1.13 (The West Wing Forums)

Title: 1.13
Description: Take out the trash day.

ama - March 8, 2005 06:24 PM (GMT)

Explaining the title. [The useful Josh Donna dialogue]

QUOTE

DONNA What's 'Take Out the Trash Day'?

JOSH Any stories we have to give the press that we're not wild about we give all in a lump on Friday.

DONNA I'd think you'd want to spread them out.

JOSH They've got X column inches to fill, right? They're gonna fill them no matter what. So if we give them one story, that story's X column inches.

DONNA And if we give them 5 stories...

JOSH They're a fifth the size.

DONNA Why do you do it on Friday?

JOSH Because no one reads the paper on Saturday

The President signs into Law a controversial hate crimes bill.

CJ release several stories at once that the Staff don't want covered.

The identity of the staffer who leaked Leo’s addiction is revealed.

Toby has a fight with PBS.

Josh and Sam meet with the Appropriations Subcommittee to discuss if Josh withheld information in his deposition to freedom watch.

A report from a commission investigating sex education classes has some disturbing revelations. Each of the senior members of the staff has to find the time to read I, resulting in a great albeit uncomfortable scene between Mandy and the President

QUOTE

BARTLET "By the age of 14, more than 25 percent have touched a girl's..." I won't say that word. [he scribbles on the report then reads silently.] Not going to say that. [scribbles] Not going to say that. [scribbles]

MRS. LANDINGHAM[just enters the room] Excuse me, Mr. President? Mandy, the Lydells are waiting in the Mural Room.

BARTLET Go.

MRS. LANDINGHAM Would you like to share what's in that report, sir?

BARTLET With you?

MRS. LANDINGHAM Yes.

BARTLET No.

MRS. LANDINGHAM May I ask why not, sir?

BARTLET Because I'd rather not be in therapy for the rest of my life.

Carol’s spelling..........

QUOTE

C.J.
Carol? Dotting the "I"s and crossing the "T"s, thank you for that.

CAROL We do our homework.

C.J.You misspelled senator

Keep an eye out for

Jed drinks from a cup that says WPTD-TV, Dayton, Martin’s brother is the corporate development manager.

When Leo is talking about ‘where’s your grave concern when you’re out whoring for Atlantic oil’ it is clearly dubbed, perhaps used a real company’s name?

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