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Hi...I, too, am enthralled with this "Mad Men" series...wow! I worked in exactly the same atmosphere in the 60's. Naive, young Executive Assistant in a Corporate Executive Office. Parties we had looked similar to what was portrayed in the series; however, didn't see the blatant sex stuff (I know it went on, though.) We danced the conga line and stood on top of the grand piano to show off our legs. Smoking--every office and everyone...(in fact, I opened the packs of cigarettes and lit them for my Vice President boss) and I took off his overcoat every morning and hung it up in his closet and helped him on with it every night. I served coffee and/or drinks from our bar in the office. I was young, trim and pretty then and it was appreciated by all the men coming in from all over the world. It was truly a sexist time and I could have gotten in trouble had I not had the morals I had. After one party in a private room rented at an upscale restaurant, things became a little wild and the next week, our president (who never attended) put the so called cabash on all future parties. Affairs went on though, and a few girls had to leave throughout the time I was employed. The men never were reprimanded, however. We dressed just like in Mad Men....great clothes, fitted to emphasize every angle of the body, dresses at just the right length, high heels, cute short gloves...great fabrics for the clothing. Once, one of the vice presidents came back from a trip and asked each executive girl to come into his office alone because he had a great "lay" for each of them--he had been in Hawaii and brought back beautiful orchid leys or lays and presented them to each girl probably with the hope of some kind of sexual thanks. The implication of this type of behavior was always in the air. Again, this show depicts the era as it was....AND it is so much fun to watch! I hope it goes on for a long time.

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This is one terrific show. There aren't enough superlatives to describe my delight with this intelligent and most entertaining series. I posted additional comments as the start of a 'Talk' topic but don't know where they went! Hopefully they will revive somewhere. Anyway, I agree with Tootsie comments above. It is one perfect show - the styles, settings, scripts, dialogue, acting, story line and characters are all a joy to experience. It is even better when we know how accurately they portray the way things used to be and then can relate to all of it on an amusing and astonishing then vs now basis. Sorry it had to end and CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON TWO!

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