#melissa fitzgerald

[jessbakescakes]

Here are some of my favorite photos from the West Wing book that came out today! There are a ton more but I’m already sobbing and I’m only a quarter of the way through it.

[lemonjellylemonjelly]

Women of the West Wing, BTS (taken from The West Wing Retrospective promo)

[regardstosoulandromance]

Melissa Fitzgerald, Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, and Kevin Gessay backstage at Death Becomes Her on Broadway

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Have you read What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack (2024)?

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Voting ended onNov 15, 2025

[yaswolff]

This makes me so fucking happy!!! Mary said Allison joined a few minutes later. Also, I think Richard might be at work right now.

[donnajosh]

October 18, 2020

[elliebartlets]

Y’all please watch this I’m begging you

I feel like I shouldn’t highlight my favorite parts below because I feel annoying but that’s what I do so too bad

• The props Allison stole from set!! I want them, especially the plaque she took! Too bad I can’t drop $2500 😭

• Brads obsession with dogs and the tweet about how he went to the dog park after shooting to watch dogs 😂 and the video of him howling with his dog

• Did Janel Maloney say Brad looked like John in that clip as in John Spencer?

• of course Martin Sheen makes an entrance like President Bartlet

• they’re was a confusing discussion about Get Out and Judas and the Black Messiah. Also had no idea Martin was in the black messiah what

• Martin asking if they’re all fine 🥺

• “Malia’s not coming here is he?” Oh Brad

• Allison’s dog!!

• “Aaron said “I just want you to know you’re the one who’s shot.” And it was a perfect showbiz moment of “wow that’s a great compliment” and “am I getting fired?”

• ah and then Brad mentioned Mrs. Landingham getting killed off

• they showed the scene where Bartlet kisses Leo on the cheek and Martin goes “I still miss him.” 🥺😭

• Brad talking about no one noticed he didn’t have a scar on his chest when he’s lying in bed with Donna in season 7: “With all the weird west wing fans nobody’s ever noticed.”

First of all, thank you Brad I consider that a compliment. Secondly I never noticed but I thought some people did? Wasn’t this talked about in west wing weekly?

• Richard “you guys slept together?”

• *shows the clip of Josh blowing up in the Oval Office in Noël*

Brad: I think it’s disrespectful for Richard to eat while I’m acting

• Danny just appeared!! wtff that’s so weird cause the actor never does anything with west wing (at least he didn’t for west wing weekly)

• Richard has been eating this whole time and saying basically nothing 😂 And I’m pretty sure he’s eating a salad which makes me think of “you could cover this thing in barbecue sauce and it’s still taste like the ground.”

• Bradley offering to sell scripts he signed and the hosts saying if they can get anyone else to sign it’s a bonus and Bradley’s like “I promise we won’t let Malina sign.”

I find it funny Timothy Busfield laughed at that since he doesn’t get along with Josh Malina

• I think Richard is frozen cause he’s not moving at all

• lmao Allison was trying to get his attention (“Richard! Richard!”) as the hosts were trying to ask her about what she thought Tim’s (Danny’s) favorite scene with her was. He said the goldfish scene (obviously)

• ok Richard’s screen just dissapeared ☹️

• Tim just offered to sign a box of goldfish and a zoom acting/directing class and Brad goes “I’ll pay for Malina to take the class.”

• oh my god they brought Richard back and he’s just obviously been eating I’m dying 😂😂😂

• They brought a doctor on to talk about the vaccine and asked if the cast had any questions and Richard asked if/when he should get a vaccine cause he had COVID and during that Allison was trying to reposition the camera and her chair cause the sunlight was directly on her and it was funny because Richard’s asking this serious question about antibodies and Allison’s getting lowkey frustrated cause everytime she repositions herself and sits back down the sunlights still on her

• Jimmy Smits and Mary McCormack have appeared

• woah they got Alan Alda!!

• lmao Alan Alda apologizing to Jimmy because he wanted to be the president so badly to the point that he thought he was Vinick and thought he might’ve freaked out Jimmy

• omggg Mary McCormack and Melissa Fitzgerald are writing a book and they described it as a “love letter to the west wing and to public service” and have been interviewing the cast for it and it should come out in less than a year ahhhhh

• “It’s a love letter to public service and a Dear John letter to Josh Malina.”

• Martin Sheen has the best laugh next to Allison Janney

• forgot to mention Richard was walking somewhere wearing a mask and the disconnected again and hasn’t been back since lol

• y’all I needed that pick me up