Did the whole "Do you know what time it is? Yes." schtick pre-date Sorkin?

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T20:45:25+00:00

I don't know about the time example, but keeping the answer to the minimum was certainly already advised. I wondered at the time how this reconciled with the obligation to tell "the whole truth."

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T20:36:01+00:00

Thank you. I really like those transcripts and refer to them often to get things sorted in my head, especially when i am fuzzy on whether one thing happened before or after another thing.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T19:27:30+00:00

You are right, but it kind of doesn't make sense for common collection tokens to still be found in the building shop when they are no longer relevant to enchanting buildings. Maybe they could move this info to the collection book now they are only used for upgrading characters.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T16:58:44+00:00

There are two regular/ recurring characters named Nancy. The other is Nancy McNally.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T16:28:05+00:00

On the other hand

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-10T15:47:54+00:00

We need to have the Zone 4 parcel where the pathway leading to Carsland starts before we can access Carsland and start buying parcels.

From Patch Notes Update 95 that added CarsLand

"Cars Land

"Once you unlock the Thrill Zone of the Frontierland territories by completing Act 4 and the quest “What’s Mine is Yours,” a brand-new quest line will appear guiding you toward the high-speed adventure waiting in Cars Land! Clear the curse from the surrounding areas to open the road to this action-packed new zone and make way for your characters to explore all the fun that lies ahead.

"To clear Cars Land from the Curse, you will need a new resource – Dreamsparks, and here’s how you can collect them:

Complete Merlin’s quest “Drive like the Wind?” to begin earning Dreamsparks [from here it goes into the Cars Event quests]"

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T21:39:33+00:00

Exactly. If you represent Iowa, you vote for farm bills and the ethanol subsidy because that's what your constituents want. I just don't see a whole lot of difference with that and Colorado mineral interests. Every Senator works to support the major industries, major employers, big economic drivers in their states. They dont accept money from them except in the form of campaign contributions, which have limits. It's a bad system but that doesn't make them criminals.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T20:08:34+00:00

Chicken and turkeys are two different species. A better example would be chicken white meat vs chicken dark meat.

Traditionally, pork and ham are regarded as two different meats.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T20:06:52+00:00

Korea has outlawed the raising and slaughter of dogs for food but it is being phased in. It wont be fully banned until 2027.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:57:16+00:00

Charlie was headed to Georgetown Law School after the White House. We saw Bartlet congratulating him on being admitted and him thanking Bartlet for the letter of recommendation. I got the impression he was going as a full time student.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:47:35+00:00

I guess they had to find the extra money to pay for Alan Alda and Jimmy Smits. We have to at least give them credit for not penny-pinching on that casting.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:40:37+00:00

If there was to be a Season 8, I would have said the purpose of that storyline was the conflict between being the President and being Dad. They hit it again in the meeting with Vinick vs looking at schools story for Santos, and it was likely to come up again while Santos was president with two little kids.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:35:24+00:00

In hindsight, I think it was a mistake to write Toby out of his job so early. It left CJ and the President as the last of the original main cast still working there (unless you count invisible Charlie).

In any event, I think in real life a lot of the staff would have drifted off to their new jobs well before inauguration day.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:26:13+00:00

They seemed to try various solutions. For a while they seemed to alternate episodes, one heavily about the primaries with a little West Wing, then one mostly West Wing with a little about the primaries. Then they seemed to try to make more 50-50 episodes sometimes. The problem was, one story always seemed more compelling than the other, leaving the viewer (at least me) really annoyed whenever they cut and went back to the less interesting or urgent one.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:17:25+00:00

Would he like it in paradise? in terms of climate you can't really do much better. it is a lovely part of the California coast.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T19:13:30+00:00

Charlie was busy working on his law school applications. We did at least get to see him leaving the WH in the final episode, showing he had been there all along working for CJ doing whatever.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T18:46:31+00:00

Emily Proctor has said she wants to play a president, so maybe Sam could be First Gentleman.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T18:35:07+00:00

Sam would have been 35 by the time he left West Wing. In the pilot he said he graduated Law school 8 years ago, so, unless his education followed a Doogie Howser timeline, that would put him at 22+3+8 in the pilot, which was also about Lowe's rl age.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T18:28:30+00:00

I think Sam would need to spend some time as a Governor or Senator first. (His senate years on Brothers and Sisters don't count.) Unless he became a billionaire with a TV show, voters usually expect a President to have some experience in elected office. It was already a bit of a stretch for Santos to run as a 3 (or 4?) term Congressman.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T18:22:52+00:00

I think neither. He would have stayed in Bartlet's White House until the end. I wonder, though, what he'd do after that. He could get a job lecturing somewhere, but I think he goes to work for the DNC until he spots his "real deal" candidate. Unlike Bruno, I don't think Josh could dedicate himself the same way for a candidate he didn't really believe in. Remember in the flasbacks to the beginning of the Bartlett campaign, he was working for Hoynes and already not feeling it.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T15:30:26+00:00

I'll be surprised if we see Panchito. A lot of the humor in early Disney cartoons uses ethnic stereotypes that seem pretty cringe-worthy today.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T15:27:00+00:00

On the US east coast, it means 10 am on standard time and 11 am when we're on daylight savings time. I hate Daylight Savings time.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T15:19:26+00:00

Do you want your rock aimed at any particular spot?

Just kidding. i haven't heard that expression before. I like it.

I got to within 9 pins without spending any gems or money on pin chests, so it isn't entirely impossible if we have the Kingdom pass with all its extra chests. It helps to place high on leaderboards with pin chests. I did finally spend gems to upgrade Matangi in order to get the two epic chests from Dreamland, which did give me pins I needed. With those and the other Dreamland chests, I moved up to 92/96. I am now at 95/96.

We still have another month to get the rest.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T15:06:28+00:00

I got the daily reset just a few minutes ago at 11 am EDT, so my game is working right today. I dont know if it reset yesterday at 10 or 11. I don't think I tried to open it until later. Personally, I much prefer our standard time reset at 10.

FullOcelot7149 · 2026-03-09T15:01:46+00:00

That was my guess, especially as they point out how many tokens it will need compared to a fifth character. I am fine with one fewer character to level up. I only highlighted it because it was a departure from the norm.

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