The video begins in full bullshit mode similar to an episode of Barefoot Contessa (e.g., the one where Ina Garten pretends to break into her gay male friends' tacky Hamptons home to surprise them with truffle mac & cheese and ugly hydrangea arrangements; but the entire thing is so obviously and painfully fake, making it one of the most uncomfortable episodes of anything the Food Network has to offer), then redeems itself by turning into The West Wing (i.e., Newsom darting down long hallways, walking out of the camera's view.)

The video ends with a delightful cameo by Willie Brown playing a postmodern version of Eve Harrington to Newsom's Margo Channing.

Update: None of this was filmed at SF City Hall. Hollywood magic, folks.

Grade: B+

[via SF Appeal]