Mad Men

[HouTex 1838]

Been bing watching this.  Can't believe I didn't watch it when it came out.  I'm about 2/3 done with season 3.  I was born in the early 60's and except for the office environment many of the sets/styles etc. remind me of my childhood.  Especially the  smoking and drinking part.

[Escapedgoat 90]

I've also been rewatching this again. I watched it in its original run.

Everyone that is old will remember stuff from this show we all grew up with and kids these days laugh at. Suitcases like Don's and Betty's that we all had to carry around, yeah no wheels on them or little handles that telescope up.

That being said, the first few seasons were absolute gold. The best TV there was. It drops off at its last season, or when dumbass AMC began splitting the seasons. 

 

[HouTex 1838]

The scene when Don throws his beer can and Betts shakes the blanket and leaves their trash at the picnic site was great.  It's hard to believe it was really like that then but pretty much everyone was a litter bug. 

[RPM 26096]

I was just going to post about the same scene. We used to be slobs.

[Escapedgoat 90]

I liked one of the scenes on the plane. The No Smoking Sign comes on in the cabin and everyone lights up. Also, the pregnant women smoking and drinking away.

 

Damn this show was so great.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4629]

The Wire is the GOAT, but Mad Men is probably my favorite of all time. So many great scenes and characters. Difficult to pick a best Sterling quote, but below are a few gems:

"Remember, Don, when God closes a door, he opens a dress."

"Look, we've got oysters Rockefeller, beef Wellington, napoleons. We leave this lunch alone, it'll take over Europe."

"I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean I guess."

Edited March 26, 2018 by Reynolds Woodcock

[Escapedgoat 90]

 

Don: "What do women want"

Roger: "Who cares"

 

 

that is the best Roger Sterling quote ever. 

[dcbc 14247]

I'm on my second time through.  The last line of this exchange was something I wish I could pull off some time.

 

[RPM 26096]

1 hour ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

The Wire is the GOAT, but Mad Men is probably my favorite of all time. So many great scenes and characters. Difficult to pick a best Sterling quote, but below are a few gems:

"Remember, Don, when God closes a door, he opens a dress."

"Look, we've got oysters Rockefeller, beef Wellington, napoleons. We leave this lunch alone, it'll take over Europe."

"I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean I guess."

[BlueGreySky 989]

 

and perhaps the greatest madmen gif ever,

 

 

[HouTex 1838]

^^^^  That was hilarious.  That guy was a dick.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Loved Mad Men during its original run. I've tried to rewatch the entire series a couple of times, but I always run out of steam just about the time things start going south for Don and Megan.

[Deej 76197]

Lane kicking Pete's ass and calling him a grimy, little pimp is high on my list.

[BigDHornfan 6511]

Wife said she wanted to watch it, so we are starting it tonight.   will be the 2nd time around for me.  

[ConferenceRoom 6076]

Just finished my first go around last night, completing my wife's millionth viewing. Still digesting it.

[Escapedgoat 90]

16 hours ago, Deej said:

Lane kicking Pete's ass and calling him a grimy, little pimp is high on my list.

I know cooler heads should prevail, but am I the only one that wants to watch this?

 

 

[HouTex 1838]

Sometimes it's hard to read Betty.  In the Rome episode she's really into Don and in the next scene back home she is dreaming about the governor's advisor and hating her life.  

Then Don screws the young teacher--you knew that would happen.

[juan pantages 124]

I wish they would have continued with the vitamin b/amphetamine shots throughout the end of the series

[ConferenceRoom 6076]

Wouldn't have fit with Jim Cutler being a cock sucker during the first half and completely out of the second half of season 7. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by crackamacgowski

[Parliament 14010]

Not a popular opinion, but I liked the last 2 seasons.  Got all crazy and druggy and stuff.  Also (link is a spoiler vid):

 

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

 

 

[trueut2003 73]

On 3/26/2018 at 3:18 PM, BlueGreySky said:

 

and perhaps the greatest madmen gif ever,

 

 

He may lose the foot.

Just when he got it in the door.

[Parliament 14010]

Trust me.  At some other agency, this has already happened.

[wild_turkey 3081]

My favorite show. So many good moments.

[Parliament 14010]

Life imitates art:

On the show, the Heinz people wanted to see a bottle in the ad.  Peggy's subsequent pitch did that, and they seemed to like it better.  But Don's ad was better.  Interesting dichotomy.

[RPM 26096]

LOL, that's pretty cool.

[dcbc 14247]

Some of the best non-Roger lines for me are when Don responds to someone's statement, telling the person he basically has not considered his existence.  It always catches me off guard. 

 

"He says every time Don Draper turns around, he sees me in his rear view mirror."

Draper:  "I don't know who that is."

 

"Mr. Draper, I think you are (blah blah blah)."

Draper:  "That's funny.  I don't think about you at all."

 

Just brutal.

[ConferenceRoom 6076]

Poor Ginsberg.

