Famous in My Head

[guitar music] There's times I'm really glad you're here.

You remember the line from The West Wing, "That's a full lid"? Is that what they called it?

Lid is usually the term for we're done with a press opportunity.

Yes.

Calling a lid for the day.

Yes.

And, oh, so you're doing that here for our program.

Yeah, I don't know.

I-

Mm-hmm

...

I, I would love to know the origin of that phrase, but don't have time to look it up.

I remember the one where he puts out a cigarette in church.

Is it L-I-D, lid?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, journalists love their jargon.