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For Aaron Sorkin fans - Sorkinisms (Original Post) PatSeg Jul 2012 OP
Anything that's worth doing, is worth overdoing. leveymg Jul 2012 #1
I never get tired of Sorkin's dialogue PatSeg Jul 2012 #6
Why tinker with something that works? (nt) pwhtckll Jul 2012 #2
I've been writing a blog since 2006... Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #3
Ya think? Sedona Jul 2012 #4
Not for nothin. I picked that one up. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #9
I have always maintained that the reason TV was better in its infancy is . . . Jack Rabbit Jul 2012 #5
Oh how I miss The West Wing Beaverhausen Jul 2012 #7
I agree PatSeg Jul 2012 #8
I did back to back...... gblady Jul 2012 #10
I own West Wing and Boston Legal PatSeg Jul 2012 #11
Great! We sometimes watched it with a relatives of a cast member and FailureToCommunicate Jul 2012 #12

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
1. Anything that's worth doing, is worth overdoing.
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 04:31 PM
Jul 2012

Even recycled, freeze-dried or frozen, still think his stuff is far better than most of the other brands.

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
6. I never get tired of Sorkin's dialogue
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 06:00 PM
Jul 2012

If his name is on a project, I will go out of my way to see it.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
3. I've been writing a blog since 2006...
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 05:25 PM
Jul 2012

I've found, reading through my old blog entries, that I use similar phrases, wording over and over again. It annoys me. But I guess it's typical of most writers (not that I consider myself a writer, though my blog has really taken off the last few years).

Funny how it works, eh?

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
5. I have always maintained that the reason TV was better in its infancy is . . .
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 05:46 PM
Jul 2012

. . . that the writing was a helluva lot better.

After all, in those days, scripts weren't written by someone who grew up watching the boob tube.

gblady

(3,541 posts)
10. I did back to back......
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 08:34 PM
Jul 2012

marathons of the West Wing in January of this year
just could not get enough......great fun!

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
11. I own West Wing and Boston Legal
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 08:47 PM
Jul 2012

on DVD and periodically I go on a binge. Better to watch really good programming several times than to sit through generic crap once!

FailureToCommunicate

(14,013 posts)
12. Great! We sometimes watched it with a relatives of a cast member and
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:51 PM
Jul 2012

other neighbors.

Those were the days...

Yup, time for another West Wing and Sports Night marathon.

Thanks for the reminder of great shows!

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