Basket of Kisses

This is a video essay written by me, with Kevin Lee (primarily my writing and his videography, but a true collaboration). Roberta is the voice artist (and as such, contributed to the writing as well). I’m very proud of this. Due to the power outages, I haven’t seen the essay yet, but please enjoy, share, [...]

I have received official word from AMC: The Season 2 finale of Hell on Wheels will air October 7. It will be a two-hour event. This means it’s a ten episode season, with episodes 9 and 10 airing the same night. You heard it here first, folks.

[on Season 6] We’re going to try and stay on this schedule…Which is March, yeah. I assume hopefully March. It’s been too long since we’ve done a proper interview with Mr. Weiner. We are lucky enough, beyond lucky, to be in touch with him from time to time, but we finally were able to pin [...]

And what a great bash it was!!!!   Hope we can see even more next year!  And Rich and Virginia were just delightful!  Thanks so much Deborah and Roberta!  Sorry I don’t have all the names of the Basket Cases here -feel free to introduce yourself in the comments-Therese  

CONFIRMED! Rich Sommer, who has been teasing us with “probably” for weeks, will be at the New York City Basket of Kisses Season 5 Finale Shindig. Be there!

Don: Dads get mad sometimes. Bobby: Did your daddy get mad? Don/Dick: He did. Bobby: What did your daddy look like? Don/Dick: Like me, but bigger. Bobby: What did he like to eat? Don/Dick: Ham. And this candy that tasted like violets. Had a beautiful purple and silver package. Three Sundays The first time we [...]

First of all, the live link is right here. Some people in comments reported a lot of trouble watching, some did not. Roberta asks her question at 1.23. It was great. People were animated and fun. The clips were arranged so that everyone on the panel had a moment in the sun; something many panel-formats [...]

Guest post by Basketcase SueB Background: I live in DC but “commute” to LA 2-3 weeks every month for work. In a rare bit of adventure I bought a ticket to the PaleyFest; rear balcony, $20. I usually work late so actual attendance was iffy but today it worked out and was unexpectedly early. I [...]

Here’s what you need to know: A) Tickets are not yet open to the general public but are available right now to Paley Center for the Media members, and to you the Basketcases! B) Our readers also get a discount code. Here is how that works– first, go to this page to get all the [...]

Don Draper; The Wheel: Nostalgia. It’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, “nostalgia” literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. Goes backwards, forwards, and takes us to a place where [...]

Jon Hamm on the awesomeness of Mad Men fans and of Basket of Kisses: It’s just nice to see that when you work on something, and me, in particular, once we start working in the summertime, it’s pretty much an every day all day thing for me, and it’s very long hours. And you’re making [...]

Mad Men at the Emmys 2011 Enjoy this, and here’s to Jon, John, Elisabeth, Christina, Matt and all the MM cast and crew! I know that S5 will be fantastic!  I cut out Jane Lynch’s awful song, but what a joy to just have a minute of Mad Men atmosphere until March! Here’s the new [...]