Mandy: I think we should get a panda bear. Josh: You say that now, but I’m the one who ends up feeding him and walking him.😂
@sakar18115 жыл бұрын
"Bonnie, you are dedicated and you are beautiful, and Ginger, you are other nice things." LMAO
@richardmatta3071 Жыл бұрын
Guess Toby used all his words writing speeches for other people
@picsbyshrey3 жыл бұрын
“well that did the trick” will never not make me die laughing
@TheAutumnEffect915 жыл бұрын
"Then get us two regular bears. A bucket of black paint, a bucket of white paint, bam-bam. Next case." My favorite Toby line from season one. :) Laugh every time!
@TomalakGeretkal7 жыл бұрын
There's a certain irony in that Bam Bam would be a decent name for a panda.
@SeasonsChange145 жыл бұрын
No one writes hysterically-funny, fast-paced, intellectual banter better than Alan Sorkin. This clip is the very definition of ROFL (rolling on the floor, laughing).
@junkmail12034 жыл бұрын
practical, done and slaps the hand
@cd6xc4 жыл бұрын
So brilliant he even named the bear on the joke. 5 star writing by Sorkin and awesome delivery by Schiff
@jkrasney12 жыл бұрын
Toby's comment is hilarious, "a bucket of white paint and a bucket of black paint..." = solved dilemma
@svyt7 жыл бұрын
"Well, that did the trick..."
@E.JayViera3 жыл бұрын
Donna: My penmanship is distinctive Josh: Your penmanship is illegible. So subtle, but so funny.
@jonnnyren62455 жыл бұрын
1:35 Margaret's "are you okay" is a genuine reaction of confusion and alarm to a rather unheard of reaction from Toby on one of his typical Squidward Tentacles-like work days.
@dragukool12 жыл бұрын
"Did I kill her?" "No." "Then what are you talking to me for?"
@rustybear51253 жыл бұрын
"Now you're scaring the crap out of me Toby"......gotta love Margaret.
@Michael-kd1ho9 жыл бұрын
Happy Toby is one unplanned leak away from becoming Hannibal Lecter
@TheGreatUnwashedThing8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Maybe that's what happened to Mandy.....
@joemckim11833 жыл бұрын
That would explain the time that Toby for his lunch ate some lamb with fava beans and a nice chianti.
@Frazzzld16 жыл бұрын
"Okay, now you're scaring the crap out of me, Toby". Classic!
@lennybaseball15 жыл бұрын
toby has got to be one of the greatest tv characters. :)
@joemckim11836 жыл бұрын
Schiff was really the perfect actor for the role. I can't imagine another actor feeling so authentic in this very specific role.
@chrishumphreys48343 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@jonnnyren62453 жыл бұрын
It's official. Toby is the Squidward of the Bartlet administration's senior staff.
@Generalscorpio3 жыл бұрын
I like a character who can unnerve people just by being genuinely pleasant.
@theITproductions17 жыл бұрын
"they get us two regular bears, a bucket of white paint, a bucket of black paint, bam bam next case" that last line is hilarious! especially when Toby says it!
@michaelscott60224 жыл бұрын
"I'm smiling, I'm laughing, I'm enjoying the people I work with... I gotta snap out of this."
@pavarottiaardvark34313 жыл бұрын
The State Department would ABSOLUTELY have a go to person when it comes to zoo animal diplomacy...
@allendracabal0819 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and that's why Mandy's services were no longer required.
@LisztyLiszt6 жыл бұрын
Mandy is the Jar Jar Binks of The West Wing. Thankfully they realised this and just cut her from the show with no explanation as if it never happened.
@ariochiv4 жыл бұрын
Yes. Ironically, what follows after the end of this clip is what I believe is Mandy's last scene in the series, in which she vows to take vengeance on Josh. I guess we can infer how that went, since she subsequently disappeared without a trace.
@javimiami924 жыл бұрын
Arioch IV her last scene, and I checked, is the last episode of season 1, early on when Bartlett and staff are practicing his speech from the press room. She’s..... there. God she sucked.
@switchboard983 жыл бұрын
what's really bad about Mandy as a character is the fact that I (at least) never even realized she had gone missing. It was like she was never even there...
@nates10923 жыл бұрын
In the story line, Mandy was never a permanent WH staffer. She was a media consultant on contract to help the Bartlet administration improve their approval ratings. In Season 1 Episode 21, that goal was accomplished, so her contract was completed. So conveniently that worked out, as the writers did not have any idea where to take this character.
