Mad Men S03E13: Step Into My Office, I Am Fired

Don meets with Connie Hilton, who tells him that Powell, Putnam, and Loeb is being sold to McCann Erickson (I've heard of them! This show is so accurate in how it uses names that I have heard of!), and for... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN S03E13: STEP INTO MY OFFICE, I AM FIRED»

mad Men S03E12: Take A Pill And Lie Down

Where were you when Kennedy was shot? Oh that's right, you were 14,000 years from being born. But that is what this week's episode is all about, where people were when the 9/11 of the 60s happened. Kind of. It's... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN S03E12: TAKE A PILL AND LIE DOWN»

Mad Men S03E11: See Dick Cry

BOOM! What an episode! Betty and the kids are leaving for Philly. Uh oh, they are going to miss Halloween! (P.S. I love that this show's holiday-themed episode is a Very Special Halloween episode.) Oh wait, they are not going... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN S03E11: SEE DICK CRY»

Mad Men: We All Have Epilepsy

Is it just me, or is there a lot of night driving in this season? I guess season 2 did have the car accident, and there was the scene in which Betty puked her faithful guts out, but Don spends... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: WE ALL HAVE EPILEPSY»

Mad Men: The Little Death

Mad Men had sex on the brain this week. Everyone was fucking and/or coming very close to fucking. It was like an episode of the Real World/Road Rules Gauntlet Hell Inferno From Hell Challenge: Cabo Nights, or whatever. Minus... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: THE LITTLE DEATH»

Mad Men: California-Style Open Thread

I haven't been able to watch this week's Mad Men yet. That's one of the most important things I've learned from my time in Los Angeles so far: sometimes you are able to do things, and sometimes you are... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: CALIFORNIA-STYLE OPEN THREAD»

Mad Men: Don Draper Wuz Robbed! (Literally!)

[Ed. note: due to unforeseen circumstances, the wonderful and talented Alex Blagg will no longer be able to cover Mad Men. We will miss him! But the show is still so great. So let's focus on the good stuff (the... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: DON DRAPER WUZ ROBBED! (LITERALLY!)»

Posted on September 28, 2009 in Love-Watching (59 comments)
Tags: Elisabeth Moss | January Jones | John Slattery | Jon Hamm | Mad Men

Mad Men: Belated Open Thread

Due to some scheduling difficulties, Videogum's Senior Mad Men Correspondent, Alex Blagg, will not be able to provide a recap of this week's episode. But obviously, we should still be able to talk about it, first and foremost because... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: BELATED OPEN THREAD»

Posted on September 22, 2009 in Love-Watching (60 comments)
Tags: Elisabeth Moss | John Slattery | Jon Hamm | Mad Men

Mad Men: Worth The Waiting Room

[Alex Blagg, formerly of Best Week Ever blog and Blagg Blogg Dot Com, and currently the editor of Wonderwall, will be bringing his wit, wisdom, and love of skinny ties to this season of Mad Men.] Don will maybe pork... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: WORTH THE WAITING ROOM»

Mad Men: Jai Ho Ho

[Alex Blagg, formerly of Best Week Ever blog and Blagg Blogg Dot Com, and currently the editor of Wonderwall, will be bringing his wit, wisdom, and love of skinny ties to this season of Mad Men.] At Sterling Cooper, there... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: JAI HO HO»

Mad Men: Mad Minstrels

[Alex Blagg, formerly of Best Week Ever blog and Blagg Blogg Dot Com, and currently the editor of Wonderwall, will be bringing his wit, wisdom, and love of skinny ties to this season of Mad Men.] Holy shit, you guys.... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: MAD MINSTRELS»

Mad Men: What We Talk About When We Talk About Pampers

[Alex Blagg, formerly of Best Week Ever blog and Blagg Blogg Dot Com will be bringing his wit, wisdom, and love of skinny ties to this season of Mad Men.] You know what they say: Behind every Mad Man is... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAMPERS»

Mad Men: Don Draper Gives Everyone The Business

[Ed. note: Over the next few weeks, Videogum will be introducing our stable of new freelance writers covering some of your favorite shows. Today, I am extremely excited to announce that this season of Mad Men will be covered by... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: DON DRAPER GIVES EVERYONE THE BUSINESS»

Operation Watch This: Fred Armisen's Intervention Intervention

Easily the funniest television parody that includes the name of the show being parodied in the name of the parody since Prison Prison Break.... CONTINUE READING OPERATION WATCH THIS: FRED ARMISEN'S INTERVENTION INTERVENTION»

Posted on August 6, 2009 in Parodies (21 comments)
Tags: Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Intervention

New Mad Men Promo Makes Mad Men Look Thrilling And Fast-Paced

Lest we forget that the third season of Mad Men begins this summer (supposedly August 16th), AMC has started running this new promo featuring prominent, salacious moments from Season 2. Even the biggest Mad Men fan has to admit the... CONTINUE READING NEW MAD MEN PROMO MAKES MAD MEN LOOK THRILLING AND FAST-PACED»

SNL Just The Funny Parts: Hey, It's Everybody!

