Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series)

The Option Period (2006)

Bradley Whitford: Danny Tripp

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Quotes 

• Jordan McDeere : What did you end up deciding with Harriet and the concerts?

  Matt Albie : I told her it was up to her but they ended up telling her they didn't want her.

  Jordan McDeere : Oh, you're kidding?

  Matt Albie : No.

  Danny Tripp : What was this?

  Matt Albie : Harriet was scheduled to appear in a bunch of concerts around the country on Monday nights for a group called Women United Through Faith. She's been active in the group since she was little.

  Danny Tripp : They didn't like her quote?

  Matt Albie : They felt she seemed to be endorsing gay marriage and that this "wasn't the right time." She's also going to get slammed by Out Magazine for seeming to be against gay marriage. I really think it takes a special kind of rhetorical talent to say something thats draws an admonition from both of those groups at the same time.

• Cal Shanley : I'm gonna show you something and I don't think it's stupid. It comes from a creative place but it also doesn't bother me and it might help solve a problem since most of those 15 people would come from my department.

  Danny Tripp : I followed some of that.

  Cal Shanley : In the 20 years of the show, what's been your favorite home base?

  Danny Tripp : What do you mean?

  Cal Shanley : Your favorite permanent set. You favorite home base since the show went on the air.

  Danny Tripp : None of 'em.

  Cal Shanley : That's right. We never found it.

  Danny Tripp : We're working on it.

  Cal Shanley : The Hollywood sign?

  Danny Tripp : It's the most viewed landmark in the world. Beats the Eiffel Tower. And don't say the Santa Monica Pier.

  Cal Shanley : Downtown?

  Danny Tripp : Downtown isn't where L.A. is!

  Cal Shanley : It's not. L.A. is on Sunset between Doheny and Highland. It's the Sunset Strip. And Wes knew that because he put it right in the title.

  Danny Tripp : Hey, I would love to do the Strip, but if you think about it it's made up almost entirely...

  [pauses] 

  Danny Tripp : of billboard ads.

  Cal Shanley : [shows a sketch of a set that would allow for product placement] 

  Danny Tripp : This is... both good and profitable.

  Cal Shanley : Yeah.

  Danny Tripp : You know how that confuses me.

  Cal Shanley : I do.