I just noticed that James Wolk, who plays Bob, was the star of the very short-lived but critically acclaimed Lone Star, where he played a guy who secretly had two families.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if we're going to get a Bob flashback (has any other character had one of those, besides Don?)
― temporarily embarassed millionaire (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
i liked lone star for the one episode it ran
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Roger had a flashback involving Don, as did Peggy.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
the flashback that explained how don came to work at sterling cooper included a scene between joan and roger that don wasn't in
― mizzell, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
ah yeah I couldn't remember if it was Don or Roger having that one
― temporarily embarassed millionaire (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Mad style has Bob down.
pre-faker reveal:
http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2013/06/mad-style-favors.html
and post:
http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2013/06/mad-men-the-quality-of-mercy.html
― dan selzer, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thanks for posting, these are amazing.
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
their commentary has been uniformly great
altho tbf they tagged Bob as gay, but not as an out-and-out fraud (which they admit)
― temporarily embarassed millionaire (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
their reasoning was A+ tho
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
haha god i forgot this episode where pete has to say "chip and dip" 1000 times
new loopy theory could be if last week was "fraud" as the 8th circle of hell maybe next we're looking at "treachery." Or maybe that already applies to Don with Ted and Peggy. In any case maybe this does map on to Don hitting "bottom."
― ryan, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
Rescreening Rosemary's Baby in honor of this ep and found another MM connection: At xmas time, Rosemary is supposed to meet Hutch in front of the Time/Life buillding, the fictional home of SCDP.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
for those who would like to selectively review old episodes, season 1 episode 7 is joan's cutest look EVER
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with T&L that there is no believable scenario in which Bob isn't actually gay (I'm still seeing people waffling over this). Homosexuality wasn't exactly a bargaining chip in '68.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
I like the new SC&P logo
http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51c081d669bedd9306000003-560-863/press%20release.jpeg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
Bob's gay, but that became much less relevant to Pete when he realized that Bob is well-liked, a much better social climber than he is, and that these things are prized at this agency -- something Duck sure never found out. Somehow, in realizing that Bob was completely fake but now indispensable to their huge account, Pete felt the need to bargain as Bob was in the superior positiion. It really goes back to the fact that Pete has never really earned any advancement, he's just been given it quid pro quo.
Bob was totally a rent boy type in the beginning of his social climbing, or so it was implied.
― pareidolia, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
is this a complete list of the gay characters so far?
salvatorejoan's blonde friend who was in love with herbelle jolie guykurt of kurt & smittydavid mamet's daughtermanolobob benson
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
When I saw that fake memo the other day, it made me wonder when we stopped using words/letters in our phone numbers. KL = 55, obvs, but when did that practice finally die out? I was sure it was earlier than 1968, but I couldn't find any evidence to the contrary.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
my mother in law is in her 70's and a few years ago she was going through her notebook/address book updating some phone contacts that she had lost when her laptop crashed. Mr Veg started looking through it and was dying laughing because she had phone numbers that had exchange letters in them from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, still in her address book 50 years later. He's like, "Um I think you can cross that one out, Mom"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
then she started asking him to read out the phone numbers to her and he kept going, "KLONDIKE...457...."
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
The switchover was pretty much done by 1968, but there was probably a lot of public inertia in acceptance. I remember seeing local television ads that used the LL-NNNNN format as late as 1973 or so.
As always, the Internet provides: The Telephone EXchange Name Project (apparently I grew up in the "HYatt" exchange!)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
to the gay list also add Lee Garner Jnr.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
ah how could i skip over him
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
Probably too minor a character, but the MC of Don's birthday bash from last season.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
apropos of nothing, if a tmbg biopic ever comes out, vincent kartheiser should play linnell and rich sommer should play flansy.
― dunham checks in (get bent), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
ted is a bit of a dork really isn't he? clothes, haircut, general goofiness.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
dunno if Megan's swinger boss and wife count here
― temporarily embarassed millionaire (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Pete has never really earned any advancement, he's just been given it quid pro quo
Pete has made serious personal sacrifices to win accounts
― temporarily embarassed millionaire (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
+ son of tobacco exec who propositioned sal and was a monster all around
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
I think I'm conflating him with the belle Jolie guy
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
So, Bob Benson - Cuban refugee?
― Jaq, Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
^^^ had that thought
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Totally a Latino trying to pass (see also Pete's shitty comment about Manolo not being good enough to care for his mother unless he was Spanish).
― on the sidelines dishing out sass (suzy), Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
so the West Virginia thing is a red-herring?
― ryan, Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Manolo also name of Nixon's devoted Cuban majordomo.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Oh shit good call.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Brand New made a post about the new logo, and half the comments were from people crying SPOILER!!! JEEZUS!!!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
spoiler queens are the fucking worst
― dunham checks in (get bent), Thursday, 20 June 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
14 episodes for season 7 supposedly.
― piscesx, Friday, 21 June 2013 05:03 (ten years ago) link
Spoiler!
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 21 June 2013 06:09 (ten years ago) link
also don jumps off the building in ep 5
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 June 2013 06:16 (ten years ago) link
the remaining episodes are flashback clip shows as he falls and remembers all the crazy adventures they had
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 21 June 2013 13:16 (ten years ago) link
John Popper contributes special final season lyrics to "A Beautiful Mine."
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Friday, 21 June 2013 13:19 (ten years ago) link
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu216/le_bateau_ivre/cb60ea6cbfe65ec980490c282ebedd06.jpg
Captured this add from the new New Yorker issue.
- Two Don's- Police- Don is holding someone's hand (Megan?)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 21 June 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
lollll
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 21 June 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
ONE WAY!
STOP!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 21 June 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell ref???
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Friday, 21 June 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
in the season finale [SPOILERS] Don murders Joni Mitchell
― the Spanish Porky's (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 June 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
and puts up a parking lot.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 21 June 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
don draper = DD. first D = Duritz. second D = Didit. that's "Duritz Didit." the counting crows killed joni mitchell. weiner's done it again!
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 21 June 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link