The Crackpots and These Women
| "The Crackpots and These Women" | |
|---|---|
| The West Wing episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Anthony Drazan |
| Written by | Aaron Sorkin |
| Production code | 225904 |
| Original air date | October 20, 1999 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
Guy Boyd
Janel Moloney
Elisabeth Moss
Suzy Nakamura
Renee Estevez
Sam Lloyd
Nick Offerman
Juwan Howard
"The Crackpots and These Women" is the 5th episode from Season 1 of The West Wing.
The staff participates in "Big Block of Cheese Day", a fictional workday on which White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry encourages his staff to meet with fringe special interest groups that normally would not get attention from the White House. Big Block of Cheese Day also is mentioned in "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail."
The rationale for the day, as recounted by McGarry (much to the consternation of the senior staff), is that America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, had a two-ton block of cheese in the White House foyer from which everyone was welcome to eat. This symbolized the openness of the White House to the American people. White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler derisively refers to the day as "Throw Open Our Office Doors To People Who Want To Discuss Things That We Could (sic) Care Less About Day", and Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman refers to it as "Total Crackpot Day".
White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg meets with a group about building a highway for wolves, while Sam Seaborn meets with a citizen, played by Sam Lloyd, concerned about UFOs.
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