Mad News, August 13-18
- This is straightforward: If You’re Not Watching Mad Men, You’re Crazy.
- City Beat of Cincinatti compares Mad Men to the Dark Knight. Which is cool. h/t to Basketcase Peter G.
- The Atlantic has the most amazing contemplation of Mad Men:
There’s a “Is it all worth it” quality to Mad Men which I love–like you’re cheering for Betty to move up, and yet at the same time you’re thinking, “Move up into what?” Into puking into office garbage cans?
Definitely read the whole thing.
- Variety ponders the influence of the critics on Emmy voters, using Mad Men as their prime example.
- 411mania’s McGuffin DVD Review takes on Mad Men season 1, loves the series and the DVDs, and offers their top ten moments of season 1:
1. Don pitches Kodak
2. Betty shoots the pigeons
3. Pete gets his new copywriter
4. Peggy explains the rejuvenator
5. Don digs in his desk and goes to meet his brother (amazing tension)
6. Panty check
7. Don tries to rationalize his pitch to Harry, while Harry is in his underwear
8. Don’s Purple Heart (explained)
9. The hobo code
10. Pete gets “published” - The Noir Bar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts is having Mad Men Sundays, with the show on HD, classic cocktails, and period-style snacks.
- Award Heaven’s Emmy Watch cites Mad Men’s title design nominations as one of the five best things about this year’s nominations.
- The Canadian Press has a nice joint interview with Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser.
- The Advocate interviews Jon Hamm about man crushes, being shirtless, and playing a gay character.
- TV’s Sexiest Scenes from EW naturally includes Pete & Peggy and a couch. Hat tip to Basketcase Glass Darkly.
- Director Alan Taylor, who received a DGA award for his work on Mad Men, and is up for an Emmy for Mad Men as well, will be directing a comedy pilot for HBO called “Bored to Death,” starring Jason Schwartzman. I can’t stand Jason Schwartzman.
- Check out The Hollywood Reporter’s Emmy coverage. Guess who gets interviewed?
- Canada’s The Province loves Mad Men. Because they’re Canadian, they call it “colourful.”
- An interview with Robert Morse, courtesy of the Deseret News.
- The Boston Globe interviews local boy and Emmy nominee John Slattery.
- Hardcore Nerdity interviews Matt Weiner.
- Rich Sommer alerts us all to the fantabulous Mad Men style spread in Playboy. (I forget which Basketcase wanted to know about Harry Crane’s glasses, but there’s a fine facsimile in the spread, they are $169 by Moscot.) And he adds that Hef is a fan. Wow.
- Over at the New York Times, media/advertising writer and Mad Men fan Stuart Elliot looks back at the portrayal of advertising in movies and television.
- The Cape Cod Times makes Mad Men their “Rave of the Week.”
- Jessica Valenti of Feministing got caught up on Mad Men this weekend. I sigh with relief.
- The National Post of Canada discusses Mad Men with ad industry professionals.
August 18th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
My cup runneth over!! Thanks for all these juicy links!
August 19th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Betty? Methinks he means Peggy.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am
No, he means Betty. Read the article.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Fine. Betty, then.
August 19th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/08/19/caption-this-the-sterling-cooper-creative-teams-pays-a-visit-to-the-playboy-mansion/