He hasn’t been going since getting a job at the White House, but since discovering that if there’s a nuclear holocaust, it’ll be just him, Leo and the President with some military and secret service officers and none of his friends, he's felt the need for a quick chat. Josh turns out to have a horribly traumatic back story, revealed in a trip to his psychiatrist. Toby and the President are both so passionate that, inevitably, when they disagree the sparks fly – they could do without someone like Mandy running around sticking her nose in. Meanwhile, Mandy stirs up yet more trouble between Toby and the President, already fighting all day, when she reveals that Toby was the President’s second choice for the Chief of Communications job. CJ and Sam are initially amused, but Sam finds himself strangely preoccupied with what turns out to be an old Russian satellite while CJ becomes a passionate advocate for wolves and their comparative statistical safety compared to vending machines.

And so, Ted from Scrubs wants Sam and the White House to pay more attention to UFOs, while Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation wants CJ to set up a wolves-only highway (which I believe was actually proposed recently). From a narrative point of view, it’s a goldmine, a perfect opportunity to create eccentric characters with wacky special interests.

From a story point of view, there’s something really lovely about the thought of giving people who normally struggle to be heard a voice, no matter how crazy. I love the idea of Big Block of Cheese Day. But I assure you that listening to the voices of passionate Americans is beneath no one, and surely not the people's servants.’ I know the more jaded among you see this as something rather beneath you. it is in the spirit of Andrew Jackson that I, from time to time, ask senior staff to have face-to-face meetings with those people representing organizations who have a difficult time getting our attention. it was there for any and all who might be hungry. I’ll let Leo explain: ‘Andrew Jackson, in the main foyer of his White House, had a big block of cheese. Toby and the President butt antlers over guns, violent movies, their sense of achievement and the President’s better angels while Sam and CJ meet with fringe interest groups and Charlie meets the President’s youngest daughter, Zoey. ‘It’s throw open our office doors to people who want to discuss things that we could care less about day.’

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