Mad Men

[Samson]

5 Seasons....and a 6th coming in March...


I'm amazed there is not an entire forum here regarding the series and its political -historical implications. If you haven't seen it seasons 1-4 can be reviewed relatively cheaply on Netflix. Season 5 is available on Blueray.

 

[Toro]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

 

[Samson]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

Obama is a fan.

 

[Plasmaball]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

really? I thought it was missing something.

 

[Samson]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

Just got through Season 5.

Thought the suicidal Jaguar scene was the best.

 

[Politico]

Never heard of it. Is it about the White House?

 

[Delia]

It's about advertising, started in the late 50's, early 60's I believe. New York, Madison Avenue.

 

[Samson]

See link in op

 

[MikeK]

I'm watching the re-runs now and looking forward to another season. Great show.

 

[Delia]

I'm watching the re-runs now and looking forward to another season. Great show.

It really is. I might have to start over from the beginning, since I stopped watching several seasons ago.

 

[George Costanza]

I didn't get started on Mad Men until last year. That's usually the way I do things - ignore the series when it first comes out, let it run for five or six years, stop, and then I pick it up on reruns and watch every episode from start to finish. I did that with both Seinfeld and The Sopranos.

I have Netflix, Vudu and Huluplus. I was able to watch Seasons 1-4 on Netflix. That's where Netflix stops. Huluplus doesn't have Mad Men any more. I didn't check Vudu and ordered Season 5 on DVD from Amazon. 38 bucks or some such. OK - well and good. The day after I did that, a co-worker told me that Vudu does have Season 5. Of course, you have to pay for in on a per-episode basis, and it comes out to about the same price as the DVD's I ordered.

Anyway, I am waiting for Season 5 to arrive and will sop it all up as soon as it does.

I'm sure you all know that Robert Morse starred as J. Pierrepont Finch in "How to Succed in Business Without Really Trying" on Broadway when he was a very young man. "How to Succeed" opened on Broadway in 1961.

The producers of Mad Men love to leave viewers hanging as to when a new season will begin. That's what is happening this year. Of course, there will be a Season 6. Word is that it will commence "some time this spring," with the actual commencemnt date anticipated as being much closer to the early part of Sring than the later part.

 

[George Costanza]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

Just got through Season 5.

Thought the suicidal Jaguar scene was the best.

SPOILER!!!!!

 

[Samson]

It's amazing that this show has stayed so good for so long. Season 5 was probably the best season yet.

Just got through Season 5.

Thought the suicidal Jaguar scene was the best.

SPOILER!!!!!

No I promise I did not give anything away.

Anyway Season 6 starts in April on AMC

 

[whitehall]

Soaps for dopes. I find it incredible that the notoriously non-focused pop-culture can follow an adult serialized drama. It should be noted that each episode costs close to 3 million dollars to produce.

 

[George Costanza]

Soaps for dopes. I find it incredible that the notoriously non-focused pop-culture can follow an adult serialized drama. It should be noted that each episode costs close to 3 million dollars to produce.

Got Netflix? Just watch Season 1, Episode 1. Then come back and talk to us.

 

[Delia]

Yeah, they had me at hello, too.

 

[George Costanza]

Yeah, they had me at hello, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLIZTk-T2vY

This is one of the things I like the most about MM - the way they constantly show how different the social mores were back in the 50's and early 60's. Everyone smokes up a storm. This plastic bag scene is CLASSIC. Did you catch the scene where the Draper family goes on a picnic in a lovely park and, when it's over, they just leave their trash lying there on the grass? They drink more booze than water. Women are treated as second class citizens except when it comes to sex.

Boy, how times have changed . . . .

 

[Delia]

Yeah, they had me at hello, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLIZTk-T2vY

This is one of the things I like the most about MM - the way they constantly show how different the social mores were back in the 50's and early 60's. Everyone smokes up a storm. This plastic bag scene is CLASSIC. Did you catch the scene where the Draper family goes on a picnic in a lovely park and, when it's over, they just leave their trash lying there on the grass? They drink more booze than water. Women are treated as second class citizens except when it comes to sex.

Boy, how times have changed . . . .

Exactly. Like when Joan's husband raped her on the office floor because he could.

 

[Delia]

You know, I'm tempted to just start the series over from season one, since I've missed so much.

 

[George Costanza]

You know, I'm tempted to just start the series over from season one, since I've missed so much.

As I said, that's what I did. Seasons 1 through 4 are on Netflix. I had to get DVD's for Season 5. Haven't viewed them yet - have to do so before Season 6 kicks off.