Comments on: Exclusive BoK interview with Joel Murray http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/ Intelligent media, including Mad Men, Downton Abbey, The Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels & more. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Single http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19932 Single Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:43:55 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19932 I want more too, dammit!!! Great interview. I can't wait to see Freddy Rumsen again. I think Weiner will write him back in soon. Six Months Leave was one of the most touching, heart wrenching episodes ever. I want more too, dammit!!! Great interview. I can't wait to see Freddy Rumsen again. I think Weiner will write him back in soon. Six Months Leave was one of the most touching, heart wrenching episodes ever.

]]> By: Anne B http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19931 Anne B Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19931 " I just gotta tell ya, I am just loving this. " Cab drivers. Always so quotable -- and right. The thing he says about Freddy and Peggy, their dynamic from the beginning, what they realize about each other? That IS the later half of the 20th century. Freddy could have been the bitter white guy, but he never got mad. Never got bitter. He found a way to make the magical equation of total social change work for him, for a while (<i>Hey, look at the talking dog I got!</i>), and then we see him leave. I'll be watching until I see him come back. That's for sure. :) " I just gotta tell ya, I am just loving this. "

Cab drivers. Always so quotable — and right.

The thing he says about Freddy and Peggy, their dynamic from the beginning, what they realize about each other? That IS the later half of the 20th century. Freddy could have been the bitter white guy, but he never got mad. Never got bitter. He found a way to make the magical equation of total social change work for him, for a while (Hey, look at the talking dog I got!), and then we see him leave.

I'll be watching until I see him come back. That's for sure. :)

]]> By: knitgirl http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19930 knitgirl Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:53:57 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19930 I have just always loved Freddy. I do hope he does come back, I love John @ 16's ideas for Freddy's future. I had no idea he was one of THOSE Murrays. I used to work (many years ago) as pastry chef at a restaurant in Wilmette, IL where the Murrays lived. The ONE Saturday night I had off ever, Bill came in, ate dinner and then said "hi" to everyone in the kitchen. I don't know if Wilmette was especially Irish, but I had an O'Brien friend who knew the family. I have just always loved Freddy. I do hope he does come back, I love John @ 16's ideas for Freddy's future.

I had no idea he was one of THOSE Murrays. I used to work (many years ago) as pastry chef at a restaurant in Wilmette, IL where the Murrays lived. The ONE Saturday night I had off ever, Bill came in, ate dinner and then said "hi" to everyone in the kitchen. I don't know if Wilmette was especially Irish, but I had an O'Brien friend who knew the family.

]]> By: Ginny http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19929 Ginny Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:15:10 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19929 Love, love, love Joel Murray. I saw him in a "graduation" show at Second City where I had gone to cheer on a friend who had also taken a class. Joel was by far the best and I knew he'd go far. His Freddy is my favorite character from Mad Men. Wonderful interview! Love, love, love Joel Murray. I saw him in a “graduation” show at Second City where I had gone to cheer on a friend who had also taken a class. Joel was by far the best and I knew he’d go far. His Freddy is my favorite character from Mad Men. Wonderful interview!

]]> By: meghan http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19928 meghan Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:48:08 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19928 I am embarrassed to admit it took me almost a year to make the connection that Joel Murray played both Freddy Rumsen as well as Pete Cavanaugh on Dharma and Greg. (Especially since I watch the D&G reruns fairly regularly.) He seems a lot older on Mad Men than on D&G. I think it says a lot about his acting ability that I didn't realize it for such a long time. I am embarrassed to admit it took me almost a year to make the connection that Joel Murray played both Freddy Rumsen as well as Pete Cavanaugh on Dharma and Greg. (Especially since I watch the D&G reruns fairly regularly.) He seems a lot older on Mad Men than on D&G. I think it says a lot about his acting ability that I didn’t realize it for such a long time.

]]> By: Karl http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19927 Karl Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:27:08 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19927 I look forward to an interview of Jon-Hamm-behind-a-screen. ;-) I look forward to an interview of Jon-Hamm-behind-a-screen. ;-)

]]> By: hullaballoo http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19925 hullaballoo Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:32:25 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19925 Oh, no. I'm not embarrassed about being enamored of JM. I meant the interview in general. Fantastic. I'm just...too old (I'd like to believe too sophisticated, as well) to have celebrity crushes, and now I've got one. He's such a cool cat. I'm really smitten. Oh, no. I’m not embarrassed about being enamored of JM. I meant the interview in general. Fantastic. I’m just…too old (I’d like to believe too sophisticated, as well) to have celebrity crushes, and now I’ve got one. He’s such a cool cat. I’m really smitten.

]]> By: Roberta Lipp http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19926 Roberta Lipp Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:49:33 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19926 That is too cute. Me? I crush like crazy. Celebrity or not; I always have a stash of active crushes. As for all these guys, probably Matt leaves me the crushiest, but it depends on how you define your crush. Matt doesn't intimidate me; I could just talk to him forever. I'm really afraid to someday meet Hamm and actually not be able to speak, like in a dream. That would be bad. That is too cute. Me? I crush like crazy. Celebrity or not; I always have a stash of active crushes. As for all these guys, probably Matt leaves me the crushiest, but it depends on how you define your crush. Matt doesn't intimidate me; I could just talk to him forever. I'm really afraid to someday meet Hamm and actually not be able to speak, like in a dream. That would be bad.

]]> By: Roberta Lipp http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19924 Roberta Lipp Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:53:56 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19924 You started it! If you hadn't written it the first time, I would never have brought it up. Apparently it's had quite an impact on him! You started it! If you hadn't written it the first time, I would never have brought it up. Apparently it's had quite an impact on him!

]]> By: John Rothschild http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/29/exclusive-bok-interview-with-joel-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-19922 John Rothschild Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:05:29 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3242#comment-19922 My dream for Freddy [and why Freddy will be in subsequent MM episodes]: Freddy is a changed guy. During those six months of 'leave' he got off the bottle, got close and personal with his family, and walked around and saw what was happening... Freddy is an outliner, that quirk of a-good-heart/soul-and-not-a-big-ego happenstance that can look at the world and see that there's A WHOLE YOUNGER GENERATION that could do his work for him!! Freddy starts his own agency....with all those talented youngsters. He doesn't drink much because he's having so much fun. And the REALLY great payoff for him is that his daughter gets married. He doesn't mind that the guy has long hair....he can write oh-so-right copy all the while being wonderful to his daughter. Freddy by getting pushed out of Sterling-Cooper has discovered himself and his ability to recognize, nurture, and develop new talent. He's a guy that doesn't chase youth for the sake of 'youth' but rather he's a good-hearted [and a bit lazy] person who enjoys helping others to what they are good at. My dream for Freddy [and why Freddy will be in subsequent MM episodes]:

Freddy is a changed guy. During those six months of ‘leave’ he got off the bottle, got close and personal with his family, and walked around and saw what was happening…

Freddy is an outliner, that quirk of a-good-heart/soul-and-not-a-big-ego happenstance that can look at the world and see that there’s A WHOLE YOUNGER GENERATION that could do his work for him!!

Freddy starts his own agency….with all those talented youngsters.
He doesn’t drink much because he’s having so much fun.

And the REALLY great payoff for him is that his daughter gets married. He doesn’t mind that the guy has long hair….he can write oh-so-right copy all the while being wonderful to his daughter.

Freddy by getting pushed out of Sterling-Cooper has discovered himself and his ability to recognize, nurture, and develop new talent.

He’s a guy that doesn’t chase youth for the sake of ‘youth’ but rather he’s a good-hearted [and a bit lazy] person who enjoys helping others to what they are good at.

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