Episode 4:The scene where Don says to Pete, "I want you to take a box and put your things in it." Classic.
By Ritt on October 11, 2007 4:20 PM
All the scenes nominated were good including Madison's above but I loved the scene, also in Episode 4, when Roger and Don come into Pete's office and "unfire" him.
Roger goes on about how Don fought to keep Pete over Roger's and Cooper's objections. Like a fraternity president dressing down a pledge. Pete was almost suicidal before they came in and his relief afterwards was palpable.
Beautiful! Now that's a boss who thinks! Pete won't dare complain about anything to Don's superiors for fear of getting fired again or at least being seen as a disloyal SOB to the guy who saved his job.
By Visan on October 11, 2007 4:34 PM
Voted for Don turning to Rachel for comfort...or I'd call it the "Rachel getting laid!" scene! LOL!
By Nfromthe60's on October 11, 2007 5:44 PM
My favorite scene was when Betty and Don's children were running through the house with the cleaning clothes plastic over their heads. This was classic 60"s when people were clueless about the dangers of life and things. To me it represented the essence of this period and what the show protrays.
By Shannon on October 11, 2007 6:27 PM
One of my favorite scenes was when Rachel gave Don the Knight in shining armor cuff links.
The scene on the roof right after was great too.
Another great Rachel and Don moment was their meeting in the cocktail lounge right after their first meeting and sparks flew!
By bluedogg on October 11, 2007 7:37 PM
My favorite scene was when Roger threw up in front of all the clients in the lobby and the look of accomplishment on Don's face as he walked away.
By gail klein on October 11, 2007 7:51 PM
Too many to list, but the one that stands out for me is when Don tells Betty what a wonderful, kind mother she is, and how he wished he'd had a mother like her. I melted, even if he was full of shit.
By gail klein on October 11, 2007 7:55 PM
Also, the two "gay" encounters; the one with Sal and the client, and the one where Carol professes her love to Joan.
By Dana29N60 on October 11, 2007 8:05 PM
Ditto Ritts posting - I too loved the "unfiring of Pete" - but in view of the recent "Box" incident, I wonder if Pete will feel re-impowered to challenge Don again?
I also loved the Twist scene, it inspired me to jump out of bed and entertain my husband with my version of the twist. His response was "yeah babe that was a lot of summers ago" It inspired a lot of "remember whens".
My memory is often overwhelmed with nostalgia from long forgotten experiences. Some fun to remember, others less so. Time and experience seperate us from the sharp edges of our past, and it can be unsettling to unexpectedly confront the realities that were unescapable at the time.
I have never been much of a TV fan or watched re-runs and I watch this darned show as often as they show it. It is wonderful entertainment, but it is almost an "experience", and the connection to the people that we meet on this blog just intensifys that experience. I am already experiencing "seperation anxity".
By deering on October 11, 2007 8:33 PM
>Episode 4:The scene where Don says to Pete, "I want you to take a box and put your things in it."
Ehehehe. A remark that tonight will come back to haunt Don...g!
By pandora on October 11, 2007 9:01 PM
I liked the scene with Don and Betty making love in the middle of the night during the Mother's Day episode(imagine...Don actually in bed with his wife!) I liked that he seemed so into her at that moment, touching her and kissing her, and Betty's responses were hot, too. She was trying really hard to show him how horny she was, even if it did sound kind of stilted. Just one of the few tender, erotic moments that I can remember of the two of them.
By lindaofmo on October 11, 2007 9:09 PM
I liked Roger's scene with Red the best. The one where she is helping her with his make-up. I've always been a sucker for bad boys and Roger is the pentultimate! The scene melted my heart.
By lindaofmo on October 11, 2007 9:13 PM
One thing I am soooo happy we'll not be subjected to is the liberated single mother ala Murphy Brown. The single mother plot line is so cliche ridden these days.
I don't think Peggy's pregnant, but if she is, she'll have an abortion and we won't have to put up with an ankle-biter.
By LA on October 11, 2007 9:36 PM
I loved it when Greenwich Village where the performers sang "Waters of Babylon" over several closing scenes, ending with Joan and Roger leaving the hotel separately together.
By lindasue on October 11, 2007 9:45 PM
My favorite was the scene where Betty has modeled for the first time and is feeling great about herself. She comes home and Don is in the TV room. They connect and she wants to go upstairs, but Don says something like "no, here," and she agrees. He kisses her and unzips her sundress (which is almost identical to the one my Barbie doll wore in 1960--it was called "Suburban Shopper"). Mad Men's costume people should examine the 900 series of early Barbie Doll fashions; as I said, though, from the looks of things, they already have!
By 1956 on October 12, 2007 12:00 AM
Favorite scenes:
The throw up scene, Betty slapping the neighbor in grocery store, kids rolling around the station wagon without seatbelts, Don telling Betty she was a good mother, and finally — my very favorite: Pete tattling on Don to Cooper and Cooper rising above it all. I love to see Pete shot down. That was the best.
By Bob on October 12, 2007 12:08 AM
Without question my favorite scenes are in Episode 12 which ran tonight, and they are to numerous to mention. Close 2nds are the scenes in Episode 4 when Draper tells Campbell to put his things in a box, and then when Roger and Draper unfire him.
By Sandra on October 12, 2007 1:39 AM
One, just one, of my favorite scenes in my favorite show was in the first episode. In the very last scene at the end, when Don goes into his children's room and "On The Street Where You Live" comes on. I got chills watching and listening to it and realized I was experiencing something really special. That feeling was verified when, upon watching that episode again, I heard mention of "My Fair Lady" in one of the opening scenes.
By on October 12, 2007 1:40 AM
Favorite scene missing from the voting list: "Sally Draper, if the clothes that were in that bag are wrinkled...." Imagine - sending the kids off to play with plastic bags over their heads - vintage 60's! And Ms. Jones managed to pull that off with a straight face!
By Liz on October 12, 2007 6:07 AM
BRAVO!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this show.... You have brilliantly captured the very essence of that era... I was 5 years old in 1960, but remember so much of what you have presented thus far...even the chip 'n dip...There's nothing like this anywhereon TV. Keep it coming...we'll be watching!
Liz Armitage
Winnipeg, Canada
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By Danny B. on October 12, 2007 10:15 AM
I'm at a loss to really pin down a favorite. I voted for the bird shooting scene, and really it was one I thought about for days. I loved it.
Then again, I think the writing in the "gay dinner" scene was phenomenal! They said so much without actually saying it. It was impressive.
Also the conversations between Rachael and her sister are so well written.
By Danny B. on October 12, 2007 10:32 AM
Now that I think of it a little more...my all time favorite line is when the Beatnik tells Don that he can't leave because the police were in the hall (because he was stoned, of course), and Don replied, "No, YOU can't leave". Perfect! Especially since that guy had been busting his chops so bad all along!
By meg on October 12, 2007 11:53 AM
there are so many scenes from this show that make it the best! but my all-time fave is betty shooting the birds. i can only imagine that i would do the same if someone told my little girl they would shoot her dog! the only difference is, if she told my husband about it, he would've shot them before i even had a chance to think about it!
By margaret gunning on October 12, 2007 11:54 AM
I can't help but notice that Peggy has gained an alarming amount of weight. When she started in the first episode, she was quite trim, if a bit dowdy. Now she has a substantially thickened body and a noticeable double chin. Is this an attempt to hide a pregnancy?
A fave moment: the surreal version of "Caravan". Where did that come from?
By Charmaine on October 12, 2007 12:38 PM
I see two reasons for the very obvious weight gain of Peggy- she was pregnant in real life, and they had to proceed as if she were just a girl gaining weight due to adjusting to the big city. (They have the actors making several remarks on her weight through each show.) If you look at episode one she is very slim, the gain looks like 30 pounds. At the wrap party she looks slim again...gave birth? I can't see they would have hired her if she were pregnant to begin with.. but she is PERFECT in the role though. Second..they may have ASKED her to gain weight ? as part of the role..to show how easy it is to maladjust to the big city life, and how men treat her...very easy conclusion. But I wonder which, if either, is right?
I also have come to almost loathe Don...so deeply insecure he would abandon his kids so easily-- he wants to run off with almost any dark haired beauty. I do NOT think there is a Jewish track here at all. Dan was a southern whore's son, sent to his sharecropper father, nothing religious there, maybe Baptist, but certainly not Jewish. I think it is his insecurity that makes him hide who he is. It is getting harder to like him at all, and Peter's little weasel role is great..his "boy" in flannel jammies look at night is a hoot.
Bettie's discovery of wash machine sex is funny-- see how she DOESN't pursue him for sex as much? he keeps looking at her askance..as if he sees she is freeing herself of him, he needs her to need him, so he can deny her. She represents the world he can't really have or belong to..like it is all a fake to him. She is shallow, so if she develops real character she will not abide him..he is on a tightrope at home now I think.
What I really love about the show about advertising..is how it portrays an Over the top reference to itself..the home is picture perfect, the clothes, language, everything is tainted with a surreal exactness, which to me is an IN joke, showing us how shallow the shallow life was, get it? Like gilding a lily, the show is so shiny, like cello wapping over a colorful, empty cardboard facade- too pretty. I love this show! and picking it apart each week.
By pandora on October 12, 2007 1:39 PM
Arrrrgh! Peggy is not pregnant, and neither is the actress who portrays her! It's all padding and makeup. There's an article about it in a recent issue of People magazine. C'mon, people, you've either been pregnant or seen a pregnant woman, right? Peggy's weight gain does not look like pregnancy! She is either gaining weight due to stress or the fact that she is on a very high dose version of the birth control pill, circa 1960! Give up on the pregnancy thing...it's not happening!
By Danny B. on October 12, 2007 1:56 PM
I mentioned this on another thread; If Pegy were pregnant, we would know it by now. No other storylines move so slowly. She's had the weight gain for some time now. I also read somewhere that she was wearing facial prostheses...I just can't remember where.
By Johnny B on October 12, 2007 2:57 PM
Not my favorite scene because I liked it or it made me feel good, but because I thought it was the most powerful: When Don gives Adam the $5,000 and severs all ties with him. Likewise, I thought the scene last night in which the young Adam sees Dick on the train and starts calling out to him, then finally gives up, not understanding, not being listened to... Wow.
By Dave on October 12, 2007 3:17 PM
I "thought" I knew what my favorite epi was till last night. Now I really have to say Epi 12 as it caught me totally off guard. I watched it back to back last night and On Demand today. Being a Nam Vet myself I really can't believe what Don did. Then to add to that Pete turned into a total asshole. Loved it wher mr. Cooper said "who cares" when Pete blew the whistle. Season finale will be great
By MM653 on October 12, 2007 3:26 PM
I vote for adding the Don, Pete and Burt scene from last nights episode.
By Mae on October 12, 2007 4:45 PM
The absolute best scene ever:
Roger Sterling being wheeled on the ambulance stretcher, semi-conscious and calling out his mistress's name. Don Draper grabs him by the hair, slaps his face, points his finger at him and says: "It's Mona! Your wife's name is Mona!"
By Pink63 on October 12, 2007 4:58 PM
The Don's revenge on Roger schene where he hurls in front of the clients was FABULOUS! My 6-year old though it was HILARIOUS!
Just so many good scenes it's impossible to pick just one. The scene where Joan was putting the makeup on Roger is right up there. BTW - I miss the old bastard, when is he coming back?
By Roger on October 12, 2007 5:12 PM
Another favorite scene... from the birthday party episode. Don went to get the cake, and has not returned after quite a while. Betty tries to make excuses for Don, when one of the husbands says blunty: There's not going to be a cake. Am I the only one who sees that?!
By Valerie on October 13, 2007 4:06 AM
I love the show and look forward to Thursday nights all scens are my favorite. It is interesting to me to see all the things that took place in the 60's when I was a wee child. The writting, acting, set, & clothing all are perfetly coordinated. Working in an office, I can see that men/women have come a long way. Excellent job....keep the show alive.
By Smitty on October 13, 2007 5:24 AM
Betty shooting the birds, I love a woman killing vermin while smokin & I'm not even a smoker although a shotgun would have been better, she strikes me as the perfect wife and mom for my kids. (at least in fantasy land)
I'd run that scene in the promos.
By Ellen on October 13, 2007 10:55 PM
I read in next week's TV Guide that Peggy's expanding girth is accomplished with padding and prosthetics. I was hoping she was preggers. It would have created another great storyline. When does the new season start? Oh, and Johnny, that scene in the foxhole was from the Korean War.
By lyndon on October 13, 2007 11:59 PM
Of course I voted for Betty shooting the birds.
But perhaps the scene I liked the most was young Dick Whitman talking quietly with the hobo about Life. It stayed with me for quite a while, and I think it stayed with Dick for the rest of his life.
A lot of the scenes are open to interpretation, but that was heart-to-heart. The hoboes' "code" was more simple and honest than the way most people communicate.
By Sandy on October 14, 2007 12:55 AM
I think the scene in Episode 12 where Don and Pete were ON THE WAY to Cooper's office was an absolute hoot. I laughed and laughed but my heart was still in my throat, not knowing how it would all work out.
Every episode had many scenes that were just wonderful, hence the stupendous success of this show.
By Sandy on October 14, 2007 12:57 AM
I think the scene in Episode 12 where Don and Pete were ON THE WAY to Cooper's office was an absolute hoot. I laughed and laughed but my heart was still in my throat, not knowing how it would all work out.
Every episode had many scenes that were just wonderful, hence the stupendous success of this show.
By LC on October 14, 2007 10:24 AM
I look forward to every ep! I vote for another "Mad Men" marathon......
By Al Christensen on October 14, 2007 10:49 AM
The scenes of Roger and Joan in the hotel room were some of the sexiest I've ever seen. Who says you have to be naked to be hot?
By LeighB on October 14, 2007 11:10 PM
The last scene of episode 5 with Adam is my favorite. My second favorite was Peggy and Pete on his couch. Third, Don and the beatnick trading barbs in the club. Fourth, Adam running toward the train (and toward Dick). Fifth, Pete bringing back the .22 the morning after his wife threw a fit about returning the chip-n-dip for it. Sixth, Roger blowing chow in front of the Nixon people.
By Anne on October 15, 2007 1:20 PM
Nfromthe60's beat me to it ...
Betty's kids are "playing spaceman" as she visits with a neighbor (in a very early episode). Betty calls to her daughter, and the little girl walks over: with a dress-length plastic bag over her head.
The kid stands there and waits -- a perfect comic beat -- as Betty shoots her a meaningful look.
Betty tells her: Young lady, if my dry cleaning is on the floor upstairs you're in a LOT of trouble.
I hadn't done a spit-take since Dave Letterman and the rhesus monkeys in the 80's. Thanks a lot to everyone at Mad Men: I'm still trying to get the red wine stains out of my white capris ...
By EranS on October 15, 2007 2:09 PM
This show is fantastic, I'm addicted already!! It has the mood and feel of Sopranos (which I miss) without the language or the violence. So smartly written, and so intuitive and intelligent in its interpretation of its characters. The best part of the whole show is that what's important is what goes unsaid. (Although the hilarious and undermining comments made between the characters are great and make you laugh out loud at the irreverance are wonderful!) The characters who are "in the closet", the lack of connection between Don and Betty in their marriage, the seemingly real connection between Rachel and Don, the unraveling of Don's world and identity that he has created for himself. Looking forward to the season finale and the next season, I'm going through withdrawal already!!
By Penultimate on October 15, 2007 8:42 PM
Capturing Mood on Closing Credits:
Amy Winehouse singing "You Know I'm No Good."
By Harrison on October 15, 2007 11:16 PM
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
By Harrison on October 15, 2007 11:17 PM
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
By Harrison on October 15, 2007 11:17 PM
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
By Harrison on October 15, 2007 11:17 PM
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
By Harrison on October 15, 2007 11:17 PM
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
By LeighB on October 16, 2007 7:28 PM
I think Harrison has a favorite.
It's a good one, I agree.
By lovethosemm on October 16, 2007 8:46 PM
My favorite scene was when Don came to Midge's apartment and she answered the door in a men's shirt only. He picked her up while kissing her, and she dropped her flower pot. I have to say I watched that scene over and over, thanks to On Demand!
By deering on October 17, 2007 1:35 AM
It was a small scene, but one of my favorites is when Don is seeing a seriously-soused Roger off after dinner at his house. ("No...that's _my_ car.") LOL!!
By Bonnie on October 17, 2007 3:30 AM
I was born in '51 so this show strikes many chords for me. My father's attitude toward women comes through loud and clear every week via the men's bantering and assumptions. He trained me (i.e. gave me advice in the same way Joan gives to Peggy). Everything he said was in the context of how it would make men feel (because he assumed that since I was pretty, attracting men should be my main consideration.) My mother hated Dad's attitude toward women. Dad wanted me to be outgoing, friendly and sexy like Joan. Mom wanted me to be quietly pretty and shy like Don's wife. I could never please both parents at the same time. As it turned out I'm a busty redhead who looks like a wholesome version of Joan (with Peggy's mindset). In Mad Men I 'm reliving that war all over again.
By Madison on October 17, 2007 12:07 PM
Don slaps Roger and says, "Mona! Your wifes names is Mona!" That was hilarious and the look on Rogers face was priceless.
By Bette on October 17, 2007 5:41 PM
WHY WAIT to WHINE, SCREAM AND KICK? MAD MEN HAS TO GO ON AFTER October 18th which is slated for their last EPISODE.......BRING IT BACK!!!!!
By Angela Harpe on October 17, 2007 9:33 PM
I definitely liked the scene when Don, his mistress and her beatnik-type friend go down to that avante-garde club in the Village. The guy is trying to goad Don by asking him how he sleeps at night,and Don says "On a bed made of money". Gotta love that Don (or Dick?)!! But the whole scene was very cool, especially when it ended with the band was singing their song and showing scenes of what everybody was doiing at the time, then fading outl.
By Ruth on October 18, 2007 3:05 AM
My favorite scene is a connected set of scenes. The day after Roger made a pass at Betty in Don's home after dinner, Don premeditated a plan to get back at him. He arranged for the elevator to be broken -- remember that easy-to-miss moment when he said to the elevator operator "Let me ask you something" and he stepped into the elevator alone with the man and the door closed? Then sure enough when they returned from their lunch, it was broken and they started up the stairs. Don pushed the pace, but not too much until Roger reached down to pretend to retrieve his cuff link and told Don to go on alone. Don left Roger in the dust but didn't betray his real feelings until the vomit scene. When he walked away with a totally triumphant look on his face, and Roger completely clueless of what Don had done, it was perfection!
By Ruth on October 18, 2007 3:06 AM
My favorite scene is a connected set of scenes. The day after Roger made a pass at Betty in Don's home after dinner, Don premeditated a plan to get back at him. He arranged for the elevator to be broken -- remember that easy-to-miss moment when he said to the elevator operator "Let me ask you something" and he stepped into the elevator alone with the man and the door closed? Then sure enough when they returned from their lunch, it was broken and they started up the stairs. Don pushed the pace, but not too much until Roger reached down to pretend to retrieve his cuff link and told Don to go on alone. Don left Roger in the dust but didn't betray his real feelings until the vomit scene. When he walked away with a totally triumphant look on his face, and Roger completely clueless of what Don had done, it was perfection!
By Ritt on October 18, 2007 7:15 AM
Ruth -
I agree, it was a terrific scene, especially because it was stretched over the second half of the episode. You didn't mention the part where Don willingly helped Roger overindulge, knowing the stair climb was coming. And only second to my favorite scene. The one where he all but fires Belle Jolie as a client.
"Either Jesus lives in your heart or he doesn't." Fantastic scene! It shows exactly why Don is making the big bucks. Pulling a campaign out of the rejection pile and really *selling* it. Which is also what he did with the Lucky Strike campaign.
You also saw a bit of it when he was talking with Papa Menken. Mentioning the second floor store where he'd started (showing he knows the history) and telling him that his marble palace was beautiful but old-fashioned. What was needed now was something for customers like his daughter - educated and sophisticated, complimenting Rachel to her father. Can't go wrong doing that.
By Hilldiggity on October 18, 2007 6:07 PM
Harrison seems to be the only other person to have mentioned it, but my favorite scene as well is the dialog between Roger and Don, mostly the latter, but all of it is powerful.
Roger Sterling: I bet daily friendship with that bottle attracts more people to advertising than any salary you can dream of.
Don Draper: It's the way I got in.
Roger Sterling: So enjoy it.
Don Draper: I'm doin' my best here.
Roger Sterling: No, you're not. You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do.
Don Draper: What about shaky hands, I see a lot of that with you boys?
Roger Sterling: No joke. Your kind with your gloomy thoughts and your worries, your all busy licking some imaginary wound.
Don Draper: Not all imaginary.
Roger Sterling: Yeah, boo hoo.
Don Draper: Maybe I'm not as comfortable being powerless as you are.
Ep 4 - New Amsterdam
By LeighB on October 18, 2007 6:58 PM
Hilldiggity--Nailed it. Of all the exchanges this is in my top two. My favorite line is the last one, "Maybe I'm not as comfortable being powerless as you area" to which Roger responds, "Excuse me?"
By Kenknee on October 19, 2007 2:11 AM
I simply like the show and all the scenes, but is the volume dropping down?
By Laura on October 19, 2007 10:56 AM
What to do now? The longing ~ The waiting
This love affair has left me yearning for more.
Any chance of moving up the second season date? Hopelessly Hopeful
By Jen on October 19, 2007 11:37 AM
Well, now my favorite scene is the look on Pete's face when Don assigns Peggy as a copywriter to Pete's father-in-law's account! YAY!
(Don is just sooooo awesome.)
By Bill Wallace on October 19, 2007 6:21 PM
Summer 2008 for season two?? WTF
By MMFan on October 20, 2007 11:15 AM
Definitely the Kodak campaign pitch as delivered by Don...brilliant!
By Dave on October 20, 2007 4:41 PM
I really think my favorite, and this is a really hard call, is epi 12 as is really explained what I had been guessing all along, but didn't know how ???? The show left me sitting in my recliner with my jaw dripped to the floor from the moment of the swtched dog tags. THANK YOU AMC AND ALL STAFF
By vanessa on October 20, 2007 11:12 PM
Episode 13, the entire scene where Betty in the the Dr. office turning the tables on Don.
By Elizabeth on October 22, 2007 4:58 PM
I have to say that my favorite scene of the season had to has to be in the finale when Don gives Peggy a promotion to copywriter and the Clearasil account and Pete storms out. Beautifully played out! Closely followed by the jaw-dropping scene when we discover Peggy's a mommy, dispite her naive ignorance. Can't wait to see the second season. Can't believe I have to wait six-eight months!!!
By MadWoman on October 23, 2007 12:26 AM
"I want you to take a box & put your things in it."
I think this was before "On a bed of money."
Both of these just blew me away with their strength & 'this guy's in total control.' Little did we know way back then.
By lois on October 23, 2007 1:03 PM
sent one before,bit never saw it again. I am 71 and remember the 60's cause I lived them. I was married at the time, one year, and everthing I see is authenic, The male dominance, the sexual harrsassmemtnt, the smoking, everywhere, the a.m. cough, the wife,sheltered and oblivious. The clothes, the way od speaking, the unerhandedness, all of it,you have it down pat, so keep it coming, so I am able to remember, and enjoy, and regret, all at the same time. THANK Y0U.
Lois
By lois on October 23, 2007 1:10 PM
when will this great nostalgic series return?
By Barbaranell on October 23, 2007 10:42 PM
My favorite scene: When Peggy and Joan do the cha cha and the twist at PJs. What a great show of personalities.
By Charlene Ferrin on October 24, 2007 12:15 AM
I love the Admen show. I think it is just as good as the Sopranos, and I am looking forward to the new episodes. It would be nice if it came on at 9pm because so many more people would be able to see it. Keep up the good work. Thanks,
Charlene
By Mark Gonda on October 29, 2007 4:14 PM
...are you kidding me? The best scene of the season is Don's "sell job" of Kodak and the wheel/carousel. The timing/rhythm with Don's delivery was some of the best I have even scene on TV... So good that I had to buy the episode on itunes... Then you tie in the last scene with the pull-back of Don sitting alone on the steps... In a classic Soprano's ending with a classic song.... STRONG, VERY STONG. I am now having "Mad Men" withdraw's....
THANKS
By Jere Fojtik on November 4, 2007 1:14 PM
Gentlemen:
This is one of the finest programs I have seen in a very long time. It is very elegantly done and reminds of PBS Masterpiece Theatre. I hope it goes on for ever and I will buy the DVD whenever is available. Really classy TV.
Thank you for producing it. I am urging everyone I know to see it.
Jere Fojtik
By Ira on November 4, 2007 5:57 PM
Too many favorites to mention, but one not mentioned was the very first scene of the series, with Don, the black waiter, and the waiter's white supervisor. I was hooked from that scene on.
By Jilly on November 8, 2007 1:33 AM
In Shoot, when Don comes home from work, asks Betty about her day and she covers the disappointment of losing her job by telling Don that going into the city was 'harsh', etc. I thought there were a lot of quiet, subtle layers to the scene. Their interaction was intriguing and entertaining. Below the surface were layers of real feelings and perhaps control (on Don's part) that were interesting and added so much to the story.
By Jilly on November 8, 2007 1:34 AM
In Shoot, when Don comes home from work, asks Betty about her day and she covers the disappointment of losing her job by telling Don that going into the city was 'harsh', etc. I thought there were a lot of quiet, subtle layers to the scene. Their interaction was intriguing and entertaining. Below the surface were layers of real feelings and perhaps control (on Don's part) that were interesting and added so much to the story.
By Zito on November 15, 2007 2:23 AM
The best scene is when Betty (Don's wife)tells the little boy how sad she is, and the boy says he wishes he was grown up, then he would know what to say to make her feel better;Betty insists "grown ups don't know anything". I love Betty for telling the truth about grown ups, their friendship is just beautiful.
By brenna on November 16, 2007 6:47 PM
I have a couple of favorites, since this wonderful series gives such a great range to choose from.. I loved the scene where Don & Pete are on the way to Cooper's office. What a showdown on Don's part - he's got nerves of steel. Then again, he can be so sentimental, as he was in the Kodak carousel scene. I have great admiration for Joan's poise in every situation, as well as for Peggy's growing confidence. I am addicted to the show - every scene leaves you wanting to find out what happens next. It would be interesting to know the age range of the audience, since the younger generation wouldn't be able to really relate, as much of those of us who have actually lived it. By the way, I cannot find AMC on Comcast On Demand anymore - it was there weeks ago & I missed an episode that I'm dying to see -
By suz on November 18, 2007 3:25 PM
Brenna, check out the schedule of repeats that are coming up right here on this site, and perhaps you will find your lost episode. I am buying the entire series on DVD when it comes out and I never buy DVD's. Best show out there! Don Draper is the man!!!!
By Laurie B. on November 28, 2007 11:08 AM
Cracks me up when people compare Mad Men with The Sopranos. Brilliant writing both, I agree, but geez, there was not one piece of eye candy in The Sopranos. The "hero" is a fat, bald, gnome-ish looking violent criminal. The only similarities between Tony Soprano and Don Draper is they both have 'mommy issues' which leads to their chronic infidelity.
ANYWAYYYYY..... Favorite Scenes:
1. Dry cleaning bag over little Sally's face. Hysterical, I agree.
2. Doin' the Twist at PJ's. This one made me jump up and start doing the twist and then my 17 yr old son joined me. What fun!
3. Don heading to Bert's office and Snivelin' Pete's winding around his ankles like a puppy. HAAA!!
4. Dick Whitman and the Hobo talk in the barn.
5. Loved when Midge said "Just because I can't call you, doesn't mean you can't call me." Schwing!
6. Ending scene from New Amsterdam, where "I'll Take Manhattan" is playing while Pete's pondering his future life as he gazes out his new high-rise apartment window.
Vote for Best Episode: The Hobo Code and Episode 12.
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Episode 4:The scene where Don says to Pete, "I want you to take a box and put your things in it." Classic.
All the scenes nominated were good including Madison's above but I loved the scene, also in Episode 4, when Roger and Don come into Pete's office and "unfire" him.
Roger goes on about how Don fought to keep Pete over Roger's and Cooper's objections. Like a fraternity president dressing down a pledge. Pete was almost suicidal before they came in and his relief afterwards was palpable.
Beautiful! Now that's a boss who thinks! Pete won't dare complain about anything to Don's superiors for fear of getting fired again or at least being seen as a disloyal SOB to the guy who saved his job.
Voted for Don turning to Rachel for comfort...or I'd call it the "Rachel getting laid!" scene! LOL!
My favorite scene was when Betty and Don's children were running through the house with the cleaning clothes plastic over their heads. This was classic 60"s when people were clueless about the dangers of life and things. To me it represented the essence of this period and what the show protrays.
One of my favorite scenes was when Rachel gave Don the Knight in shining armor cuff links.
The scene on the roof right after was great too.
Another great Rachel and Don moment was their meeting in the cocktail lounge right after their first meeting and sparks flew!
My favorite scene was when Roger threw up in front of all the clients in the lobby and the look of accomplishment on Don's face as he walked away.
Too many to list, but the one that stands out for me is when Don tells Betty what a wonderful, kind mother she is, and how he wished he'd had a mother like her. I melted, even if he was full of shit.
Also, the two "gay" encounters; the one with Sal and the client, and the one where Carol professes her love to Joan.
Ditto Ritts posting - I too loved the "unfiring of Pete" - but in view of the recent "Box" incident, I wonder if Pete will feel re-impowered to challenge Don again?
I also loved the Twist scene, it inspired me to jump out of bed and entertain my husband with my version of the twist. His response was "yeah babe that was a lot of summers ago" It inspired a lot of "remember whens".
My memory is often overwhelmed with nostalgia from long forgotten experiences. Some fun to remember, others less so. Time and experience seperate us from the sharp edges of our past, and it can be unsettling to unexpectedly confront the realities that were unescapable at the time.
I have never been much of a TV fan or watched re-runs and I watch this darned show as often as they show it. It is wonderful entertainment, but it is almost an "experience", and the connection to the people that we meet on this blog just intensifys that experience. I am already experiencing "seperation anxity".
>Episode 4:The scene where Don says to Pete, "I want you to take a box and put your things in it."
Ehehehe. A remark that tonight will come back to haunt Don...g!
I liked the scene with Don and Betty making love in the middle of the night during the Mother's Day episode(imagine...Don actually in bed with his wife!) I liked that he seemed so into her at that moment, touching her and kissing her, and Betty's responses were hot, too. She was trying really hard to show him how horny she was, even if it did sound kind of stilted. Just one of the few tender, erotic moments that I can remember of the two of them.
I liked Roger's scene with Red the best. The one where she is helping her with his make-up. I've always been a sucker for bad boys and Roger is the pentultimate! The scene melted my heart.
One thing I am soooo happy we'll not be subjected to is the liberated single mother ala Murphy Brown. The single mother plot line is so cliche ridden these days.
I don't think Peggy's pregnant, but if she is, she'll have an abortion and we won't have to put up with an ankle-biter.
I loved it when Greenwich Village where the performers sang "Waters of Babylon" over several closing scenes, ending with Joan and Roger leaving the hotel separately together.
My favorite was the scene where Betty has modeled for the first time and is feeling great about herself. She comes home and Don is in the TV room. They connect and she wants to go upstairs, but Don says something like "no, here," and she agrees. He kisses her and unzips her sundress (which is almost identical to the one my Barbie doll wore in 1960--it was called "Suburban Shopper"). Mad Men's costume people should examine the 900 series of early Barbie Doll fashions; as I said, though, from the looks of things, they already have!
Favorite scenes:
The throw up scene, Betty slapping the neighbor in grocery store, kids rolling around the station wagon without seatbelts, Don telling Betty she was a good mother, and finally — my very favorite: Pete tattling on Don to Cooper and Cooper rising above it all. I love to see Pete shot down. That was the best.
Without question my favorite scenes are in Episode 12 which ran tonight, and they are to numerous to mention. Close 2nds are the scenes in Episode 4 when Draper tells Campbell to put his things in a box, and then when Roger and Draper unfire him.
One, just one, of my favorite scenes in my favorite show was in the first episode. In the very last scene at the end, when Don goes into his children's room and "On The Street Where You Live" comes on. I got chills watching and listening to it and realized I was experiencing something really special. That feeling was verified when, upon watching that episode again, I heard mention of "My Fair Lady" in one of the opening scenes.
Favorite scene missing from the voting list: "Sally Draper, if the clothes that were in that bag are wrinkled...." Imagine - sending the kids off to play with plastic bags over their heads - vintage 60's! And Ms. Jones managed to pull that off with a straight face!
BRAVO!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this show.... You have brilliantly captured the very essence of that era... I was 5 years old in 1960, but remember so much of what you have presented thus far...even the chip 'n dip...There's nothing like this anywhereon TV. Keep it coming...we'll be watching!
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I'm at a loss to really pin down a favorite. I voted for the bird shooting scene, and really it was one I thought about for days. I loved it.
Then again, I think the writing in the "gay dinner" scene was phenomenal! They said so much without actually saying it. It was impressive.
Also the conversations between Rachael and her sister are so well written.
Now that I think of it a little more...my all time favorite line is when the Beatnik tells Don that he can't leave because the police were in the hall (because he was stoned, of course), and Don replied, "No, YOU can't leave". Perfect! Especially since that guy had been busting his chops so bad all along!
there are so many scenes from this show that make it the best! but my all-time fave is betty shooting the birds. i can only imagine that i would do the same if someone told my little girl they would shoot her dog! the only difference is, if she told my husband about it, he would've shot them before i even had a chance to think about it!
I can't help but notice that Peggy has gained an alarming amount of weight. When she started in the first episode, she was quite trim, if a bit dowdy. Now she has a substantially thickened body and a noticeable double chin. Is this an attempt to hide a pregnancy?
A fave moment: the surreal version of "Caravan". Where did that come from?
I see two reasons for the very obvious weight gain of Peggy- she was pregnant in real life, and they had to proceed as if she were just a girl gaining weight due to adjusting to the big city. (They have the actors making several remarks on her weight through each show.) If you look at episode one she is very slim, the gain looks like 30 pounds. At the wrap party she looks slim again...gave birth? I can't see they would have hired her if she were pregnant to begin with.. but she is PERFECT in the role though. Second..they may have ASKED her to gain weight ? as part of the role..to show how easy it is to maladjust to the big city life, and how men treat her...very easy conclusion. But I wonder which, if either, is right?
I also have come to almost loathe Don...so deeply insecure he would abandon his kids so easily-- he wants to run off with almost any dark haired beauty. I do NOT think there is a Jewish track here at all. Dan was a southern whore's son, sent to his sharecropper father, nothing religious there, maybe Baptist, but certainly not Jewish. I think it is his insecurity that makes him hide who he is. It is getting harder to like him at all, and Peter's little weasel role is great..his "boy" in flannel jammies look at night is a hoot.
Bettie's discovery of wash machine sex is funny-- see how she DOESN't pursue him for sex as much? he keeps looking at her askance..as if he sees she is freeing herself of him, he needs her to need him, so he can deny her. She represents the world he can't really have or belong to..like it is all a fake to him. She is shallow, so if she develops real character she will not abide him..he is on a tightrope at home now I think.
What I really love about the show about advertising..is how it portrays an Over the top reference to itself..the home is picture perfect, the clothes, language, everything is tainted with a surreal exactness, which to me is an IN joke, showing us how shallow the shallow life was, get it? Like gilding a lily, the show is so shiny, like cello wapping over a colorful, empty cardboard facade- too pretty. I love this show! and picking it apart each week.
Arrrrgh! Peggy is not pregnant, and neither is the actress who portrays her! It's all padding and makeup. There's an article about it in a recent issue of People magazine. C'mon, people, you've either been pregnant or seen a pregnant woman, right? Peggy's weight gain does not look like pregnancy! She is either gaining weight due to stress or the fact that she is on a very high dose version of the birth control pill, circa 1960! Give up on the pregnancy thing...it's not happening!
I mentioned this on another thread; If Pegy were pregnant, we would know it by now. No other storylines move so slowly. She's had the weight gain for some time now. I also read somewhere that she was wearing facial prostheses...I just can't remember where.
Not my favorite scene because I liked it or it made me feel good, but because I thought it was the most powerful: When Don gives Adam the $5,000 and severs all ties with him. Likewise, I thought the scene last night in which the young Adam sees Dick on the train and starts calling out to him, then finally gives up, not understanding, not being listened to... Wow.
I "thought" I knew what my favorite epi was till last night. Now I really have to say Epi 12 as it caught me totally off guard. I watched it back to back last night and On Demand today. Being a Nam Vet myself I really can't believe what Don did. Then to add to that Pete turned into a total asshole. Loved it wher mr. Cooper said "who cares" when Pete blew the whistle. Season finale will be great
I vote for adding the Don, Pete and Burt scene from last nights episode.
The absolute best scene ever:
Roger Sterling being wheeled on the ambulance stretcher, semi-conscious and calling out his mistress's name. Don Draper grabs him by the hair, slaps his face, points his finger at him and says: "It's Mona! Your wife's name is Mona!"
The Don's revenge on Roger schene where he hurls in front of the clients was FABULOUS! My 6-year old though it was HILARIOUS!
Just so many good scenes it's impossible to pick just one. The scene where Joan was putting the makeup on Roger is right up there. BTW - I miss the old bastard, when is he coming back?
Another favorite scene... from the birthday party episode. Don went to get the cake, and has not returned after quite a while. Betty tries to make excuses for Don, when one of the husbands says blunty: There's not going to be a cake. Am I the only one who sees that?!
I love the show and look forward to Thursday nights all scens are my favorite. It is interesting to me to see all the things that took place in the 60's when I was a wee child. The writting, acting, set, & clothing all are perfetly coordinated. Working in an office, I can see that men/women have come a long way. Excellent job....keep the show alive.
Betty shooting the birds, I love a woman killing vermin while smokin & I'm not even a smoker although a shotgun would have been better, she strikes me as the perfect wife and mom for my kids. (at least in fantasy land)
I'd run that scene in the promos.
I read in next week's TV Guide that Peggy's expanding girth is accomplished with padding and prosthetics. I was hoping she was preggers. It would have created another great storyline. When does the new season start? Oh, and Johnny, that scene in the foxhole was from the Korean War.
Of course I voted for Betty shooting the birds.
But perhaps the scene I liked the most was young Dick Whitman talking quietly with the hobo about Life. It stayed with me for quite a while, and I think it stayed with Dick for the rest of his life.
A lot of the scenes are open to interpretation, but that was heart-to-heart. The hoboes' "code" was more simple and honest than the way most people communicate.
I think the scene in Episode 12 where Don and Pete were ON THE WAY to Cooper's office was an absolute hoot. I laughed and laughed but my heart was still in my throat, not knowing how it would all work out.
Every episode had many scenes that were just wonderful, hence the stupendous success of this show.
I think the scene in Episode 12 where Don and Pete were ON THE WAY to Cooper's office was an absolute hoot. I laughed and laughed but my heart was still in my throat, not knowing how it would all work out.
Every episode had many scenes that were just wonderful, hence the stupendous success of this show.
I look forward to every ep! I vote for another "Mad Men" marathon......
The scenes of Roger and Joan in the hotel room were some of the sexiest I've ever seen. Who says you have to be naked to be hot?
The last scene of episode 5 with Adam is my favorite. My second favorite was Peggy and Pete on his couch. Third, Don and the beatnick trading barbs in the club. Fourth, Adam running toward the train (and toward Dick). Fifth, Pete bringing back the .22 the morning after his wife threw a fit about returning the chip-n-dip for it. Sixth, Roger blowing chow in front of the Nixon people.
Nfromthe60's beat me to it ...
Betty's kids are "playing spaceman" as she visits with a neighbor (in a very early episode). Betty calls to her daughter, and the little girl walks over: with a dress-length plastic bag over her head.
The kid stands there and waits -- a perfect comic beat -- as Betty shoots her a meaningful look.
Betty tells her: Young lady, if my dry cleaning is on the floor upstairs you're in a LOT of trouble.
I hadn't done a spit-take since Dave Letterman and the rhesus monkeys in the 80's. Thanks a lot to everyone at Mad Men: I'm still trying to get the red wine stains out of my white capris ...
This show is fantastic, I'm addicted already!! It has the mood and feel of Sopranos (which I miss) without the language or the violence. So smartly written, and so intuitive and intelligent in its interpretation of its characters. The best part of the whole show is that what's important is what goes unsaid. (Although the hilarious and undermining comments made between the characters are great and make you laugh out loud at the irreverance are wonderful!) The characters who are "in the closet", the lack of connection between Don and Betty in their marriage, the seemingly real connection between Rachel and Don, the unraveling of Don's world and identity that he has created for himself. Looking forward to the season finale and the next season, I'm going through withdrawal already!!
Capturing Mood on Closing Credits:
Amy Winehouse singing "You Know I'm No Good."
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
My favorite seen is when Roger and Don are drinking in Don's office after Don's initial firing of Pete Campbell. Roger is explaining to Don about the differences of the generations in the ways they drink. Roger has one of the best lines that I've ever heard, "We drink b/c it tastes good, we drink b/c we deserve it, we drink b/c it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. We drink b/c it's what men do." Classic. The rest of the conversation is priceless but I'll never forget that part.
I think Harrison has a favorite.
It's a good one, I agree.
My favorite scene was when Don came to Midge's apartment and she answered the door in a men's shirt only. He picked her up while kissing her, and she dropped her flower pot. I have to say I watched that scene over and over, thanks to On Demand!
It was a small scene, but one of my favorites is when Don is seeing a seriously-soused Roger off after dinner at his house. ("No...that's _my_ car.") LOL!!
I was born in '51 so this show strikes many chords for me. My father's attitude toward women comes through loud and clear every week via the men's bantering and assumptions. He trained me (i.e. gave me advice in the same way Joan gives to Peggy). Everything he said was in the context of how it would make men feel (because he assumed that since I was pretty, attracting men should be my main consideration.) My mother hated Dad's attitude toward women. Dad wanted me to be outgoing, friendly and sexy like Joan. Mom wanted me to be quietly pretty and shy like Don's wife. I could never please both parents at the same time. As it turned out I'm a busty redhead who looks like a wholesome version of Joan (with Peggy's mindset). In Mad Men I 'm reliving that war all over again.
Don slaps Roger and says, "Mona! Your wifes names is Mona!" That was hilarious and the look on Rogers face was priceless.
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I definitely liked the scene when Don, his mistress and her beatnik-type friend go down to that avante-garde club in the Village. The guy is trying to goad Don by asking him how he sleeps at night,and Don says "On a bed made of money". Gotta love that Don (or Dick?)!! But the whole scene was very cool, especially when it ended with the band was singing their song and showing scenes of what everybody was doiing at the time, then fading outl.
My favorite scene is a connected set of scenes. The day after Roger made a pass at Betty in Don's home after dinner, Don premeditated a plan to get back at him. He arranged for the elevator to be broken -- remember that easy-to-miss moment when he said to the elevator operator "Let me ask you something" and he stepped into the elevator alone with the man and the door closed? Then sure enough when they returned from their lunch, it was broken and they started up the stairs. Don pushed the pace, but not too much until Roger reached down to pretend to retrieve his cuff link and told Don to go on alone. Don left Roger in the dust but didn't betray his real feelings until the vomit scene. When he walked away with a totally triumphant look on his face, and Roger completely clueless of what Don had done, it was perfection!
My favorite scene is a connected set of scenes. The day after Roger made a pass at Betty in Don's home after dinner, Don premeditated a plan to get back at him. He arranged for the elevator to be broken -- remember that easy-to-miss moment when he said to the elevator operator "Let me ask you something" and he stepped into the elevator alone with the man and the door closed? Then sure enough when they returned from their lunch, it was broken and they started up the stairs. Don pushed the pace, but not too much until Roger reached down to pretend to retrieve his cuff link and told Don to go on alone. Don left Roger in the dust but didn't betray his real feelings until the vomit scene. When he walked away with a totally triumphant look on his face, and Roger completely clueless of what Don had done, it was perfection!
Ruth -
I agree, it was a terrific scene, especially because it was stretched over the second half of the episode. You didn't mention the part where Don willingly helped Roger overindulge, knowing the stair climb was coming. And only second to my favorite scene. The one where he all but fires Belle Jolie as a client.
"Either Jesus lives in your heart or he doesn't." Fantastic scene! It shows exactly why Don is making the big bucks. Pulling a campaign out of the rejection pile and really *selling* it. Which is also what he did with the Lucky Strike campaign.
You also saw a bit of it when he was talking with Papa Menken. Mentioning the second floor store where he'd started (showing he knows the history) and telling him that his marble palace was beautiful but old-fashioned. What was needed now was something for customers like his daughter - educated and sophisticated, complimenting Rachel to her father. Can't go wrong doing that.
Harrison seems to be the only other person to have mentioned it, but my favorite scene as well is the dialog between Roger and Don, mostly the latter, but all of it is powerful.
Roger Sterling: I bet daily friendship with that bottle attracts more people to advertising than any salary you can dream of.
Don Draper: It's the way I got in.
Roger Sterling: So enjoy it.
Don Draper: I'm doin' my best here.
Roger Sterling: No, you're not. You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do.
Don Draper: What about shaky hands, I see a lot of that with you boys?
Roger Sterling: No joke. Your kind with your gloomy thoughts and your worries, your all busy licking some imaginary wound.
Don Draper: Not all imaginary.
Roger Sterling: Yeah, boo hoo.
Don Draper: Maybe I'm not as comfortable being powerless as you are.
Ep 4 - New Amsterdam
Hilldiggity--Nailed it. Of all the exchanges this is in my top two. My favorite line is the last one, "Maybe I'm not as comfortable being powerless as you area" to which Roger responds, "Excuse me?"
I simply like the show and all the scenes, but is the volume dropping down?
What to do now? The longing ~ The waiting
This love affair has left me yearning for more.
Any chance of moving up the second season date? Hopelessly Hopeful
Well, now my favorite scene is the look on Pete's face when Don assigns Peggy as a copywriter to Pete's father-in-law's account! YAY!
(Don is just sooooo awesome.)
Summer 2008 for season two?? WTF
Definitely the Kodak campaign pitch as delivered by Don...brilliant!
I really think my favorite, and this is a really hard call, is epi 12 as is really explained what I had been guessing all along, but didn't know how ???? The show left me sitting in my recliner with my jaw dripped to the floor from the moment of the swtched dog tags. THANK YOU AMC AND ALL STAFF
Episode 13, the entire scene where Betty in the the Dr. office turning the tables on Don.
I have to say that my favorite scene of the season had to has to be in the finale when Don gives Peggy a promotion to copywriter and the Clearasil account and Pete storms out. Beautifully played out! Closely followed by the jaw-dropping scene when we discover Peggy's a mommy, dispite her naive ignorance. Can't wait to see the second season. Can't believe I have to wait six-eight months!!!
"I want you to take a box & put your things in it."
I think this was before "On a bed of money."
Both of these just blew me away with their strength & 'this guy's in total control.' Little did we know way back then.
sent one before,bit never saw it again. I am 71 and remember the 60's cause I lived them. I was married at the time, one year, and everthing I see is authenic, The male dominance, the sexual harrsassmemtnt, the smoking, everywhere, the a.m. cough, the wife,sheltered and oblivious. The clothes, the way od speaking, the unerhandedness, all of it,you have it down pat, so keep it coming, so I am able to remember, and enjoy, and regret, all at the same time. THANK Y0U.
Lois
when will this great nostalgic series return?
My favorite scene: When Peggy and Joan do the cha cha and the twist at PJs. What a great show of personalities.
I love the Admen show. I think it is just as good as the Sopranos, and I am looking forward to the new episodes. It would be nice if it came on at 9pm because so many more people would be able to see it. Keep up the good work. Thanks,
Charlene
...are you kidding me? The best scene of the season is Don's "sell job" of Kodak and the wheel/carousel. The timing/rhythm with Don's delivery was some of the best I have even scene on TV... So good that I had to buy the episode on itunes... Then you tie in the last scene with the pull-back of Don sitting alone on the steps... In a classic Soprano's ending with a classic song.... STRONG, VERY STONG. I am now having "Mad Men" withdraw's....
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This is one of the finest programs I have seen in a very long time. It is very elegantly done and reminds of PBS Masterpiece Theatre. I hope it goes on for ever and I will buy the DVD whenever is available. Really classy TV.
Thank you for producing it. I am urging everyone I know to see it.
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Too many favorites to mention, but one not mentioned was the very first scene of the series, with Don, the black waiter, and the waiter's white supervisor. I was hooked from that scene on.
In Shoot, when Don comes home from work, asks Betty about her day and she covers the disappointment of losing her job by telling Don that going into the city was 'harsh', etc. I thought there were a lot of quiet, subtle layers to the scene. Their interaction was intriguing and entertaining. Below the surface were layers of real feelings and perhaps control (on Don's part) that were interesting and added so much to the story.
In Shoot, when Don comes home from work, asks Betty about her day and she covers the disappointment of losing her job by telling Don that going into the city was 'harsh', etc. I thought there were a lot of quiet, subtle layers to the scene. Their interaction was intriguing and entertaining. Below the surface were layers of real feelings and perhaps control (on Don's part) that were interesting and added so much to the story.
The best scene is when Betty (Don's wife)tells the little boy how sad she is, and the boy says he wishes he was grown up, then he would know what to say to make her feel better;Betty insists "grown ups don't know anything". I love Betty for telling the truth about grown ups, their friendship is just beautiful.
I have a couple of favorites, since this wonderful series gives such a great range to choose from.. I loved the scene where Don & Pete are on the way to Cooper's office. What a showdown on Don's part - he's got nerves of steel. Then again, he can be so sentimental, as he was in the Kodak carousel scene. I have great admiration for Joan's poise in every situation, as well as for Peggy's growing confidence. I am addicted to the show - every scene leaves you wanting to find out what happens next. It would be interesting to know the age range of the audience, since the younger generation wouldn't be able to really relate, as much of those of us who have actually lived it. By the way, I cannot find AMC on Comcast On Demand anymore - it was there weeks ago & I missed an episode that I'm dying to see -
Brenna, check out the schedule of repeats that are coming up right here on this site, and perhaps you will find your lost episode. I am buying the entire series on DVD when it comes out and I never buy DVD's. Best show out there! Don Draper is the man!!!!
Cracks me up when people compare Mad Men with The Sopranos. Brilliant writing both, I agree, but geez, there was not one piece of eye candy in The Sopranos. The "hero" is a fat, bald, gnome-ish looking violent criminal. The only similarities between Tony Soprano and Don Draper is they both have 'mommy issues' which leads to their chronic infidelity.
ANYWAYYYYY..... Favorite Scenes:
1. Dry cleaning bag over little Sally's face. Hysterical, I agree.
2. Doin' the Twist at PJ's. This one made me jump up and start doing the twist and then my 17 yr old son joined me. What fun!
3. Don heading to Bert's office and Snivelin' Pete's winding around his ankles like a puppy. HAAA!!
4. Dick Whitman and the Hobo talk in the barn.
5. Loved when Midge said "Just because I can't call you, doesn't mean you can't call me." Schwing!
6. Ending scene from New Amsterdam, where "I'll Take Manhattan" is playing while Pete's pondering his future life as he gazes out his new high-rise apartment window.
Vote for Best Episode: The Hobo Code and Episode 12.