The West Wing

So I'm home self quarantining and I recall what a good friend of mine, Bob Kotek, had told me a while back. He and his wife, Martha, were binge watching The West Wing, he said it was that good. I stored that info for later. I always had heard nothing but wonderful things about it and this seemed like a perfect time to go forward. Boy am I glad I did. It's like ice cream for me. At the end of every episode I say out loud, "This is a great show."

If you were lucky enough to see it when it first came out you know. But if you're like me and didn't see it then here's a bit of a recap. It's about the inner workings of the White House, the inner workings of the presidency. If you're thinking ho-hum you couldn't be more wrong. I recommend it whole heartedly. It's smart, funny, poignant, its good heart firmly in the right place, with great characters. You learn the quirks of the characters and you fall for the characters. It sets the bar pretty gosh darn high and meets it every time.

Just a great show.

A side turn as it were.

Way back when I lived in an apartment building in Manhattan and I had just begun at CBS. In the lobby of this building it had a room for all the mailboxes and I stopped in to check mine. I looked up and saw A Few Good Men letter jacket. I saw it on a guy and the guy had his back to me. I had just seen that play on Broadway, this was before they made the movie. On the Great White Way Timothy Busfield played the Tom Cruise part that was in the movie and Ron Perlman played the Jack Nicholson role.

It was so good, the kind of thing that stays with you long after it's over.

I say to the back,"I just saw that on Broadway, it was great! How'd you get that jacket?" Without missing a beat he turns around and says, "I wrote it."

And that's how I met Aaron Sorkin.

And of course he wrote The West Wing.

With what's going on outside your window you need something to divert you, something to take your mind off of reality. The pain of the news, the pain of everything.

If you're looking for something to do all that, if just for a few moments, look no further.

The West Wing does that for me and will do that for you.

Trust me.

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