Weiner Gave BoK a Shout Out!
Weiner teased Tom O’Neil (columnist with LATimes.com “The Envelope”) about Tina Fey’s speech, but then gave the Basket a holla and said he really appreciated the fans who talk intelligently about the show. And yes, he mentioned the site by name.
I wanted to actually include the video, but for some reason, the “embed” function doesn’t work…unless Roberta does me a solid:
(Note from Roberta. I hold the secret to all embedding. Watch the whole thing, but it’s at the end, at around 1:55.)
Looky…
January 12th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Congratulations on the Shout Out from MW! He’s a class act in every way.
Glad Mad Woman
January 12th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Wow, that was really cool. Lipp sisters, you should be really proud. You have created something special here. And it’s great that Matt Weiner continues to recognize your efforts as well. Kudos.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Oops.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:52 am
No seriously. Deborah can’t do it either. I am the magical embedder.
Hull, what the hull are you doing up?
January 12th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Holy crap. It was lost, then I found it.
January 12th, 2009 at 8:03 am
@ #4 Roberta:
Can’t sleep, working on a project, and wonking the blog, obviously. Sorry about that. Maybe I should try a little shut-eye instead.
January 12th, 2009 at 8:21 am
No apologies necessary, I just can’t help but notice the hour…
THANK YOU for the find!
January 12th, 2009 at 9:48 am
More video of the press conference inside with the cast…
http://www.goldenglobes.org/videogallery/video/49841/
January 12th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Awesome.
Also, as MW jokingly referenced his pr0n at the end of that clip, I could not help bu think of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back:
Equally true for TV.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Holy crap!
Even having read the post, and knowing he was going to give us the shout-out in advance, my heart raced to hear that acknowledgment with my very own ears. So for you, hull, to have heard it with no warning, omigodz.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am
And that’s great video via JS. More proof that Pete & Joan need scenes. More fun from JH. MW still sounding upbeat about a contract. CH having his back. And a great exit.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am
And now you really can bring up the shoutout!
Deserved, natch.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I would die for more Pete and Joan scenes (I was so pleased when they shed light on Joan and Paul’s backstory in NvK). I know that Joan and Pete probably wouldn’t plausibly interact in a longer storyline based one their positions, but these two coworkers are the most guileful people at SC, it would be amazing to see longer interactions between them.
Oh, and rock on for the shoutout, ladies!
January 12th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
And a new tagline is born.
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Actually, I think it would be pretty easy to come up with some Pete/Joan business. Joan is the office manager; while we mostly see her riding herd on the secretarial pool, she’s in the traffic meetings, etc. Not tough to run into problems caused by Pete (perhaps with Hildy).
January 12th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Matt would never do that. Matt would never write a scene that doesn’t organically belong in the script just to see two actors working together. The acting serves the script.
January 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yes, but isn’t it fun to imagine those two becoming co-conspirators? It would be like two smart, maniuplative, evil geniuses joining forces to thwart the hero/heroine. Well, it would be if MM were a comic book!
Kudos on the shout out! Even though I’ve only been reading this blog for less than a week, I feel strangely proud.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Look at that. It’s already part of the header. Heh.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
We were changing the header twice a day for a while there. It’s megafun.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
How about that, ladies? You love him, and he loves you right back. That’s so sweet it doesn’t even belong in Hollywood.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
THS–The Lipps.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Way cool! I got a little teary-eyed.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
D.Lipp,
I was not suggesting that MW do Pete/Joan business just to do it — nor was I suggesting that the two would have a particular dynamic.
I noted on an earlier thread that it was sort of odd that Pete and Joan had so little interaction over the course of two seasons, for reasons I elaborate upon in #14 here. I presume it’s because MW and the other writers never had a story they wanted to tell (or point they wanted to make) using that pairing (just as they haven’t had a need to bring JJ into the office more than once).
My comment was really more of a reflection on how, even after two seasons, there are plenty of potential spaces and dynamics in the MM universe left basically unexplored. And that — given that CH and VK are two of the higher profile cast members — there might well be interesting stories to be told (or points to be made) with them. S2 tended to follow characters home more, which means there’s still plenty of stuff to mine at the office.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Seriously Matt is totally cool, I know the creators of Gossip Girl are also very involved with what is said on the internet about their show. He’s right though, this season there was a ton of online hype for January that eventually led to some mainstream media love, especially the Vanity Fair spread…that was a quite a big deal for her.
I hope they clean up at the SAG’s in a couple weeks and more of the cast makes it in at The Emmy’s. Awards season is so much fun!
January 12th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Wow, this is getting bigger and better. Congratulations to you both. And yes he is adorable.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, ^ our mom.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Again, awesome.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Sweet. Hi Mom. [waves hello]
That has to be the best username. Ever.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
That’s very nice of him to do that. Thanks for sharing the video with us!
January 12th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
look, they’re calling my flight and i totally gotta go NOW … but that was really cool. next on the list is a walk-on for deberta … alright catchya …
January 12th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
“Deberta”?
Deberta. Sounds like a great name for Don’s perfect secretary … every day, she’d look a little different. And then, just when he gets used to her, she’d look a little different again.
I like it.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Congratulations to Mad Men for the win, and you for the mention from Mr. Weiner….well deserved all around.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I hear you Karl. You’re right about the unexplored spaces. And Matt adores and trusts his actors, and is totally up for giving them challenging new spaces to go into.
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January 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Congrats to you both! “I’m a fan of television and movies and I love that when people take it seriously.” That’s us!