The Bartlets-Season One.wmv

[@muttleycrew]

Stockard Channing was, of course, utterly brilliant.

[@sandywaddell4303]

The scene where Abbey tells Leo about the President’s MS is a master class. Watch Channing’s eyes.

[@muttleycrew]

@@sandywaddell4303 She's effortless at conveying a complexity of emotions. Every single scene she's in benefits from her presence. And yeah her acting 'chemistry' with John Spencer was off the charts.

[@muttleycrew]

@@sandywaddell4303 Also, somewhat coincidentally, I went to high school with someone called Sandra Waddell.

[@susanlewispaciga9227]

I saw on Broadway years ago in The Lion in Winter, playing my favorite part, my favorite historical woman, the part I want to play one day: Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was utterly magnificent.

[@muttleycrew]

@@susanlewispaciga9227 I hope you get to play that part!

[@davidisaacson5806]

"You have a big brain, a good heart and an ego the size of Montana." 😆 "You don't have the power to fix everything. *whispers* But I do like watching you try."

[@bbofun]

The way Stockard Channing says "Hello, Pupkin. Hello, Gumdrop." is a masterclass.

[@sethtubman647]

That's because she's a master actress.

[@RosieGaelic]

This is marriage masterclass!

[@dirdib69]

"A fever could be life-threatening." Stockard Channing is masterful here. You can see the terrible weight of it, made even worse by her knowledge as a doctor. As she says later regarding the MS: "Do you have any idea how good a doctor I am, and I can't tell you why (MS happens)".

[@evilnub]

Abbey: And I concede I was wrong about the thing. Jed: Good. Abbey: However... Jed: No, no "however," just be wrong. Just stand there in your wrongness, & be wrong, & get used to it. :D

[@BloxfilmPacks2]

“You want to see me get on the phone and PUT IT IN SESSION?!”

[@E.JayViera]

I always liked that he put his marriage before the presidency. Just so endearing that his love for her meant more than the job.

[@mongoman81]

"Admiral Hackett" My Mass Effect nerdiness senses are tingling...

[@hitch4645]

"No 'however', just be wrong. Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

[@Galactica-Actual]

"Jed , if it was one of our girls in that factory, you'd send in the Marines"

[@yusufamplifice8260]

Which is why it’s good that parents of victims don’t have legal jurisdiction in criminal cases.

[@MyCleverHandle]

I never thought I'd see a better performance from Ms. Channing than the one in "Six Degrees of Separation." Then I saw the "The West Wing." The character of Jed Bartlett would be nothing without this wife.

[@jasoncjones40]

the plan is to make 10 minute episodes (cliff notes version of each episode throughout all seven seasons and character videos (like the bartlets) from each season. As well as taking requests (like I did with the bartlets) Keep checking back and thanks for visiting

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

"Just stand there in your wrongness, and be Wrong" ❤❤❤

[@lillieannensorensen6512]

I still can't see any scene with Abby in it without seeing Rizzo in Grease. She was excellent in that as well.

[@PerthScienceClinic]

I think it's great that Rizzo ended up with a nice guy and a good house.

[@marielaberge8236]

Well you just opened my eyes😂

[@mackenzie314]

this comment made six years ago just rocked my world

[@skuderman1]

Can Stockard Channing be more alluring? She just seems to me to have an overwhelming sensuality.

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

She was magnificent.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

I even love the music for this! I loved it when it came out & I loved the 2 back-to-back reruns each night after it ended. Loved the cast! Loved Leo, Bartlet & Josh, Toby, Charlie & Stockard Channing the most! ♥️🙏🏼 Hated when John Spencer passed.

[@kristenamarks6973]

I love them together

[@jamesknight3992]

I think this was back in the time casting directors/agents were allowed to do their jobs.

[@kanejd]

Love it!! If you're planning on doing "The Bartlet's" for all the seasons - I can't wait!!!

