Comments on: Mad News, October 28-November 3, 2009

By: greytone

greytone — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:46:24 +0000

Apparently, the new Primetime on demand service will be a feature of Time Warner Cable sometime in the near future.

Comcast Cable has a trademark On Demand service that currently makes Mad Men available within hours of its initial broadcast.

By: not_Bridget

not_Bridget — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:54:49 +0000

Concerning the cuisine at “Rancho Depresso up in Ossining” (one of many choice phrases from the Vanity Fair link)….

I’d bet the Heineken Dinner was a joint effort by Carla & Betty. Some of the recipes are found in Craig Claiborne’s New York Times Cookbook, originally published in 1961. It’s been updated many times, but the original edition is worth owning; adjust the recipes or menus to current dietary standards if you must. He noted that both rumaki & gazpacho were old hat for sophisticated New Yorkers, but he was including the recipes to enlighten the yokels out in Flyover Country. (No, he didn’t use those exact words!)

Betty can produce a good meal when she feels like it, but she so rarely feels like it. Julia Child’s book on French cooking came out the same year & she was on TV by 1963, but I don’t see Betty showing that sort of gusto. So daily fare at Rancho Depresso is pretty much glop. The kids eat lunch at school & Don has something in the city. Betty has melba toast & a glass of wine….

By: wilberfan

wilberfan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000

This just popped up in my blog reader: Elvis Mitchell interviews Matt on “The Treatment” this week:

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt091104matthew_weiner

By: Empress Rouge

Empress Rouge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:59 +0000

#6, 7, 10 – I always noticed and wondered about that too, but never had a chance to hear MW’s commentary. Sure, Betty might make the occasional steak or pot roast, but I’ve mostly noticed easy to mix chicken salads, sad sandwiches, and fish sticks. Carla puts out better food when she’s around. That international dinner from “A Night to Remember” was probably catered.

Looking forward to JJ on SNL. Maybe there’ll be another hookup. I wonder if Elisabeth Moss will host eventually.

By: Judy S

Judy S — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:32:19 +0000

#7 Deborah – I laughed out loud at that – it describes my mom’s cooking for her army of 8-kids to a TEE!

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:34:06 +0000

I’d forgotten about this exchange with Rachel. So now that Betty’s made her big declaration, is he thinking “so what, I don’t love you either?”

Rachel saw right through this. Don absolutely believes in love.

By: Laura Lynn

Laura Lynn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:38:43 +0000

“The reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You’re born alone and you die alone, and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget. I’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one.”

I’d forgotten about this exchange with Rachel. So now that Betty’s made her big declaration, is he thinking “so what, I don’t love you either?”

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:27:13 +0000

Taiga, it’s mostly from the S2 commentaries, where Matt continually notices it. Plus the crap-looking crap she puts on the table.

By: Taiga

Taiga — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:15:38 +0000

I’m puzzled, when was it said that Betty had questionable cooking skills? I can remember times her cooking was praised on the show, but never a scene where it was derided. Did I miss something?

By: For the Love of Pete

For the Love of Pete — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:21:11 +0000

Vincent cries at weddings

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/vincent-kartheiser-2009311