Barb's Burblings

For the first time since

For the first time since the fall, last week I watched The West Wing. I did it because some Muppets would be on. It didn't really capture my attention (possibly because I have no idea what the plotlines for the season are)--I wound up flipping between it and the Concert For George on PBS. But I was rewarded with this, as recapped by Miss Alli on TWoP:

And now, the greatest and most random scene ever. We watch Big Bird's unmistakable feet make their way up the elegant hallway, in a wonderful parody of the shots they do on this show constantly that use feet as segues. At the end of the hallway is a bench, and at one end of the bench sits C.J. Big Bird approaches her. He turns and sits beside her. He looks over at her as she wearily scooches over a few inches to leave room for all the feathers. She brushes the hair out of her eyes and looks down at her papers. Apparently, her plan is to try to ignore Big Bird. Big Bird sits there, kind of bopping a little bit as he sometimes does, tapping his...hands, I guess?...on his chest. C.J. looks up at him, and he looks over at her. He looks away. She returns to her work. She uncrosses her legs. Defeated, she stands up and heads off stage left down the hallway, passing in front of him as she goes. And just as she does, she dips down just a couple of inches, trying not to be taller than the seated Bird. It's brilliant, for absolutely no reason.

Of course, it was followed by a scene involving Elmo. Blech. Bring back Grover!