Mad News, November 14-19, 2009
I am unfamiliar with Counterforce, but it seems to be another witty blog doing Mad Men recaps.
From House Next Door, a podcast on Shut the Door. Have a Seat.
From Basketcase Judy S: Ten Suggested Hairstyles for Don Draper.
EW asks if you miss Mad Men yet. Well, duh! Ask Multichannel’s Jon Lafayette, who no longer enjoys Sunday nights. Gawker also suffers.
Super Kawaii Mama gives video instructions for acheiving Joan Holloway (Harris) hair.
The Sacramento Bee loves Mad Men era fashion, and has shopping tips.
Not only is Mad Men a fashion influence, the NY Times suggests it’s responsible for a resurgence of the steakhouse.
Here’s another article on Myra Daniels, wife of the late Draper Daniels whom, it is claimed, Don Draper is in part based upon.
Mad Men is mentioned in 4 different places in this TV Gal column.
Mad Men’s demographics make it “pretty much the official show of American rich people.”
Entertainment Weekly observes: “Between Community and Mad Men, Alison Brie is having quite an exemplary year, and she could be on the verge of stardom much sooner than anyone anticipated.”
Twirlit lists “The Best-Dressed TV Casts on the Air.” Guess who tops that list?
Blogcritics honors the Old-Fashioned.
Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen talk… iPhone apps with CBS.
The New York Times reports that Mad Men is doing better with typography than it did with the opening credits.
Mediaite asks NYT columnist Gail Collins five questions, including “Peggy or Joan?”
Google vice president Brian McClendon presents a nightmare scenario.
Tony Matlack passes on a writing tip from his old classmate, Matt Weiner.
Taki Mag meditates on the Mad Men zeitgeist.
Mad Men composer David Carbona might join the Teamsters. (h/t Basketcase SmilerG)
Real-life McCann Erickson welcomes Sterling Cooper. Ha!
Abigail Spencer (Suzanne Farrell) will be on the new NBC drama Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.
Movieline argues that the unfunny SNL appearance was not January Jones’s fault.
IGN does a Season Three review.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I think I provided a link to “100 most beautiful men in one minute” from People, but hey, the hairstyle thing was amazingly funny!
November 19th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
All these articles about the influence of Mad Men has got me wondering. In the last few months, I’ve encountered a lot more obnoxious behavior from smokers. Used to be, people would ask if I minded before they lit up, try to stand downwind, and blow the smoke away from me. You’d get a few ash-and-butt flickers, but most people at least aimed for the ash tray. Not anymore.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Not sure if you ladies saw this, but Basketcases is mentioned again: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2393798/january_jones_snl_episode_provides.html?cat=2
November 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
“More People see January on SNL than Mad Men”
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/20/wanda-sykes-holds-steady-with-adults-18-49-in-second-week-plus-january-jones-on-snl-ratings/34230
November 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I know all about Mad Men being “rich-people TV.”
The husband and I often comment on this. And then we throw another bundle of hundreds on the fire, as one of our former investment bankers-slash-footmen fluffs our couch pillows.
And we laugh.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:51 am
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/19/recession.tv/index.html
A brief mention midway down of MM.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Came across this on another website – not Mad Men related, ironically.
But an old ad for the Nile Hilton from 1959.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/20/nile-hilton/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMechanix+%28Modern+Mechanix%29