Podcast 95: The West Wing Series Wrap Up

  Woot Woot! What a grand television series The West Wing turned out to be. I think despite the way things ended we will always look back at this series as one of the best on television. The length of this podcast shows how reluctant we were to see The West Wing discussions come to an end - or it might just have been the fault of our special guests! We were incredibly pleased to have Listener Jim and the father of our podcast, Pete's friend Jon Madsen, join us for the series wrap-up. This podcast covers our awards, lists, and final thoughts about The West Wing.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    Video of autistic girl communicating
    Principles of an American Life: Social Security Act of 1935
    A spider crawls up Jon's beard
    listener comments from The Gink, Listner Bob, and JD.
    Music Intro: Hear Me by Imagine Dragons

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Here are the Series lists/recaps:
The West Wing Series wrap up: 3hr 05min 12sec

Series recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter:

1. Joe Quincy
2. President Nimballa
3. Bernard Thatch

Joey:

1. Evelyn Baker Lang
2. Joe Quincy
3. Joe Willis

Most Hated Character
Peter:

1. Amy Gardner
2. Mandy
3. Will Bailey

Joey:

1. Mrs. Doctor Abbey Bartlett
2. Mandy
3. Will & Kate

Hot Chick
Peter:

1. Joey Lucas
2. Mrs Santos
3. Ainsley Hayes

Joey:

1. Helen Santos
2. Amy Gardner
3. Cathy

Favorite Villain
Peter:

1. The gunmen
2. Abdul Shareef
3. Mary Marsh

Joey:

1. Abdul Shareef
2. Speaker Haffley
3. Vice Pres John Hoynes

Favorite Overall Issue
Peter: A regular citizen can become president
Joey: We are really not so far apart as a nation. We all want what is best for America.

Most Ruined Character
Peter: Leo
Joey: Sam

Top 10 Hated Episodes
Peter

1. Ninety Miles Away
2. Crackpots & These Women
3. The Debate
4. Long Goodbye
5. Abu El Banat
6. 365 Days
7. Undecideds
8. A Good Day
9. Drought Conditions
10. Eppur Si Muove

Joey

1. 90 Miles Away
2. Stormy Present
3. A Change Is Gonna Come
4. Swiss Diplomacy
5. Lord John Marbury
6. Dead Irish Writers
7. NSF Thurmont
8. Duck and Cover
9. Internal Displacement
10. The Women of Qumar

Top 10 Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Noel
2. 2 Cathedrals
3. 18th & Potomac
4. Shadow of a Gunman pt 1 & 2
5. 17 People
6. Posse Comitatus
7. We Killed Yamamoto
8. Bad Moon Rising
9. Shutdown
10. In This Whitehouse

Joey:

1. Noel
2. In The Shadow of 2 Gunmen
3. 2 Cathedrals
4. Election Day, Part 2
5. Transition
6. 18th & Potomac
7. Posse Comitatus
8. What Kind Of Day Has It Been
9. The US Poet Laureate
10. Let Bartlet be Bartlet

Best Alien Costume
Peter: Jhin Wei played by Henry O
Joey: Lord John Marbury

Best Season
Peter & Joey: Season 2

Best Intro episodes for the non WW watcher
Peter: Shibboleth
Joey: Pilot

Favorite Overall Character
Peter & Joey: Josh

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: 2 Cathedrals: President Bartlet's rant against God


Joey: Noel: Leo to Josh “As long as I have a job, you have a job”


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Podcast 94: Season 7 wrap up

  Season 7 of the West Wing is finally in the history books for Joey and I. In this podcast we have our final season wrap up of the series. Thankfully it didn't continue the downward spiral that season 5 and 6 had. Still it wasn't our favorite. We cover episodes 21-22 of The West Wing, Season 7.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Listener Jim talks about the difference between unalienable and inalienable
    1828 dictionary entry for alienable
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
    Principles of an American Life: Farm Credit Act of 1933
    Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show as well as Season 7 lists/recaps:
Institutional Memory: 42min 10sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 6

Tomorrow: 18min 56sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 5

Season 7 wrap up: 34min 09sec

Season 7 recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter: Foo Fighters
Joey: Ronna as played by Karis Campbell

Most Hated Character
Peter: Will Bailey and Kate Harper's relationship
Joey: Republican Vice Presidential nominee Ray Sullivan

Favorite Villain
Peter: Shaky camera work
Joey: Arnold Vinick

Hot Chick
Peter: Donna Moss as played by Janel Moloney
Joey: Helen Santos as played by Teri Polo

Favorite Issue
Peter: Politicians speaking honestly from the heart
Joey: We are really not so far apart as a nation. We all want what is best for America.

Top 5 Hated Episodes
Peter:

1. The Debate
2. Undecideds
3. The Wedding
4. The Mommy Problem
5. Tomorrow

Joey:

1. Duck & Cover
2. Undecideds
3. Internal Displacement
4. Here Today
5. The Wedding

Top 5 Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Duck & Cover
2. Two Weeks Out
3. Internal Displacement
4. Running Mates
5. Here Today

Joey:

1. Transition
2. Election Day pt2
3. Election Day pt1
4. The Last Hurrah
5. Institutional Memory

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: Sam giving Josh a wake up call

Joey: Donna taking control of the relationship


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Podcast 93: Johnny, It Seems We Hardly Knew You

  Boy, this podcasting thing is tough. We really need to take a break. Just kidding. We are back from our unscheduled 2 week break. My voice has returned, and Joey is back from his family excursion. But being the podcast professionals that we are, we were able to get back in to the swing of things just in time to bid John Spencer farewell. This podcast covers episodes 17-20 of The West Wing, Season 7.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Listener Jim email about several items
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Once and Future King by TH White
    Principles of an American Life: The Patriot Act
    Awesome Facebook Find of the Week Award: Peter for Patrick Stewart on Sesame Street: Soliloquy On B
    Nancy McNally is back
    The return of Sam!
    Joey appoints his cabinet staff
    What is it like to move to a new place?
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Election Day part 2: 1hr 04min 27sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 8

Requiem: 14min 05sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 6

Transition: 20min 28sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 8

The Last Hurrah: 29min 03sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 7

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