Basket of Kisses

Thanks for stopping by during our Holiday Season Fundraiser. I cannot believe 2011 is almost over–and not a single new Mad Men episode. It’s a wonder we survived. As we are in the thick of the thickening season and all its festivities, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some memorable [...]

Welcome to another Mad Through the Seasons edition of our Holiday Season Fundraiser. We’ll revisit one post per season. This is Don Draper we’re talking about, and so that in itself was quite a feat! Season 1; Rachel This is not just a crush–he is crushed by her. Don is thinking about Rachel as a [...]

photo credit: Viktor Hertz We’re lucky to have film writer Peg Aloi occasionally contributing here, so for today’s fundraiser walk down memory lane, here’s Peg’s series of fashion write-ups on style in Season 4 of Mad Men. A Sea of Blues and Greens (The Good News) Monochrome and the Color Wheel (The Rejected) Freud or [...]

Occasionally on Mad Men, I am not sure if I’m supposed to like certain characters or not. Betty’s sister-in-law Judy is a good example. Betty sometimes acted as if Judy was manipulative, but I never saw Judy act anything but helpful and sweet, and in a very genuine way. So I don’t know if it [...]

All month is our Basket of Kisses Beauty Makeover Holiday Season Fundraiser! If you enjoy our blog, please consider a donation. In our newest feature, Mad Through the Seasons, we’re playing with different themes, characters, things that appear in each of the four seasons. We’re gathering old posts that fit the theme, or go back [...]

Welcome to our next installation of our Basket of Kisses Beauty Makeover Holiday Season Fundraiser! We thought we would put the fun in fundraiser by approaching different characters, scenarios or themes via revisits to old posts, one per season. So today we’re taking a look at the four season openers: S1 Smoke Gets in Your [...]

Wrapping up S3 this weekend; next Sunday they’re starting over with Season 1, episode 1. Sorry for the alarming typos! I fixed them. So: Two of the most amazing MM episodes–discuss!

Note: This is a comment by Basketcase celina that I thought was interesting enough to give wider exposure. –Deborah tilden katz, I really liked your observation of The Gold Violin being the middle episode/turning point of the Don/Betty relationship. By that same logic, if there are 7 seasons of MM, then The Suitcase is the [...]

Enjoy some pool time!

I was watching Season 4′s Waldorf Stories yesterday. Don and Peggy are talking about the Clios—he’s going, she’s not—and she says, “Well, good luck this afternoon.” “You’re not supposed to say that,” he corrects her. “Oh. Well, break a leg,” she says. I thought this exchange seemed strange and I realized why afterwards. As an [...]

One of my fascinations is the occasional discrepancy between what Matthew Weiner intends in his storytelling and what is perceived by the viewers. There are two directions this can go in–there are times when Matt thinks he has been obvious about something but we, the audience, don’t pick up on it; on the other hand [...]