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Now that the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl, the biggest question still unanswered between now and the big game is whether Taylor Swift is going to be able to make to Las Vegas in time for kickoff to watch Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce.
The Grammy-award winning singer has a concert on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, which means she’s going to have to hustle if she wants to get to the Super Bowl, which kicks off Feb. 11 at 3:30 p.m. PT in Las Vegas.
So can Taylor actually make it to the game? It looks like we now know the answer to that question thanks to the “West Wing.” The political drama, which ran on NBC from 1999 thru 2006, just so happened to cover this exact topic. Well, they weren’t talking about Taylor Swift, but they were talking about how long it takes to fly from Tokyo back to the United States.
In an episode from 2001, several of the main characters were trying to figure out what time a flight would arrive in the U.S if it was leaving from Tokyo. The conversation, which involved White House communications director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), press secretary C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney) and Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), turned into total chaos.
“It’s 14 hours ahead. We’re sure it’s ahead and not behind?” Lyman asks. “So it’s almost 11 o’clock in Tokyo. … I’m sorry, 11 in the morning, 11 in the afternoon?”
As you can see, everyone is confused. After Lyman’s comments, Seaborn seems to get a handle on things. “He’s going to travel eastward from Tokyo at 7 p.m., so when he crosses the international dateline, it’ll be 3 a.m.”
You know what, let’s just go ahead and watch the clip.
If that sounds confusing, now you know what Taylor’s team is dealing with right now.
Fortunately for Swift, the logistics should work out in her favor and that’s mostly thanks to the international dateline, which will allow…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-02-05 21:46:21
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