edit: "no ways! jolson was long dead in '66, dead probably the year that girl was born, and he would have been 80 freaking years old if he'd lived. he hadn't been a major cultural presence in a quarter century."
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
the show isn't saying ALL teenagers didn't know who he was
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 06:14 (twelve years ago) link
I'm getting a bit tired of this show now. Also I can't stand Betty.
― We Need To Talk About Trayvon (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 06:35 (twelve years ago) link
Megan is really working my nerves ... soooo whiny!
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 06:51 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I like Megan
― We Need To Talk About Trayvon (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
haha i like Betty.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
AA Gill in The Sunday Times wrote that Mad Men is becoming vacuous and is a victim of its own success....but never really went into reasons WHY.
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
Because editor asked him to.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
I read that Gill piece (dunno why i do it to myself) and it seemed like his usual trolling. Also, he called Christina Hendricks "the top-heavy redhead"
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:41 (twelve years ago) link
Was Gill a good critic at one point or am I just imagining it?
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:42 (twelve years ago) link
not in my memory anyway
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not loving Megan. Well, I love her choppers but not much else.
I liked that weird awkwardness at the Heinz dinner. It seemed very underlined that this conversation would have gone a whole lot more smoothly with someone like Betty. Not that I am any great Betty fan but she can at least handle business small-talk. Whereas I dont' think Megan really gets the bigger picture ie dinner goes well = business goes well.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
wtf, Megan totally got to agree and play the "non-business-savvy wife" role when the Heinz dude's wife was asking her "oh, this is all so boring, right?"
― mh, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I thought she was just super awkward through the whole thing, especially dropping the whole 'oh he's divorced' turd on the table.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I don't know if it's intentional or not but her character does kind of have a desperate undercurrent, like she constantly needs to prove herself in any situation. As a hip 60s youth, as a sexy Frenchy, as biz wife. Maybe not 'trying to hard' but somewhere around there...
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
is Megan the T-Mobile commercial spokesmodel?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
how big are the spokesmodel's teeth? that's the giveaway.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
i take her as some combo of really eager & curious, but naive -- like that moment of the wife asking how boring this convo is -- she figured out that of course, be agreeable & submissive to the menfolk talking business but shes really genuinely interested in advertising for whatever reason
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
Mordy: yes
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
she seems more genuine and honest than most people on the show. she's not used to playing a role which everyone else does.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Carly Foulkes is the T-Mobile spokesgirl.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
yeah. I worry that her arc is going to be "Don and everyone destroy all her optimism".
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
!!! xpost
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
i had no idea.
Well, y'know...thin brunette Canadian women all look alike.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
not a bad thing imo
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
I thought she was played by Geddy Lee.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
No, Megan is the actress from s1ocki's short film and a number of lesser features.
Like Hot Tub Time Machine
― mh, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
i always thought conspiratorially that the t-mobile girl was debuted parasitically with megan's emergence
i had the same feeling about another spokesperson & tv it-person but i can't remember who now
― goole, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
it makes sense to me that a lot of young people nowadays wouldn't know from paul mccartney. at this point, paul's glory days are some 30-60 years distant. that's comparable to kids in the mid 60s drawing a blank on jolson
you misunderstood my post! that's exactly what i was saying!!!!!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
xp to Morbz a bunch of posts upthread: Most of this season I've spent thinking whether Pete is more of a Bud Frump or a J Pierpont Finch. I think he alternates between the two. Also, I wonder if he lives in New Rochelle.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
in re megan i don't think the various parts we've been shown of her (NO NOT IN THAT SENSE GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER) don't really add up to a very coherent whole. the fact that we very nearly ONLY see her in don's company is probably the culprit here; we have little sense of who she was before or what she is when she's with friends and not with don. so basically her construct seems like a creaky construct right now. that doesn't reflect on the actress as much as the writers.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
which train line was pete taking?
i assume henry and betty live in greenwich or something.
s1ocki's movie vs. hot tube tim machine
― We Need To Talk About Trayvon (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
damn, that's a lot of exclamation points
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, she's basically set up as 1960s manic pixie dream girl - which is prob why she annoys me.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
We've seen Megan with Peggy without Don, right?
― Brando Ambassador (Eazy), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
bday party planning scene
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
also working on Heinz
making extra coupons when it wasn't called for etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXGW8QxTfkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVdLIvcNREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-95qfa956Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InILSU-ZV9M
― We Need To Talk About Trayvon (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
pls stop
― We Need To Talk About Trayvon (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
Dominic West!!!
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
her CHARACTER seems like a creaky construct
once again, i cannot type
you misunderstood my post! that's exactly what i was saying!!!!!damn, that's a lot of exclamation points― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well, it was frustrating reading a whole post ripping apart my suggestion when in fact it was making the same point i had intended to make. ;-)
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxxx...post
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
i assumed henry and betty's house was in rye, ny as it was mentioned last season. re: pete, trudy had mentioned loving greenwich last season, but when he got on the train, greenwich was called as the next stop, iirc.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
eagle eye!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
eye ear
pete moving to the suburbs is one of the saddest things to happen on this show. i loved his old new yorker-ness
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link