MAD MEN on AMC - Seasons 7(a) & & 7(b)

*squints* hmm

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Yeah, I definitely don't think this is 1976. As someone else pointed out, they used a Decemberists song in the end credits once, so there's no reason to think that "Love Hangover" -- in a teaser trailer, no less -- is meant to be faithful to the period in which the season's set. Also I know Kiernan Shipka is a "mature beyond her years" or whatever, but she's 15. No way are they going to have her playing early 20s.

they would not have put her in that baby-doll dress if they wanted her to read as older.

The tell on this for me was Joan's hair. Even though she's a single mom, etc, there's no way she'd still be wearing her 1969 hairstyle in 1976. Joan's way too cool for that shit.

did sally draper grow a full foot since last season? she seems to be towering over everyone in that photo.

a short baby-doll dress with a high collar and puffy shoulder-sleeves...i don't understand fashion at all.

they should create a spinoff for Pete a la 'Better Call Saul'

alan sepinwall was talking about what might be a non-terrible mad men prequel, and he landed on the early adventures of bert cooper, where we finally discover what led to his testicles being removed.

did sally draper grow a full foot since last season? she seems to be towering over everyone in that photo.

Betty and Don are sitting down.

she still looks way bigger than megan

a short baby-doll dress with a high collar and puffy shoulder-sleeves...i don't understand fashion at all.

yeah, it's kind of a wayward teen nod to edwardian and regency fashion. reminds me a little of the one on the left side here.

http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.137459855.jpg

http://sewingpatternheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Simplicity-5437-1-300x300.jpg

the early adventures of bert cooper, where we finally discover what led to his testicles being removed.

Also starring Roger's dad. Would watch.

Whoah, Sally

did sally draper grow a full foot since last season? she seems to be towering over everyone in that photo.

― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 20 February 2015 05:48 (7 hours ago)

Are you suggesting Sally is now both long and tall?

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It seems like there was effort made in the later seasons toward ugly fashions and ugly apartments. Maybe they thought it was too unrealistic to keep it like a Best Of 60s fashion.
I really like Megan, Sally and Betty's clothes in the photo above.

Don looks like his lifestyle's starting to catch up with him in that pic, hope they play that up.
Like how will don function when he's no longer the most virile man in the room lol.

That terrible moment when you realize Harry Crane gets more tail than you...

new promo that debuted during the Oscars

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-st-mad-men-oscars-academy-awards20150220-story.html

Odd ending with that group shot that includes Cooper, Sal, and Kinsey (which I don't recall being in the actual show).

(I'm grasping at nothing...I just want it to start up again.)

I think that group shot was from an old commercial for the show.

New Poster:

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2015/02/19/magazine/20-mad-men.nocrop.w529.h861.jpg

article about poster: http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/mad-men-season-seven-poster.html?mid=nymag_press

I plan to rewatch "The Suitcase" just before the last few start, and also the last episode of 7-a, remind myself where everything left off.

the last episode of 7-a, remind myself where everything left off.

I don't remember anything at all except that Cooper died.

They sold the agency and the partners are all hella rich.

Peggy won the Burger Chef account.

Some dudes walked on the moon.

Oh right! Ted didn't want to, but Don talked him into it.

lou avery wore terrible sweaters, tried to sabotage don, got fired, remains a fuckwad

I'll be out of work in two weeks, so maybe I'll have time to get through 7a again before I find a new job.

yeah they all became millionaires! = http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/mad-men-how-much-did-each-of-the-partners-make.html

The Slat is starting to show his age

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/time-mad-men-behind-the-scenes-iphone.jpg

I don't remember anything at all except that Cooper died.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 23, 2015 6:13 PM

Pretty much the same, until you all jogged my memory. I remember Peggy getting very nostalgic over Burger Chef. (Which I was referring to as Burger King earlier, because I thought the one was standing in for the other--I guess there really was a Burger Chef after all, although I'm not sure I remember any.)

From the link above: Harry: Since he didn't complete his paperwork in time, he owns a 0 percent stake in SC&P, which makes his share of the sale $0. (Adjusted for inflation: $0.)

May come out of the gate a little grumpy.

haha amazing.

Oh Harry.

Having looked at the logo, I now vaguely remember Burger Chef. Did a little reading, and they made it into Canada, too.

http://lostindianadotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/logo1.jpeg

There's even a book: Flameout: The Rise and Fall of Burger Chef.

http://www.amazon.ca/Flameout-Rise-Fall-Burger-Chef-ebook/dp/B004S3HSXW

The fam went to BC pretty regularly when I was a kid. I don't remember if it was good or not, but I remember getting kids meals that were in a container shaped like a F1 racecar and I had a few of those I'd push around on the floor. Maybe Peggy spearheaded that campaign.

"Mad Men" is holding a contest for all its loyal and avid fans. The contest is called "Mad Men: The Fan Cut" wherein viewers are invited to create their own individual scenes based on the first-ever episode of the show. When AMC has gathered all the winning videos from the fans, they will compile them to recreate the pilot episode.

http://www.madmenfancut.com

plz no

amazing images from the museum exhibit

http://gothamist.com/gallery/2015/03/10/mad_men_exhibit_preview.php#photo-1

Part II: Guy's mower, Betsy's shotgun, Glen's lanyard, Ken's eye patch, Mrs. Blankenship's crossword puzzle.

I just watched the first 3 episodes of the first season.

meh.

(I saw numerous Pete Campbells in my 8 years with ad agencies, and actively wanted to pulverize their faces every second I was there.)

Pete is a legend. One of tv's greatest weasels.

I gave up first time around about 2 or 3 episodes i too, because I actively hated all the characters on some level. But it gets better! I really recommend sticking with it Morbs. Also other characters occasionally bloody Pete's nose (actually and figuratively) as the show progresses and it is quite the thrill.

I would give it till episode 7, 'Red in the Face', which was the one that really sold me.

might've tried this sooner if i'd known Elisabeth Moss is essentially the second protagonist.

also i understand fictionalizing the specific histories of real products, but coming up with "It's Toasted" for Luckies in 1960, lol, like we all haven't watched and heard '40s/'50s commercials right? oh.

Pete is so wonderfully loathsome. (he's the third protagonist after Peggy if we're keeping track)

one of the (many) interesting things about this show is how Don is a pretty standard "man without qualities" existential protagonist but they surround him with such vibrant characters--almost everyone on the show is so memorable and fully realized, especially as it goes along. i think that's the deepest pleasure of the show, where even bit recurring parts like someone's secretary have unique personalities. it's a very rich show in that way.