"Mad Men" (2007) TV series 2007-????

Creator:

Matthew Weiner

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

heinäkuu 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Where The Truth Lies ...

Plot:

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Secretary | New York City | Advertising | Marriage

Awards:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 31 wins & 55 nominations

Cast

Jon Hamm	...	Don Draper (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Elisabeth Moss	...	Peggy Olson (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Pete Campbell / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Holloway / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Bryan Batt	...	Salvatore Romano (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
January Jones	...	Betty Draper / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Michael Gladis	...	Paul Kinsey (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
John Slattery	...	Roger Sterling (36 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kiernan Shipka	...	Sally Draper (36 episodes, 2007-2009)
Robert Morse	...	Bertram Cooper (27 episodes, 2007-2009)
Emelle	...	Secretary (25 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alison Brie	...	Trudy Campbell (20 episodes, 2007-2009)
Julie McNiven	...	Hildy (20 episodes, 2007-2009)
Eve Curtis	...	Secretary / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mark Moses	...	Herman 'Duck' Phillips (16 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alexa Alemanni	...	Allison (16 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

Israel:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Movie Classics (AMC)

Trivia:

Talia Balsam, John Slattery's real-life wife, portrays his wife in the series.

Quotes:

Fred Rumsen: Bonnie Prince Sterling here thought I was a coward cause I was in the Signal Corps.
Roger Sterling: Little did I know it was only for his last sixth months.
Fred Rumsen: I think he thought I was a typist or something.
Roger Sterling: Before that Freddy was in charge of killing people. And by "people" I mean Germans. What was it, fifteen of them?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scoring 'Mad Men' (2008) (V)

Painfully great fun!

The characters go around completely oblivious to how pointless their lives are. They think they have perfect marriages-- they don't. Perfect jobs-- nope. Perfect health even though they constantly smoke and drink-- nope. We can look back and see how phony it all was-- the advertising, the plastic homes and lives, and the social niceties and expectations. And here's the punchline-- it's US! TODAY! And that's the brilliance of the show. Today we are the same with different clothes and cars. We are jaded, full of irony and smarm, and believe we are self-aware. Imagine how a TV show (hologram show?) will look back at the sad folks of 2007 45 years from now. We tune out, blame others, scan the internet for porn, buy $5 coffee, and still can't fix the health care system. Apart from the amusement of looking into a 47 year-old mirror, the show gives us tremendous writing, acting, set decoration and drama. Let me re-emphasize my favorite part of the show-- set decoration. Kudos all around at the insistence of having the look of every scene strike me as true and accurate to the nth degree. I have watched each of the first episodes three times each. I love it!

(PS to those idiots chatting endlessly about electric typewriters and such: That's the smarminess I'm talking about. What would you rather watch? 'Flavor of Love'? 'The Steve Harvey Show'? 'According to Jim'? Gimme a break! Just enjoy a quality show while you can!!!)