The MTA isn’t a fan of “advertising that lends itself to vandalize the system,” but they also don’t seem to be in a position to turn down ad dollars, which might explain how Mad Men (well the agency that booked the media space) pulled off running its current minimalist campaign. Read more »
Actor Brian Batt, he of closeted gay Sal Romano fame on Mad Men who was wickedly Lee Garner Jr.-ed in Season 3, is spending his down time while the show is on hiatus working in his home decor/gift shop on Magazine St. in New Orleans. Read more »
Mattew Weiner on Sunday’s finale: [Getting rid of Sterling Cooper] was very scary but I knew in my heart it was what I had to do. I have to believe that if Don is as good as he says he is, there’s no way he’s going to go through the ’60s working at a firm like Sterling Cooper. Read more »
Oh my! The new issue of GQ features a great profile of Mad Men‘s January Jones, accompanied by some smoldering shots of the actress who plays disillusioned housewife Betty Draper taken by Terry Richardson. In the interview Jones expresses her love for drinking, football and Chili’s skillet queso dip (Just like me!), and tells how ex-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher, ASHTON FUCKING KUTCHER, often tried to dissuade her from acting because he thought she sucked. Asshole! Read more »
If anyone were to ask me to list my ten favorite restaurants in all of New York City, Il Buco on Bond St. would likely come in at number 9 or 10. It’s splendid. But of all the times I’ve eaten there and then talked to others about dining at the restaurant, I don’t think the restaurant’s light fixtures have ever come up in conversation. However, the same can’t be said for Mad Men star Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway on the show), as her obsession with a chandelier at Il Buco led to her getting married there yesterday so she could be cast in its light on her wedding day. Read more »
I’ve been meaning to post this all day and kept forgetting to get around to it, but seeing that most people born in the latter half of the 20th century were raised on Sesame Street combined with the fact that the internet seems to have a raging boner for Mad Men (myself included), I just can’t not post it. Read more »
Posterchild had some extra googly eyes laying around and applied them to a Mad Men poster on a street. And like a true pretty asshole, Don Draper actually seems to pull them off rather well. IVia Lisanti QuarterlyI
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