On that evening, Aaron Sorkin collaborator Thomas Schlamme directed a LIVE episode of ER. It was a watershed night for the television empire, for it marks the night ER jumped the shark. All downhill from there, baby. (Have you SEEN the latest promos? A helicopter is going to crash INTO the hospital! How much longer until aliens invade?)
History must not teach NBC anything, for the once great West Wing will be live Sunday night, with a presidential debate between Matthew Santos, D-Houston, and Sen. Arnold Vinick, R-Calif. (These are fictional characters, for any of you who are confused.)
In honor of the event, Mr. Reddy is hosting a debate watch party (yes, for a fake debate). The official invite:
You are invited to share in this exciting moment in television history. It could be the closer for the Vinick campaign, and the resurgence of the best TV program since Quantum Leap*, at last bringing a respectable portrayal of a Republican leader to prime time television. Or it could be a total flop...No, he's not joking.
Before it begins, we'll have a showing of this week's WW episode, and perhaps some clips from the last major debate (President Bartlet wiping the floor with Gov. Rob Ritchie of Florida in episode 406**).
*Quantum Leap theme music here
**Also a fake debate
