Oh Mad Men. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. As anybody who knows C$ - C$ loves him his serials. The Sopranos, the lovely Dexter and now, Mad Men on AMC. It stands to reason I love this show, considering Matthew Weiner was a writer and executive producer on...The Sopranos. Once again, real recognizes real.
Where to begin with my description/love/fascination/addiction to this series? For those that haven't seen or heard of this show (you miserable bastards, you know who you are), Mad Men is set in the 1960s and focuses on the Madison Avenue advertising firm of Sterling/Cooper. But the real star, of course, is Don Draper (Jon Hamm), a man with a mysterious past and an innate ability for advertising and philandering - not necessarily in that order. Despite Don's flaws, his intelligence and insight make for fascinating show after show - sprinkle in some great character actors, give them a great script week after week and you have greatness.
Don't believe me? Take a look at how Don nails the pitch to Kodak - giving it's 'new' slide projector a new moniker, the Carousel. I believe that Don's ability to draw on his life and apply it to pitch after pitch is the impetus of the show. Isn't that everybody's pitch? Mixing and matching one's passions and career to make whatever we are selling (don't be fooled people, no matter what you do, you are selling). Don shows the true creativity behind a good ad and shows that art and creativity can be found in what many would describe as the darkest corner of capitalism.
Please, do yourself a flavor and watch this show. And by all means go to the site and create your own Mad Men avatar. Hell, leave it on the starting screen and just rock the tune. Dah, da da, da dah da dah da dah....
Let's take two songs from the Mad Men season 1 soundtrack, first is a sneaky caper tune called 'Lipstick' by David Carbonara and the theme song, from who else but our pals RJD2 and Aceyalone 'Beautiful Mine'. Drink an Old Fashioned, smoke a cigarette (or 40) and enjoy!
David Carbonara - Lipstick.mp3Aceyalone & RJD2 - A Beautiful Mine.mp3
I know how much you love this show( stay in all day to watch it with you)! I think you forgot to mention the " women" that adds to the greatness of the show my dear:) This show is the start of an era where women are struggling to be in equality with men in terms of a lot of aspect. Watching this show though makes me want to try how to smoke:)
I have not yet watched this show and I will not watch it until I have rented the first two seasons and caught up. I just don't care for starting a series in the middle. That being said, it is on the top of the list.
I have seen the episode of SNL hosted by John Hamm and I would reccomend watching the faux commercial for John Hamm's John Ham. It's funny stuff.