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Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Roger Sterling, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Pete Campbell, Advertising, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, Matthew Weinter, January Jones, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, Indiana Jones, Elizabeth Moss, Beatles, Mad Men the Fog, Mad Men Review, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Five major plot developments in this episode -- named for the culmination of Betty Draper's pregnancy -- drive the action forward as we enter the middle of the season.

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Mad Men: "Love Among the Ruins" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ken Cosgrove, Roger Sterling, Robert Browning, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Betty Draper, Matthew Weinter, Lane Pryce, Don Draper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, Aaron Staton, Love Among the Ruins, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Jon Hamm, Paul Kinsey, Michael Gladis, January Jones, John Slattery, John F. Kennedy, Entertainment News
William Bradley

We learned more about the characters and the changes taking place in this pivotal year. And we tapped into very contemporary themes about corporate disarray and aging parents.

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The Mad Men (and Women!) of Morning Joe

Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Joe Scarborough, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Morning Joe, Mad Men Premiere, Pat Buchanan, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Willie Geist, Mad Men AMC, Media News
Rachel Sklar

In the tradition of merging the media beat with whatever pop culture sensation has captured the Zeitgeist, I thought it would be fun to cast the Mad Morning Men (and Women) of Morning Joe. Hey, what else are you gonna do until next Sunday at 10?

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Mad Men Returns: The '60s Advertising Drama Is A Time Tunnel To the Present

William Bradley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Camelot, Elizabeth Moss, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Roger Sterling, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, David Chase, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, The Sopranos, British Invasion, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon, 1960s, Madison Avenue, New York, Advertising, Entertainment News
William Bradley

There are a number of ways to view Mad Men. For my own part, I can take it as a period piece, a sort of time capsule of the early '60s, at once relatively close yet far enough away to be intriguing for its unfamiliarity.

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