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Mad Men
Published on 27/07/08
by John Phillips
I feel like it’s rare that I come across a good tv show these days, which is pretty much why I don’t even watch much tv. 90% of the stuff on tv is crap, and filled with worthless reality shows, minus in the fall when there’s football on. But that’s a different story. But this past week I’ve gotten hooked on a new show, Mad Men.
If you’ve communicated with me at all in the past week, then I’ve more than likely mentioned it to you. That’s how good I think it is. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s basically a show about ad agency execs in the 60’s, and how things were back then. It’s very interesting to watch though, and seems fairly accurate, but then again I wasn’t alive back then.
Couple things really stand out, and one being the office culture. Every 5 minutes, you are bound to see either someone smoking a cigarette, or someone having a cocktail. That is insane to me, and I often wonder, while watching, how these guys aren’t piss drunk by the end of the work day. Second thing being, that it seems like everyone cheats on their wives with their (or someone elses) assistant. Every episode I watch, I really wonder if things were that crazy back then. I may also be more intrigued than most because I work at an agency.
But the show is great, and worth watching. Season 2 starts tonight, and I can’t wait.
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Comments on Mad Men
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bill
27/07/08
I have seen a lot of the episodes with my mom and she says that everything is accurate. Of course she was only a kid then and not working in an ad agency, but she had the same furniture in her house as don draper does and the smoking was everywhere. So if that stuff is accurate it seems safe to assume that other stuff is too.