West Wing Weekly 1.03: A Proportional Response by CoenM

The title of the episode is a reflection of President Bartlet's plan to retaliate against what MIDDLE EASTERN country that shot down the plane carrying his phsicial, Morris Tolliver, and 57 other passengers?

This episode's special guest claims that the episode was based on extra pages from the script for what MOVIE, where the chief executive has to make his own decision on what is a proportional response to a Libyan attack on an Israeli missile installation?

This is the episode where we meet JCS Chairman Admiral Fitzwallace, played by what ACTOR, who our hosts loved in Coming to America and Good Times?

This episode is also where we learn that what CHARACTER was responsible for convincing Bartlet to run for president?

An exposition-laden argument between CJ and Josh is where we learn that Josh went to what IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL, where he apparently once missed the dean's list two semesters in a row?

This episode features the podcast's first guest, this ACTOR who played Charlie Young and went on to leading roles in TV shows like Psych and Ballers.

Josh calls the guest his favorite actor with what sort of ACCENT in his name, which indicated the height of the vowel rather than the stress, which my French teacher helpfully taught us runs from Maine to California?

The hosts note that the discussion of "casting" in terms of hiring the President's personal aide reflected an actual issue about TV casting when this CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP proposed a boycott of TV due to the lack of African-American characters on network prime-time shows?

What ACTRESS played the White House personnel director who recommended Charlie for the personal aide job, for which she got fired, but would later return (under a new last name) as the replacement for Mrs. Landingham?

The guest noted that Martin Sheen broke the ice by teaching him the handshake that he learned from this ACTOR, who played Mr. Clean in Apocalypse Now

The guest notes that he was helped by meeting President Clinton's personal aide thanks to a connection made by what FORMER CLINTON PRESS SECRETARY, who was a consultant on The West Wing?

The guest noted that his first trip to shoot in DC had him play basketball on Pennsylvania Avenue with several cast members and what member of MICHIGAN'S FAB FIVE AND CURRENT NBA ASSISTANT COACH, who played a Duke basketball player who was a member of the Council on Fitness?