The crew over at Sesame Street always tries to infuse their educational entertainment with the latest in pop culture. They have had countless guest stars over the years and their muppet sketches are always trying to bring timely bits into the theme. Their latest “Mad Men” skit, which helps teach kids emotions, is adorable. Check it [...]
After last week’s foot incident, I didn’t think Mad Men could make me any more physically ill. Boy was I was wrong. The first few scenes are basic flash forwards further into the episode with Betty lounging on a chaise, Don face covered in blood and on the floor and Peggy in bed with a man. Not sure why the writers decided to go semi-Memento this week, but it did make it more fun for me when I realized I was right about the man in bed with Peggy. And now to the spoilers… More on Politics, Contracts, Muggings OH MY!: Mad Men Recap after the JUMP
This week’s episode of Mad Men was just bursting with goodies. The London office decided to pay a visit to New York, announcing a restructuring and the idea that most people forget that Roger Sterling actually works there. Lane, the latest transplant from England is informed he did so well trimming the fat that he was [...]
I am sure that during my nearly 30 years on the planet Earth I have repeatedly said how great it would have been to live in the past. Either for some lame reason like seeing Led Zeppelin live or an admirable one for being part of the women’s rights to vote movement, I have fondly looked at life in olden times as a lovely thing. But after last night’s episode of Mad Men, I take back all of these things and thank my lucky stars that I never had to experience life before 1980. In fact, any women who had to be an adult before year 1979 is personally invited to punch me in my ovary as reparation for my ill advised statements.
Every once in a while, a television show will surprise you and that is just what Mad Men did last night. While its nearing the half way mark for the third season, there has been a great deal of complaints about non-fulfilled story lines, like Peggy and Pete having a baby, and just the overall slow pace this season has been on. But apparently Matt Weiner knew that he couldn’t continue at this pace for too long and ramped it up last night. The Drapers welcomed child number three into their lives and I have never seen anything scarier. Just moments of watching the torture Betty endured within a hospital before pushing out an 8lb pound baby from her hoo hoo was enough for me to invest in any medical advances there are. Don sat within the waiting room while a younger version of the 1960′s man seemed to be terrified over his wife’s difficult birth and the lack of information he was getting from the hospital and thanks to the usual Draper tricks, the young man was comforted until his good news was announced. During Betty’s labor, she was filled with mind-numbing drugs, ignored by nurses and seemed to be terrified about what was about to happen to her. In her altered state, she “visited” with her deceased parents, and was warned by her mother to keep her mouth closed and by her father to be happy with her station in life. It was incredibly depressing all around and reiterated the fear that women have during a time of their life where hormones are cranking and when they seem to have little control over their lives. More on Mad Men Recap – Thankfully I Never Had to Endure the 1960s after the JUMP
