POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[Bryan]

You could be right. But like with the Viet Nam thing, it seems a bit too on the nose.

Could be that Freddie's there because the show needed an older (and old school) creative type. He has an interesting relationship with Peggy.

[Mark in Helsinki]

QUESTION:

Why is the only thing that's not old-timey on Mad Men the opening theme?

[LJ]

I hate cliffhangers. I'll be wondering whether she got the pears all week.

I second that.

[not that clay]

You could be right. But like with the Viet Nam thing, it seems a bit too on the nose.

Could be that Freddie's there because the show needed an older (and old school) creative type. He has an interesting relationship with Peggy.

I really like all the old guys on Mad Men. I loved the shot of Cooper on the couch eating an apple.

[Joe Rogaine]

QUESTION:

Why is the only thing that's not old-timey on Mad Men the opening theme?

I've always thought that was funny too, an RJD2 song for a show like that just seemed weird.  They used a Decemberists song in one episode too, remember that?

[Bryan]

Don seems like the kind of guy who would just white-knuckle his way through it. I'm not convinced that he's going to AA.

I don't know.  Freddie doesn't serve much of a purpose otherwise.

After last night's episode, I believe you may be right on this one. Don does seem to be on the fast track to bottoming out. That scene of him passing out in bed, and then waking up again was pretty hilarious.

A day or two after my initial reply to this AA business, I had a dream that in the very next episode, Don made his way to an AA meeting, and I immediately had to come to this thread and write that I had been wrong about this.

[yesno]

Mrs. Blankenship is the wild card.

[ham bone]

is Mrs. Blankenship don's secretary?  she's hilarious, on last episode someone asked for restaurant advice and she said "I DON'T WORK FOR YOU"

[Chris L]

Problem: I can't watch Elizabeth Moss without thinking about Xenu.

[CaptKarl]

Problem: I can't watch Elizabeth Moss without thinking about Xenu.

Apparently, neither could Fred Armisen.

[Wes]

Problem: I can't watch Elizabeth Moss without thinking about Xenu.

Have you tried watching in the nude?

Just as the Clio awards were very obvious metacommentary on the Emmys that night, I like to think the kinda dumb Peggy vs. Liberal Sex Dude hotel scene was Matthew Weiner specifically responding to AP Mike's dislike of Mad Men. My prediction is that, by season's end, Cosgrove lands SCDP the Craftsman account, and Peggy and Sexist Dude spend an afternoon trying to come up with a pitch for shovels that sees the two of them and Joan's husband - freshly back from one month in 'Nam where he killed ten villagers - digging holes in someone's basement. Possibly nude.

[not that clay]

What does Peggy say to Don at the bar? "I try not to  ... but then [mumble] comes up out of nowhere ... [pig?] [reynolds?]"

[Chris L]

What does Peggy say to Don at the bar? "I try not to  ... but then [mumble] comes up out of nowhere ... [pig?] [reynolds?]"

I couldn't tell either but read online this morning that it was "...at playgrounds."  Which begs the question, what is she doing hanging around playgrounds?  Giving free stress tests?

Classic episode, by the way.  They should really release Roger Sterling's book as a promotional tie-in to the series, like with Laura Palmer's diary.

[not that clay]

What does Peggy say to Don at the bar? "I try not to  ... but then [mumble] comes up out of nowhere ... [pig?] [reynolds?]"

I couldn't tell either but read online this morning that it was "...at playgrounds."  Which begs the question, what is she doing hanging around playgrounds?  Giving free stress tests?

Classic episode, by the way.  They should really release Roger Sterling's book as a promotional tie-in to the series, like with Laura Palmer's diary.

Aha. That makes sense. I figured maybe we weren't supposed to hear it. I'd rather hear mumbling than obviously dubbed-over dialogue anyway.

The last three episodes have been fantastic. There was as much action in the last episode as the whole first season.

[not that clay]

What does Peggy say to Don at the bar? "I try not to  ... but then [mumble] comes up out of nowhere ... [pig?] [reynolds?]"

I couldn't tell either but read online this morning that it was "...at playgrounds."  Which begs the question, what is she doing hanging around playgrounds?  Giving free stress tests?

Classic episode, by the way.  They should really release Roger Sterling's book as a promotional tie-in to the series, like with Laura Palmer's diary.

Aha. That makes sense. I figured maybe we weren't supposed to hear it. I'd rather hear mumbling than obviously dubbed-over dialogue anyway.

The last three episodes have been fantastic. There was as much action in the last episode as the whole first season.

Anybody else catch the Lyle Evans reference? Brilliant.