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Don Draper Wins At Life, And Now You Can, Too, Thanks To This Handy Guide!

hortense — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:15:00 EDT

I honestly can't think of a better way to get psyched up for tonight's Mad Men season finale (and Tracie's live blog!) than by posting one more clip from last night's SNL, in which Don Draper lays out his guide to picking up women. The best moment in the entire clip comes to us from new mama Amy Poehler, who falls for Draper's smooth moves (and cool name) with the best line of the night: "Let's get me out of this skirt." Clip after the jump.

If you're outside the US, you may view the clip here.

Thanks for another lovely weekend!

Sunday Night With Mad Men

hortense — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:40:00 EDT

Once again, it's time for your Sunday night Mad Men fix. Tonight's episode is titled "The Jet Set," and it's centered around Don Draper's business trip to L.A. It's pretty safe to say that the L.A. sets and costumes will be awesome; let's hope the rest of the episode is as well. Thanks for another lovely weekend!

If you love AMC's Mad Men as much as we...

Maria — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:40:00 EDT

If you love AMC's Mad Men as much as we do, you may be interested to meet the real women (and men) who ran the advertising industry during the '50s and '60s. As a video on AdAge's website explains, the One Club, a non-profit that focuses on advertising, has curated an exhibit called "The Real Men & Woman Of Madison Avenue" which attempts to dispel the Mad Men myth that ad agencies of the era were all about drinking and partying. Strangely, disappointingly, the exhibit is completely quiet on the topics of sexism and racism. Sure, its features women who were working in the advertising world at that time, like Phyllis Robinson, who was the chief copywriter at Doyle Dane Bernbach, but the racism portrayed in the show — like the complete absence of any people of color working in the main office beyond the snack cart — is neither refuted or explained. [AdAge, NYPL]