In the season finale of “This Week in Mad Men,” panelists Lon Harris, Jaime Fox, Janie Haddad Tompkins and Jacob Burch take a look back at Season 4 and discuss some of the overall themes and ideas explored. They also hand out the First Annual Ida Blankenship Memorial Awards to the season’s best scenes, characters, [...]
The hosts discussion Episode 13 – The 4th Season Finale! – of “Mad Men,” titled “Tomorrowland.” In this episode, Don takes a trip to California with some shocking results, we find out whether or not Joan went through with her planned abortion, Carla the Nanny joins Sal and Paul in the deadpool and Peggy lands [...]
The hosts discuss Episode 12 of “Mad Men’s” 4th season, titled “Blowing Smoke.” In this episode, an old character from Season 1 returns, we discuss the age-old beans vs. ketchup rivalry, Lon bloviates about Dylan Thomas, Betty and Sally battle over Creepy Glen and we theorize whether SCDP will survive until Season 5 or whether [...]
The hosts discuss Episode 11 of “Mad Men’s” 4th season, titled “Chinese Wall.” The panel discussed how the episode was about how we can’t have work lives and private lives. We have to choose: - Faye jeopardizes her job for Don - Pete misses his daughter’s birth for SCDP - Don asks Faye to violate [...]
The hosts discuss Episode 10 of “Mad Men’s” 4th season, entitled “Hands and Knees.” Hosts Lon Harris Jaime Fox Jacob Burch Jason McIntyre Introduction Episode 10 is always where things really start to pick up, and this season is no exception. Feels like we’ve turned the corner and have entered Season 4′s “end game.” Setting [...]
Panel Lon Harris Jaime Fox Jacob Burch Jason McIntyre Cinematography The panel agreed this was a particularly well-shot episode. They highlighted a few key moments: - The opening shot of animated Draper blending in to real-life Draper on the telephone - The farcical business meeting with Miss Blankenship’s body being carted away in the background [...]
The hosts discuss Episode 8 of “Mad Men’s” 4th season, entitled “The Summer Man.”
This week the hosts break down key issues, topics and controversies from Episode #7 of Mad Men. Panel Lon Harris Jaime Fox Jason McIntyre Janie Haddad Tompkins Introduction Was this the best episode of “Mad Men” ever, as some fans and critics have implied? The panel agreed it was definitely up there, at least in [...]
This week the hosts break down key issues, topics and controversies from Episode #6 of Mad Men.
This week we have Judalina Neira sitting in with the hosts to talk about Mad Men Season 4, Episode 5: “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”! Discussion Topics SHAME Obviously, shame and embarrassment played a big part in the episode’s goings-on. The “shame” culture of Japan had all its obvious trappings explored, from the unanswered gift-giving [...]
This week we have Judalina Neira sitting in to talk about Mad Men episode 4!
Hosts (all in studio) Lon Harris Jacob Burch Janie Haddad Tompkins Jason McIntyre Intro Ladies and gentlemen, shall we begin 1965? Gazelle Ad You need to keep up with the Joneses, and that means, when the hot new electronics come out for your home – the 23-inch television, the hi-fi – you want to be [...]
Our hosts are Lon Harris, Jacob Burch, Jaime Fox and Jason McIntyre. This week we discuss the return of Glen and Freddy, enjoy some more of Jaime Fox’s Sterling Cooper memories and demonstrate how to make a Don Draper-style Old Fashioned. Special thanks to Mahalo’s “Mad Men Season 4 Recap and Spoilers” page, an invaluable [...]
Lon Harris, Jacob Burch, Jaime Fox, and Jason McIntyre discuss our favorite show about Madison Avenue Ad Execs.
