There was a point when Peggy was talking w the exec about the 'Lend me your ears' problem where i was thinking "Peggy aren't you supposed to be coming up with the ideas here? Isn't that what an ad agency does? Why aren't you guys going into this meeting with a dozen different ways to spin the problematic Super Bowl spot?"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:41 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
cuz they established they didnt have time for a reshoot
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
But the final solution didn't call for a reshoot either, just some new voice overdub.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
yes... that's... exactly... the... point...?
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
They weren't going into the meeting with a ton of ways to spin it because she didn't know what the real problem was until the obnoxious dudes at the office walked her through the jist of the Tonight Show routine, and by that point it was just a couple hours before the Koss people were in for their meeting?
― I, rrational (mh), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
point of meeting was to convince guy to stay w/ campaign, that there was no real crisis. she came prepared to spin this - pointed out that news story re: war trophies had been in the news for awhile so tonight show joke really presented no new information, no new crisis. client didn't buy it and suggested just scrapping slogan and having dull boilerplate copy about how koss headphones work. peg pointed out this would solve 'ear' problem but leave horrible ad that also had a non sequitor in it. you would have a dull ad that also didn't make sense. not sure if peggy just assumed green bay would beat dallas or if the ice bowl was earlier in the day than the afl championship but either way super bowl is too soon to conceive and shoot whole new campaign so they have to jerry rig something from the old campaign. even now i'm not sure how easy it would be for an agency to conceive and shoot a super bowl ad a week or two before the super bowl (though tbf a super bowl ad means more now than it did for super bowl II), ppl's minds were blown when oreo's twitter account was able to whip up a topical macro during the blackout at this year's super bowl.
― balls, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
(though tbf a super bowl ad means more now than it did for super bowl II)
I wondered about how big a deal an ad would've been then:
It was the first time a Super Bowl was televised live on only one network, which has been the case for all following Super Bowl games. While the Orange Bowl was sold out for the game, unconditional blackout rules in the NFL prevented the live telecast from being shown in the Miami area.
Kiss the south Florida market goodbye, Koss.
― Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
you know the funny thing is the day i watched this ep is the day my koss headphones broke :/
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
worst co-branding stunt ever :(
my leica cheated on me with an advertising person
― I, rrational (mh), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
on the ther hand, my doctor rollerskated to work.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
i kinda spaced out during the scene where roger's daughter is pitching him on the fridge idea but she was talking about purchasing the patent for trucking fridge tech? bc that seems like a huge moneymaker
― Mordy, Thursday, 11 April 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
Investing in a fridge truck line. Still seems good, but a thing many people may be working on.
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
An Internetfull of fan-fic writers out there just created a new file titled "MAD MEN - SOPRANOS CROSSOVER.doc"
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.happyplace.com/23042/mad-men-facebook-recap-season6-episode-1
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
bad
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
it is bad but i laffed anyway. as opportune a moment as any to remind ppl that mad style is back also: http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2013/04/mad-style-the-doorway-part-1.html
― balls, Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
from that intro they saw room 237
― balls, Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
why would anyone spend that much time creating something that bad? like 1/8 of the way though wouldn't you realize how terrible the idea was and just like... stop?
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
fake facebook walls of big tv shows are pretty popular
― balls, Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:37 (eleven years ago) link
that's no excuse.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
There were a few old ones for entire tv shows, but I saw one for Game of Thrones last week, so I guess the fake FB episode recap is becoming a thing?
I don't need that in my life
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 April 2013 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
It ws something you could definitely do a lot better, but it's a shit idea.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
I liked it.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 April 2013 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
was not really into this episode at all--maybe there's a decent directors cut where weiner can freely ignore the limitations of programmed television
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 April 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
i thought it was a good episode. the scenes with betty were really grim. it's interesting that her and don are both spiraling, but like, they inhabit different genres (horror and tragedy, respectively).
― severely depressed robots are "twee" (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
also i thought roger's reaction to his mother's death -- his repression of his sadness, eventual breakdown, as well as the pithy existentialist remarks he made to the psychologist -- was really compelling.
― severely depressed robots are "twee" (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
"It's my funeral!"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
funny, I was just thinking after this ep how Betty seems remotely happy for the first time in a while, in general.
― Simon H., Friday, 12 April 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
Really, what made you think that? I thought the whole tenor of her scenes - both in that dark suburban mansion and in that st marks place dive - was really ominous, not to mention her left field rape comment.
― everything i know about metal i learned from this website (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
she was totally enjoying her little rape joke
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 April 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
it was still a bleak joke, told within a bleak marriage, in a bleak and dreary mansion, idk
― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
a crushing bore so far
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
trudy bitches
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
and eggplant stromboli or whatever
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
rollatini
― johnny crunch, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
another thing i don't care about - besides whether anyone else finds out don draper's former identity - is why don draper is always stepping out on his wifereally don't care why, not interested.
what is eggplant stromboli? that doesn't sound appealing
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
era infamous for dressing up dishes to give them an erotic veneer
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
does this season in general feel more heavy-handed than it was previously? or do I deliberately forget these things from previous seasons because I adore all the supposedly minor stuff? like jaguar guy being gross, low class and skeevy.. plus very entertaining & probably a better businessman than the owners of the company right now
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
like Don Draper
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
this bob benson guy, he works on k street right now, doesn't he. i know this guy. he used to work on the hill and then he went to law school, spent some more time working in big law for a while, joined a lobbying firm. he's training for a half marathon this fall and is a nationals season ticket holder, he just sold his condo and bought a house near H St.
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
i like those colored glass partition things in pete's apartment.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
I remember my uncle's house used to have those type of glass partitions, I thought they were very stylish as a kid.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
they're really neat. i'm a sucker for colored glass though.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
Occasionally I forget what a low low low person Peter Campbell can be. Then I get reminded.
"What did you say to him?"
Really, Pete? That was your primary concern?
Anyway, Trudy wins.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
Loved Don's downmarket pitch.
― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Monday, 15 April 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
pete's a slimeball, it's true. glad trudy is getting herself out of that marriage.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
daaaaamn Joan zinging Herb tho
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 15 April 2013 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 April 2013 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
very very very soap opera-y this week; watched it with someone who had never seen the show before but works in theater (go figure). her first reaction was "i thought the acting on this show was supposed to be good"
― gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 April 2013 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
Good acting is never an accusation one could make about Mad Men in general. From time to time, a particular character will turn in a riveting performance (often that character is Joan), but it's always been stiff.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 15 April 2013 04:31 (eleven years ago) link