Escape from Grand Central: In North by Northwest (made only a couple of years before the dawn of the Age of Mad Men), as Matthew W reminds us, Cary Grant plays an ad man named Roger (seen here trying to slip out of NYC by train; the ticket agent with his bald head to us is that long-enduring character actor Ned Glass).
The official "first trailer" for the final episodes of Mad Men. The first of the final seven episodes airs April 5.by KenI have paid abundant tribute to the tight-lippedness of Vince Gilligan, the creator-overseer of AMC's Breaking Bad, which has carried over into Vince and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul. But Matt Weiner, the mastermind of AMC's other great series, Mad Men is no slouch in the keeping-mum department either. As the air dates approach for the final half-season's worth of episodes, which launch April 5, Matt knows he has to feed the insatiable publicity machine.
Valerie (Lisa Kudrow) and her nemesis Paulie G (Lance Barber) on the set of Seeing Red, in The Comebackby KenSince I last wrote (briefly) about the resuscitated season of The Comeback last week, a couple of things have happened.
The stars in the sky,the moon on high,they're great for you and me,because they're free.The moon belongs to everyone.The best things in life are free.The stars belong to everyone.They gleam there for you and me.The flowers in spring,the robins that sing,the sunbeams that shine,they're yours, they're mine.And love can come to everyone.The best things in life are free.The moon belongs to everyone.The best things in life are free.-- lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva,music by Ray Henderson (1927)
"One man may seem incompetent, another not make sense,while others look like quite a waste of company expense.They need a brother's leadership, so please don't do them in.Remember, mediocrity is not a mortal sin."-- J. Pierrepont Finch (Robert Morse), in Howto Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Don Draper: Then and Nowby KenI know the post title promises an "inside look" at Season 7 of Mad Men, the first half of which premieres tonight on AMC, and I wouldn't kid around about something like that, so trust me, we'll get to it.
You've got your 3D glassses on, right?Fashion-forward Harry Crane (Rich Sommers), fromthe newly released Mad Men Season 7 cast photosby KenI think I've mentioned that I planned to go back to the beginning and traverse Seasons 1 to 6 of Mad Men in anticipation of the debut of the seventh and final season on April 13.
by KenAt last we have a date: April 13. That's when the seventh and final season of Mad Men debuts on AMC. I've got so much stuff to watch now that it will require even more juggling than I've been doing lately, but I had already taken the precaution of ordering Blu-rays of Seasons 4 and 5 to go with my U.K. DVD set of Seasons 1 and 2 and the U.S. DVDs of Season 3. I guess when it comes time I'll have to bite the bullet and pay the stiff current asking prices for Season 6.Or . . .
