Basket of Kisses

There’s No Number

For a guy who spends a lot of time moving on, Don Draper has a hard time letting go of the women in his life who want to do the same. When Rachel dumped him in Season 1, he was paralyzed. Betty threw him out in Season 2; he tried to talk her out of [...]

Contest Kisses: retro clothing!!!

What’s your all-time favorite look on Mad Men? I know, I know, how do you narrow it down to just one? I trust you can handle it. One look, one comment, one entry into a random drawing. Enter in comments to win a $50 gift certificate for your own vintage clothing look! Thank you Shabby [...]

Episode 607 Recap: Time to Go Home

Deb’s out of town tonight. Boss is away! We’re having a recap party up in here! The bad news is, we have more creme de menthe than anything else. The good news: we’re not telling Paul Kinsey, so there’s no chance of a bad play breaking out. Here now with the recap, White T Jim [...]

Casting Call

  Cast a novel, play, musical, television show or movie with the characters of Mad Men. It can be from the era of Mad Men, something from decades before, or something more modern. I’m going to present a partial list from Bewitched as an example: Don-Darrin Megan-Serena Joan-Endora Gender-bending is allowed, if you think it [...]

Harry, Harry, Harry…

I miss the old Harry Crane.  You remember old Harry, the lovable doofus of Sterling Cooper, the office schmoozer who’d screw up his assignments?  Despite his flaws, he had a sweetness and gait about him that reminded me of my late father (Bill), right down to the horn-rimmed glasses and white short sleeved shirts.  Yet [...]

Fan Art Thursday 5/9/13 Postcards from Wes Tyrell – Pete and Roger

Political Cartoonist  Wes Tyrell recreates a perfect  Pete Campbell ‘bitchface’ here as well as a somewhat perplexed Roger Sterling!  I’ll be posting more Tyrell art soon!

Reconstructing Teddy

Ted Chaough has changed. Or at least, he seems to have changed. We first met Ted (sometimes known as Teddy) in Season 4. First impression? He seemed a bit obnoxious, maybe more than a bit. He also seemed ambitious and persistent. He frequently showed up wherever Don was, which made him seem very “in-your-face.” (This [...]

Joan is wrong

“Honestly, Don, if I could deal with him, you could deal with him” The most memorable scene – in an episode of memorable scenes – was, through sheer force of acting, Joan’s raw shaming of Don in front of the partners. There was a buoyant chorus of “You go, girl!” from many quarters after that [...]

Name That Agency!

This is a fun game. Tom and Lorenzo already eliminated the dead and dying to come up with SCDCC. What do you think the merged agency will be called? What do you wish it would be called? I like Pryce Memorial, or Pryce Gleason.

Mutually Assured Destruction

For Immediate Release was a Mad Men episode with a lot of optimistic, playful notes, but I woke up the morning after with the phrase Mutually Assured Destruction stuck in my head. Ken tells Pete that the principle of mutually assured destruction is why he’s not afraid of the bomb (“The Bomb” in those days; [...]