[RPM 26096]

Men really don't need nipples.

[Parliament 14010]

Ginsberg was gay, right?  That teacher chick tossed him softballs all night and he didn't even swing at them.

[Don Johnson 4726]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

Ginsberg was gay, right?  That teacher chick tossed him softballs all night and he didn't even swing at them.

Didn't he cut his nipple off?

[Parliament 14010]

Cutting your nipple off does NOT make you gay.

[HouTex 1838]

Ginsberg was gay, right?  That teacher chick tossed him softballs all night and he didn't even swing at them.

My take is that he was just a weirdo. He always had issues. He just lost it. Never thought he might be gay.

 

I'm on the last season. Four or five episodes to go. Great show.

[Parliament 14010]

MM gets better and better

5 minutes ago, HouTex said:

I'm on the last season. Four or five episodes to go. Great show.

MM gets better and better from there.

"Don.  What did you EVER do that was so bad?"

[ConferenceRoom 6076]

12 minutes ago, HouTex said:

My take is that he was just a weirdo. He always had issues. He just lost it. Never thought he might be gay.

 

I'm on the last season. Four or five episodes to go. Great show.

He was schizophrenic in the end. Probably in the beginning, too. 

Edited July 11, 2018 by crackamacgowski

[Bogeywon 2518]

one of my favorite shows.  wish I hadn't seen it yet so I could watch it for the first time

[Dutch 4455]

Great series, great writing, great characters.  But no mention yet of Joan Holloway? Am I the only one who occasionally wishes this series had aired on HBO?  Because, well, a "True Detective Season 1 Episode Two-esque Scene" with Joan Holloway, well, I've been to my bunk often at the thought...

 

Edited July 11, 2018 by Dutch

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

Like so many of the characters on the show Joan was amazingly written. But I don't think there are many actors that could have played it as perfectly as Christina Hendricks. She was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers. 

[HouTex 1838]

Joan is a great character. She and the other women in the show, except Peggy, kept getting hotter and hotter. Betts did have a weight issue for a while.

And what the hell with Ken's eye? But for the eye patch it wasn't really duscussed until the middle of season 7. He should have sued the shit out of that idiot.

[Parliament 14010]

He got it shot out by a GM executive in season 6? I think season 6. Bob Benson took over the account then.

[HouTex 1838]

He got it shot out by a GM executive in season 6? I think season 6. Bob Benson took over the account then.

Yep. I just found it odd that they showed the gunshot with Ken going down and then he appears in the rest of the episodes with a patch. No discussion of whether it's a permanent loss or just an injury that will heal. A few episodes later it's apparent that he lost his eye.

[Jive Turkey 12382]

“Shut the Door. Have a Seat.” is one of my favorite episodes of any television show ever.  Season 3 finale. Just brilliant. 

The scene where Don comes up with the idea to have Lane fire them all is incredible. 

And when Don begs Peggy to join him? Holy shit. Their relationship throughout was amazing but this scene was as good as it gets. 

 

[henrygandorf 28824]

and nobody understands that.  but you do.  and that's very valuable.

emotionally vulnerable draper is magical television (also see gypsy and hobo, the wheel).

i echo the episode.  it's probably my #2 all time behind lost/looking glass, but that's splitting hairs.  it's an insanely great episode of television and i've seen it 20 times.

[Parliament 14010]

Signal 30 is the best episode, come on.  So many great scenes.

 

 

[Bogeywon 2518]

On ‎7‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 10:27 PM, Parliament said:

Signal 30 is the best episode, come on.  So many great scenes.

 

 

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"I don't know about you 2 but I had Lane" classic

[Parliament 14010]

"Nyooo. You're a grimy little pimp."

[BigOrange1 6383]

"no.  i will spend the rest of my life trying to hire you."

still gets me.  all these years later.

[Parliament 14010]

An early look at what makes MM so great.  Cooper's eccentricity and underrated, deep knowledge of the business.  Roger's immaturity, glibbness and ability to "grow up" at the time it's really necessary.  Don's naivete, caused by the fact he grew up poor.  And Pete trying to be a baddass, only to be exposed as the douchebag he is.  Also a great plot twist.  

[Guest]

" That's what the money is for"

 

captures so much in one line.

[mchookem 15539]

7 hours ago, Parliament said:

An early look at what makes MM so great.  Cooper's eccentricity and underrated, deep knowledge of the business.  Roger's immaturity, glibbness and ability to "grow up" at the time it's really necessary.  Don's naivete, caused by the fact he grew up poor.  And Pete trying to be a baddass, only to be exposed as the douchebag he is.  Also a great plot twist.  

Roger shrinks an extra inch in height 🤣

[henrygandorf 28824]

when peggy brings don the drawing of joan getting banged by lane, don says something like, "strong narrative, forced perspective.  are we sure joey did this?"

cracks me up.

then the whole, "so fire him.  believe me, you do not want me involved in this."