Another brilliant idea from Amy_C! Inspired by John Deere's response to Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (see below) she decided to print her own warning labels for her lawnmower!
Most leading office supply stores carry blank sticker paper, which can be used in your home printer. Use this image to print your own!
Inspired by Mad Men, I have taken an interest in vintage advertising lately. I just stumbled upon this hilariously un-PC ad for Chase & Sanborn Coffee. Shame on this man's wife for not store-testing for fresher coffee!
I'm curious -- do you think Don Draper would sign off on this ad? I'm not suggesting Don would be offended by it. In fact, I'm sure he's considered spanking Betty on more than one occasion.
I just wonder if it was a smart move, business-wise. Do you think it was an effective ad in the 1960s? I don't know about you, but I've never heard of Chase & Sanborn...
Deus ex machina: The John Deere model 110 lawn tractor
For Mad Men fans, it was a grand moment of sudden plot reversal worthy of the great Alfred Hitchcock. One minute, a young British exec is encroaching on Don's autonomy, Roger is reduced to a penciled-in bit of scrawl on the margins of the Sterling Cooper org chart, and Lane's asp is on its way to Bombay.
And an instant later, in one champagne-impaired moment of oversteer by a panicky secretary — VRRRRAP! — everything is safely back just as it was. Everything except Guy's foot, Joan's dress, and Lois's psyche, I suppose.
And how perfect was it that a John Deere, that most solidly AMERICAN of brands, stemmed this British incursion on Madison Avenue? (And on the eve of Independence Day, no less?) They might as well have placed Paul Revere himself behind the wheel, crying "To arms!" as he brought the Redcoat's golf game to a decisively bloody end.
John Deere was quick to respond:
"John Deere did not participate in the development of this episode. The company does not approve of unsafe use of its equipment."
No doubt, no doubt. Wouldn't be all that surprised if we see started seeing
For the few of you who aren't familiar with the site, Twitter is a place where people can sum up what they are doing right now in 140 characters or less. No, the Interweb didn't exist back in 1963, but some very creative fans have gained attention lately by "tweeting" as different Mad Men characters.
This morning, Don Draper noted, "The road is a dangerous place to be these days." This, of course, was in reference to last night's episode, in which Don picks up a few hitchhikers. (Check out our episode recap if you missed the excitement!) As of today, the fake Don Draper has 9,870 followers.
He isn't the only Mad Men character to take the Twitterverse by storm. The following fan-run accounts are known for their witty and true-to-character tweets:
January Jones has come out in favor of Christina Hendricks's curves (well, who hasn't?!). At the Entertainment Weekly/People Emmys afterparty, the Mad Men star said that she hopes Hendricks's pre-wedding diet won't affect her classic hourglass shape:
"I think she looks beautiful. Her body is amazing. My only advice is to not go too far, because if she loses her curves it will be a very sad day.”
Hendricks and fiance Geoffrey Arend have set a wedding date of October 11.
The best series on TV once again landed the Emmy account, taking home the Emmy for Best Drama Series and Best Writing in a Drama Series.
And as rewarding as Mad Men's big wins are, they really don't hold a candle to the awesomeness of Neil Patrick Harris's opening song, "Put Down The Remote":
"Straight from 'Mad Men' there's Joan, Ah, the curves she has shown! It would make a blind man say, 'damn!' She could turn a gay straight... Oh wait! Never mind, there's Jon Hamm!”
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