Basketcase Andrew S. alerted us to Jon Hamm’s appearance on Comedy Death Ray Radio episode #34.
Via Footnotes of Mad Men, this fab design interview with Mad Men art assistant Adam Rowe.
From Basketcase Allison, here’s an article on top unconsummated TV romances of 2009. Of Joan and Roger, the LA Times says
OK, it’s technically a consummated relationship, but not for a while. Now they’re both married to other people and that’s just wrong. As a couple, they’re just too sexy, smart and tender to not be together in something permanent. Like their own show.
Have you noticed that Sarah Drew (Kitty Romano) is playing Suzy Pepper on Glee? Basketcase Wendy has.
British audiences like period pieces a good deal more than Americans, as evidenced by the UK audience for Cranford versus American audiences for Mad Men and John Adams.
Cobra Starship fantasizes about being a lounge band on Mad Men.
This article on quitting smoking opens with a discussion of the smoking on Mad Men, and the way smoking has decreased since then, when more than half of men smoked.
Charles Shaughnessy (Saint John Powell) doesn’t know if he’ll be back for Season 4.
We’ve got Part 2 of the Pipes interview with Michael Gladis.
Dan Bishop has been nominated for an Art Director’s Guild award for his work on Souvenir. This is Bishop’s third consecutive Mad Men nomination.
Alessandra Stanley explores the decade of TV men in therapy, and suggests period pieces like Mad Men and Deadwood are a mini-backlash against all the self-examination.
A game called Every Day the Same Dream addresses the malaise of corporate life. This write-up specifically references Mad Men and Revolutionary Road.
The Street discusses Sterling Cooper’s campaigns.
“Last Remaining Seats,” a Los Angeles historic film festival, will be showing How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (starring Robert Morse).
Abigail Spencer (Suzanne Farrell) appeared in the latest episode of INST MSGS.
An exhibition on mid-century style invites guests to dress in Mad Men inspired outfits.
Basketcase SmilerG sent us this interview with RJD2, composer of A Beautiful Mine (the Mad Men theme music).
In his “pop culture New Year’s resolutions,” Scott Tobias of the AV Club vows to finish watching his DVDs of Mad Men.
LA Time Machines is a website devoted to Los Angeles bars and restaurants built before 1970. Mad Men shooting locations are included.
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In some righteous alternative universe, The Basket and Footnotes of Mad Men would merge.
I love those Footnotes people, and they're really filling an important gap. Honestly, I never would have thought to create a blog based around that sort of thing, and they do a very fine job.
There is an interview with John Slattery in The Times today.
Also Mad Men S3 begins on BBC Four (and in high definition on the BBC HD channel) on 27th January.
Adam Rowe. Hmmmmmm.
Wasn't that the name on the "org chart" as the head copywriter?
HA! beat ya to it, hull!
http://www.lippsisters.com/2010/01/06/best-best-b…
Better yet,
http://www.lippsisters.com/2009/09/22/organizatio…
LOL.
Oh, but I looooooooooove Elizabeth Gaskell! And I really love Mad Men. Best of both worlds!