Thursday, September 10, 2009
If you’ve been watching Entourage this season, you know that Ari is desperate to sign showrunners. In the last episode, the stakes in Ari’s storyline were all about Aaron Sorkin, who was the guest star. Entourage always has cameos for stars. This season they’ve featured Jeffery Tambor, Mark Wahlberg and Jay Leno among many others, […]
When we first see the milk sloshing into the pan on the stove and Don all bleary-eyed, we think the baby has been born. But no, Don is caring for his other baby, Betty.
The scene he sees as he stands there is in his imagination. It isn’t a flashback or a memory. This is a […]
Are you excited? Only 9 days left to the launch of season 3 and judging by the number of writers who’ve Mad Men-ized their profile pictures on Facebook and Twitter I’m guessing lots of people are looking forward to August 9. And so in anticipation, I decided to do a little comparison between the pilot […]
Remember how Don got that apology? Matt can explains that one of the things he wanted to show in this episode was that “there’s a mercenary business quality to their interaction”. Mission accomplished.
Thematically, he says that episode is all about what married people do for each other.
Wondering what Sunday’s Mad Men episode was all about? Here’s what Matt has to say:
If you’re already watched and rewatched season one of Mad Men and remain ravenous for more, go read Jaime Weinman’s post Better Know a Writing Staff: Mad Men. Here’ are a couple of quotes:
You know why Mad Men is the perfect subject for a post like this, apart from the fact that the DVD just […]
I can’t get the show out of my head. So at the risk of boring you with more on Mad Men, I’ve put together a handy-dandy list to help you with that spec.
1. Beat out between 14 and 19 juicy sequences to lay down two or more thematically related plotlines. Read some interviews with […]
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
I went on a Mad Men binge this weekend. I watched seven episodes in three days.
Then after Denis tipped me off about Maureen Ryan’s interview with Matthew Weiner, I started googling around and binged on Matthew Weiner interviews (here, here, here and on NPR) . (I’m still looking for an interview in which […]
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
I am getting prepped for the fall launch. That means watching as many pilots as I can get my hands on (thank you to my new best friends at CanWest Global who have supplied me with screeners) and figuring out which ones I’m prepared to watch 4 or 5 more times, so I can post […]
I’m predisposed to love this show.
People I like tell me it’s great.
Plus, my dad was an ad man in the 50s and 60s. He wasn’t a Madison Avenue type. His office was on Peel Street in Montreal. He worked his way up from copywriter through the executive ranks until he was running […]
