Revenge Of The Nerds Connection?
Oddly enough, The West Wing has quite the connection to the Revenge of The Nerds films. Multiple actors appear in both the show and the film series. For instance, Bradley Whitford or Josh Lyman on The West Wing also played Roger in Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. Timothy Busfield or Danny Concannon on The West Wing played Arnold Poindexter in the first two Revenge of the Nerds films. Ted McGinley appeared in several West Wing episodes as anchorman Mark Gottfried also played Stan Gable in in multiple Revenge of the Nerds movies. Then actor James Hong, appeared in the West Wing as a Chinese ambassador was the actor who played Snotty in the second Revenge of the Nerds film. John Goodman played President Glenallen Walken in The West Wing and was also the football coach in the original Revenge of the Nerds. James Cromwell played former President Newman in The West Wing and also played Mr. Skolnick in all four Revenge of the Nerds movies. And lastly, F. William Parker showed up in the first episode of the West Wing as Reverend Caldwell and also appeared as the policeman in the first Revenge of the Nerds film. Whew! Do they have the same casting director or what?!
