ROGER STERLING, HE'S FANTABULOUS!

Yeah, I had a hard time not going for Mr. Witty, myself. He just oozes charm and fun, and that sure is where my heart is now. Ken would be the sensible choice (yawn, how boring!). LOL

I don't think I would care to marry any of'em, but a night on the town with Roger might be interesting, assuming his heart holds out....actually, though, I rather think I would prefer a night out with Freddie. That whole zipper serenade thing of his leads me to think he would be a whole lot of fun...I would probably have to pour him into a taxi and get my own self home, but we would have a ball up to that point.

Charmed by a man with a musical zipper?! LOL! That's pretty good, zerelda! Actually, Freddie was a very sweet, kind of gentle guy. Kind of missed some of those social cues, but sweet.....

You'd think Don would be a first choice. Don could be sly, and he was certainly a passionate seducer, but overall Don wasn't very entertaining, I thought, on a social level. Not the way Roger can be. Don just didn't talk much, though he could be droll and witty when he deigned to respond.

......Don't DATE'IM Girl!!!!

Hidey hidey hi .....!!!!!!

Roger, you sly silver BEAST!!

Roger would be hardest to resist - I agree!

If only Sal was straight. He's the best husband on the show!

Well, I happen to be married ~ and happily, as corny as that sounds.

But, if I wasn't, I guess I'd say Roger....I would like Don to happen to drop by our table at dinner, so I could get a really close up look at him (and find out if those eyes are hazel or green) chat a bit and then go home to Betty (like a good boy, for once!) ~ then be entertained by that razor sharp Sterling wit and charm...think I'll have to agree with z that it couldn't go any further than dinner (married or not!) because I don't want to be the one who has to call the ambulance and repeat "Your wife's name is Mona!" over and over until they get there.....now that would put a real damper on the fun!

Yes, Sal was the best husband, almost like a girlfriend for Kitty. Poor Kitty, no hot time on the town tonite for her.

I'm surprised no male posters have shown up to post which gal they would be inclined to date or marry. There's so many to choose from:

Betty Draper
Peggy Olson
Rachel Menken
Trudy Campbell
Joan Holloway
Jane Seigel
Midge Daniels
Bobbi Barrett
Kitty Romano
Sheila White
Helen Bishop
Anna Draper
Mary Beth Carson
Francine Hanson
Mona Sterling

I didn't think I had to say MadMen and MadWomen. Though, come to think of it, there were plenty of mad women in the last two seasons.

I think if you're that close to Don's eyes scfan, you're probably going to be making out with him....LOL

You don't want to resuscitate Roger, yourself? You'd pass up that opportunity?

Hey scfan, congratulations on your happy marriage - some of us never got that lucky!

No question about it.
Don is the one for me!
But just a fantasy.
I am also happily married.

I would marry Roger because no matter what the situation is; no matter how serious - he always makes me smile. Sacasm with a huge sense of humor are always attractive, at least to me.
I love this character!

jamm...ya think so, huh? (me making out with Don)

Well, if he gave me that stare (like in his skit on SNL (DD's "Guide to Picking Up Women" ...the one where his first "conquest" blurted out she wanted to marry him and have his children -- after being on the receiving end of that 'strong silent stare')...well, you might be right!

....I'd plead I wasn't responsible for my actions! ha

Nope, no mouth-to-mouth on Roger for me....ciggie breath....eeeeewwww

Thanks, jamm... I agree, lucky I am...he's a definite keeper, I am a fortunate wife.

That "Guide to Picking Up Women" skit was hysterical! JH really blew the doors off the seriousness of Don. Really funny.

I forgot about Roger and smoking - didn't he pretty much quit by now? Somehow, I can't feature Jane putting up with that. I think Roger and Jane are going to have a bun in the oven, at the very least this year.

scfan, do you think Roger's divorce and remarriage will have already happened as the new season opens?

Hey, where's Gidget? ; (

Have you abandoned her for good? I always think of you as Gidget, scfan.

Ha! Roger has quit smoking....that's a good one, jamm!

The nut bums smokes off everyone, and has deluded himself into believing that if they're not "his" cigs, they won't count (pollute the old ticker) -- which is so "Roger", no?

As to Roger and Mona's divorce, I hope there will be at least some court wranglings to be seen ... maybe Mona on the stand crying about all the good years of her life given to that womanizing polecat! .....and poor Roger sitting there with his lawyer looking smug....that might be fun to watch for an episode or so.

I can't believe they would let the entire season pass without at least one reference to Jane and Roger and a possible little one.

As for Gidget/Sandra Dee....she's out in Cali with Moondoggie and the guys for a while. She might be back, who knows?

Aww, too bad about Gidget, she was so darn cute!

It would be a real plot twist if Roger didn't get his way and a divorce or Jane ran out on him. That would be real egg on his face. I wonder if he'd go begging to Mona or Joan, and would either one take him back?

Did anybody mention Jimmy Barrett? If you're not dealing with a diet problem, he wouldb e a lot of laughs and I don't think his wife would mind a bit.

Actually, this was an excellent post idea,Jamm 54. I would not want to date any of 'em but would like to mess with Don just for the sport of it. I'd love to beat him at his own game and break his heart. Then I would skewer it with my spike heeled pump and walk away, emitting a careless throaty laugh over my shoulder.

Is that the full moon speaking or a Mercury transit? Whoa, but it sounds like plan, flowerpower! LOL. How have you been? It's been a while since I've been on here.

