# Behind the scenes at The West Wing

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-the-scenes-at-the-west-wing/688456 "2014-05-14T18:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-the-scenes-at-the-west-wing/688456/1 "2014-05-14T18:30:21Z")

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Lots of interesting stuff - who knew Richard Schiff and Allison Janney made each other giggle so much? Or that Josh Malina was such a prankster?

> **[‘West Wing’ Uncensored: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Lowe, More Look Back on Early...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/west-wing-uncensored-aaron-sorkin-703010/)**
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> Sidney Poitier was the first choice for president; Bill Clinton was a fan; and Sorkin and Tommy Schlamme created a show “about democracy run by a couple of Kim Jong-ils”: an oral histor…

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-the-scenes-at-the-west-wing/688456/2 "2014-05-14T19:49:41Z")

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I thought it was interesting how much Richard Schiff hated Toby’s storyline in season 7. He seemed really angry about it. (FTR it seemed out of character to me too).

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-the-scenes-at-the-west-wing/688456/3 "2014-05-14T20:09:19Z")

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Eh. I always hated Toby. I didn’t think it was terribly out of character, given his personal stake in the situation; I just thought it a bit farfetched that he worked in the White House, his dad was a Jewish gangster and his brother an astronaut.