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 2012-02-06T02:24:13Z http://www.madmenlounge.com/article829.htm Predictions for Season 5? mneeley490 2012-02-06T02:24:13Z 2011-07-12T09:29:34Z Like most “Mad Men” fans, I have issues with the hasty engagement. Think of the crazy-teeth babies that will inevitably be produced. Don’s prospective second marriage is a very bad idea becase — let’s face it — he makes for a very bad husband. Hamm seems to intuitively sense that his character is an adultering, drunken mess who has no business with marriage, yet he is at the mercy of the show’s writers. So Hamm has opined on several topics, including Elizabeth Moss’ Peggy Olsen character, who will apparently feature significantly in the Season Five premiere entitled “A Little Kiss.” If Don and Peggy kiss, I will officially lose it. She’s too good for him, right? Wrong.... I think she is just right for him! http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1593.htm MAD MEN QUIZ reasonemotion 2012-02-05T05:56:00Z 2012-02-05T05:56:00Z I took the Mad Men Quiz and got "I am Peggy Olson"! Mad Men Quiz [url]http://qz4.me/q1f1FX[/url] http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1578.htm MM sets and costume design the ultimate stars TedPolhemus 2012-02-02T04:41:14Z 2012-02-02T04:41:14Z What would you say if I said that for me the ultimate stars of MM are Janie Bryant the costume designer and Amy Wells the set decorator? For 30+ years I have been writing about style and design and how they are key to understanding what really went on in an era. Although fiction, I find MM a more accurate guide to style and design in the 60s - for example, the traditional style of the 1960 Draper home. The design books focus on modernism but those of us who grew up in the early 60s know this wasn't true in most households. I also love the way that, while so many today equate the 60s with the flower power later 60s, MM shows that this was really two decades rolled into one. My latest book BOOM! - A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 has lots of stuff on MM and its extraordinary times. Anyone know how I can contact Janie Bryant and Amy Wells to send them a copy of my new book? If you want to see more about me and this new book BOOM! - A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 have a look at [url]http://tedpolhemus.blogspot.com/[/url] PS: I'm hoping others will pick up on this discussion about MM's influential (and usually spot on) costume and sets as there are so many interesting things that can't be discussed in one go. Do we think that Don D learned how to wear a suit from Rod Sterling of The Twilight Zone? Discuss http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1555.htm I LOVE MAD MEN MadMenLover 2012-01-31T10:53:22Z 2012-01-30T10:01:21Z After Ms. Blankenship I think Don thought he should not take his chances with losing another secretary. Actually she's pretty good with his kids and hot so she's one up on Betty [url]http://www.secretsareback.com/[/url] 54 days until launch -- better question might be why did he marry Betty? or why did Betty have kids? http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1357.htm Mad Men Sofa for Sale andrewufl 2011-12-31T10:19:00Z 2011-12-31T10:19:00Z I've been a fan since day one and bought a sofa from the mad men set when they did their charity auction. Well, I am moving now and need to sell the piece so it's on ebay, let me know if you're interested: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/160705095774?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_3052wt_1134[/url] http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1267.htm BOARDWALK EMPIRE reasonemotion 2011-12-18T09:29:53Z 2011-12-18T09:29:53Z Another winner for HBO. Outstanding. http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1207.htm Dick Whitman FlexAdEric 2011-12-10T08:55:29Z 2011-12-10T05:15:59Z Yes, at some point he left Anna in California and went to seek his fortune in NYC, working for a furrier. Seems an odd juxtaposition. Of course, he seems to have always had an interest in sales: used cars, furs, advertising... http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1192.htm Producers Guild of America Awards sandeepmanral 2011-12-08T11:08:11Z 2011-12-08T11:08:11Z [b]"Mad Men"[/b] has been nominated for [b]Best TV Drama Series[/b] at the Producers Guild of America Awards. Who Will Win Best TV Drama Series? [URL]http://www.goldderby.com/television/news/2247/pga-tv-nominees-include-reigning-champs-%27modern-family%27-and-%27mad-men%27.html[/URL] http://www.madmenlounge.com/article1109.htm Comprehension question in 02x13 Goldfinger 2011-12-04T11:34:41Z 2011-11-29T10:06:46Z Yes right, but I didn't say anything else. "Baby" is neutral..? However, i mean the son of Peggy and Pete. http://www.madmenlounge.com/article840.htm I am INTRIGUED by "Birdy reasonemotion 2011-11-10T07:48:26Z 2011-07-30T12:02:32Z Well, I'll tell you, I agree about Betty being sort of emotionally immature, although she seems to mature a bit over time. I was reading the Wikipedia page on _The_Feminine_Mystique_ today, and I see just a lot of stuff in this series which sounds an aweful lot like it was influence by Friedan, if the Wiki article is accurate: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminine_Mystique[/url] "Chapter 7: Friedan discusses the change in women's education from the 1940s to the early 1960s, in which many women's schools concentrated on non-challenging classes that focused mostly on marriage, family, and other subjects deemed suitable for women, as educators influenced by functionalism felt that too much education would spoil women's femininity and capacity for sexual fulfillment. Friedan says that this change in education arrested girls in their emotional development at a young age, because they never had to face the painful identity crisis and subsequent maturation that comes from dealing with many adult challenges." Maybe it's purely coincindental, but go check out the Wikipedia article - it sure looks like Mad Men incorporates a lot of ideas from there.