Jun 252009
I flew to Canada on Continental Express (mega-yuck) and flew home Air Canada (very nice).
The flight had those video screens in the back of the seat, and since the flight was only an hour and a half, I skipped past movies and looked at the television choices. It was sorted into a bazillion categories (drama, comedy, kids, history, nature, pickles, fishtanks, balloons), and I chose drama.
My choices were an episode of CSI, an episode of CSI Miami, and episodes 1 through 6 of Mad Men Season 1.
You never know where a convert will be born. Perhaps mid-air.
6 Responses to “Air Canada Loves Mad Men”
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The thought of CSI being offered next to Mad Men makes me laugh. It's like choosing between a Twinkie or creme brûlée. (All due respect to both CSI and Twinkies.)
Sometimes when you're traveling you just want the frickin Twinkie, you know? When you're really tired and can't pay close attention. Just show me the pretty people while I drool.
Too true. When Mad Men commercials first aired, I thought it looked awesome but my boyfriend didn’t agree, so we never ended up watching. Then, coming back from a trip to Europe, he watched an episode of Mad Men, proclaimed that I had been right all along, and we’ve been devotees ever since. Since he showed such good sense, I agreed to marry him and that boy is now my husband of about five weeks. Thanks, Mad Men!
Congratulations on your marriage. And I am so thrilled to learn that people are converting on airplanes. I can't even tell you!
Deb, you liked Air Canada? Honestly, that's never a reaction anyone in Canada ever says. I'm surprised.
Canadians loathe Air Canada (for a wide variety of reasons). But hey, if they've got MM on video terminals, sounds pretty sweet to me.
The plane was nicer and newer than the Continental Express squeezebox. The staff was polite. The video in the seats worked well (whereas Continental had no video at all).