The Guest Wing

"Wait, isn't that the guy from Parks and Rec?"

[addressedtothefire]

Rewatching Happy Gilmore and having to think about Donald Trump is why I hate the 2010s

[theguestwing]

~The Guest Wing~: Old White Guys You Kinda Recognize Edition

[theguestwing]

~The Guest Wing~

• Cuddy from House • That guy who runs the Chinese restaurant in the Seinfeld episode “The Chinese Restaruant” • Guy who looks vaguely familiar but I can’t remember what I knew him from or what part he played on TWW • The Mayor from Buffy, but with a bad haircut • Headmaster Charleston from Gilmore Girls • Lady who I can’t remember what I thought I knew her from or what she did in TWW • Paris Gellar from Gilmore Girls • Guy From The Truman Show who’s been upgraded in recent years to Guy From The Americans • Lizard guy from Buffy (Bob Balaban) • Old white guy who just kinda looks familiar • Nathan Petrelli from Heroes • Celia’s husband from Weeds • Jane fucking Lynch?????!  

• Laura Palmer’s mom from Twin Peaks • John Larroquette • You know, that one white guy who shows up in stuff sometimes • Guy who works in the office for like two episodes of The Office • Guy who I totally know from something but I can’t figure out what • Felicity Huffman • Laura Dern • Shawn’s dad from Psych • Walt from Grounded for Life / Tom from Office Space / mustachioed Watcher who tells Buffy that her “destiny awaits” or some shit like that in one episode once • The guy who like runs the Agents of SHIELD in the new Marvel stuff. I think his name is Gregg? Also he’s in Buffy ofc • Stockard FUCKING Channing, in case I hadn’t said it already • Oliver Platt • Lawrence O’Donnell, for some reason??? • Chief Vick from Psych • Nick Newport Sr. from Parks and Rec • Samir from Office Space • The guy who used to be married to Bonnie Raitt and is also in Homeland • The main guy from Royal Pains • The psychologist from the United States of Tara • Connie Britton  • Guy who’s definitely the villain in an episode of Buffy somewhere down the line • A lightly snow-covered street which I’m pretty sure is the same street where Jerry Seinfeld once stole a marble rye from an old lady

• Ted from Scrubs • Phil from Modern Family • Joe from The Princess Diaries!!! • Stockard Channing but with curly hair • Paperweights that look just like my grandmother’s paperweights • The guy who plays Kalabar in Halloweentown and Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge • The reverend from Gilmore Girls • This screenshot of CJ Cregg’s inbox – not technically a guest star, but hilarious nonetheless  

• Mark Harmon • Young Evan Rachel Wood • Guy who plays Lena Dunham’s dad in Girls • Guy who plays the former-Knicks-player-turned-local-middle-school-engineering-room-worker who becomes Air Bud’s basketball coach in Air Bud • Coroner Woody from Psych • James Brolin • Young Amy Adams

• Buffy’s principal in Buffy (the one not eaten by students possessed by hyenas) • Woman who looks like the mom from My Big Fat Greek Wedding but I looked it up and it turns out she is in fact not the mom from My Big Fat Greek Wedding • Danica McKellar • Christian Slater • Woman baseball player from A League of Their Own (not Geena Davis or Madonna or the other main one) • Rachel’s boss at Ralph Lauren in Friends • Sullivan from Weeds / Deputy Police Commissioner Foley from The Dark Knight Rises • Matthew Perry • Old white guy whose face looks familiar but who, upon further research, it turns out I’ve never seen before • Big Bird • Taye Diggs • John Goodman • Zeljko Ivanek • Lumbergh from Office Space (Gary Cole) • Dr. Sullivan from Pretty Little Liars (Annabeth Gish) • Ned, Ned Ryerson from Groundhog Day • Gabrielle Union • Stockard Channing in a HAT looking FABULOUS

• Lady from The Wire and The Blacklist and also Other Stuff • Councilman Dexhart from Parks and Rec • Dominic from Dollhouse • Fuckin’ Lucius Malfoy, short black hair edition • A ratty blue Yankees t-shirt that I also owned in 2004 but did not get the chance to wear while brokering a monumental peace deal for the Middle East, unfortunately

• Ben Stiller’s wife in Meet the Parents • Special musical appearance by Taylor Swift’s namesake   (James Taylor) • That old white guy who’s in all sorts of stuff          o Just realized I did this one already above….it’s Philip Baker Hall • The grandpa from Modern Family • Penn and Teller? Man, this SHOW.

• Guy whose West Wing character is named Trevor and you’re like “yeah, that’s about right, you absolute fuck”. He’s also Troy from Veronica Mars. • Old white guy you know from all sorts of stuff (iv)   (Ray Wise) • Old white guy you know from all sorts of stuff (v)   (Brian Dennehy) • Old white guy you know from playing a cop or army guy in a bunch of things (Don S. Davis) • The dad from Boy Meets World • Chris Matthews cameo • Guy I thought was somebody but, upon further research, it turns out is not anybody • Janeane Garofolo • Young familiarish white guy  (Matthew Del Negro) • J. K. Simmons, aka old white guy you know from stuff vii • Jon. Bon. Jovi. • Commissioner Gordon’s wife in The Dark Knight • Special musical appearance by Foo Fighters • Old white guy who’s in a bunch of stuff, blustery   (Ken Lerner) • Old white guy who’s in a bunch of stuff, mustache  (Michael O’Neill) • Old white guy who’s in a bunch of stuff, glasses        (Aaron Sorkin)

[theguestwing]

The Guest Wing cast

• 💖 Sam from Holes 💖 • Guy who plays Chris Traeger from Parks and Rec (who’s also a statutory rapist & general asshole nowadays but no one cares and he’s still famous because society) • The tall mom from Mom, also in 10 Things I Hate About You, also a total badass • Charlie Sheen’s responsible-looking older brother or possibly father • Rizzo, older and aging like fine wine

Semi-main cast (not pictured): • Nancy from Weeds • Old lady from Desperate Housewives / old lady from the Scrubs episode “My Old Lady” • Marlee Matlin • Mrs. Frizzle • That guy from Scandal • Galinda the Good Witch • Senator Bail Organa • The blond woman you see in commercials for that USA show In Plain Sight • Jack’s birth father on 30 Rock

[theguestwing]

Here are the things I knew going into the West Wing pilot

• Martin Sheen flips his jacket around, and this is iconic • The woman with the bob is sarcastic and people love her • Guy named Josh is important • Sam from Holes is in the show, but probably not as a main character, and his name is not Sam. Someone else is named Sam instead. • Something about the Jackal