Comments on: Bertram Cooper

By: SKH

SKH — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:03:26 +0000

The brilliance of this show is in the casting. Robert Morse as Bert Cooper, founder of the ad agency, is a deliciously perfect homage to Morse’s early film role in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” “How to Succeed” parodied the ’50s-early 60’s Madison Avenue business firm hierarchy and ladder-climbing, with Morse as a more lovable version of a Pete Campbell-type character. And Robert Morse is just one more tasty little nugget of perfection that Mad Men continues to exhude.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:17:58 +0000

Is it just me, or does Bert Cooper remind anyone else of Hal Riney?

By: B.Cooper

B.Cooper — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:10:04 +0000

Euphemism nuthin’. Ever wonder why I have folks take their shoes off before coming in my office? Saves the ladies time …

I’m one randy bastard.

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:08:11 +0000

Oh, right. I forgot about that. LOL. Just enhances that thar “euphemism” talk, I suppose.

By: B.Cooper

B.Cooper — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:53:09 +0000

Have none of you noticed the artwork above the couch in my office?

Found here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Dream_of_the_fishermans_wife_hokusai.jpg

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:50:58 +0000

“I was just posting on another board about Bert, and shouldn’t he be around or past retirement age for 1960?”

I don’t think Bert does too much at Sterling Cooper–other than show up, kick off his shoes, and count his money. Why would anyone retire from that?

By: Glass Darkly

Glass Darkly — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:42:57 +0000

I started out at TWoP and saw the link here, and the rest is history.

In one of my first posts here I got Midge confused with Francine, so there you go.

Bert has no reason to retire when he can go in when he wants and scare people a little.

Also, you know, he has the cool, clear eyes of a seeker of Randian Objectivism, so there’s that.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:23:45 +0000

Well, I started seeing TWoP first, so you know…

I was helping a new viewer who had mixed up the name Campbell with Cooper and was calling Peggy by Betty. Baby steps…

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:17:24 +0000

You post on other boards about Mad Men? My heart is broken.

Bert owns his own business, so he doesn’t have to worry about mandatory retirement. If you were an employee in those days, you were forced out at 65.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:14:16 +0000

I was just posting on another board about Bert, and shouldn’t he be around or past retirement age for 1960? I like that he’s so forward-thinking and positive, and engaged in the company. He’s so different from Pete’s parents or Betty’s dad. He strikes me as a self-made man, being a Rand fan.