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• Mad Men: New Amsterdam

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:19 pm

  Tags: 1960s New York, Advertising, Amc, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Mad Men, Madmen, Robert Morse, Robertmorse, Smoking, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd (S01E04) "Direct Marketing. I thought of that. Turns out it already existed, but I arrived at it independently." - Pete Campbell I think it's quite interesting that the most subversive, edgy show of the year is one set in the Leave It To Beaver days of 1960. Who would have thought that? You can have your Weeds

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• Mad Men: Red in the Face

  Published: August 30, 2007, 8:14 pm

  Tags: 1960, Advertising, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Johnslattery, Jon Hamm, New York City, Richard Nixon, Richardnixon, Robert Morse, Rosemarie Dewitt, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser, Vincentkartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd (S01E07) "By the way, Matherton? He has the clap." - Pete, to a pretty store clerk. I have a relative who's an alcoholic, even if he doesn't admit it. But even he doesn't drink as much as Roger Sterling does. My God, did you see how much he sucked down tonight? Straight vodka, whiskey, Martinis with chocolate

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• Here's a sneak peek of tonight's Mad Men - VIDEO

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, Rachel Mencken, Robert Morse, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Katheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, VideoI've been trying to get friends of mine to watch Mad Men, but not a lot of them take me up on it. Their responses run from "Oh, I don't need yet another TV show to watch" to "Huh? Mad Men? What's that?" It probably doesn't help that it's on American Movie Classics, a niche network that a lot of people don't

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• Mad Men: Indian Summer

  Published: October 4, 2007, 9:35 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Don Draper, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, New York City, Pete Campbell, Robert Morse, Robertmorse, Sterling Cooper, Sterlingcooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews (S01E11) "I saw this one where the husband gets this girl pregnant, so he kills her ... you don't want to be that woman." - Rachel's sister, about Rachel's affair with Don. Several episodes ago, after the episode where Don/Dick was reunited with his younger step-brother Adam, we all wondered

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• Mad Men: Nixon vs. Kennedy

  Published: October 12, 2007, 7:46 am

  Tags: 1960, Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Dick Whitman, Don Draper, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, New York City, Robert Morse, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews (S01E12) "Fire him if you want. But I'd keep an eye on him. You never know how loyalty is born." Cooper, to Don, about Pete. I don't think I'm giving anything away when I tell you that at the end of this episode, Kennedy wins. But it's not really about that anyway, despite the title. The

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• Mad Men: The Wheel (season finale)

  Published: October 18, 2007, 8:10 pm

  Tags: Amc, American Movie Classics, Ayn Rand, Dick Whitman, Don Draper, Duck Philips, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Sterling Cooper, Sterlingcooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews (S01E13) "Who knows why people do what they do?" - Don True story: About 20 years ago, I worked with a woman who was overweight. She wasn't feeling well one day - I think she had an upset stomach - so she left work and went to the doctor. She found out that she was 8 months pregnant. Not a

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