@untexan3 ай бұрын
Mandy had nothing to do with the President’s approval rating going up, and her soul was transplanted into Doug Wegland’s body in Season 3, constantly walking around naysaying and complaining about everything
@geniusfollower3 жыл бұрын
"Sing sing mourns, for Sing sing, it seems like the time was unendurable." "I know exactly how he felt." LOL TOBY
@wickedpissa2510 жыл бұрын
Tobey Ziegler is my spirit animal.
@itsyogirlaimeee31796 жыл бұрын
Donna Moss, along with Josh Lyman, totally drowned the Mandy character. The on screen chemistry is one of a kind. There was clearly no room for Mandy after season one, thus getting written off the show.
@joemckim11834 жыл бұрын
Very true statements. Donna was probably never planned to being a main character and she ends up having better chemistry with Josh then his originally intended love interest(Mandy) then you had to shake up the plans. Just like how the President was only supposed to be a recurring character The West Wing shows how great they're at pivotting from the original plan to doing something far better for the show and not getting stuck in the mud determined to follow the original plan for just pure ego.
@ariochiv4 жыл бұрын
Except that Donna's presence didn't prevent Sorkin and crew from replacing Mandy with a series of new love interests for Josh. Mandy was a poorly written character (abrasive, unlikeable, and not half as smart as we are repeatedly told she is), and apparently the actress just didn't get along with anyone else on the set.
@switchboard983 жыл бұрын
@@joemckim1183 Donna was originally only supposed to be in the pilot episode...but everyone saw the great chemistry between Janel Maloney and Bradley Whitford, that they kept her during each subsequent episode in season one, before just adding her as a series regular in the 2nd season.
@joemckim11833 жыл бұрын
@@switchboard98 It's why the show was as good as it was since they listened to the fans. They didn't stick to their guns on storylines that weren't working. Martin Sheen was only supposed to be a recurring character as the Presidentt but he became a regular once everyone loved him in the role.
@switchboard983 жыл бұрын
@@joemckim1183 Yes he was...and we are forever grateful that Sorkin changed the show to revolve around him!!!
@NxDoyle4 жыл бұрын
I think Moira Kelly was written out of The West Wing not because of the difficulty in creating storylines for a large ensemble, but because her characterisation was arch and snooty. Moira is not a poor performer, she just didn't lock in to the role in a way that complemented the others.
@markdziadulewicz61603 жыл бұрын
Toby : "I am laughing, I am smiling, I'm enjoying the people I work with....... I've got to snap out of this". Blink and you've missed it...
@LYLeelers7 жыл бұрын
I came back to watch this after I saw Vox's video on China's panda diplomacy. Dammit Aaron, even your jokey sub-plots are still shockingly relevant today
@RandalBauer119 жыл бұрын
Mandy killed Toby's afterglow. Booo!
@TheAudioman153 жыл бұрын
“I know exactly how he felt” 🤣 🤣
@dhaang12617 жыл бұрын
"I know exactly how he felt"
@MissGrapeNehi11 жыл бұрын
Happy Toby is scaring me.
@AndreAFirenze8 жыл бұрын
TV at his best. plain and simple.
@Technosquid15 жыл бұрын
I like the common device in the show of the assistant holding a stack of papers dropping her arms to her sides when she's pissed. Adds comedic effect somehow.
@tigerlily05692 жыл бұрын
I love Toby SO MUCH!
@ktulhu6 жыл бұрын
"that did the trick"
@illahstrait8 жыл бұрын
Now I want a Panda Bear.
@BrennanMerone7 жыл бұрын
Just get a regular bear, a bucket of black paint, a bucket of white paint, bam-bam, next case
@hitch464514 жыл бұрын
watchin this on bravo right now. i love this episode
@jacksonreid64123 жыл бұрын
Josh: Hey. Nala: Did you get my message? Josh: Yeah, you didn’t wanna talk to me about banana bars by any chance, did you? Nala: Panda Bears. I think we should get a panda bear.
@allendracabal0819 Жыл бұрын
Nala: We're doing the Pamchenko.
@user-lf5uw9nx7h3 ай бұрын
This was gorgeous..