Has anyone talked to Justin Timberlake? Because he didn't show up for his part-time job Saturday night. (Groan.) The SNL finale was fantastic! Will Ferrell was in top form, and the show copied the 30 Rock finale by getting too... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: HEY, IT'S EVERYBODY!»

Fred Armisen Made Out With Paul Rudd On His First Date With Elisabeth Moss

Just a few days before The Cutest Couple In The World surprised everyone last week by getting engaged, Fred Armisen appeared on Conan and told a story about how he invited the girl he "recently started dating" to watch SNL... CONTINUE READING FRED ARMISEN MADE OUT WITH PAUL RUDD ON HIS FIRST DATE WITH ELISABETH MOSS»

Peggy Olson Is Engaged To Barack Obama

Aww, Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen are reportedly engaged. As long as Elisabeth doesn't make Fred move to Los Angeles when Mad Men starts filming again, this news is adorable.... CONTINUE READING PEGGY OLSON IS ENGAGED TO BARACK OBAMA»

Posted on January 23, 2009 in Celebrity Gossip! (6 comments)
Tags: Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Mad Men | Peggy Olson | Saturday Night Live

Peggy From Mad Men Singing And Dancing As A Kid

Elisabeth Moss was in a stage production of "Gypsy" with Tony Shaloub and Bette Midler when she was a kid in 1993. She sings and dances! It's weird, because she's Peggy: Sorry, that might be for the hard core Peggy... CONTINUE READING PEGGY FROM MAD MEN SINGING AND DANCING AS A KID»

Posted on October 29, 2008 in Cute As Balls, Video Skeletons, Where Were They Then? (5 comments)
Tags: Bette Midler | Elisabeth Moss | Mad Men | Peggy Olson | Tony Shaloub

Amy Poehler Was Originally Going To Play Peggy In SNL's Mad Men Parody

In case anyone was still wondering why Elisabeth Moss didn't get the same amount of attention John Slattery did while cameo-ing as their Mad Men characters on Saturday's SNL, maybe it had something to do with Moss's last-minute replacement of... CONTINUE READING AMY POEHLER WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO PLAY PEGGY IN SNL'S MAD MEN PARODY»

Posted on October 28, 2008 in Behind The Scenes, Sketch Comedy (0 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Elisabeth Moss | John Slattery | Mad Men | Saturday Night Live

Mad Men: "That's What Husbands Are For"

The Mad Men finale happened, and after weeks of tension, Grand Gesture-Watch '62 finally came to an end. What a long, strange, long, long, too long, too many awkward pauses trip it's been. The soap opera we all love (and... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: "THAT'S WHAT HUSBANDS ARE FOR"»

The Whole World Has Gone Mad (Men)

There's just too much Mad Men news lately, so here's a bunch of it all in one place because this isn't Madmengum.com: There will be a Mad Men category on Friday's Jeopardy ("What is Heineken!"), and there's an online game... CONTINUE READING THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE MAD (MEN)»

Mad Men: Don Makes Some New Friends

Remember that episode of The Sopranos where Tony got shot and the entire episode was his coma dream about what his life would be like if he were a salesman instead of a mobster? This episode was that mixed with... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: DON MAKES SOME NEW FRIENDS»

Posted on October 13, 2008 in Soap Operas (6 comments)
Tags: Dick Whitman | Don Draper | Elisabeth Moss | Mad Men | Peggy Olson

Mad Men: Real Predictions And Dream Drapersex

Well, we couldn't expect another hour of total excitement after last week's tension-breaking catharsisfest, could we? It's back to the slow building, building, building. You know what I do while I watch Mad Men, to deal with the slowness? Jumping... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: REAL PREDICTIONS AND DREAM DRAPERSEX»

Mad Men: Best. Episode. So. Far.

I don't know if Marilyn Monroe had to go ahead and die, or if someone had to pee their pants or WHAT, but last night's Mad Men was not only the best episode so far, it was like they got... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN: BEST. EPISODE. SO. FAR.»