Marion Cotesworth-Haye - The West Wing

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5 жыл бұрын

Allison Janney steals the show as White House Press Secretary CJ Cregg, who when meeting the immensely snobbish Marion Cotesworth-Haye, explodes in uncontrollable laughter. Here is every mention of Marion leading up to what is maybe the funniest scene in the seven years of "The West Wing". This is from season 4, episode 18, "Privateers".

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@traejaan Жыл бұрын

"Helena Hodworth Hooter Tooter of Braintree" I have never forgotten this line and I use quite often in my daily life of insulting my family

@InlawsOutlaws 3 жыл бұрын

This is my friend Helen Slayton-Hughes and every once in a while I have to watch again because she is PERFECTION.

@beef-waterfall3638 2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Her delivery was masterful.

@seanhitchcock2497 Жыл бұрын

She was also very good as the indomitable Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation

@antourte1 Жыл бұрын

Well that's a different foxhunt altogether! Honestly for some reason I came here after I saw the Queen died. This character seems the person most like the Queen in all of _West Wing_ somehow.

@PeterCacioppi Жыл бұрын

Wait seriously? She is incredible.

@pieceofgosa Жыл бұрын

She's incredible. A comedy goddess.

@MotownGuitarJoe Жыл бұрын

The Francis Scott Key Key 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@kcindc5539 Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">01:35</a> The earnestness in which Allison Janney launches into “….anyway Helena Hotworth Hooter-Tooter from Braintree” is sheer brilliance

@Yobcis73 8 ай бұрын

I'm sure Josh Malina is biting the inside of his mouth as to not ruin the take by laughing.

@kcindc5539 8 ай бұрын

@@Yobcis73 OMG yes.

@tejaswoman 6 ай бұрын

Let's all take a moment to acknowledge that Braintree really is one of the weirdest, silliest names for a historic American town.

@kcindc5539 6 ай бұрын

@@tejaswoman it really is….

@Bariom_dome 3 ай бұрын

It was stuff like that that made me love her

@jasoncramer6651 Жыл бұрын

The ability of everyone else on set to not totally lose it is remarkable. That actress nailing the name "Marion Coatsworth Hay" like she's right out of an Agatha Christie novel is wildly hilarious.

@devilpistons1269 Жыл бұрын

they probably lost it a few times in takes before this

@flankspeed Жыл бұрын

"EEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMM MARION--" Yup, every time

@Egilhelmson Жыл бұрын

> like she’s right out of an Agatha Christie novel Which is the big problem with her portrayal. For a DAR member, she sounds like a traitorous Tory (or Loyalists, as they prefer) with that very non-New-Englander accent!

@sandywaddell4303 Жыл бұрын

All these years later, and I still don’t know how Allison Janney got through the line beginning “Yeah, anyway, Helena Hogworth Hooter-Tooter from Braintree…” without losing her mind. Not forgetting what a brilliant job Helen Slayton-Hughes does with a tiny sliver of a part as Marion Cotesworth-Haye.

@marcopl17 Жыл бұрын

@@sandywaddell4303 CJ got through it but Will almost lost it. 😂

@maineboy1979 Жыл бұрын

My aunt worked for a very large, very old church in a very affluent town in Massachusetts. The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their meetings there, and my aunt said there were several women in the group who looked and acted *exactly* like Marion.

@joeyfitz9 Жыл бұрын

"Ah well that's a different fox hunt altogether now, isn't it!" I can not wait to try to drop that line in a conversation!

@sharkracer Күн бұрын

Ah well, that's a different fox hunt!

@artemartem1134 Жыл бұрын

"Helena Hodworth Hooter Tooter of Braintree" - I'm fucking DEAD. I need to know how many takes that took to nail it without laughing.

@ZacharyLoeser Жыл бұрын

The outtakes from this must've been AMAZING.

@georgepratt4988 7 күн бұрын

Agreed! I wish I could see them!

@alanblack306 2 жыл бұрын

You have to admire actors who can keep it together in moments like this. Don't know how they do it.

@CBeard849 Жыл бұрын

WW was one of my most favorite series and it's the "deadpan banter" between the cast that kept it enjoyable. WW is chock full of funny stuff like this and it provides a break from the many seriously anxiety producing stressful ones.

@TheHomesteadingHobbit Жыл бұрын

Is this a hazing? Am I being hazed? Her demeanor is on point and I cannot keep myself from watching this and laughing more every time I watch it.

@scbluesman13 10 ай бұрын

Love the way the humorous tension is built up in this scene. As soon as C.J. stops in front of the door, you know it's not going to end well...

