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

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.

yeah when people complain about how "nothing happens" on this show I think they are missing the long-game richness that comes from the attention to detail for each character

I wonder what "nothing" might mean to them, because plenty happens. Does nothing = not much crime, not enough fights?

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.

Yeah, this was an odd moment in the show. One of a handful of S1 missteps, IMO.

it's a criticism I've heard from multiple people and yeah I think they mean in comparison to, like, crime shows or Game of Thrones or something where there's nonstop murderboobs

xxp

it's one of the things i liked about the show most i think; the fact that the channel they were on meant they *couldn't* go full on murderboobs. instead you get.. romance and hints of things and smouldering. sexiness is sexier than sex as i believe someone once said.

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

meh.

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the quintessential morbs post. suitable for framing.

I think people exaggerate and get oddly hung up about the nudity/sex. The French equivalents like Hard and Maison Close really do feature sex as a main ingredient though.

The Americans has much more sex

of course, "The Americans" came later, after basic cable networks had been pushing the envelope regarding sex and violence for a few years.

that said, I don't think "Mad Men" has much interest in doing that and I think it's to the show's benefit.

(i still think there is something fundamentally pretentious and dissatisfying about this show, or maybe it's simply that its pretensions bump up against the strictures--and by that i don't mean the censorship of violence of sex-- of broadcast TV shows more obviously than in other cases.)

I imagine the only thing that would be different if Mad Men were broadcast on hbo would be more bad language, but probably not that much more.

there'd be boobs. all hbo shows have boobs. it's required.

I think even the show knows that the 'it's toasted' thing was stupid. They became much subtler about it going onward.

yeah afaik HBO pretty much has a t&a quota.

I think mad men is at its best whenever don is less the center of attention than the "absent center" that the other characters have to figure out, struggle against, etc. I'm also of the mind that the most potentially pretentious moments are often the best. also, if the show seems portentous then that's a result of it's weird dream logic which is also the best thing about it.

I don't get you Οὖτις, are you watching top secret uncut versions of these shows? Beyond the first season of Game Of Thrones there really isn't much nudity, but it gets increasingly gory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_HBO

Looking over this list I don't recall an overwhelming amount of nudity. Definitely more asses than breasts though. Never saw Everybody Loves Raymond, but if it was a boob-fest I'd probably know about it.

It definitely wasn't the only problem but I think Hung was probably too shy about the sex. I knew I probably wasn't going to see a giant schlong swinging around and destroying buildings but still.

Beyond the first season of Game Of Thrones there really isn't much nudity

uh