Comments on: Mad News, November 11-13, 2009

By: Roberta Lipp

Roberta Lipp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:33 +0000

K. Didn't mean to snipe

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:43:51 +0000

It's making the rounds because the article in the NY Times is new, but the blog referencing Mad Men, quoted in the Times, is not.

By: Roberta Lipp

Roberta Lipp — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:37:42 +0000

Deb, for some reason it's making the rounds again.

Or–Oh! I just realized who PJ is!

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:16:03 +0000

PJ, I appreciate the link, but the Mad Men link is over a year old; we posted it back then.

By: Peggy Joan

Peggy Joan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:57:06 +0000

Roberta & Deb – Where can we submit items for the next issue of Mad News?

Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/16iht-desi…

… It is rare to find a review of the show that does not rave about the accuracy of its early 1960s styling, yet the â€œMad Menâ€ team is woefully sloppy when it comes to typography. Mark Simonson, a graphic designer in St. Paul, Minnesota, blogs about typographic misdemeanors on his Web site, http://www.marksimonson.com, and he once catalogued the flaws in â€œMad Men.â€ The 1992 typeface, Lucida Handwriting, appears in an ad in the opening titles. Gill Sans, a British typeface designed in 1930 but rarely used in the United States until the 1970s, is used for office signage. A lipstick ad features one wholly appropriate 1958 font, Amazone, but two incongruous ones, 1978â€™s Balmoral and 1980â€™s Fenice. …
http://www.marksimonson.com/article/236/mad-men-m…

By: Roberta Lipp

Roberta Lipp — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:55 +0000

Shelly, wtg!!!

(The whole list is pretty great, not gonna lie.)

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:10:20 +0000

Entertainment Weekly listed John Slattery as one of the top 20 Dream Hosts for SNL and they even quoted me!
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20319828,00.html

Awesome. I hope to see John hosts the show soon. He really is hilarious and would be perfect.

I'll be watching January tonight on SNL.

By: dancewosleeping

dancewosleeping — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:37:40 +0000

Don Draper Fingerbang Threat Level

Bwaaa Haaaa Haaaa!

By: Greg H

Greg H — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:15:41 +0000

I love, love, love the X-Men/Mad Men mash-up. I used to read X-Men comics when I was younger, so it's extra special awesome.

By: Andrew S

Andrew S — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:29:30 +0000

Ahhh, I want one of those shirts so badly but they don't have my size. Yet another slight on the husky guys of the world.