@MotownGuitarJoe Жыл бұрын

I am completely in love with CJ's laugh.

@pieceofgosa Жыл бұрын

This is the best 5 minutes of comedy ever written & performed on US network TV.

@wadsworthaaron 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this scene (and episode) over a half dozen times... it's one of my favorite Allison Janney moments in the entire series. She is just brilliant (^,^)

@antourte1 Жыл бұрын

The way she gives those two deliveries of "It's real; it's *real."* is just perfect 🤣Trying to take it down a notch each time but you still can't get the laughter out of your breath

@john_northrup Жыл бұрын

My other favorite would be her doing The Jackel

@TheStuport Жыл бұрын

Since seeing this hilarious scene so many years ago, I still smile whenever I hear or read the word Pirate....and then I think of Dear, Sweet Marion Coatsworth Hay and I immediately bust out laughing just as CJ did....and this is even when my Game Face is actually on!🤣 One of The Best West Wing Moments Ever! Cheers WW Fans!

@HellHammerThrash Жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Helen Slayton-Hughes

@arm7987 Жыл бұрын

The wink from a knowing Mr Thomas at the end is what gets me. Those subtle little things one has to look out for that makes this show special. Although Allison Janney will always be one of my all time favourites... Everything she is in is gold.

@antourte1 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god I never noticed the wink, dark lighting on his face I guess. That's brilliant :D

@windfury1980 Жыл бұрын

@@antourte1 My god, I've watched this scene a dozen times and I've never seen that either, always watching Will in the back. That is even better and I now can't unsee it! Also, good on Will for helping Amy out here, tough first day.

@joshhummel9819 Жыл бұрын

@@windfury1980 I had not noticed it either! Just lost somewhere in the 8 pixels.

@dw69376 Жыл бұрын

Oh man, thank you for pointing that out! I never noticed it! LOL

@almostfm Жыл бұрын

I went back and rewatched, just concentrating on his reaction to the whole thing. He was starting to figure it out when Amy first mentions the award. By the time Amy mentions it was to be a surprise, he's got that look that says "You're just winging it, and you're actually gonna pull it off-well done." The smile and the wink were just his chef's kiss.

@jjstraka1982 Жыл бұрын

"Is this a hazing"?? LMAO

@mjs6767 2 күн бұрын

It not. It’s not. It’s NOT

@jdmullen78 Күн бұрын

@@mjs6767”there are olives in my jacket again.” 😂

@maineboy1979 Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="266">4:26</a> Two decades after this episode aired, I’m STILL wondering where Will got that shiny brass skeleton key from 😂

@imcallingjapan2178 Күн бұрын

Probably in his other pocket, like the olives. Because hazing

@tcapella70 7 ай бұрын

I crack up EVERY.SINGLE.TIME!! As someone else mentioned ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!

@amwfan88 3 жыл бұрын

Helena Hodworth Hooter-Tooter. I wonder how many times they had to film that scene - I could not say that with a straight face if I tried.

@antourte1 Жыл бұрын

of Braintree. Which I still cannot believe is a real place despite riding on Boston's red line train many times now.

@almostfm Жыл бұрын

I've done a couple of movies. By the time you've learned your lines well enough that you can actually shoot the shot, it stops being funny to you unless something unexpected happens while you're shooting.

@66zebulon 2 жыл бұрын

The only thing that would have made this scene better is if the lady with the accent had said "Helena Hogsworth Hooter Tooter" using the same accent, in an extended drawl. Comedic gold!

@mannykinx7914 Жыл бұрын

RIP Ms. Slayton-Hughes.

@briansmith8898 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the idea that Abby was descended from a pirate is kind of cool. Might help to freshen up a stodgy old ladies club like the Daughters of the American Revolution.

@richardcarlson127 Жыл бұрын

A Privateer, not a pirate!

@Snowshowslow Жыл бұрын

I thought the DAR was a joke invented by the Gilmore Girls writers 😬 This actually exists?

@OrangeCat1992 Жыл бұрын

@@Snowshowslow it very much does.

@tejaswoman 11 ай бұрын

@@Snowshowslow Really? Are you perhaps from another country, or maybe just young? I can't even think how far back I've been hearing about the DAR. FWIW, there is, unfortunately, a similar organization for the Confederacy; my mother and I qualify at least three times over, but you can bet we would never dream of claiming that non-honor.

