Today is Thanksgiving and one of the things I’m most grateful for is the seven season documentary* The West Wing. I know this show backwards and forward, sort of like some people know Caddyshack or Star Wars or the Blues Brothers

I. Love. The. West. Wing.

Don’t bother to argue with me about Aaron Sorkin. I know what some people think of him. And to them, I say, go try your hand at writing tv shows and movies that speak to us the way Sports Night, The American President, The West Wing, and The Newsroom speak to the American psyche even more than a decade after they are off the air. I’ve forgiven Sorkin for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

The West Wing loved holidays and celebrated them in grand style. For your viewing pleasure, here are three scenes from the two seasons in which documentary honored Thanksgiving.

President Bartlet and the Butterball Hotline from The Indians in the Lobby, Season 3, Episode 8.

President Bartlet Pardons a Turkey from Shibboleth Episode 8, Season 2.

The Paul Revere Knife from Shibboleth Episode 8, Season 2.

The full editorial staff at Little Merry Sunshine wishes you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful that you continue to read the blog. We’ll be back tomorrow with a regular post.

Best,

Jessica, Sammy and Zoey

*Note from Sammy and Zoey: Please don’t tell Jessica that The West Wing is not a documentary. We just let her believe it because it’s easier and the fallout from the whole Santa isn’t real thing was pretty bad. We don’t want to know what will happen if she discovers The West Wing is fiction.

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