Maybe she'll have an affair with Don…

wives are ex-wives
"It just so happens that the person in charge is Tammy, Ron's exwife (played by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman's real-life wife; mind-swirlz!)"

And the pantsuits references relate to women in office, e.g., Hillary?

Does Dgl work for NBC?

Pee Wee Herman was a child at the time—-unless Paul Reubens got the name from something else? I don't think Mad Men toys with the 4th wall does it?

…if that was their main intent, I think they managed to represent impressionistically and with amazing verisimilitude exactly how it felt during the JFK assassination (yes, I am older than Methuselah): surreal, slowed down, everyone hooked on the news, regular life continuing as if under water, shared grief leveling…

…THEN again, the HAT provides a tremendous vehicle for indirect hostile expression, i.e., proving that you, Don Draper, are not actually a regular MCP by forcing the wisecracking lout in the elevator to remove his hat in the presence of the unfortunate, humiliated middle-aged female passenger.

Hats
I wonder when Don will ditch the fedora. I really don't think many men were wearing hats at this point in Manhattan.

Bad Men

old stale stuff
I'm sorry (although I know it's unwise to apologize), but this episode is, to me, driven by that same old slacker guy stuff that came into being way back at the end of the 80's with Slackers (the namesake of a generation?) and Clerks, etc., leading into the manchild, bromance, Apatow, Knocked Up, loser…

RR, You're right about the "unrest in the home" thing. Peggy certainly wants a home, far away from all that is Brooklyn (and with lots of brothers in sibling rivalry for Dad Don's affections?) and lord knows they all seem to sleep, eat, fight and….pleasure themselves…there, just like it's a 2nd home.

I don't think Paul is much older than Peggy. Duck is the "older man." Peggy seems to be one of those women, who though independent and ambitious in her own way, is always "saving" guys—e.g., fulfilling Pete's need for a last, no strings attached fling before his wedding, bailing out Paul's presentation, helping the…

Worse the 2nd time.
Just watched it for the 2nd time. So joyless. I really can't even try to like Tracy or Jenna anymore. Tina looks miserable and Alec ready to explode. That strike outside the studio just got heavier and grimmer with each addition. Not a good atmosphere for the induction of laughter. I feel…

Fred Armisen's mother is Venezuelan; I hope he got her permission ("permiso") to imply all those awful things about Venezuela ("la ironia").

I mostly loved this episode—although I'd previously just finished with 30 Rock's 4th Season opener (on Hulu) and that was a real, true let down, so it's probably subjective. I always feel that the highest goal comedy can attain to is tackling any subject with such joy and confidence that everyone lets go of their PC…

Tina Fey and Scott Adsit seem to have such a deep familial similarity that thoughts of their "doing it" and "intercoursing" makes viewers and show personnel alike gag at the incestual implications.

HuffPo
William Bradley, who reviews Mad Men at HuffPo, is an interesting read, in contrast to reviews and discussion here for instance, as he takes a more literal and plot dynamic (as opposed to style/symbol/historical) approach to the proceedings. I especially found his review on this episode to be enlightening in…

Writer fired
From TV Squad:

Betty's relation to racial prejudice should be complicated by the fact that she was partly raised by a black housekeeper (I forget her name at this moment). Even though Betty "misses" her mother, it was obvious during the scene when she went home to see her father after his stroke that the housekeeper was her…

britta—isn't that a water filter?
I'm female so I may have to go before the Cattiness Squad (I just made that up—-doesn't really exist…), but Britta really turns me off. I find myself staring at her heavy lipstick application and her streaked, product laden hair and trying to find a living, breathing human creature…