I've been slowly rewatching Mad Men this summer. It's a Great Show that's really Held Up! I have a renewed appreciation for Kevin's Awesome Interview with Michael Gladis. It's a Delightful and Interesting discussion!
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Great show, takes a bit to get going, very good ending.Shows how much times have changed, a different world since I was a kid
Wow! November 2009. PipesMagazine was only 11 months old. (It's 16 years old now.)
That was an exciting trip to NYC. In one part of the interview there is a clip where Joan is mad at Paul because he has a big mouth. (He bragged about fooling around with her.)
AMC was so impressively cooperative when I asked for that clip. They had it sent to me the next day.
I got my Mad Men DVDs signed by Michael, and we did some shopping in the store afterward.
Originally, we were to conduct the interview in Beverly Hills, and I bought non-refundable tickets to LAX for myself and my videographer. Then, Michael decided to go home to Connecticut to visit family for the holidays, and we switched to NY, which I prefer anyway even though I had to eat the LA tickets.
That was an exciting trip to NYC. In one part of the interview there is a clip where Joan is mad at Paul because he has a big mouth. (He bragged about fooling around with her.)
AMC was so impressively cooperative when I asked for that clip. They had it sent to me the next day.
I got my Mad Men DVDs signed by Michael, and we did some shopping in the store afterward.
Originally, we were to conduct the interview in Beverly Hills, and I bought non-refundable tickets to LAX for myself and my videographer. Then, Michael decided to go home to Connecticut to visit family for the holidays, and we switched to NY, which I prefer anyway even though I had to eat the LA tickets.
I loved the Mad Men series (2007 - 2015), and believe that it was one of the best in the history of television to-date.
My late friend, author Gene Hill (1928 - 1997), was an actual mad man before he became a full-time writer. After graduating from Harvard University he worked his way up through a number of New York's Madison Avenue agencies, rising from copy-writer, to account executive, and finally to creative director, during the time period that Mad Men covered (1960 to 1970). He left the industry in 1973.
How I would have loved to have gotten his take on the series. Based upon what I know about him my guess is that he would have found some of it to be spot-on, and some of it to be the hyperbole that the industry is famous for.
My late friend, author Gene Hill (1928 - 1997), was an actual mad man before he became a full-time writer. After graduating from Harvard University he worked his way up through a number of New York's Madison Avenue agencies, rising from copy-writer, to account executive, and finally to creative director, during the time period that Mad Men covered (1960 to 1970). He left the industry in 1973.
How I would have loved to have gotten his take on the series. Based upon what I know about him my guess is that he would have found some of it to be spot-on, and some of it to be the hyperbole that the industry is famous for.
There have been a number of articles published over the years concerning the accuracy of the Mad Men show by people who lived it.
They all said what you guessed. Some situations and scenes were exactly right, while others were ratings-driven exaggerations that catered to the public's inaccurate perceptions of the trade.
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Forget "Mad Men" -- of the three most widely published hunting and fishing magazines, "Sports Afield" was my favorite and was the one I subscribed to with my lawn mowing and snow blowing and paper route money and where I first encountered him. I dreamed of having my own gun dog and traipsing about, got away from it during HS and college and etc. and eventually and finally got my first gun dog in my thirties and am now on dogs three and four. I have to assume he was a wonderful person - what a treasure of memories you must have.
By far my favorite television show of all time. This was an interesting interview, thank you for sharing!
I remember downloading the episodes via Apple iTunes back in the 2008 timeframe. Was a revolutionary style of show. Not many period pieces had been done well to that point, IMO, with the level of writing and resources.
I never watched it when it originally aired. However, my wife and I started watching it over the summer and just finished a week or so ago. One of the best series we have watched. Most series fail at some point: Run too long and become redundant, unsatisfying ending, too many "throw away" scenes / episodes, trying too hard to appeal to everyone, etc. It pretty much missed all these pitfalls.