[@Whitpusmc]

Someone please post a clip of Jed telling a sleepy Abby that he’s giving the kids candy behind her back.

[@iandhr1]

"You bought their love?" "Well it was for sale and it wanted it"

[@ameliapond1916]

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[@michaelrchan]

@@iandhr1 I love those two lines in the skullduggery between things said to children by their parents to win affection. "Well, okay, you can have a third Halloween candy, but don't tell Dad." .. "Two scoops of ice cream and whipped cream? Okay, but don't tell Mom."

[@ericmiller93]

Don’t finish that sentence, I’m a man of questionable health.

[@sethtubman647]

I have to find a woman to argue with me like Dr. Bartlet argues with President Bartlet Ph.D.

[@penelopekramer4065]

Well this is lovely, and the first two quotes show your understanding of Abbey is so perfect (as is her understanding of the President...)

[@donnajacobson3943]

Why does no one compliment Stockard Channing on how wonderful she is

[@chibiprussia5574]

Couple goals

[@eugenehunt3606]

Sometimes thumbs up just isn’t good enough.

[@hershu4]

just stand there in your wrongness and get used to it

[@jillhbaudhaan]

Now that's marriage...esp at 8:00

[@liv4mlb]

Hello, gumdrop.

[@mlc2005]

Thanks, Im just discovering your work!!!! If you haven't already done a CJ special, I"d love to see that!

[@Laudon1228]

You forgot the scene when Abby called Jed a jackass.

[@janisthibodeau3861]

When integrity and class mattered 😮

[@kanejd]

Awesome!! Looking forward to the next installments and thank you!

[@wonder528]

Cute couple🥰👩‍❤️‍👨⚔️

[@AndreAFirenze]

Only MIchelle & Barack are at the same level of Jed & Abby

[@tbeller80]

Aspects of it did leak out from time to time. I remember early in his tenure him joking how she was giving him hell for still being a smoker. The conversation definitely had that "my wife is going to kick my ass later" vibe to it.

[@dorkmax7073]

@@tbeller80 He literally once said to a diplomat that he quit smoking because he was afraid of his wife

[@sethtubman647]

2 Harvard-educated lawyers? I hope so.

[@nigelft]

@@dorkmax7073 I never knew President Obama smoked ...

[@dianedeatherage9401]

Actors.

[@emonbhuiyan4034]

Right now I am in one of these fights that end a relationship. And if my relationship survives I am gonna send this video to my sweetheart as a tutorial on how we should fight.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Too cute..

[@shadowthoughts7959]

Admiral Hackett? With the ILLUSIVE MAN?!!!!!

[@analogmoz]

Imagine loving a show borne of literature, culture, and the spoken/written English language and 80% of the comments having grammatical/spelling errors. tl:dr get off my lawn.

[@Nekulturny]

I just picture Trump telling that kid on the US Navy tender ship (who btw, dies, because its mentioned in a later episode the ship sank) all about how hes treated so unfairly by the "fake news media".

[@kenhenderson1762]

I never bought Stockard Channing as a world-renowned heart surgeon. But as Jed's wife? Hook, line and sinker!

[@shellcase20]

I actually think the scenes in which the couple is split apart doing their own thing are far more interesting than when they are together. I just didn’t see any chemistry between the two actors.

[@Egilhelmson]

Of course they are more interesting when breaking up. Happiness is boring, from the outside.

[@jamesharris30096]

I never liked the 1st lady on this show.

[@halfmortal4745]

Abby was very annoying

[@deachristiancatlady5435]

? Why? She was an awesome character played beautifully. Now Mandy was irritating!

[@digital_gravity]

Dea Christiancatlady thank God they got rid of Mandy after one season. She was not a good fit for the WW.

[@elenaverde7356]

Abbie was the second best female character after the peerless CJ. I always found Donna unbelievably annoying all the way through all seven seasons.

[@joelwatson3999]

“You wanna see me get on the phone and PUT IT IN SESSION?!”