@Snowshowslow 11 ай бұрын

@@tejaswoman I am from outside the US, yes :) And denouncing that indeed seems like the right thing to do 😆

@jessmorgan6732 Жыл бұрын

The name "Coatsworth" is the most Sorkin-y surname I've ever heard. Most of his characters sound like they disembarked from the Mayflower that very day.

@eamonfahey2879 12 күн бұрын

Haha yes - Seaborn and Sherborn , McAvoy and McHale

@marcopl17 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE AMY. I wish she would've had a bigger role

@cwildeman Жыл бұрын

Am I being hazed? Is this a hazing? To this day I still use this when I suspect my friends are fucking with me.

@stealahb 9 ай бұрын

CJ laughing is what i needed today.

@survivor648 2 ай бұрын

My favorite CJ scene. It cracks me up 😅

@pavarottiaardvark3431 Жыл бұрын

A pirate, a pirate! Oh, yes, a pirate, he!

@eamonfahey2879 12 күн бұрын

I tried to google this exact phrase - is it Gilbert & Sullivan? I didn't find the lyric , if so 😖

@capchemist 2 жыл бұрын

What has to happen for Ethel Beavers to go from being a prominent member of the DAR in Massachusetts to working as a court stenographer on the fourth floor?!

@OrangeCat1992 Жыл бұрын

They’re distant cousins. 😉

@tejaswoman 11 ай бұрын

What did I miss here?

@capchemist 11 ай бұрын

@@tejaswoman the actor who plays MC-H also plays a character on Parks & Rec.

@justinroth8851 Жыл бұрын

"You put olives in my jacket again!"

@nofirstgonzalez7888 Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes I did. I did put olives in his pocket again.

@blainemonaco2092 Күн бұрын

This whole scene was magical……

@jamessimmons3645 Жыл бұрын

My favorite scene of the entire series

@yahmartay Жыл бұрын

Will walks out backwards and bows…lol…like he’s just had an audience with the Queen…and the Francis Scott Key key…maybe the funniest scene in the series…

@douglassauvageau7262 Жыл бұрын

Allison Janney was the 'secret-sauce'. 😀

@almostfm Жыл бұрын

Whenever I need a placeholder name in something, I always use Helena Hodworth Hooter-Tooter

@roxanneperdue1288 2 ай бұрын

This is such a tremendous scene! Everyone bravo

@alestorcrowley Жыл бұрын

Is this a hazing? No this is real, its real

@jeffglass5771 Жыл бұрын

that's the same actress on Parks and Rec...she is hilarious

@Person1865 Жыл бұрын

Ethel Beavers!

@ariochiv Жыл бұрын

"Oh yes, a pirate, he."

@JohnnyMac2237 Күн бұрын

Alison Janneys acting is the best around. I miss this show..

@theolamp5312 Жыл бұрын

That's a great save.

@fifthbusiness1678 Жыл бұрын

Oh, I love CJ’s laugh!

@almostfm 4 ай бұрын

I like how Mr. Thomas gives Amy a little smile and a wink at about <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="285">4:45</a>. He knows she's just spitballing, and he's not going to tell Marion Coatsworth-Hay.

@kossttamojaan 2 ай бұрын

this scene is absolute gold. Not only did it give us "Helena Hodworth Hooter Tooter of Braintree" but also brought us "It's a key. Francis Scott Key. It's the Francis Scott Key key." I lose my breath laughing not only at the scenes but even moreso in realizing that in TWW universe these people are running the US government. Nothing in any TWW episode will ever top the scenes of CJ bursting out laughing then doing her utmost to keep her hysterical laughing on mute (Janney's laughing face is just comic insanity).

@tejaswoman 10 ай бұрын

We all dearly love this little story line and how marvelously the actress plays Mrs. Coatsworth-Haye and all that, but am I the only one who thinks it's odd that they're addressing this guy and not her for the first several interactions of the meeting? After all, _she's_ the one with the complaint, yet when they first walk in, CJ greets *him* first - OK, maybe that part's because Carol spoke to him on the phone and not DAR lady - and then when she does the introductions, she revert to introducing the other two people to HIM without even looking at her. I've always found that aspect of the scene a bit puzzling given that this isn't like, for instance, the woman who spots her father's Nazi-looted artwork on the wall and returns with her son because English isn't her first language.

@asal345 9 ай бұрын

I think the point of this is that CJ tries not to say the woman's name because it makes her laugh. That's why she prefers to address her secretary.

@tejaswoman 6 ай бұрын

@@asal345excellent point, highly plausible theory. Appreciate your assistance. 😊

@geoffrose9647 Ай бұрын

The same actress played Ethel Beavers on Parks & Rec. Always a scene-stealer.

