Sterling’s Gold: Wit and Wisdom of an Ad Man, as seen in the last season of Mad Men, is going to be an actual book from Grove/Atlantic as of this November. It will be 176 pages, retail for $16.95, and is credited to Roger Sterling, Jr., not the writers/creators of the show. There are only…Read More
Welcome to the recapping/delayed live blogging of Mad Men episode 413: “Tomorrowland.” Refreshments will be served shortly. This week on Mad Men: major spoilers! Go watch it, then come back, it’s better that way. Share the outrage. Don is in bed and Faye has to pack for a 7 a.m. flight. She tells him that…Read More
“This time around, even if Don wins, it will feel hollow. The character appears to have reached the point of no return; we’ve seen the man commit so many acts of thoughtless cruelty, and wreck his own chances at happiness so many times, that watching the character actually feels like knowing a reckless drunk. Even…Read More
As you may have guessed because I live blogged Thanksgiving dinner, I’m at home. And so I have a television just for right now, and so I’m back to live blogging Mad Men. THE LIVE BLOGGING DOES NOT STOP. This week on Mad Men, episode 412, “Blowing Smoke”: Sally and Glen are having innocent clandestine…Read More
This week on Mad Men episode 411, “The Chinese Wall”: Pete has a daughter, no one has Lucky Strike, Roger seems on a path towards jumping off a building, and as it turns out, funerals are great places to pick up new business. And the prize for best opening line this season of Mad Men…Read More
This week on Mad Men episode 410, “Hands and Knees”: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is unbelievably screwed, but at least Don managed to get Beatles tickets. Also: abortion. The episode opens with Roger staring morosely at a duck bobbing into water when Joan comes in. She’s “late.” Really late. And Greg has been gone for…Read More
This week on Mad Men, episode 409: “The Beautiful Girls”: Someone drops dead in the office, Sally runs away from home on her way to the psychiatrist and ends up in SCDP, and guns and civil rights. Don is on the phone, and clears “lunch plus one hour” so they can discuss this face to…Read More