MAD MEN on AMC - Season 6

"women don't like football"

maybe they just hate the J.E.T.S.

O_O

lol, i was just about to post "jesus."

ah so Joan is a partner but is still office manager

she's basically an office manager with a considerable promotion

yeah, but as we saw since ppl know how she secured the partnership her authority is likely to be undermined at every turn... i feel like she was seen as more indispensible -- commanded more respect -- before the partnership thing

i suppose she would have to be office manager? what other job would she do?

(also if harry knows what's up re: joan becoming a partner, how many other people know, at the office & at other agencies)

if harry knows, and he is angry with her (and so likely not to keep her secret) it won't be long before everyone knows. i suspect something is going to go wrong and she is going to be made uncomfortable and have to leave. which sucks, because she was always among the most competent people at the office, it seemed

i feel like the phrase "i need a drink" was more common in the 60s than it is now

not at my place

the look on don's face

BONNIE AND CLYDE

gainsbourg! <3<3<3

I wish Dean Wareham + Sadler had sung this version

that would be cool i guess. dean warehem is like the anti-gainsbourg

cooper's socks are pretty kewl

god I've missed these Sterling-Cooper exchanges.

i've always been jealous of cooper. i wish i had a rothko in my office/ had an office.

Jefferson Darcy, swinger.

harry is the only person so far who seems to be diving headfirst into the worst tendencies of late 60s fashion. stan looks kind of amazing with the beard/turtleneck/contented grin

whereas Pete and Kenny look like Nixon aides.

lol. sideburns aren't for everyone

i love the word "catsup". did the copyright on "ketchup" run out in the 90s at some point? i seem to remember catsup being a part of my childhood.

don sucks. meghan should have never gotten mixed up with a dark, brooding guy like that. i feel like of all the main characters on the show, she had the best shot of finding actual happiness in life.

god harry is such a perfectly portrayed measly cowardly worm of man

i love it, and hate it

bob benson just kills me

this guy

are there any industries in 2013 where you are allowed to smoke weed in the office?

the awkwardness w/ don and megan at dinner was fantastic.

Stan giving Peggy the finger was so perfect.

"should we fire him before he cashes that check"

i liked Don listening to Peggy's pitch

the look on don's face during that dinner was very funny

don gasface is the best

so is joan going to be extra nasty to the secretaries now

hoping dawn becomes a copy writer and makes $$$$

i mean copy writer and then runs a department and gets a partnership, etc. i assume the writers are setting up something what with actually giving her more screen time

that would be cool. i wish joan would be nice to the secretaries... or more understanding of their predicament as women in a super-sexist office environment, but i guess she needs to do what she needs to do to stay on top, in a position of authority.

I dunno, what was she supposed to do? Harry's assistant defrauded the company for five hours worth of pay (which, granted, was probably only $20-30 in 1968) and Dawn aided in the fraud. I would've fired Scarlett too, on the spot, and I think the turnabout with Dawn's new responsibility/punishment is fairly clever.

hm, idk. i've never been on the management side of things, but what i probably would have done is give dawn a stern warning and a second chance.

there's no way it doesn't cost them far far more than 5 hours work to find and hire a reasonably competent secretary, doesn't seem worth firing one for one screwup.

although i kind of get why joan is that way - for the secretaries it's like.. the job is a limited amount of skills plus punching the timecard plus looking good - what's she going to do as a partner who manages the secretaries other than enforce this stuff extra.

there's no way it doesn't cost them far far more than 5 hours work to find and hire a reasonably competent secretary, doesn't seem worth firing one for one screwup.

That's true, but y'know...television.

i've been fired from jobs for waaayyyyyyyyyy less than that

are there any industries in 2013 where you are allowed to smoke weed in the office?

― Pat Finn, Sunday, April 21, 2013 8:14 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

by at least one account, advertising

want to wear Stan's fringe jacket

elmo to thread for thrifting advice

Don's such an emotionally fragile fuckwit

yeah i kind of hate don. when he implied that meghan's job was comparable to a "prostitue" because she had a love scene, i wanted to punch him in his stupid, squinty-eyed, misogynistic face

This season is pretty dull so far.

quality tv

this ep was kind of boring

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kind of a boring episode. was afraid there was going to be a Mother's Little Helper montage for a second. also lol fat betty

― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, April 2, 2012 11:25 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just fuck the dicks in advertising and dull 'period' TV shows about them

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:26 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah super enjoyed tonight's episode. don really is such a monster now but i did like seeing everyone in the bar after the ketchup pitches (btw i totally get why peggy's pitch won but i think i liked don's better, which definitely wasn't the case w/ draper v ginsburg last year), peggy enjoying teddy busting pete's balls and enjoying draper getting the last word over teddy even more. relieved stan isn't getting any fallout from the leak apparently, love that dude. joan's been that queen bee since episode one and firing someone, esp someone as replaceable as a secretary, over an offense like that would hardly be ott imo. kinda annoyed that they undermined her tbh. i'm assuming that she's assumed lane's responsibilities. good to see joan have a girl's night out. between that club scene and stan's jacket i was getting midnight cowboy vibes. christina hendricks on screen and serge gainsbourg on screen, my goodness.