New Sorkin Trailer

Forgot this was on (had some issues back at boyhood home) but ended up catching a 1 a.m. re-airing. Felt A LOT like studio 60, in that it started with a huge bang then was fairly flat the rest of the way. Why, oh why, Mr. Sorkin, did the anchor and new EP have to have a romantic past? See "SportsNight" for where that's going to lead you and how it'll kill your show.

 

Because he is still using his writing to work out his issues with Kristin Chenoweth?

You would have thought Studio 60 would have been enough.

 

"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey, you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole, and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole, and moves on. Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me, can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"

ABSOLUTELY. CLASSIC. MOMENT.

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Absolutely the best description of how a 12-step program works ever.

 

I always liked that quote a lot - John Spencer was great in the role of Leo and definitely something his character would have said no matter who wrote it.

Oh, and count me as another who enjoyed The Newsroom pilot.

 

No doubt, that was a great moment. So much better in context of the full episode, which lets you see how Josh is trying to deny he has a problem because he knows it could cost him his job. Of course, Leo knew that was Josh's biggest concern.

"As long as I've got a job, you've got a job."

 

Humorous little twist on Grantland's "lone" editor who dares to enjoy the show.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/51967/twitquistion-a-brave-media-member-is-forced-to-answer-for-a-pro-newsroom-tweet

 

Didn't get a chance to watch it last night, but being a Sorkin fanboi looser I'm sure we will.

That said, I did enjoy this.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/a-supercut-of-recycled-aaron-sorkin-dialogue

 

That just cracked my shit up.

And shottie: I couldn't handle the misspelling of Twitquisition throughout.

 

I liked half of it, the rest I just imagined David Simon catching the last 10 minutes then turning to a friend and saying "Oh that little Sorkin is so fucking precious" before doing 4 shots of Jamesons then contemplating season 6 of The Wire.
The whole patter was too cute. It workson Sports Night because it's sports. It worked on WW because it humanized people with really tough jobs. Here, it's just kind of obnoxious. The show has a chance to say something. And it would if David Simon wrote it.

 

I just watched it. I thought it was tremendous. I'm not surprised I did.

 

I watched it on YouTube. Hated pretty much every character. The whole thing was kind of odd - the EP comes into the newsroom (like all foreign journalists do it seems) with her luggage.
Shit - I've seen The Front Page before.