Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

what point?

the point on top of my head.

no, the point that amc wants weiner to get rid of two characters in exchange for his THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR salary.

seem to recall that one of the things MW said after he signed his contract was that AMC were offering him more money at the expense of cast and minutes on air and he wasn't biting.

iirc MW locked in his cast for the final 3 seasons when he reached his agreement with AMC

oh. as you were.

This needs to be here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBmhEMFdl0

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IIRC, Heinz wasn't exactly thrilled at that endorsement.

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/romney-son-knocks-mad-mad-mocking-dead-grandfather-36724

"Seriously, lib media mocking my dead grandpa?" Tagg Romney wrote in response to Politco reporter Alex Burns partially quoted the offending line. "George Romney was as good a man I've ever known. Inspirational leader, worked for civil rights, promoted freedom. We need more like him."

On Sunday's episode, Betty's new husband, Henry Francis, turned down a request that his boss, New York Mayor John Lindsay, appear with Michigan Gov. George Romney.

"Well, tell Jim his honor’s not going to Michigan," Francis said. "Because Romney’s a clown and I don’t want him standing next to him."

"media"

We've moved on but

Don & Peggy eating in the diner.

Nobody eats cos they are all alcoholics.

IIRC, Heinz wasn't exactly thrilled at that endorsement.

obviously still upset that they couldn't get their first choice, "Heinz Is On My Side"

Should've asked The Human Beinz.

dude not even Heinz went there

what's with all the Harry-hate? Did he start sucking in season 4 (which I watched sporadically and may have even missed a couple of eps), or something? I always found him to be one of the more likable, decent dudes in the office, particularly compared the likes of Pete or that pretentious beardo who got left behind after the SCDP break

I've always hated him

bring back pretentious beardo imho

Paul was good for lolz, as the self-satisfied often are

Oh and I haven't seen any of S05 so maybe I should just stfu

yeah he is pretty easy to hate lately, but he used to be the nicest one. i will always love him for the carousel scene where he burst into tears.

fat betty

I'm digging Ginsburg, don't think tooyoungwoodyallen is a bad thing in this context at all. I've been missing midcentury "ethnic" Brooklyn ever since Peggy's family starved to death from neglect.

i miss pretentious gay beardo

he doesn't remind me that much of woody allen specifically; he just seems like a random nebbishy jewish guy.

IIRC, Heinz wasn't exactly thrilled at that endorsement.

Neither was Daltrey. The beans were cold, and he caught pneumonia from the photo session.

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Production photos: http://everyday-i-show.livejournal.com/151834.html

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Ginsburg is Woody/Lenny/Dustin in spirit.

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(more at that LJ link above)

I can't unsee how the sausage is made.

harry munchies! new copywriter ginsburg!! peggy-roger scenes!!! i hope there's way more of all three

also, ginsburg's dad benching him was way bizarre and strange

Harry Is a mediocre person but hilarious character. His fumbling is amazing, and I think he'll continue to be moderately useful but always just a bit off any mark.

I liked Don and Harry talking to the Stones fans, and Harry going with the more "savvy" one. The girl who was talking to Don is on the Fox show Lie to Me and I think she is pretty good!

Can you translate Ginsberg's dad for us, Mordy? I am perhaps misremembering it as yiddish, I was listening distractedly.

hebrew, he was giving him the traditional blessing you give your kids on friday night. there's a version for boys and for girls (when we bring shabbat in early for the baby, or it starts earlier, i say it to my daughter). the boys' version, which is what the show went with, translates as: "may god bless you as he blessed efraim and menashah. may the lord bless you and keep you. may the lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. may the lord turn his face to you and grant you peace." (part of it comes from Numbers, 6:24-26 and doubles as the Cohan blessing on high holidays, you know, when they do the Spock 'live long and propser' thing and everyone looks away)

it was just super out of place. i don't know any jewish father who would spontaneously break out one of those in the middle of nowhere. either the writers are particularly tone-deaf about this, or maybe the dad is losing his mind or something?

giving that blessing is called benching?

sorry, i'm really tired + accidental code-switched. it's just yiddish for blessing

by far the best shot from that set imo:
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Harry is so amusing

wow, I'm glad I asked! Sounds like it kind of reads as "writers want to make sure you know this guy is totally Jewish." I assumed it was some sort of blessing, although attributed it more to celebration related to his job? kind of wacky when juxtaposed with the "let's go get some women" bit, for sure

I know how the sausage gets made and sausage-making at this level is still p amazing to me.

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^ lipstick/makeup tests, probably

also

huminahumina

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The rest of those pics were kinda zzz to me. But Hendricks is A+

Jimmy, I kiss u

the blessing scene was great because it came right after him suggesting a pair of older/younger whores, he is obviously a little something

I liked the phone convo between Betty and Don, where she made him tell her it would be okay

After railing against her last week I felt kinda bummed for her this week, lol hi I r a hypocrite ;)

god the interiors are getting kind of ghastly huh