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Mad Men Staff

Friday, July 4, 2008

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 […]

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Ten Writing Tips for Your Mad Men Spec

Friday, October 26, 2007

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 […]

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Mad Men - How do they do it?

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 […]

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Things For You To Do While I’m Previewing the New Season

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 […]

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Mad Men

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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 […]