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May 13, 2022 · Mad Men is accused of overplaying the hedonistic aspects of 1960s advertising culture - but one former executive says the real thing was worse.
- Don Draper Owes A Debt of Gratitude to Ted Danson.
- The Mad Menpilot Got Weiner His Job on The Sopranos.
- HBO Passed on Mad Men—And It’S All David Chase’s fault.
- Don Draper Is Based on A Real person.
- The Pilot Was Shot While The Sopranos Was on Hiatus.
- The First and Second Episodes Were Shot One Year Apart.
- Roger Sterling Wanted to Be Don Draper.
- Betty Draper Wanted to Be Peggy Olson.
- Weiner Was Allowed Three “Sh*Ts” Per Show.
- Mad Menboosted Lucky Strike's Sales.
Matthew Weiner dreamed up the idea for Mad Menwhile working as a writer on the Ted Danson sitcom Becker.He wrote the pilot in 1999.
In 2002, Weiner sent the Mad Men pilot to David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, as a writing sample. In 2012, The New York Times asked Chase how Weiner came to his attention. “We were looking for writers, as we always were, and he was submitted,” Chase recalled. “He told me later that he insisted that he be submitted—his agents didn’t want to do it...
Before AMC signed on to broadcast Mad Men, Weiner spent some time shopping the script around. Considering its dark content, HBO seemed like the perfect fit. David Chase thought so, too, and delivered the script for the Mad Menpilot to the network's executives himself. Though HBO has never made any official comment about passing on the series, accor...
At least parts of Don Draper are based on a real person: Draper Daniels, the legendary Chicago ad man who, while creative head at Leo Burnett, invented the Marlboro Man. In 2009, Daniels’ wife even penned a piece for ChicagoMagazine about the real-life Don Draper, noting that Weiner “acknowledged that he based his protagonist Don Draper in part on ...
Because The Sopranos’s final season was shot in two parts, Weiner took advantage of the hiatus he had to shoot the pilot episode of Mad Men. He was able to recruit several of his collaborators on The Sopranos to help. “Matt asked Alan Taylor to direct while all his buddies on The Sopranos were on hiatus,” Rob Sorcher, AMC’s former executive VP of p...
In TV Insider’s oral history of the series, Weiner said that nearly a year elapsed between shooting the pilot for Mad Menand its second episode. “There’s seven years between when I first wrote the pilot, and then writing the second episode,” Weiner explained. “A lot about my vision changed in terms of how the storytelling would be done. Ultimately ...
John Slattery, who played Roger Sterling, originally auditioned for the role of Don Draper. When asked by ShortList.comwhether he secretly hated Jon Hamm for getting the part, Slattery laughed that, “[Hamm] says I did, and not even secretly, but … no, I didn’t hate him, deep down. The thing is, it was apparent from the beginning how annoyingly good...
January Jones auditioned not once but twice for the role of Peggy Olson, which eventually went to Elisabeth Moss. But Weiner had another part in mind for Jones, even if he hadn’t really written it yet. “I came in for Peggy twice,” Jones told The Hollywood Reporter. “Matt said, ‘Well, there’s another role, but I don’t really know what’s going to hap...
In 2011, Weiner participated in a wide-ranging Q&A with Curb Your Enthusiasm star Jeff Garlin in Los Angeles. When asked about how Mad Menmight have been different had it sold to HBO, Weiner replied that “Mad Menis TV-14, not even TV-MA. I’m allowed three 'sh*ts' a show. I can say ‘Jesus,’ I can say ‘Christ,’ but I can’t say ‘Jesus Christ’ unless h...
The old-school cigarette brand, which played a recurring role on the show since its very beginning, benefited from its association with Mad Men: The company nearly doubled its salesduring the show's run (selling an additional 10 billion cigarettes).
May 9, 2014 · Despite their similarities Lois has called Draper a "talentless bum," and disputes the veracity of the rampant sexism and drinking seen on Mad Men.
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Mar 17, 2015 · As Mad Men returns April 5 with seven final episodes, we get the behind-the-scenes tale from the actors, producers and executives who brought it all to life.
Jun 22, 2019 · It's generally accepted that Mad Men was one of the most historically accurate shows on TV. During its seven-season run, creator Matthew Weiner and the other people behind the scenes paid almost obsessive attention to the period details that brought the show’s 1960s setting to life.
May 18, 2015 · The presence of “Hilltop” in the Mad Men finale was a very rare instance of the show linking up with real life in a way that’s easy disproven— the Coca-Cola website tells the ad’s entire origin...
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Apr 26, 2015 · As the basis for many of the show's great moments, Jerry Della Femina has lived a life Don Draper can only dream of.
