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Friday, July 16, 2004

smarter than sorkin?

keraunothnetophobia - a fear of falling man-made satellites

How did this obscure piece of information go unnoticed by the King of the "Interesting-yet-Ultimately-Useless Factoid"? Late in Season Two of the West Wing, Donna freaks out over a NASA fax detailing a massive falling object in the ep- "The Fall's Gonna Kill You." Did Sorkin's assistant take that week off? (Though I admit I didn't catch it for my own story so maybe it's a case of the pot calling the kettle a dirty bottom, as Ms. Fielding would say.)

Probably too hard for actors to pronounce. And the Butch Cassidy reference was classic.

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