" If you want to see more about me and this new book BOOM! - A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 have a look at http://tedpolhemus.blogspot.com/
PS: I'm hoping others will pick up on this discussion about MM's influential (and usually spot on) costume and sets as there are so many interesting things that can't be discussed in one go. Do we think that Don D learned how to wear a suit from Rod Sterling of The Twilight Zone? Discuss"

Greetings other Mad Men fans - What would you say if I said that for me the ultimate stars of MM are Janie Bryant the costume designer and Amy Wells the set decorator? For 30+ years I have been writing about style and design and how they are key to understanding what really went on in an era. Although fiction, I find MM a more accurate guide to style and design in the 60s - for example, the traditional style of the 1960 Draper home. The design books focus on modernism but those of us who grew up in the early 60s know this wasn't true in most households. I also love the way that, while so many today equate the 60s with the flower power later 60s, MM shows that this was really two decades rolled into one. My latest book BOOM! - A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 has lots of stuff on MM and its extraordinary times. Anyone know how I can contact Janie Bryant and Amy Wells to send them a copy of my new book?

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it's from carousel by david carbonara.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZ7Jw5ShxU

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Where is this? Can't seem to find it on the site, hope it hasn't already been bought!

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I know I'm a year or so late in watching this, but am new to the show in general.

I'm not usually so moved by television, but I had to watch this episode several times. Then I watched this montage from the episode and balled my eyes out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2Of7lXpnU

It feels to me like this is such a penultimate scene in so many ways.

To me, when Anna appeared, she gave the nod of approval to Don for some sort of relationship with Peggy. Definitely a maternal one in a sense. It's heartbreaking to see in a way, her being naturally maternal and needing that outlet after what happened with giving up the baby, and him being so vulnerable and an orphan in one sense, needing the love of a mother figure.

I love the contrast with Peggy and the other women in Don's life leading up to this point. We've never seen him cry in front of any of the others, hardly even Betty? That he can be so vulnerable with her is a huge thing. By the end of the episode, with the 'door open or closed' comment, it's like he may finally be open to the possbility of something with Peggy in the future. The conversation in the diner, about hitting her head against a brick wall is exactly what she has done with Don for years, but finally seems to breakthrough in this episode. (Remember the comment, 'there's a way in/out that we don't know about'.) I also love Peggy's comment about not knowing whether something is good or awful, how this could really relate to Don too.

She truly is the one that he can open up to and who understands him the most, despite not knowing his true identity. They are also obviously mirrors of each other in many ways, even down to their sense of morality. I think that a possible relationship would make sense between these two characters, because they do have a deep bond, based on mutual admiration, respect and intimacy. Great episode.

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As we now know, Mad Men pretty much skipped 1964 as a whole. So not only are the Beatles M.I.A., but so is opening of the World's Fair, the '64 Olympics, and everything else that happened that year. What gives? 1964 was a watershed year in our culture: it was when things stopped looking like the '50's and started becoming the '60's, and what better show to illustrate that than Mad Men. I think the writers missed a major opportunity here.

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Excellent idea! Lets get voting ;) Please check out my phote and if you feel I deserve a vote please click "vote" Thanks all.

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