Mad Men

One of the head-slapping features of MoMI's Mad Men exhibition, which closes Friday, is a re-assembly of two actual sets: the original Draper family kitchen (above) and Don's famous SCP office, each adorned with an adjacent screen showing a loop of scenes that took place on that set.by KenSpeaking of the re-assembled set of Don Draper's office in the Museum of the Moving Image's Mad Men

by NoahAll right. Enough of Mad Men. We spent more than enough time wondering how the show will end. Now we know. And, now we can be reminded that there’s more important stuff in the world, really.The true ending was fine. Whatever. But, I might have liked any or all of these possible endings (below) better. The man known to most as Don Draper very well may have many alternate lives, so why can’t the show that centers on him have many alternate endings? Here are 10.1. In the very beginning of the last episode, Don crashes the race car on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

I've posted a piece on last night's Mad Men finale, and the experience of watching it as part of an audience of enthusiasts, on my Sunday Classics blog. -- Ken#

DILBERT by Scott Adams Dilbert (gasp!) makes his move!by KenAs some of you may recall, at the time this post posts I'll be at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, with as many other Mad Men fans as they can pack into the joint for a celebration culminating in watching tonight's series finale on the big screen.

I assumed we could get some sort of relevant clip from the Mad Men page of the AMC website, but right now it's a pile of worthless, stinking crap, at least on the browsers I have available as I write. (Confidential to Web designers who think all of their clients' potential users chase the latest browsers: Get your heads out of your butts, morons.

Look who's back! Last week Sally (Kiernan Shipka) got an unexpected visit from old pal Glen (Marten Weiner), in No. 3 of the final seven episodes of Mad Men. No.

Longtime D'Oyly Carte Opera Company principal tenor Thomas Round was not only long gone from the company but, unfortunately, in his late 50s by the time he made the recordings below.

Matthew W says: "I wanted to be in an environment where we're not part of entertainment wish-fulfillment, because most of us are failing constantly. We're looking for forgiveness. We're looking to make a fresh start. And that tradition of humanity on the show is something I'm very proud of.

It's the birth of the "real" Mike! (Foolish as those other guys are made to look, I'll bet the actors were thrilled to be doing a scene with Jonathan Banks.) In this corner, the next-to-last episode of Season 1 of Better Call Saul registered as a "wow!"by KenThere's been an inordinate amount of crap to wade through on the TV scene, but also some oases. This includes a number that probably deserve -- and may yet get -- individual attention, but which I didn't want to go uncelebrated.WASN'T THAT AN AWESOME BETTER CALL SAUL?"You're not a real lawyer," Chuck McGill says to brother Jimmy.

No, you can't click on anything here; it's just a screen grab. If you want to watch the Exclusive New Mad Men Trailer Featuring Alabama Shakes, go here.by KenSo I got the an e-mail yesterday.