I believe what goes around comes around. One day I’LL be a veteran in Paradise. – Private Dinkins, “A Tale of Two Cities” California has long been Don Draper’s happy place. His closest friend lived there, in a home at which he was always welcome. He retreated there after Betty threw him out of their [...]
Guest post by Basketcase Frank Bullitt In The Jet Set, Viscount Monteforte d’Alsace (Willy) asks Don Draper if he is an Astronaut. Five years later, PFC Dinkins asks Don the same question at a bar in Hawaii. This is an odd but understandable coincidence, given Don’s looks and demeanor. As examined in Tom Wolfe’s The Right [...]
Fan Art Thursday: Don Draper by Tasha Jacinto
Here’s this week’s art: a smokey reflection of Don Draper by artist Tasha Jacinto
Grandma Ida: An African-American Female Version of Don?
Of all the trippy, trippy scenes in The Crash, quite possibly the trippiest of all — and maybe the trippiest in the history of the show — was the scene where a middle-aged African-American con woman who called herself “Grandma Ida” broke into the Drapers’ apartment where the kids were home alone, and had Sally [...]
Official Bob Benson Theory Thread
By now we’ve heard them all (okay, maybe not) … – He’s Dick Whitman – He’s Death – He’s Aimee’s son – He’s the Devil (Death with personality) – He’s Norman Bates – He’s gay – He’s an avatar – He’s a cypher (whatever that is)
In The Better Half we learned Sally was conceived during a vacation with Betty’s family at Lake Champlain. We also know Gene was conceived at Betty’s childhood home during a visit to her father (“… conceived in a moment of desperation and born into a mess.”). Makes you wonder how Bobby came to be …
The Evil Twin Gets All the Fun
Within moments of the opening of Mad Men Episode 6.09, The Better Half, we are presented with Peggy’s divided loyalties, when she is pulled into the conference room to choose: Symbolically, metaphorically, literally, professionally, and personally, between Ted Chaough and Don Draper. She waffles. She wants a middle ground. By the end of the episode, [...]
PSA: The Valerie Center Annual 5K Run/Walk
Hey Basketcasers – If you’ll allow me a post of a personal nature, Deb and Roberta have permitted me some space to stump for a very wonderful cause. My son Leo completed treatment for leukemia (ALL) in 2010. He now an amazing 9 year old with dirty knees and a raging chocolate chip pancake addiction. [...]
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 [...]