@DETROIT1948 Жыл бұрын

The Key 🗝️

@Marcus.Robinson 7 ай бұрын

Eventually evolved to "Helena Hodworth Hooter Tooter" LMAO

@SissySlaveStables Жыл бұрын

gotta say the Francis Scott Key key was clever

@samhersch9609 9 ай бұрын

I'd like to see both the Francis Scott Key Key and the Francis Scott Kiki.

@antmagor Жыл бұрын

So this is the woman who wants to kick the first lady out of said organization from being descended from a pirate. And this woman looks, and talks like she just gave birth to Jack sparrow. Yeah I’d be laughing too, and probably a lot louder.

@sands7779 Жыл бұрын

You know what happened? I didn't have my game face on 🌝

@tejaswoman 11 ай бұрын

I should find a way to use this line sometime.

@mmouse18 Жыл бұрын

Ethel Beavers did it!!!

@Venumus9 Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace

@arnisteingrimursteinunnars4489 28 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Life of Brian scene where Biggus Dickus and his wife were topics of interest.

@casmatt99 Жыл бұрын

"Helena Hotworth Hooter Tooter of Braintree" Pretty sure I saw her at Dunks the otha day

@SN-sz7kw 11 ай бұрын

Mrs Marble Hay 😂😂😂

@kimberlyakin8908 Жыл бұрын

Yep that is How problems are Handled Just to Make them Bigger damn problems .

@carolion48 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god this is so fucking funny!

@MotownGuitarJoe Жыл бұрын

The Francis Scott Key Key

@alertgasper Ай бұрын

and stuffing Will Bailey's pockets with olives was a nice touch. among what else is going on, Amy is justified in believing this is all a hazing.

@MikelosM Жыл бұрын

Mrs Marblehay Helena Hodworth Hooter-Tooter of Braintree

@kasterborous1701 2 жыл бұрын

It's Cotesworth-Haye.

@Angus_Gibson 2 жыл бұрын

Marion, is that you?

@payampakravan5148 8 ай бұрын

"Is this a hazing?"

@anoknskyle2243 10 ай бұрын

A Francis Scott Key Key? Seriously?

@aidanwalsh2545 5 ай бұрын

One day I'll win the Francis Scot Key key.

@indroneilbiswas Жыл бұрын

Ethel beavers!

@terrygracy8345 3 жыл бұрын

Is this a hazing?

@SwordVirtue Жыл бұрын

You put olives in my jacket again!

@MikelosM Жыл бұрын

It's on the level.

@timbredan3476 Жыл бұрын

It’s real it’s REAL 😂😂

@Circa1628 Жыл бұрын

That ladys name is absolutely NOT funny until that old lady said it like that. I wonder why they thought it was funny to begin with??

@tejaswoman 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU. Everybody always talks as if this name is inherently funny, and it just isn't apart from the way the woman bursts into the conversation to introduce herself after she's already been presented.

@theo-jamesmoulton2000 Жыл бұрын

*Cackles*

@Austin8thGenTexan Жыл бұрын

This is hilarious, but it's the reason I don't join any ancestral affinity group. I could join anything from the Magna Carta Barons' Descendants on up to the (more modern) Sons of Confederate Veterans. What do you do? Pay for a certificate suitable for framing, hang out with people who say my ancestor's more important than yours? Go to meetings all the time? (Have already gone through two sets of "the chairs" in the Masons). No thanks. ☺️

@PresidentBarackbar 9 ай бұрын

I hear she likes Diagnosis Murder and skin flicks

@NinoNiemanThe1st 8 ай бұрын

Why does Marion Coatsworth Hay have a British accent when she's supposedly a Daughter of the Revolution ie. been in the US for hundreds of years? See doesn't even have a North-Eastern old money American accent either. A rare continuity error by Sorkin on this one, and hyphenated names are common now too: they've become mostly a lower middle class way of joining mother-father surnames together. But they're easy to detect (Babbington-Smythe might be a real old name, Schutt-Jabawonga is not lol). Lastly, re DAR: I'd rather be the descendant of a pirate than a puritan - their streak on America continues, and not in a good way.

@almostfm 4 ай бұрын

That kind of accent is surprisingly common for "old line" New England people.

@JR-bj3uf 9 ай бұрын

The West Wing is an engaging show, well acted and with get dialog however, whenever I watch it I get the feeling that I am watching Democrats writing a scrip of what they wish they were like.