Butterball
Description
Charlie detonates Bartlet's Thanksgiving brainstorm: Butterball already commands an 800 hotline, turkey titans manning phones to field frantic queries on basting, brining, and banishing undercooked perils. Experts crush culinary crises, preempting White House whims and asserting unchallenged authority over holiday roasts amid Oval Office chaos.
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
S3E7
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The Indians in the Lobby
Bartlet Unloads Thanksgiving Obsession and Rene Regret on Leo
Charlie invokes Butterball hotline as pre-existing expert service for turkey queries, shattering Bartlet's idea and underscoring corporate preemptiveness over White House whims, humanizing the President through mundane defeat while highlighting external efficiencies.
Active Representation
Via factual reference by aide to public 800-number service
Power Dynamics
Outpaces presidential initiative with established expertise
Institutional Impact
Contrasts governmental scale with nimble private sector solutions
Organizational Goals
Provide holiday cooking support
Maintain consumer trust in turkey safety
Influence Mechanisms
Expert-staffed hotline resources
Ubiquitous public awareness
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