Cable television drama fictionalizing the early 1960's era of advertising on NYC's Madison Avenue.
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What movie is Don watching?
In Season 6, Episode 1 of Mad Men, Don is observed watching something on the television.
Is there a symbolic importance to what is on the television? Given that we're shown what it is, I doubt it is ...
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What happens to Peggy Olsen's baby?
I have gone through 1 1/4 seasons of Mad Men. I saw the nurse take the baby away from a disinterested Peggy.
I am not asking for a spoiler. I would like to know if they had simply let the future of ...
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On “Mad Men”, why did Don Draper steal the identity of his fellow soldier?
In the first season of Mad Men, it is revealed that Don Draper was born Richard Whitman, but stole the identity "Don Draper" from a fellow soldier who died in Korea. The other soldier's body was not ...
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What was wrong with Betty's hands?
Early in the first season of Mad Men, Don Draper's wife Betty seems to be suffering from some kind of affliction that makes her hands go numb.
She eventually sees a psychiatrist and the whole thing ...
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Why have Joan and Don never gotten together?
In the tenth episode of the fifth season, in an episode titled "Christmas Waltz," Joan and Don visit a Jaguar dealership to test drive a car, and subsequently find themselves at a bar discussing their ...
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What lead to Don and Betty getting divorced on Mad Men?
Through the first three seasons of Mad Men, Don and Betty's relationship (and Don's indiscretions) are a primary focus.
What factors contributed to the dissolving their marriage?
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In Mad Men, is the firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Price (or its earlier iteration, Sterling Cooper) based on a real advertising agency?
As Executive Producer Matthew Weiner asserts in this article, the character of Don Draper is based on the "creative head" of advertising agency Leo Burnett in the 1960s, Draper Daniels.
What about ...
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How accurate are the smoking and drinking habits of the characters on Mad Men?
Though the stories and characters have become the focal point for analysis as Mad Men has evolved, early in its existence there was a great deal of discussion regarding the amount of smoking and ...
