'West Wing' to Air Attack Episode (updated)

Excite/AP ^

[jporcus]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC's White House drama "The West Wing" will respond to the East Coast terrorist attacks with a special episode written by series creator Aaron Sorkin, the network said Friday.

Production on the episode, titled "Isaac and Ishmael," has begun and post-production will be hurried to make the Oct. 3 broadcast (9 p.m. EDT), NBC said.

"Aaron is a brilliant writer who has something he wants to say. We have great faith in his abilities to interpret last week's events in a manner that will make this an important hour of television," NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker said.

Details of the story were not released, but the network said it will deal with "some of the questions and issues currently facing the world in the wake" of the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

The drama's planned season premiere, "Manchester, Part I," has been moved to Oct. 10 to accommodate the special show.

The Emmy-winning series follows the political and personal lives of fictional President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his staff.

[jporcus]

I couldn't resist reposting this, along with my version of the story they will likely follow. Here goes.

First. they have the fake West Wing president return immediately, with him lecturing his secret service detail that he must accept the risk of returning, the American people demand it! When he learns that Bin Laden is behind the bombing, he then insists on personally going to Afghanistan to hunt him down. When he finds him, Osama and his men threaten the fake President, who, unflapped, tells Osama that "we must not fight, but love each other." Osama then breaks down, and says he's very sorry, and explains that he had an entirely different view of Americans, which he thought were made up of only nasty Republicans, having never met a Democrat (like the fake President). At that point, the fake President and Osama and his men hold hands, and begin singing We are the world - We are the children. The camera pans the world, fading in various world figures, including Saddam, Kadaffi, Arafat, all singing in their respective tongues. The world is now safe.

[jporcus]

bump

[MindBender26]

Aaron is a briliant writer

He is also a big time druggie under indictment in California... so much for his logical thought process.

[Timeout]

How'd you get a copy of the script? You an insider or sumpin'?

[PJ-Comix]

In the "West Wing" version, President Jeb (Martin Sheen) Bartlett delivers exactly the same speech that Presdent Bush did to Congress. However, in the West Wing version, Senator Hillary is shown to be ENTHUSIASTICALLY applauding the President.

p.s. One other difference. The "West Wing" President sends out a certain TV producer to Afghanistan to negotiate with the Taliban and the negotiatons conclude with the producer scoring some Coke, which the producer brings back to the States hidden in a bag of magic mushrooms.

[FrdmLvr]

I see a future for you in Hollywood scriptwriting. You understand the mission.

[TC Rider]

I'm sure the fake president will only stay in DC long enough to reassure the country before he heads to NYC to personally rescue several hundred firefighters and cops.

Pass the mushrooms, I'm on a roll.

[jporcus]

However, in the West Wing version, Senator Hillary is shown to be ENTHUSIASTICALLY applauding the President.

Yes, of course! How could I possibly leave out this important dramatic effect!

[TC Rider]

Did I mention that during the actual highjackings that the fake president called his old friend Jeremy Glick on the Pennsylvania plane and urged him to fight back?

Hey, don't bogart that joint.

[Dustbunny]

We never watched this show before the attack and we won't watch it now.

We don't care for Martin Sheen as a person or as an actor.

[WIladyconservative]

Good One! You did however, forget that the FAKE President will arrive at the WTC in time to hold up a wall to prevent them from collapsing. And the FAKE President will have bits and pieces of intelligence data from all over the globe that he will personally catalog and codify so as to put the whole scheme together and see the big picture when no one else can. But they'll still kill off Barbara Olson . . . .

[ken5050]

Passenger smuggles psychedelic mushrooms aboard airliner bound from NY to LA. In a mix up, stewardess acidentally feeds them to the captian and co-pilot. Delirious, the crew diverts the plane to Atlanta and tried to land it atop the CNN building...

[buffyt]

I have NEVER watched the show! I don't want to support/engcourage liberal pinkos!

[csvset]

West Wing's Emergency Stash

[Valin]

Can't we all just get along....well actually NO! some people insist on being murders, the only way to deal with them is to revoke their breathing privliges.

[rdww]

Or maybe Sheen goes up the river to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the wily Bin Laden, who is played by a bald Marlon Brando looking like Uncle Fester.

[William Terrell]

Details of the story were not released, but the network said it will deal with "some of the questions and issues currently facing the world in the wake" of the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

A number of years ago I was present when a woman, who I was seeing at the time, made a comment that chilled me. An episode of a television series involving the interactions of a group of people in a work environment was showing. At one point she clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Ok! They're going to deal with abortion!"

Deal with? Who? What are their qualifications? "Deal with" implies the final word on the topic. "They" are not just offering their opinion about the subject, "they're" "dealing with" it.

What arrogance. And what danger, when people think about it in those terms, too.

[RippleFire]

Or maybe Sheen goes up the river to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the wily Bin Laden, who is played by a bald Marlon Brando looking like Uncle Fester.

LOL - I never thought of Uncle Fester, but it is an apt comparison

[JohnEBoy]

Wow! How did you get a picture of Martin Sheen;s Brain!?

[DittoJed2]

Okay, this shows my ignorance- what is in that picture?