And you're right, no one has chosen the very unclassy Jimmy Barrett - you were the first. He didn't even come to mind nor Betty's stable boy toy Arthur Case or even, need I say it, Duck Phillips? I think I've forgotten alot of the characters, and kind of put MadMen on the backburner of my mind.

oh, and nobody mentioned the AC salesman who Betty had her fantasy about a nooner on the credenza with...I guess technically he'd be a Mad Man, huh?

And, nobody's mentioned Pete yet.....big surprise!

Ha ha!

I can't imagine a worse date from hell.....

Well, the last time I was dating I was in my 20s, so my fantasy date would have to be also 20-ish. And I don't think Don was quite so attractive when he was that young and raw and named Whitman. But I'll bet Roger was even more attractive and sexy. So, yeah, Roger's the man.

Definitely Don Draper ...played by the gorgeous Jon Hamm. He has the smoldering sex appeal of George Clooney ...only better! His character is so complex, too, which makes him even more desirable!

Poor Pete...no takers for him...won't someone even go with him on a pity date???

ha ha

Maybe Peggy will elope with him to Vegas ~ after all, she was stupid enough to get knocked up by the jerk in the first place!

Did anyone happen to see that pic they used of John Slattery on his Ebay auction for the lunch with him when both he and Jon Hamm auctioned off lunches a while back?

He has freckles! It was so adorable...added to that boyish charm immensely. He just has a "look" that is beyond sexy, doesn't he?

JH also, of course, but he has too much baggage to contend with after the fun ends....like flower said up there....love him and leave him....a taste of his own medicine!!

Pete was kinda getting a little better there by the end, I thought. Not quite the uppercrust jerk that he was when he married Trudy and got Peggy pregnant. It would be wild if Pete turned out to be a stand-up kind of guy before this was all over.

.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkX7Q2J7k48

.....flower.....good gracious! Spike heel and all!!!

Now that you mention it, I find I'm intrigued, to an uncomfortable level.....

I am beginning to believe that you ladies are the reason for the prosperity of this line of merchandise.

Yes, jamm, the weird thing about Pete is that he can be extremely sexy and appealing at times (rare!) which is a testament to the great acting of Vincent K. (the way he can effortlessly go from extremely repulsive to sexy and appealing) it really keeps it hard to figure him out...which is what makes the character so fascinating, of course.

He may be the best actor on the show...but how do you choose when they have all had "showcase" scenes to admire?? I don't think any TV show EVER has had such a perfectly-cast ensemble...or such a fantastically talented cast. It boggles the mind.

I love, too, how even the younger actors on the show are able to perfectly capture the 60s style of acting and they seem to have a real feel for how people actually spoke and behaved back then. Acting styles get more and more natural through the years, of course (look at old movies from the 30s or 40s as compared to today), but all the MM performances could have been lifted from 40 years ago. . . . that's supposed to sound like a compliment!

Yes, Mambo...it's like everyone was just dropped into the '60's.

it's just so slice-of-life.

big red. i think it's pretty obvious why. hate to be shallow, but it is what it is.

samg...do you mean Joanie the Divine?

I'd pick her in a minute, too, if I were a man choosing.

Hell, I'm a totally hetero woman, and I think she's hot. Wowzers for sure.

oh yes.

I think that proves (to at least one man with eyes at least) that many men do NOT like the skinny, sick- looking waifs of today....with all the fake tans and everything. A lot of men like a woman with some meat on her bones, so to speak...not to mention that fabulous face....

Joan is truly "so much woman" as Harry's office mate said!

lol

sorry for the redundancy on "at least" up there....

your right scfan, most men like women who look like women, not 12 year old boys. i will never understand the super skinny look, nor will i ever find it attractive.

I have to admit, I really have the hots for Trudy. She wears the best pajamas... have mercy!

Trudy is lovely...reminds me of a young Ellizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth.....I meant.

No takers for our preggers Barbie-Doll Betty?? You could take her out to dinner and watch her scarf down a chicken leg or ten....

And, anyone want to rescue poor old Francine from that sumbitch, Carlton?

No takers for Mona, either?

Hmmm, that's a tough one. I would totally date Roger Sterling but never would marry him--he'd be so much fun but he'd be a terrible husband!

Thinking like a woman of that era, obviously Don would be a hot ticket and big catch, but the infidelity would be a deal breaker (if I knew I guess). And he's a bit ruthless and unromantic for me. Though if I were a man, I'd want to BE him.

I would say Sal because I would assume in 1962, I would never know he was gay and he would be a dream of a husband with his cooking and helping around the house and not chasing women (if not a lover...maybe I'd have to take up with Roger on the side).

.....Big Red.....That's sweet.....

samg.....Sam Page ("Dr. Rapist")

.....hmmmmm.....

Nobody picked the priest? Or Anita's couch potato husband? You wouldn't have to persue him much...just roll him over now and then. Or Warren?

The actor playing Ken Cosgrove looks very much like a dear, dear lover I had once, back when I was young in the early 1980's. I lost Mark to-- you guessed it-- AIDS.

Oh, ras, how very sad. I'm so sorry. So many dear people lost to that dreadful, dreadful disease, and as if that were not bad enough, the awful misconceptions people had about AIDS and gay men when it was first brought to the public's attention. AIDS was suddenly so rampant and the medical community had no idea how to slow it down, let alone stop it. I often think the gay men who survived that era must look on themselves as veterans of a cruel war that took so many of their comrades and loved ones.

So sorry, ras...