Just thought I'd update with a sad bit of news for any of you die-hard West Wing fans out there (Brad I know you are in particular). Tough-as-nails/hardass and generally really damn good actor John Spencer (a.k.a. Leo McGarry) died of a heart attack today...which just basically, well, sucks really! Not sure what effect that's going to have on the show though!?!
Anyway, there it is...think I'll go upstairs and maybe have a cold one now...
bummer!
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i just saw on NBC nightly news...and i am bummed. he was only 58. that is too young!
i love WW, but i cam to it late so i started with the seasons 1-4 dvd's. i have never watched it on tv because i like to do it chronologically. i am waiting to get season 5 until after christmas, but a friend of mine said that after A. Sorkin left the show it isn't as good.
is that true?
It took a pretty big slip, Sorkin was really the big influence behind all the trademark witty banter between the cast and the stronger plot lines, and his leaving left a mark...
But it's gotten better! Really!
There was a time where the show lost a little focus and the writing definitely was not as crisp and punchy as it had been after Sorking left, but it has gotten a lot better.
It's too bad about John Spencer, too. Life imitating art, I suppose. Really weird actually when you think about what happened to Leo. In the "show must go on" sense it could make things very interesting because I'm sure that the story arc is going to have to be rewritten to hell.
Still one of my favorite shows, though, and I always liked John Spencer's portrayal and the way Leo was written.
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