Comments on: Mad News, November 4-7, 2009

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:56:01 +0000

I wish John Slattery would host SNL. He would be perfect.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:58:24 +0000

January Jones on SNL! two major cast memembers so far!!

By: Red Medicine

Red Medicine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:29:04 +0000

This has probably been available for some time now, but I was poking around over at AMC's Photo Galleries section and discovered that you can download a high-res. version of Don Draper's contract. Pretty neat!:
http://media.amctv.com/img/originals/madmen/photo…

By: SmilerG

SmilerG — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:32 +0000

I'm really glad that Matt re-thought his position on whether to incorporate the events of 11-22-63 into the show. And the way he handled it, I think, was exactly right.

Also, within his chat with TV Guide, there's a link to a bit with Rich Sommer, that's worth reading.

He notes: "I think this has been our best season yet, and I think that the finale holds up in that way," he says. "It's going to be big. It answers questions, and it asks plenty more. It's a good one. We've said from the beginning that this season was about change, and I think that carries through up through this finale."

I am looking forward to seeing how Season Three closes out tomorrow night – but at the same time, it's going to be something like nine months, before Season Four kicks off and I'm not happy the long wait that's ahead (though, I'm sure it'll be worth it).

What an awesome show Mad Men is!!!

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:05:42 +0000

I happen to think what Matt said to TV Guide was remarkable and brave. He spoke of how his previous decision had been cowardly, which means, to me, that he looked deeply inside himself and really did a 180 on what he'd been saying based on a new understanding of his visceral reaction to the possibility of filming the assassination. I think it was bold of him to face his own writing process that way, and as a writer, I appreciate it.

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:02:09 +0000

I fixed the atom.com link.

JoanBetty, I wouldn't consider this the right place for your essay, but we're not super-strict here about posting in the right thread, and that was genius.

By: DRush76

DRush76 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:05:11 +0000

I just read the "Megan Minute" article. I have to say that I don't have a problem with Betty's relationship with Henry Francis. I'm not going to pretend that I know how he will treat her. If he can make her happy, fine. There is no law that Betty has to come the "emancipated woman". As long as she can find a husband who can make her happy and not treat her as a trophy wife, I don't mind.

By: Donny Brook

Donny Brook — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:03:29 +0000

I just wish Weiner would have taken back the "I'm not doing the assassination" thing before the season. I get why he did it, and he should have, but his pronouncment that "if I do it, it will be something different" set me up for disappointment. Having it relate to your characters' situations isn't earthshattering, Matt, sorry. I've come to see it as a nice episode, once I readjusted myself, but I'd rather my first time viewing hadn't been ruined by hype.

By: kassy

kassy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:29 +0000

Welcome to JoanBetty132, that was excellent especially #15!

By: Red Medicine

Red Medicine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:51:48 +0000

There's also an 18-minute interview that Matt Weiner did with an Australian TV network on Thursday night (to find it, just scroll down the stories on the right until you see "TV drama makes a comeback." He doesn't explicitly address season 3, but the last 5 or so minutes are interesting as Weiner tries to pinpoint how big-budget American movies went wrong.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline