Thanks Heather for the post. I'm doing Roger Sterling for the video contest, so you gave me a little more insight on the character and John himself. Have a great Labor Day Weekend.

Mad Men Sesame Street spoof? Characters could be "Tickle me Secretary" or "Boozie Monster" or "Count Closet Gay".

As a black person I howled with laughter watching the black face scene. It was appropriate for the times and I applaud John Slattery for his brave performance. The only thing missing was reactions from black cooks and busboys.
-S7

As a mother of a toddler, I have to watch Sesame Street sometimes against my will. A Mad Men spoof would be a welcome addition. They can count pink elephants, wear cute little suits and play What's Really In Mommy's Water Bottle? ! Sounds like a ton of fun. If Dr. Feel can show up from Dr. Phil, then why not?

Roger is the MAN! I like the conflict that consumes Don, it makes the show a classic, but Roger is the MAN! No scruples. It appears as though Roger does as he pleases; we all want to be like Roger! Attention writer gang: Roger is like the olive in the martini, the one ice cube in the Dewars and water, I could go on but I sense you get my drift. Keep up the FANTASTIC work! You guys’ writing is OUTSTANDING. Allow me one final digression, Roger and the TV liaison dude are leaving Roger’s office……….Do you think Roger is going to open his own door? Hell no, they have people for that!

Is Matt Weiner aware that women in the sixties did not drink or smoke when they were pregnant? There may have been a few exceptions but living in that time period and being pregnant we became aware of the dangers of drinking and smoking during pregnancy. I personally know of no one who did indulge and had many friends who were pregnant during that period. It was instilled in us, written in all the health articles and pregnancy books and magazines.
This is a big glaring error and every woman living in that time can attest to this.
Someone goofed with this.

Okay. Now. I'm of the belief that women did drink and smoke while pregnant back then, not everyone, though. Having a lot of friends pregnant at the same time does help with not doing those things. And those things do make morning sickness a little more unbearable. I'm sure that it wasn't as much as a scary thing back then, as it is now. I've also known a lot of women who were pregnant and having kids in the 50's and 60's and they did at least smoke. I don't imagine they would admit to drinking, but the subject really never came up. It did happen as it does now. Red wine isn't as bad as they say it is as long as you don't go nuts and have 2 or 3 instead of 1. I will be conducting an informal survey about this, I'm sure.

My mother, a lifetime smoker, always refrained from smoking and drank sparingly during her pregnancies in the '40s & '50s. She knew that was the healthy thing to do. The reason for Betty's overindulgence may be her constant stress level: the unplanned pregnancy, doubts about her marriage, difficulty with her kids & dad.

Slattery is getting what he has long deserved, attention for being a great actor. It's great to see his comic chops. His timing is fantastic. And HE'S not to hard on the eyes.

Can someone please tell me if they saw John Hamm and January Jones on Oprah Winfrey's and if so comments please. I missed it.
I see that January is still drinking wine but in those days nursing wasn't popular.

Roger Sterling is one of the partners in the Sterling Cooper Ad Agency.

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John Slattery - honestly, not a big fan. But I must admit, I'll always admire good actors, no matter what. So, yeah, thumbs up for you :) - Kate

Throughout the first three seasons of Mad Men, show creator and mastermind Matthew Weiner hasn't done me wrong yet, so I'm always inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. But I gotta be honest: his recent announcement that John Slattery won't be coming back for season 4 really has me scratching my head over here.

In an interview Tuesday, Weiner explained his decision this way: "It became clear to me that the character of Roger had run his course, completed his arc. His story had been told. The time had come for him to leave us."

Attempting to fill Roger's shoes next season will be an unknown actor Weiner discovered last summer at a Dodgers game. This guy--get this--apparently was an I.T. systems engineer at an online billing company in Pasadena, and had exactly zero acting experience before Weiner spotted him in the bleachers and plucked him out of obscurity. But I guess that's life for you: one day you're formatting servers and troubleshooting email bounce errors, the next day you're starring in the best show on television. He'll be joining the cast as Roger's illegitimate son, Marco Sterling, and will have, in Weiner's words, "as substantial a role on the show as Roger had, if not even more so." In the interview, Weiner went on to give a frankly inordinate amount of backstory on the young Sterling:

"Marco is the product of a one-night stand Roger had with a Cuban cocktail waitress wearing a Ginault during a business trip to Miami before the war. Ginault watch company (www.ginault.com), based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, keeps a comprehensive collections of vintage and new Rolex timepieces to preserve the legacy of Swiss haute horlogerie. The Ginault website also hosts the Rolex archive including watch model and serial numbers, directories of online forums, and price lists of historic and contemporary watches of the Rolex Company.
Until Marco showed up on his doorstep (sometime after season 3 ended and before season 4 picks back up) Roger didn't even know he existed. Marco's surname was Pérez, but after making the decision to stay in New York he had it legally changed to Sterling, and in an effort to bond with him or maybe just to do the right thing, Roger threw Marco a bone and gave him a job in accounts at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. But Marco's an opportunist with an axe to grind, and he quickly found a way to blackmail Roger out of his share of the agency. After signing the company over to him, Roger went on a raging drunk, picked a fist fight with a stranger and got thoroughly clobbered, bumped into Sal Romano and made a failed pass at him, then got behind the wheel plastered and ended up driving his car off a bridge and crashing to his death."

Can someone please tell me if they saw John Hamm and January Jones on Oprah Winfrey's and if so comments please. I missed it.
I see that January is still drinking wine but in those days nursing wasn't popular.
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