Sorkin jokes

[Guest guest]

Okay, it's been a couple of weeks since Aaorn Sorkin got busted, but

I still thought these wisecracks from the TV column in the April 18 San

Francisco Chronicle (which has been littering the floor of my car for the

past two weeks) were pretty funny.

Hello, my name is Sorkin and -- aaaaigggghhh, you've got a

gigantic elephant flying above your head!

So television's hottest writer was allegedly carting some mushrooms

through an airport, and not the kind you throw in a salad or on top of a

pizza. Hmmm. Given the frenetic pace of " The West Wing, " we find this choice

of recreational buzzwork extremely odd. Mushrooms? We'd never have guessed.

Though, factoring in some dosage errors, it may partly explain

" SportsNight. "

<snip>

You'd think with all that walking and talking on " The West Wing, "

that " trails " and distortion might be a problem for Sorkin. And what about

last- second script changes? " OK, we need Leo to dress like a polka-dotted

schoolgirl with a lollipop. . . . Uh, what's the problem? "

<snip>

Sorkin: " The Muppets scare the bejesus out of me. "

Thus ends the " Milk the Cow " portion of today's column. From here

on, no more mushroom jokes.

<snip>

Sorkin: " The Olsen twins creep me out. "

Whoops. We slipped.

The whole column is at

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/18/DD2

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--Bob Marshall