Review of College Kids

Written by Toniann

  • I love when they bring an interesting character back -- Leo's lawyer Jordan was lots of fun last season, and I'm happy to see her return. And she even might date him again -- but why has it taken so long for a second date to occur anyhow? "She's a little wary. But I think she'll go out with me again."

  • Sigh. It doesn't matter how cool Jackie Chan is, or how many times they show that "The Tuxedo" commercial, I'm not going to see a movie starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

  • I like Bruno. When did that happen? When he first showed up, with the other "new guys" for the campaign, I wasn't so crazy about him. Or maybe it was the other "new guys" that annoyed me. Maybe it was when he gave Margaret the necklace. I don't know. But I'm kind of fond of the guy now, which is a shame since I imagine that in a couple more episodes, the election will be over and he'll be history.

  • Speaking of the election, it must be said: I appreciate the tension and the suspense of it all, of course, but just so everyone's clear: we all know Bartlet's going to win. Now matter how many times they rule for Sullivan or something else goes wrong, it's still a foregone conclusion. I hardly think James Brolin is going to take over the series. So far he's only appeared on camera once or twice, not counting that glimpse of his head next to Bartlet's on a TV screen last night.

  • "Joy cometh in the morning, Sir." I thought the speech that grew out of Sam's parting words to the President was pretty nifty, too. FYI, that's Psalms 30:5, "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

  • Leo is really something of a gourmand, isn't he? That bit with the potato salad ("a few more bites and I'll have the puzzle worked out and this monkey off my back"), the cooking show last week, more references to dining out in previous seasons. I wonder if it's a reaction to having to stay sober. Eating instead of drinking? It doesn't matter, though, since that fine appreciation for cuisine doesn't seem to affect his waistline any.

  • So. All college tuition should be tax deductible. I'm all for it as long as all unpaid student loans are tax deductible too. I'm a selfish person when it comes to things like this, and I already owe my small fortune. I'm just saying.

  • I guess I always *knew* that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. But when you think about it, that's really kind of weird, isn't it? For any "word geeks" (I'm including myself in that group) that are interested, here's what Dictionary.com has to say on the subject: "Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." The prefix -in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix -in, which is related to the English -un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings."

  • That was Special Agent Mike Casper, wasn't it? We've seen this guy before. Sam went to visit him about the grandfather of Donna's friend who turned out to be a spy. And then he was the head of a task force about a domestic terrorism incident; I recall him being in the Oval with Josh ("That wall is curved.").

  • While Charlie's getting the President's daughter on the phone, in ascending order of age, could he ask them to maybe drop by and pay a visit during an episode sometime? I'm not saying we should turn the show into "All in the President's Family" or anything, but just a drop-in or something. That would be nice. I mean, we've heard an awful lot about the President's granddaughter, Annie. We might as well meet her once.

  • As others have stated, that was Aimee Mann singing James Taylor's "Shed A Little Light". But although that was the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week", and there were some fellows on stage cavorting around, I don't know. I'm not convinced it was them. It might have been, but as mentioned elsewhere, there weren't any close-ups and the guys I could see on stage didn't look familiar. I'm something of a BNL fan, so I thought I'd be able to recognize them. This one's too close to call for me.

  • "No disinformation to the American press unless it's about my medical history" - see, just a year or two later and we're laughing about it.

  • I thought Donna was making a valid point about sports scholarships (whether you agree or disagree with her, it was still a point worth discussing) and Josh just got up and walked away to talk to Amy. Ugh. All right, I'm biased, I don't like the character but I suppose I understand. In any case, clearly they went their separate ways after last year's debacle, but I sense some kind of reunion on the horizon.

    "I have only so much RAM in my head."

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