Comments on: Live-Blogging Mad Men: Here Is New York?

By: Kristin Ament

Kristin Ament — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:38:50 +0000

Karen, I think the reason none of us think the collegiate story about the dead dog in the wagon was funny is because we, unlike the guys at Sterling Cooper, aren’t sitting around getting shitfaced all day. Really, do those guys do any work at all? And now I don’t think Peggy’s knocked up. All of her weight’s in her ass. I finally have my snarky recap up, after having the last several days be one big musical salute to intestinal distress. It was a crap episode.
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/2481/50/

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:59:56 +0000

Tristan–yes, Peggy got birth control in the first episode, and then had sex THAT NIGHT. It takes at least one cycle for the Pill to become effective. So, odds are she got knocked up by Pete.

I didn’t think Peggy was really shooting pigeons–that was part of her reverie, yes? The shrink oughtta love that one.

I’m still confused as to how Pete actually turns out to be the smart one in the office. Cause, you know…not bright. I didn’t get the ad buy strategy when he said it–and, frankly, I didn’t find the Mamie’s funeral story half as funny as his buddy did, but then I was never in a frat–but when Roger and Bertram came in it all became clear. And you know what? It WAS a good strategy.

Given Don’s own dimness about it, I have yet to understand why McCann-Erickson (or anyone else) wuold court him so aggressively.

I still feel like this show isn’t really taking us anywhere, though–that it’s a lot of stylistic flourishes and grandstanding, without any there there.

But I did like Don and Roger walking off while the boys were tussling.

cgeye–I also use the CC option, and was confounded by “Theorello” until they mentioned both the exclamation point and Tammany Hall. You might also have caught the captions referring to “BBDO and YNR” instead of BBDO and Y&R.

By: Dan Leo

Dan Leo — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:17:11 +0000

Well, I picked a good night to get back late from the gym. I watched the 11 PM broadcast (hey, if it’s cable, is it still a broadcast?), and I’ll tell ya I woulda had a helluva time trying to come up with clever live-blogging remarks for this episode. But it’s cool, we’ve still got Kristin Ament’s re-cap to look forward to. Here’s the great one she did of last week’s show:

http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/2366/50/

By: cgeye

cgeye — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:50:54 +0000

And, as for Peggy? YAY.
She sees clearly what she wants, while the supposedly clueful Joan, isn’t.

“I just realized something… you think you’re being helpful.” About time, missy.

(Oh, yeah, you’re getting that I’m watching the second showing?)

By: cgeye

cgeye — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:46:45 +0000

“One day I’ve got to take a picture of her crying.” Every left turn, this sadism/sociopathy peeking out.

“I didn’t think you had it in you, and I mean that.” What they did was block Kennedy from buying TV time in the crucial state of Illinois.

And am I wrong, or did Don and Betty have a couple of civilized, sexually-compatible days, due to Betty actually waking up out of her suburban stupor? The psychiatrist only perks up when she perks up, and it’s implied that her outburst is the first one she’s had in his office.

As for the end, I expected her to drop a plate or a cup, due to shakiness, not accurately sight and fire a pellet gun at the neighbor’s pigeons (an act I consider proportionate to his death threat, toward the family dog).

By: cgeye

cgeye — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:27:37 +0000

Oh, yeah — ANGEL fans reprazent!!

By: blue girl

blue girl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:21:33 +0000

Jim,

I thought Draper and Sterling ignoring the fight and going off to the station was a clever, funny touch.

You optimist, you.

By: -k-

-k- — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:17:35 +0000

In light of last week’s show, this one was such a disappointing clunker.

It hit all the usual “Mad Men” notes and ended right where it began.

By: cgeye

cgeye — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:10:59 +0000

The closed captioning is so freaky that the first character of each line is dropped.

And, “Theorello”? If it’s mentioning Tammany Hall, it’s “Fiorello”, people.

By: tristan

tristan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:07:01 +0000

Blue girl-anger management was not invented yet. For white men with anger issues allowances were made. But this was just absurd.

By: Jim Tourtelott

Jim Tourtelott — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:05:38 +0000

Actually, I thought Draper and Sterling ignoring the fight and going off to the station was a clever, funny touch.

By: blue girl

blue girl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:02:57 +0000

So there’s no *deep* meaning?

How did they possibly shoot that scene and think that’s the way the should’ve shot it?

Well, that goes for much of the show too.

By: Claire Helene

Claire Helene — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:01:42 +0000

What was that?

BG, I wish you could answer that for so much of this show.

By: blue girl

blue girl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:00:47 +0000

Was it supposed to be funny or something that when the guys were knock down drag out fighting, the two shmoes didn’t even care at all and then just walked out?

What was that?

By: M.A. Peel

M.A. Peel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:59:52 +0000

Nice last shot. She was a little Bonnie Faye Dunaway there. But the texture feels like it’s from a different show

By: blue girl

blue girl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:59:29 +0000

I thought of David Lynch too. Is it wrong? Who knows. The show’s so slow that when *anything* happens, we’re all so grateful.

By: Claire Helene

Claire Helene — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:59:26 +0000

The show needs to pick a genre and go with it.

By: Jim Tourtelott

Jim Tourtelott — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:57:49 +0000

Is it wrong of me that I genuinely enjoyed that sudden lurch into David Lynch territory?

By: tristan

tristan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:57:10 +0000

Best ending yet. You are my special angel, great song.

By: steverino

steverino — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:55:52 +0000

Lee Harvey Draper

By: steverino

steverino — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:54:40 +0000

“Fill the pool”?!?

By: Claire Helene

Claire Helene — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:53:00 +0000

Poor Betty.

By: steverino

steverino — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:51:12 +0000

Drop you at the station - finally - a glimmer of wit!

By: tristan

tristan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:49:51 +0000

Didn’t Peggy get birth control in the first episode?

By: steverino

steverino — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:49:04 +0000

Hey - easy on the fine folks in your office, Tommy!

By: Tom Watson

Tom Watson — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:47:24 +0000

Exactly Steve - less interesting than my own office life.

By: steverino

steverino — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:45:35 +0000

Indeed, Tom. Glacially incremental movement in the lives of people we have not come to love.

By: Jim Tourtelott

Jim Tourtelott — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:45:34 +0000

MA, vampire spawn is different than whore-child.

By: blue girl

blue girl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:45:31 +0000

It *is* extremely slow.

By: M.A. Peel

M.A. Peel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:45:18 +0000

Tom, it does feel like we are in the second hour of a double episode

By: Tom Watson

Tom Watson — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:43:52 +0000

Maybe I’m just tired, but this is a very slow episode.

By: Claire Helene

Claire Helene — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:40:45 +0000

Very nice, MA.

By: M.A. Peel

M.A. Peel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:39:25 +0000

Peggy looks bigger in every scene–rapidly advancing pregnancy. Hey, that’s what happened to Darla when she was pregnant with Pete, I mean Connor. (Angel fans, where are you>)

By: Tom Watson

Tom Watson — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:34:14 +0000

Nixon - the fallen dove - the rifle - Pete as Lee Harvey - it’s all leading to the Kennedy assassination.

By: tristan

tristan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:32:55 +0000

You wanna shoot the golden?