Basket of Kisses

November 14th is the birthday of Laura Ramsey, who played the seemingly free-spirited Joy in season two’s the Jet Set. In an episode that was kind of a dream sequence, Joy was a shining star of the dream.

She’s got some great looking projects coming up, and we wish her success and send love and kisses from the Basket!

Don lives by this credo, but he also recognizes it as a normal human foible. It’s why he’s such a good ad man. Advertising is effective because it grants us permission — actually encourages us — to give in to our temptations.

While most of us don’t yield to every single impulse we have, every single moment of our lives, there are times when we surrender and say consequences be damned! As a salesman, Don has learned to pick up on this. He’s incredibly astute at detecting when people are most vulnerable. He knows when to strike, and how to do it so it wields the most impact. He’s fully aware that there’s a point at which anyone will say yes, because everyone has their breaking point. (more…)

Wow. Don’s sexual habits. He’s becoming more like Roger (and the underlings as well, though smoother) — that is, he’s more indiscriminate, more public, more casual about his, um, indiscretions. (more…)