 Re: about The West Wing
Well, it is not a funny ha-ha joke, more like, Sam saying something... cute? Silly? so that he could impress the reporter.
Imagine:
You are in a bar talking to your brother. A pretty female classmate of yours walks by and says Hello to you as she walks by.
Your brother says, "Was that a friend of yours?"
You say, "No, it was Marilyn Monroe the famous movie actress, she wants me to buy her a drink."
Well, of course it was not Marily Monroe, but you are trying to be funny and, maybe, 'show off' your intelligence or your wit a little bit.
It is not a joke that some one would laugh at, but later, your brother would think, hmmmmm.... my brother, he is so fast and intelligent.
A lot of that show has lines just like that one... the actors say very, very intelligent things just to impress other people with how smart and fast they are. |