@nascarkraz14 жыл бұрын
After watching this vid..I think its time for another WW marathon! TG I have every episode of DVD! :)
@CarlieSheehan15 жыл бұрын
yes...I was semi yelling it at the tv when they said it....
@gabe23493 жыл бұрын
This bit is pretty funny, by Mandy is right, China does actually take their panda bears very, very seriously. Technically, China owns all of the panda bears on earth, and then they lease them out to zoos. Usually, any U.S zoo with a panda has to pay one million dollars annually on a ten year contract.
@teddykgb38657 жыл бұрын
These scenes did a fantastic job of illustrating just how useless Mandy was on TWW.
@cald1421 Жыл бұрын
Aaaand that was the death of her character on this show. Haha
@Gitau_Kenn Жыл бұрын
I love Margaret
@tomasmicak90412 жыл бұрын
Oh god I love Toby :D
@Technosquid14 жыл бұрын
I just saw a story about the new craze in China being dying your dog to look like a panda or a tiger. Made me think of Toby's last line from this video. Google up the pictures... they're disturbing.
@PDOG167613 жыл бұрын
...." for some who hasn't quite mastered the alphabet ".........lol
@NardoVogt3 жыл бұрын
Happy Toby is scary.
@specialk9424 Жыл бұрын
Toby being pleasant is like Andy Sipowicz being pleasant. It just doesn't work.
@andrewroberts81394 жыл бұрын
I like Mandy, I think she was excellent. Let's bring the West Wing back and make her chief of staff or press secretary or something
@javimiami924 жыл бұрын
Don’t do heroin, kids.
@WalterDWormack2144 жыл бұрын
Why, in THE HELL isn't *"The West Wing"* on CABLE, or Syndicated TV anywhere?
@WalterDWormack2144 жыл бұрын
I guess I better set aside the money and buy *"The West Wing: The Complete Series DVD Collection".* I'm a 64 years old United States born citizen of *African extraction, who might not live long enough to see this great show, make it to a TV Channel that will properly air it!* I get *Sundance, & IFC,* on cable. But both of those channels have become *"White Guy 'Entitlement Channels".* They endlessly run *"Testosterone fest" programming, ("Gladiator", "Saving Private Ryan", "The Dirty Dozen", "The Green Berets", "We Were Soldiers", Anyone?)* Not to mention, ENDLESSLY running *"Law & Order"* and *"Criminal Minds"* to the point where it's practically causing *phosphor burn-in!*
@mschwes53763 жыл бұрын
Remember it was on Bravo before that network went into the tank? You can find it now on HBO Max if you have a subscription to HBO.
@golfhound3 жыл бұрын
technosquid left out the punchline in this whole scene. "Josh played you like a banjo. Will you help me inflict pain on Josh?"
@davidhoffman12783 жыл бұрын
This seems somewhat ridiculous. The Chinese are known to monitor the condition of any pandas gifted to other nations through various overt and covert methods. The death of the bear would already probably have caused contact to be made to the office that got the bear by a designated person in the Chinese Embassy.
@Technosquid3 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when the writer brings only a cursory knowledge of geopolitics and adds all the whimsey of Stephen Sondheim or W.S. Gilbert. It's not meant to be all that realistic 😂
@allendracabal0819 Жыл бұрын
@@TechnosquidTrue, but it's insulting to intelligent viewers.
@Technosquid14 жыл бұрын
@rosaf19 Wow -- I had no idea. Is there also a banana bar on CJ's desk?
@tomb7942 Жыл бұрын
Cut off before the best part.
@davidbennettracing5387 жыл бұрын
Thank God the character of Mandy was dumped after the first season, she was a nothing character that contributed literally nothing to the show- she was annoying actually, to me at least. Thoughts anyone?
@Technosquid7 жыл бұрын
If you listen to the West Wing Weekly podcast, they dump on Mandy all throughout the first season. With as marginalized as her character was, she seemed more like a guest star rather than a main cast player. The character of Ainsley Hayes had even less screen time, but was such an more natural fit.
@nilsky957 жыл бұрын
100% agree, she added nothing to the show and that voice just cuts through me!
@kourtain14 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what that red and blue poster is that you can see at 3:26?
@javimiami924 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ I love the internet.
