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The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1 (2012)
The Newsroom
:
Season:
1
/ Episode:
10
The Greater Fool
Date:
August 26, 2012
Type:
Television Episode
Episode:
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
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Will suffers an acute case of bleeding from a stomach ulcer and is hospitalized. There, he learns that an elderly Tennessee resident will not be able to vote because of recently passed voter ID laws in 33 states; this is then the main story when he returns to News Night. Charlie tells the NSA whistle blower, Solomon Hancock, that he cannot use him because he is "contaminated"; later, Hancock commits suicide by throwing himself off the Queensboro Bridge. Sloan tries to raise Congress' intransigence on the debt ceiling to a more prominent position in the news and ponders a job offer. Everything, however, is overshadowed by a showdown long in the making. It finally explodes as Will, Mac and Charlie confront Leona and Reese during a volatile lunch meeting. TMI gossip columnist Nina Howard has information that can destroy Will's career and life by revealing that he was high during the bin Laden report. That bombshell is defused, however, when it is revealed that the magazine obtained the information through phone hacking MacKenzie's voice-mail.
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What Songs are featured in this Television Episode?
It
plays
these songs...
Baba O'Riley
performed by
The Who
Date:
November 1971
Type:
Song
This Song is played in
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
Plays during the montage of everyone doing research
Out here in the fields I farm for my meals I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight To prove I'm right I don't need to be forgiven. yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah Don't cry Don't raise your eye It's only teenage wasteland Sally, take my hand We'll travel south cross land Put out the fire And don't look past my shoulder. The exodus is here The happy ones are near Let's get together Before we get much older. Teenage wasteland It's only teenage wasteland. Teenage wasteland Oh, yeah Teenage wasteland They're all wasted!
Song:
Baba O'Riley performed by The Who
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Baba O'Riley
Song:
Baba O'Riley performed by The Who
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The Who
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Baba O'Riley
Song:
Baba O'Riley performed by The Who
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Baba O'Riley
Sex and the City Theme
performed by
Tom Findlay
; composed by
Douglas J. Cuomo
Date:
1998
Type:
Song
This Song is played in
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
Song:
Sex and the City Theme performed by Tom Findlay; composed by Douglas J. Cuomo
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Douglas J. Cuomo
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Tom Findlay
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Sex and the City Theme
Song:
Sex and the City Theme performed by Tom Findlay; composed by Douglas J. Cuomo
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Douglas J. Cuomo
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Tom Findlay
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Sex and the City Theme
Song:
Sex and the City Theme performed by Tom Findlay; composed by Douglas J. Cuomo
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Douglas J. Cuomo
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Tom Findlay
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Sex and the City Theme
What Television Series are referenced by this Television Episode?
It
refers to
these television series...
Columbo
Dates:
February 20, 1968
-
January 30, 2003
Type:
Television Series
This Television Series is referred to by
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
Sex and the City
Dates:
June 6, 1998
-
February 22, 2004
Type:
Television Series
This Television Series is referred to by
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
What Books are referenced by this Television Episode?
It
refers to
these books...
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
written by
Miguel de Cervantes
Date:
1605
Type:
Book
This Book is referred to by
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
Cervantes tells the story of the adventures of Don Quixote by way of a fictional Moorish chronicler named Cide Hamete Benengeli. The protagonist of the book is Alonso Quixano (or Quijano), a retired country gentleman nearing 50 years of age, who lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind due to lack of sleep and food from dedicating all of his time to reading.
Book:
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha written by Miguel de Cervantes
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha written by Miguel de Cervantes
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Miguel de Cervantes
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha written by Miguel de Cervantes
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What Musicals are referenced by this Television Episode?
It
refers to
these musicals...
Camelot
composed by
Frederick Loewe
; written by
Alan Jay Lerner
Date:
1960
Type:
Musical
This Musical is referred to by
The Greater Fool part of The Newsroom Season 1
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel The Once and Future King.
Musical:
Camelot composed by Frederick Loewe; written by Alan Jay Lerner
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Alan Jay Lerner
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Camelot composed by Frederick Loewe; written by Alan Jay Lerner
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Frederick Loewe
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Alan Jay Lerner
Musical:
Camelot composed by Frederick Loewe; written by Alan Jay Lerner
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Alan Jay Lerner
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