$801 of reason for mad men + the new "weeds" grrl to keep tweetin.

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I'm deep deep in Mad Men addiction that I'm not even trying to fight the "problem" or unseat a heavily rooted denial. The latest ep "The New Girl"* was amongst if not the best (see this funny Ken Cosgrove + Zip moment on youtube) of current 2nd series via HouseNextDoor :

"Once again, there’s plenty of ambiguity about Don’s menschiness. His betrayal of Betty as a pouty response to Rachel’s marriage is hardly an example of maturity, but his standing up for Peggy is admirable, and I was reasonably impressed by his resignation to facing the music when it looks like Jimmy is going to call him out over the incident with Bobbie. The most grown-up thing he does, however, is treating Peggy with respect when follows Bobbie’s advice, first asking him to repay her ASAP and then calling him “Don” instead of “Mr. Draper.”

Anyway back to the point of this post before I cook my Chicken Chesticles for dins : After following all the Mad Men on twitter (it is kewl to get an email saying don draper and peggy olsen r followin u back), my heart stopped a few beats when I read that the Sterling Cooper Ad Agency Owner of Mad Men had shut down the twitter back channel. Well lucky, there's been a 360.

SiliconAlleyInsider : "What happened? Deep Focus, the Web marketing group that works for AMC, tells us that they gently nudged their client into rescinding the DMCA takedown notice they'd sent to Twitter. See, in Web marketing parlance, the Twitterers assuming the names of Mad Men characters are actually "brand ambassadors" meant to be cultivated, not thwarted. "Better to embrace the community than negate their efforts," says a Deep Focus spokesman. We agree!"












* For those who have seen episode HouseNextDoor also have the economics inflation calculation of Don well "Mr.Draper's" $150 car crash fine : "Many people will take Don’s $150 fine for drunk driving to be another of Mad Men’s periodic cheap, “Ho ho ho, look how far we’ve come in 40-some-odd-years” jokes. The truth is more complicated: According to the Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator, that fine comes to $1,092.54 in 2008 dollars. New York DWI law is pretty complicated--it seems that those charged with drunk driving are actually charged with two separate different offenses, “Driving While Impaired by Alcohol” (a noncriminal “traffic infraction” with a minimum fine of $300 and a max of $500 for a first offense; these charges are handled by the DMV rather than the DA, apparently), and “Driving While Intoxicated”, (a criminal violation for which first-timers face a minimum fine of $500 and a max of $1000). Point being, if Don had a clean record, he could theoretically be hit for a fine that’s almost $400 more (in modern dollars) than what he would face in 2008. If the accident led the cop to upgrade the offense to an “aggravated DWI” (which is done at a police officer’s discretion, I think), they’d be more likely to throw the book at him. The good ol’ inflation calculator also reveals that the $110 or so that Peggy scrapes together to pay Don’s fine would be $801 in 2008 money--no small sum at all"








* Next Ep : #6 Trailer now up : "Don and Duck take a stab at making peace. Peggy tries to insinuate herself into the execs’ after-hours meetings. Duck deals with a family visit at the office." Or even better, watch with one click the newest episode of Weeds out today :)