@thepunditspundit17765 жыл бұрын
The problem with Mandy had nothing to do with Moira Kelly. She was fine. The problem was that she was an arrogant left wing spoiled brat in a world of left wing grown ups. Sure, Sam was liberal, but he was undeniably charming. Also, he had a capitalist bent to him, so he was pretty much forgiven by right wingers. Sure, Josh was liberal, but he was a master negotiator, so he understood that you have to play ball with your opponents. The closest to Mandy was Toby. He would prefer to have it all and screw the other side, but he understood that he wasn’t the man behind the desk, so he had to begrudgingly accept small victories. Hell, CJ is bleeding heart liberal, but she knew what she didn’t know and always asked questions. Mandy was impulsive(left a half a million a year job on a whim to try pulling a longshot candidate into the WH), arrogant(could never be wrong), insolent(arguing was her turn on), and never learned from her mistakes(nearly got an FBI agent killed because she had to play Kum By Ya with cultists, and Bartlet just had to try it...didn’t matter because she was the same pain in the ass every week after that) A character like Mandy works if she is a young idealist that gets beaten down relentlessly till she starts accepting small victories, then gains a big victory later. You cheer for her then. The way she was made viewers just detest her. She was drama’s version of Frank Burns, only by 98, viewers didn’t have the patience of waiting six years for her to not change.
@moimeself10883 жыл бұрын
What was the situation with the FBI agent? I don't remember that... and i can't watch it again cos my dvd player broke 😭😭😭😭
@thepunditspundit17763 жыл бұрын
@@moimeself1088 Hostage negotiation. Bartlet wanted to raid the place and take them out, and hippie Mandy thinks everyone is oppressed and use a negotiator to calm the situation. Bartlet listens, FBI agent goes in and gets killed
@moimeself10883 жыл бұрын
@@thepunditspundit1776 ah yes i remember that. Thanks!! I miss watching this series so much. Good writing, even the bad parts were good
@allendracabal0819 Жыл бұрын
I don't think you can totally absolve Moira. It was a bad character, but a more adept actor could have found hooks to make her more watchable.
@catmomjill4 жыл бұрын
ALL animals mourn.
@leighwest55644 жыл бұрын
Koalas are not bears. They are simply called koalas.
@javimiami924 жыл бұрын
They’re marsupials.
@brontewcat7 жыл бұрын
Why would Mandy asking for a panda kill Toby's mood. It's not a crisis, and rather cute.
@gavpowell19816 жыл бұрын
I think "I need you to help me to ask the Chinese Government for something trivial" to a man like Toby is asking for trouble. The equivalent today would be the Russians and tickets to the Moscow Ballet or something - he'd be on the verge of boilin over at asassinations, hacking, support for Syria etc. and then some idiot would ask him to help be nice to these people!
@moimeself10883 жыл бұрын
Bc China
@jerryx32533 жыл бұрын
So IRL how much do the national zoo make by having China leasing Pandas to them?
@abreenacrystal15 жыл бұрын
I think this is sped up by a bit.
@JustSomeCanadianGuy Жыл бұрын
This sure highlights how Mandy was a pretty useless character and why it was easy to lose her! 🤣
@billyemorris9 жыл бұрын
whatever happened to mandy? seemed to just disappear after a while
@smurvin9 жыл бұрын
The audience didn't like her
@billyemorris9 жыл бұрын
does season 1 not last a while?
@billyemorris9 жыл бұрын
to disappear "after a while" does not mean to disappear gradually, it means to disappear after (prep. meaning "later in time than") a while (noun meaning "a period of time") - the wording doesn't rule out gradation, but it certainly doesn't presuppose it
@Meloncov9 жыл бұрын
billyemorris She was basically replaced by Donna (who originally was supposed to be a minor character on par with Margaret).
@soccerlovin19 жыл бұрын
billyemorris Just....SHUT UP
@Emsta16 жыл бұрын
Its not a koala Bear its just a Koala
@maddibecke32527 жыл бұрын
I knew it, I knew it would be here somewhere in the comments XP
@emiliewilkinson78573 жыл бұрын
🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼
@TPRM13 жыл бұрын
WORST. CHARACTER. EVER. (Edit: Not her fault; just the way she was written.)
@DT-hp8de3 жыл бұрын
By the way, pandas aren't actually bears. :) ;)
@incandesantlite3 жыл бұрын
lol Did I kill her? No. Then why are you talking to me?
@ensayers14 жыл бұрын
@kourtain its a feminist visualisation of idealism in the modern world