The West Wing Weekly

7.19: Transition (Live with Bradley Whitford)

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Show Notes

We traveled all the way to London to make a lot of references to "Fiddler on the Roof." Bradley Whitford joined us to record this episode in front of a sold-out crowd at the Hammersmith Apollo.

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