moments that make you smile with wonder and hope. The end were Sam speaks of receiving images from another world that will be shared not only with the experts, but the younger generation is one of those.

I converted it to Celsius in my head.

@beezlbobdestraint6869

8 жыл бұрын

+pleappleappleap Wow! You watched the video too?

@philgiglio9656

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually quite easy to do: if you remember that for every 5C there are 9F.

Something about this whole opening scene just gives me the chills.

I don't know what you are all talking about. "Me" was properly used in that sentence structure. When listing people "I" is commonly used at the end, such as "Joe, Tom and I" or "You and I". If, however, you list yourself in the middle, it is best to use "me". So when Sam says, "You, me, and 60,000 children across America....." he actually is correct. Just like, "You, me and Tom are going to the movies" versus "You, Tom and I are going to the movies".

@christinaspeirs2494

6 жыл бұрын

Remove you and Tom. You wouldn't say "Me is going to the movies" or "Us are going to the movies". It's nothing to do with where it appears in the sentence, it is whether you are the subject or the object.

@fomalhaut5

5 жыл бұрын

In casual speech, "me" is fine in that situation, but not in formal writing like speeches. It is part of the subject of the verb, so the nominative "I" is correct, not the accusative "me".

"I don't show off....I converted it to Celsius in my head." Great!!!

"I converted it to Celsius in my head." I checked it, accurate (with rounding). As an European not using the metric system when talking science is insane. This show looks good, might watch it.

@reverbscherzo7850

2 жыл бұрын

Have you watched it yet?

I really need a new Aaron Sorkin show. Now. Preferably with the same cast as The West Wing.

@Arjay404

9 жыл бұрын

Sara Sellers Have you seen the Newsroom? It's not with the same cast, but it kind of has the same type of characters, it's really nice, even if some parts of it are annoying to sit through *cough* Maggie *cough*

@jigar3169

9 жыл бұрын

+rjh00 Maggie is a less annoying Mandy, Unfortunately she stayed on

@jigar3169

9 жыл бұрын

+rjh00 Maggie is a less annoying Mandy, Unfortunately she stayed on

@zoepaulastrassfield2664

7 жыл бұрын

Given the speeches here and in some of the other "West Wing" space episodes and the one about climbing Everest in "Sports Night", Aaron Sorkin really should do a show about space exploration.

@philgiglio9656

5 жыл бұрын

I wish The Newsroom had continued.

CJ's sigh at the very end is a great touch.

Yes, I know this was just a tv show of a fictional White House but OMG I miss the days of a mature American government.

This was, and still remains one, if not the best of television. From it's Golden Age right up till this, the saddest ages in broadcast television.

I am both bursting with pride and overcome with sadness for my country as I watch these clips for the “umpteenth” time. Still, I’m hopeful that our dark days are ending. God bless you all...

@marcokite

Жыл бұрын

alas the dark days are getting darker

"I don't show off" followed by "I converted it to Celsius in my head."

Wish someone like Pres. Jed Bartlet did become US President in real life and wish Carl Sagan is still alive.

@bsgtrekfan88

6 жыл бұрын

indeed!

@KasbashPlays

4 жыл бұрын

@John Fisher while I am in unabashed agreement, I think with a 'wordsmith President' (an excellent coinage if I say so myself), we wouldn't bear witness to gems like "Bigly" and "Covfefe".

This will never fail to give me chills

There could not and never will be another show like this!!!!!!!!!!

Sorkin probably improvises that fast if there's a dialog change mid way through a movie.

Competence porn!

Writing this good is literally off the planet. ALL of the West Wing opening sequences are good, but some are quite literally 'great'. This is one of them. Aaron Sorkin is a god

That NASA writer got his hat handed to him

@billnotice9957

5 жыл бұрын

He is used to writing to Scientist. Not school kids.

@seanwebb605

5 жыл бұрын

@@billnotice9957 Carl Sagan was quite elegant. Einstein thought that you should be able to describe scientific concepts to children.

@billnotice9957

5 жыл бұрын

@@seanwebb605 yes maybe. But Einstein and Sagan are elite people.

@seanwebb605

5 жыл бұрын

bill notice Elite people who thought the average Joe had skin in the game and could understand and appreciate such things.

“Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” ― Galileo Galilei Talk to us!

Probably my favourite WW intro

Sam Seaborn: force of Nature, weaver of words.

"Very unique" is one of my pet peeves. "Unique" means "one of a kind", and it is not a synonym for "unusual". Something either is unique or it is not, it cannot be qualified as very unique or anything like that.

