Bob Roberts (with Adam Scott)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We've got a bonus installment of the Film Fest—with special guest Adam Scott! In addition to his work on Severance, Parks & Recreation, Party Down, and so much more, he's just a genuinely thoughtful and kind person, so we are thrilled to have him back on the podcast. We're discussing the 1992 film Bob Roberts, a satirical mockumentary by Tim Robbins.

Tim Robbins on SNL - October 3, 1992 (via Peacock)
Tim Robbins 2017 interview in Entertainment Weekly
Tim Robbins post on X - July 14, 2024

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0:00.0	Josh, thanks for letting me lure you into the studio.
0:02.2	I'm excited. Thanks for having me.
0:03.7	I was thinking about how, it's your birthday coming up.
0:07.0	Oh, no.
0:07.6	And for once, we're not going to get to spend it together.
0:10.7	That's true. We generally do.
0:12.0	Yeah, but you're going to be in London.
0:13.4	I will indeed.
0:14.2	Well, I was thinking about one of my favorite stories that you've told,
0:19.4	which is the season six premiere of the West Wing.
0:22.6	Sure.
0:23.6	When you all went to Camp David in the show.
0:26.6	Right.
0:27.6	And you had Marine One, and on the side of it, they made a typo.
0:31.6	Untied. States of America.
0:33.6	Classic.
0:34.6	And so I thought, in honor of your birthday, I made this last night.
0:41.6	Oh, God, you're good. Oh, it's so good. I love it. Will you describe it? Yeah. Is it going to be a piece of new
0:49.0	merch? It's a new t-shirt. It's not available only to me. I won't have the only one. All right, I'm going to measure my excitement.
0:55.0	Well, I'm seeing the front of the back.
0:56.0	Yeah, the front is our pin, which actually looks amazing on a shirt.
0:59.0	This is very exciting.
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