Basket of Kisses

13 Responses to “ Oh, and we’re speaking to Matt Weiner tomorrow ”

1. # 1 Karl Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

   Awesome. I’m not too optimistic about a MM repeat, as the HPFA seems to like to promote the best new show. But the JJ nomination shows there’s support there, so I would consider a JJ win good and a JJ+JH repeat win excellent.

2. # 2 Karl Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

   I should note that the critical consensus tends to be just the opposite: wins for MM+JH, but no JJ.

3. # 3 Deborah Lipp Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   Kristin dos Santos, though, predicts a JJ win.

4. # 4 JS Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

   For Best Actress drama the pundits have it down to Anna and January, I think Gabriel Byrne and In Treatment could be the upset for Drama and Drama Actor…afterall they did get the most nominations. And it’s rare for the Globes to do a repeat even if everyone agrees Mad Men tops all these shows.

5. # 5 B.Cooper Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

   Look, this is all well and good – you gotta try to get him to open up about his deal … anyone think he’ll make any news with the Basket?

6. # 6 Karl Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

   1. I provided the direct link to the Dos Santos video in a nearby thread, should anyone care to watch;

   2. Based on some surfing, I too worry about In Treatment and Anna Paquin in True Blood;

   3. If MW wants to make some news at the Basket, I presume he knows it would almost certainly be picked up by Whitney Matheson ant USA Today, Mo Ryan at the Chicago Tribune, and so on. Or it could be pointed out easily enough.

7. # 7 Karl Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

   BTW, inasmuch as (1) MW presumably did not know the GG results when he booked the interview; and (2) MW is on record fretting about wanting to have the writers back to work by mid-January (i.e. about a week from now), I would not be shocked if MW did have a message in mind for the fanbase.

8. # 8 Jackie Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   Matt Weiner came up in conversation at a party two weeks ago. I was talking to a real estate guy who knows the person who bought the Weiner’s old apartment and I got to mention that I had met him at the BoK season finale party. Small world.

9. # 9 hullaballoo Says:
   January 12th, 2009 at 4:00 am

   Make sure to ask him why we didn’t get an invite to the AMC GG party, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, LOL.

10. # 10 hullaballoo Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 4:01 am

    Because, you know, no one’s covering it…at least, not the way WE would…heh.

11. # 11 Anne B Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    There are just a few things I need you to say to Matt Weiner.

    Tell him that we understand why he may feel it’s better to go on without Mad Men. We know he won’t be looking for other projects for long.

    But, without him … we’ll be alone forever.

    Put it in a letter, maybe? I hear those things really work.

12. # 12 Tom Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Ask him if the beard is a reference to the Orson Welles thing.

13. # 13 Deborah Lipp Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    We totally discussed the beard, Tom.