Running Studio 60 thread (spoilers)

You are correct, shock.

Now, no more spoilers for us who are Tivoing at work!

 

golly, the tonage of useless factoids in this brain is terrifying.

 

You think that's impressive?

"You want a hot dog?

It's... 9:30 in the morning.

They'll be fresh."

That's the flashback scene filmed outside the fictional Gage/Whitney.

 

"you've got a lousy poker face."

let's not go there. i'm a "ww" sick puppy.

 

Guy's walking down the street, and he falls in a hole.

First person to walk by is a doctor, and the guy calls up, "Hey, Doc, I fell down in this hole, can you help me out?" Doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole.

Next person to walk by is a priest. "Father, I'm stuck down in this hole, do you think you could find it in your heart to help me out?" Priest writes out a prayer and throws it down the hole.

Pretty soon a friend walks by. Guy calls out, "Hey, Bob, I'm stuck in this hole, can you help me out?" And Bob jumps into the hole.

"What are you doing," the guy says. "Now we're both stuck in this hole."

"Yeah," says Bob, "But I've been down here before, and I know the way out."

Long as I got a job, you got a job. Understand?

 

That was another excellent episode. the beheading of the baby and the unsuccessful attempts to re-attach the head rank as some of the funniest scenes in any show this season.

I'm gonna miss this show when it gets torpedoed.

 

Tonight's show was blah. Had some good moments, but with a lot of filler between them.

Overall, I give it a B-.

 

I liked how life imitated art with the talk of the show going on the slide in the ratings, while the real show is going on a ratings slide.
The Russina Roulette scene was impressive, I don't think anyone on TV has ever pulled off a suicide scene and the baby's head rolling around in the basket was pretty good as well.

And I can already feel my anger building at NBC. They might end up dead to me if they pull the plug for good.

 

Hell, it wasn't just the name of the law firm that came from The West Wing. How about the entire opening scene? Was that Matt's assistant who said "I go home when you go home," or was it Mrs. VanLandingham? Was that Matt who, deep in thought, threw the ball against the glass window, or was it Toby Ziegler? And was that Matt boring his staff to death in the middle of the night with obscure historical trivia, or was it Jed Bartlett?

I get confused sometimes...

 

Gage Whitney was Sam seaborn's law firm.
"I go home when you go home" was Margaret, Leo's secretary.
That said, the electronic baby thing was funny, as was Hughley. Again.

 

"You don't drive a baby."

 

You do if you want him to be a sports star by age 4.