Virtually the Entire Cast of "The West Wing" Reunites for an Awesome Campaign Ad

[kpete]

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How do you get almost the entire cast of “The West Wing” (sans Rob Lowe, who — to be fair — wasn’t on at the end of the series) to reunite for a campaign commercial for a Michigan Supreme Court candidate in a non-partisan race? Well, it helps if the candidate is the sister of Mary McCormick, who played Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper.

The ad is surprisingly great, and while Josh does deliver some stump-speech genericism, overall, it’s almost exactly what you’d want from a political campaign starring the cast of “The West Wing.”

Also, Donna! God, I miss Donna. We never see her anywhere, anymore.

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[onehandle]

1. Love it. Gotta get info on our local deep downticket and non-partisan elections here in PA. nt

[whistler162]

2. Cool they even got Martin Sheen to appear...

man Bradley Whitford has aged.

[Jennicut]

4. He gained some weight.

I am still seeing him as the Fake Red John from the Mentalist. I need to go back and watch some old episodes of The WW. But this ad is incredible.

[tavalon]

8. We all have

It's been a tough 12 years.

[pinboy3niner]

14. "It's an Apocalypse Now?"

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Oooh - good catch

I hadn't spotted that. I wonder if there are other lines like that hidden in it?

[pinboy3niner]

26. It's the only one I heard

But it was a gem!

[Cleita]

3. President Bartlett, the President we always wanted.

Rob Lowe, maybe has become a Republican, being he campaigned for Ahnold in California. No thanks Rob, for sticking us with Governor Schwarzenegger.

[gkhouston]

20. During the 2000 recount, the Capitol Steps had a song,

"Brand New Candidate", set to the tune of Melanie's "Brand New Key" (think 1972). The gist of it was, this is a mess, let's start over with new candidates. The line in the song that got laughter followed by enthusiastic applause was, "I want a brand new pair of candidates/Someone like Martin Sheen."

[Blue Belle]

5. I miss that show...

I watch it on DVD all the time.

[tavalon]

7. We have every season on DVD

I think a trip down memory lane is called for.

[truebrit71]

10. That's so funny..My wife and I had the same thought last weekend...

..the weather is turning cooler so it might be time to curlup under the blankets and have a 'West-Wing-Fest'...

[Blue Belle]

15. I watched "Gaza" the other day...

The one where Donna gets blown up in an SUV when she is on a fact finding mission in Gaza. It was oddly about the time when that video tape was realeased with Mittens saying he didn't think Palistinians wanted peace. I can't believe how on the mark that show was at times.

[tavalon]

6. Wow, that's awesome with awesome sauce.

Miss those guys!

[Spazito]

9. I love, love, love it!

Damn, I wish that show was still on, I miss it very much.

It really is awesome that so many of the cast are involved in this!

[global1]

11. Wow!!! How Cool - It Brings Back Many Memories Of A Wonderful Program ......

that I believe did more to educate people about our government and get people thinking political than anything else. It's ironic that people listen and believe more of what they hear from actors that play roles of government employees and elected officials than from the elected officials themselves. People have become very jaded on what they hear from candidates because of all the negativism and lies that are generated by them in their campaign ads.

I sure wish that West Wing was back on - but I'm thinking that it did have its impact on us as a society and its time now to move on and do for the media in the form of a program like "The Newsroom" as "The West Wing" did for government and the presidency.

[truebrit71]

12. What an awesome ad!!

Hope it works! (And yes Mary McCormack...you are hot)

[monmouth]

13. Awww, and Lily Tomlin. What a wonderful ad...n/t

[justiceischeap]

16. I just started watching this series on Amazon Prime (almost finished with S03)

and I heart it. The jacket thing is so totally great! I find myself strangely fascinated with how he puts his jacket on. And the only 2 that don't look any older are CJ and Donna.

[gkhouston]

19. Keep with it. It kinds of bogs down in quality for a while during season four (I think), but picks

up again during the last season. I think my favorite episodes are probably when Bartlett is running for re-election.

[justiceischeap]

25. I plan on it. I'm one of those compulsive people who has to finish what they start

even if I'm reading a horrible book, I must finish it. If it bogs, I'll just pay less attention to it as it's playing.

[ellenfl]

18. kick for later. eom

[eqfan592]

21. Seriously awesome!

And now I think I'm going to have to go back and watch the entire series again on Amazon Prime...

[Sherman A1]

22. Excellent!

[HereSince1628]

23. Terrific!!!

I wish all Dem ads could have that level of production.

Wow! Yes, just WOW!

[lpbk2713]

24. Excellent ... Well done.

Kudos to all involved.

[Melissa G]

27. Thanks for posting, kpete

That was a delight!