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more about #jfk NewsBunny: I've been feeling incredibly bad for Don (yes, I know he's not real) We've all got that box, locked up somewhere. It may just be inside us. Mine ar... more » discoballfeet: To go back to an earlier thread (@Hana Maru), I am surprised that the Obama comparison hasn't gotten more play here. I was watching with a friend, and... more » Mina_da_mad_child: Maybe i missed it since i'm late to the party, but I can't beleive no one has commented on Don's reaction to Betty telling him she no longer loves him... more » KentuckyBabe: I think it's sad that Don is making a good effort now of being with the family, and is starting to really be there for Betty and it's just too late. V... more » Eleanor Ramilly: Spoiler alert! I read this on the front page and it blew the episode for me! #weddingskennedy more » Sunshineyness: Someone on the show mentioned that Oswald was only 24 in a very shocked tone. I was that age when I got really interested in the asassination and all ... more » sisepuede is the femmiest femme of them all: Just a point of clarification: In Mad Men, Margaret got married on Saturday, the day after the assassination. Not the day of, right? #weddingskennedy more » tankearae: Margaret breaking down because her wedding was ruined (not because the president was shot) was just...hilarious. As hilarious as her freaking out over... more » shadesofmediocrity: I know that this isn't the most intellectual dissection, but this week Don Draper combined my love of Jon Hamm and the "sweater over a collared shirt"... more » redqueenmeg: Not that this was as big a national tragedy (although some people did die) but we got married the day after Hurricane Charley, in Sarasota FL. I thin... more » TheWordstoCome: I was really affected by the ways in which married women were shown as children in this episode, ironically titled, "The Grownups." Don tells Betty t... more » remedios: I was interested in Don's interaction with his children. He tried to act as a problem solver, when really they didn't seem to act like there really wa... more » la.donna.pietra: On the plus side, it would be really hard for people to forget your anniversary. #weddingskennedy more » deeemer: Does anyone have any stories about a wedding that happened after/the same day as 9/11? I know a couple in LA that got married during the riots. The ... more » viklane: Hmm. I felt this way last week with the strange play-style feeling of the Betty/Don showdown, but something has been missing lately. I didn't really f... more » Penny: "I'll tell you, after a few drinks it didn't really matter." Tell me about it, honey, that's my mantra. #weddingskennedy more » sleepeatread: I'm not so surprised. Not to be cold, but life does go on. #weddingskennedy more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: I don't know what I'll do when this season ends, but I'm DYING to see the last episode. Six more days! What was the tagline? Be ready for anything?... more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: I didn't understand why the whole country stopped, waiters skipping out on the wedding, people bawling their eyes out. I've never bought the whole "... more » solaana: All I remember (other than that blue dress) was Betty yelling out "What is going ON?" after Lee Harvey Oswald gets shot. Such an honest and uncontroll... more » -
#madworld
Show Must Go On
According to the NY Times, Margaret Sterling's ill-timed fictional nuptials were no anomaly: a number of weddings went forward after Kennedy's assassination. "I'll tell you, after a few drinks it didn't really matter," says one of the grooms. [NYT] -
#madwomen
Mad Men: The Episode Where Everything Changes
We've all been tensed, waiting for it, since the show started: the moment when everyone's world would be blown apart. And so November 22, 1963 came to Sterling Cooper. And, as Pete Campbell put it, "the whole country was drinking." More » -
