So would I. I've spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out who the White Haired Guy is supposed to be -- I thought for the longest time it might be Leo back from the dead, but no, I think it's Alan Alda.

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lol... wow, it doesn't even look like him!!!

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Which is why it took me so long!

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lol... XD

Man, I love Alan Alda... they should make him a superhero in the series since it's a cartoon. :P That would be really cool! lol...

West Wing was a pretty cool series, actually.

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And presumably that's Janeane Garofalo/Louise Thornton on the left. Who's the guy in the brown suit next to her, and the guy in the darker suit next to Arnold Vinick/Alan Alda?

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The guy in the brown suit is Bram, Santos's young latino speechwriter. (And the reason I remember his name: half the women I knew who watched the show thought he was dreamy.) The guy on the end is obviously supposed to be Rob Lowe in one of his 'manly' power stances.

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That makes sense, but even looking at pictures I couldn't say I actually recognised the characters from the caricatures! I think the way everyone looks the same in a suit could be a hurdle for such an animated series - you'd have to work out how to make everyone look visually distinctive. I think Sam Seaborn would keep his glasses on for a start.

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Right, Vinick accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Santos administration.

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I suspect that you're not alone. I would love to see a revival of West Wing with President Santos.

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No, I'm glad it ended when it did. I would also watch The Animated series, but it would suck and I'd wish I could tear myself away...

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I suppose there's the strong chance that it could suck as much as the last few seasons of the X-Files.

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thank you for finding that link! it was in the print edition but i couldn't find it on the site yesterday.

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I took me almost 5 minutes to realize this was a spoof... I was finally getting excited about watching the fall season. I should have been tipped off when the article talked about using voice compression technology to fit in more dialog.

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...or the fact that it's on The Onion might have been a clue.

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BBC reports that Sorkin's working on another project instead: the story of Facebook. West Wing writer tackles Facebook.

I apologise for bringing such dreadful noise. It can only be a vanity project, right?

K3n.

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