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Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (writer) ...
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Original Air Date:
15 December 1999 (Season 1, Episode 10)
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When a homeless veteran dies on the National Mall and his body remains uncollected for hours, Toby becomes fixated on getting him a proper burial. | add synopsis
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I agree with the previous poster. more (2 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Rob Lowe | ... | Sam Seaborn |
 | Moira Kelly | ... | Mandy Hampton |
 | Dulé Hill | ... | Charlie Young |
 | Allison Janney | ... | Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg |
 | Richard Schiff | ... | Toby Ziegler |
 | John Spencer | ... | Leo McGarry |
 | Bradley Whitford | ... | Josh Lyman |
 | Martin Sheen | ... | President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet |
 | Lisa Edelstein | ... | Brittany 'Laurie' Rollins |
 | Timothy Busfield | ... | Danny Concannon |
| Paul Austin | ... | George Huffnagle |
 | Janel Moloney | ... | Donna Moss |
| Tom Quinn | ... | John Noonan |
| Renée Estevez | ... | Nancy |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Homeless Man |
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The teaser aired was the 28th take of that scene. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Dolores Landingham, the President's secretary, mentions that her twin sons had a low draft number in the lottery. Her sons died in Vietnam on December 24, 1970. The first lottery drawing was held December 1, 1969; with a low lottery number, they would easily be in the field by December 1970. more
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Josh Lyman:
Where are you going?
President Josiah Bartlet:
To a place called "Rare books." You know what they sell?
Josh Lyman:
Fishing tackle?
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Little Drummer Boy more
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I am a very conservative guy, and not a big fan of West Wing, BUT I happened to catch this episode in a hospital waiting room one day. I think this episode is the best thing I have ever seen on TV, period. The montage between the Arlington funeral and the children's choir in the White House was some of the best production I have ever seen anywhere. Pure genius! If it weren't for the show's generally liberal bias I would have become a big fan based on this episode alone. I have to give my props to the creative writers. I wish they had left out the political commentary and had been more balanced (over the entirety of the series). It wouldn't have hurt the quality of the series and this episode shows what they were capable of, if they would just entertain and not try to preach.