Comments on: Mad men, vagrants and secret symbols

By: al

al — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:50:41 +0000

I really like Mad Men and I wouldn’t have heard anything about it if Marketplace didn’t have a story about it right before the pilot aired. (Can’t post links here, but if you go to Marketplace dot org, I am sure you can find it.)

Even since, I haven’t seen any advertising or marketing. Maybe it is because I live in SC and probably not their target market, but I am worried the show won’t make it to another season.

By: Julia Rae

Julia Rae — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:40:19 +0000

While I forget which symbol they had etched on their fence – my grandpa has talked about that system being very common during the depression when he was a kid on a farm in MN.

By: Daune

Daune — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:15:12 +0000

So glad you found Mad Men. A group of us at my work are fans, thanks to word of mouth and, here’s the part you might find interesting, On Demand.

Not sure what cable company you have, but if you have access to On Demand service, go to Cable Showcase or Free Cable, something like that and, in our area anyway, you’ll see AMC — Mad Men. ALL episodes are there. And I urge you to watch the early ones at your leisure.

I’m actually bummed that I’m watching them On Demand, as AMC/Mad Men does a brilliant thing. They have a factoid about one of the commercials/sponsors you see during the break. Since I find the early days of advertising the most fascinating part of the series, I actually watch the commercials!!!

By: Coeli

Coeli — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:13:33 +0000

Just FYI, the symbols above are British tramp sign, not American hobo sign. I mention this just in case anyone was planning to time travel and communicate with American hobos.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:38:59 +0000

Jon Hamm is a little known actor who has thankfully found his big break here. He remind me of a young Gregory Peck. Mad Men really is growing on me. I hated the first few episodes becuause there wasn’t much going on with character development, but now it’s getting good. I’ve also discovered some very, very funny revisionist recaps of each Mad Men episode at UnboundEdition.com (I tried to put in a link but they’re banned. Sorry, but you will enjoy them like I did.)

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:49:35 +0000

Don’t get AMC but wish I did. Your description reminds me of the Doris Day/Rock Hudson ad agency movie I recently saw in a bar on a big screen tv – no sound but who needed it – the set, the clothes, spunky Doris Day…it was awesome! Then somebody got the idea to turn on closed caption. Fine, but now I’m READING and forgetting to look at the pictures. Same reason I don’t enjoy comic books, I guess….

By: n2y2

n2y2 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:28:24 +0000

Mad Men is amazing. I started watching from the first episode, but I don’t anymore.

The all-too realistic “treatment of women and minorities” have made me shy away. As good as the rest of the show is, I could not get over that part – and it is inseparable for the plot. Raw chauvinism and bigotry are not something that I want to make a part of my Tuesday evening.

Ironically, I am hooked on the FX series “Damages”. Sure it is brutal and everyone is some shade of gray, but at least they are cruel to everyone equally.

By: Evil Timmy

Evil Timmy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:20:01 +0000

Started watching Mad Med from the first episode and I’m loving it more and more each week. It’s spot on in so many ways, brilliantly acted, and they intermingle the characters’ stories so well. Funny that you should mention Aaron Sorkin…my mom doesn’t watch much TV, with her last obsession being the West Wing, but Mad Men has her hooked. I’ve bigged it up to many of my friends, and I’m yet to hear a word of disappointment, so I certainly hope a second season is in the offing.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:36:19 +0000

Yes!! Mad Men rocks! And where has that actor who plays Don Draper been all this time? He’s stellar.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:11:21 +0000

Actually, I like Rescue Me much more (the Denis Leary firehouse show). The fire stunts/sequences are very realistic – Leary takes great pride in that fact.