@daveinindy

5 жыл бұрын

+MegaFortinbras - I get the pet peeve thing. Mine is the use of "methodology" in place of "method". I agree that "very unique" is at least needlessly wordy. But "unique" also means "distinctive". I suppose you could make a case for applying such a qualifier to it. The use of "very" can also - as I believe to be the case here - represent a form of emphasis of the point being made. That's commonly the reason for the application of "very" to just about anything in every day speech - and the reason it grows (very) tiring to hear from most mouths.

@levenkay4468

5 жыл бұрын

@@daveinindy I share your peeve. When "methodology" would turn up, as it routinely did in office memos and conversations, I'd suggest that "methodologicalizationalism" be used instead.

@daveinindy

5 жыл бұрын

@@levenkay4468 - I have now saved that to my phone, in anticipation of future utilizationification.

@Serai3

5 жыл бұрын

I CHEERED when Bartlet said that. Damn, that annoys the hell out of me.

@Serai3

5 жыл бұрын

No, "unique" means "one of a kind". It's in the word - "uni" meaning "one".

Sam could write! Freak! :D

@RichardGreaves

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Sorkin could write.

@paulwagner688

5 жыл бұрын

"Freak"--Bruno Gianelli

the best show ever made.

It's really the music buildup that makes this scene special.

Thank you Sam... best written tv show.....

When it was first conceived, Sam was supposed to be the main character of the show, that's why Rob was casted as the only real professional big name and well known actor (Martin Sheen was only supposed to appear once every fourth episode)

ok rob lowe's character is the heartthrobbiest of heartthrobs that could possibly have been written, casted and acted HOT DAMN

Love it. Some of the best writers wrote this series.

“I don’t show off” proceeds to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius in his head

@freggo6604

4 жыл бұрын

Actually not that hard. I'm a German living in the US now and do it all the time. 86F means little to me but 30C... oh yes, turn on the A/C :-)

it's insane how much this opening made me smile

I watch this as comfort food right now

“He said it right.” Said no one ever about trump.

This was the best show ever! Right up to when Sorkin left. Then it went south fast. And of course when John Spencer died there was no future.

@BarginsGalore

4 жыл бұрын

Z Z who did John spencer play

@TreeWars

4 жыл бұрын

@@BarginsGalore Leo McGarry, White House Chief of Staff

@BarginsGalore

4 жыл бұрын

@@TreeWars but he died one of last episodes. That can't have had much impact on the show

@lizellingwood7835

2 жыл бұрын

@@BarginsGalore it had a huge impact as he was beloved

@BarginsGalore

2 жыл бұрын

@@lizellingwood7835 looking back there was a long time between when the actor died and when his character was killed. It was foolish of me to say it didn't have an impact

"I converted it to Celsius in my head" - hahaha

i love how Bartlet says "I knew that one!"

I JUST LOVE THIS SHOW......PERIOD.

I loved this show

I love Sam, but he did use the word "me" incorrectly in his magical speech: "You, *I* and 60,000 of your fellow students ... are going to be the first..."

@cjeff3549

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. He said it right

@zachhudson3582

3 жыл бұрын

@@cjeff3549 I am going to be first. You and I are going to be first. You and I and 60,000 students, etc., etc... "I" is the subject of the sentence. As it is, he is saying "me is going to be the first".

@marcopl17

3 жыл бұрын

It's poetic license. You don't let grammar get in the way of the poetry.

@zachhudson3582

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcopl17 Right, because "You and I and 60,000 of your fellow students" just sounds so awkward. /s. Besides, this is Sam. Leo would agree with you not to worry about it, but of all the characters, Sam would be the one insisting on proper usage.

@chuckperego2216

3 жыл бұрын

@@cjeff3549 No. I is one of the subjects of the sentence. "Me" would be an object. Not correct in that sentence.

One of the best shows ever

I love this show.

My god Sorkin writes like Mozart.

@marcopl17

4 жыл бұрын

He said it right

The re-write is the way to write a news release!

I...LOVE...this opening. It's awesome in every way.

I get chillbumps every time.

Sam's introduction is beautiful & poetic in its rhythm, the essence of great communication, but it's CJ who later schools the President in what the online classroom means to the watching students - the importance of "going to the blackboard and raising your hand".

I wish I could have used Sam lines when I was speaking to my English teacher.

goosebumps :)

I know it’s West Wing but Sam’s new intro speech the President could be narrating the open of a NASA documentary….or maybe an episode of Star Trek…😃

Probably the best episode ever.

Goosebumps.

Allison Janney and CJ Cregg are terrific.

Aaron Sorkin needs to get his finger out and bring this back !!!

Yea to Sam Seaborn!

That right there! That is the speech that made me want Sam Seaborn to be President one day. #Seaborn2024