Welcome To The 14th Mad Men Appreciation Thread!

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{Cast and Characters}

Jon Hamm as Don Draper
Don Draper, the Creative Director for Sterling Cooper ad agency, has the corner office and the stress that comes with it.



John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Roger Sterling is a Partner in the Sterling Cooper Ad Agency.



Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell
Pete Campbell is an ambitious young Account Executive at Sterling Cooper.



January Jones as Betty Draper
Betty, Don’s wife, is a mother of two -- Robert and Sally -- and lives in the suburbs outside of New York City.



Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
Joan Holloway works as the Office Manager at Sterling Cooper.



Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Peggy Olson is a Junior Copywriter at Sterling Cooper.

{Supporters}

Enigma (Mel)
~DresdenDoll~ (Do)
JCS (Mary)
addicted2much (Maria)
woken and broken (Lexi)
CheEsecAKe&BRUCAS (Hiba)
Mrs.PierceMariano (Selina)
Ana Luthor (Ana)
CleverDevil (Tanja)
afrocurl (Roz)
youvegotwings (Jess)
dreamer3 (Cla)
faith grows old (Linds)
galesgirl645 (Claudia)
JustAKid (Mimi)
remlap
own worst enemy (ken)
blue sky blues (jory)
Giana
SergeantPepper
blair4eva
ronmynee
jackiehydelover
forblueskiesxx

{Quotes}

This is a place TV hasn't visited before, where you want to linger, and people you haven't seen
on TV before whom you want to know better. - USA Today

One of the best-written, all-around sparkling works to come along in many a summer season. - The Wall Street Journal

An hourlong seduction. Great writing and acting create a heady mix of glamour, irreverence and responsibility,
a word rarely associated with a sexy drama. - The Los Angeles Times

Captures that utterly fascinating transformation as he explores 1960 in New York and America at
large, and marks "Mad Men" as essential viewing. - The San Francisco Chronicle

Mad Men is mesmerizing, and its pedigree is as authentic as the period it re-creates. - The Houston Chronicle

The magic of “Mad Men” is that it softly spoofs those cruel, antiquated mores without draining
away the romance of that era: the amber-lit bars and indigo nightclubs, soaring skyscrapers, smoky
railway cars and the brash confidence that comes with winning a war and owning the world. It’s a
sardonic love letter to the era that wrought “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” and “The Best of
Everything,” but homage is paid with more affection than satire. - New York Times

Crisp as a martini yet spicy as a Bloody Mary, the intoxicating Mad Men goes down smooth and
gives great afterglow but also can leave you with a hangover of unease. - TV Guide

“How glad I am that the message of smoking, drinking and whoring Mad Men puts across has
registered with the TCAs.” - John Slattery

No other series transports you to another time and place like this drama. You can almost smell the
smoke billowing out of the offices. Long for a drink when the ice clinks in the glass. And think back
to a time when cell phones and text messaging didn’t exist and typewriters ruled the workplace. - Zap2it

What makes the show soar is the wonderfully intricate storytelling with some career defining
performances. This show oozes perfection. This is TV at its best. - Zap2it

The series is a social commentary on not only that era but our era as well. Everyone has a Pete in
their office. Works with someone who isn’t all that he claims to be. Or can relate to wanting to get ahead
despite all obstacles. - Zap2it

With so many television programs that just seem determined to out-scream the next, "Mad Men"
is like a refreshing glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. - MSN

Terrifically acted and gorgeously produced, this is a show that's both funny and frightening, that
can simultaneously make you miss the '60s and feel blessed that they're gone. If it were an ad for
scripted TV, it would persuade you to invest. If this is the future of TV, the future's looking good. - USA Today

{Awards}

Golden Globes (2008)
Best Television Drama Series (Won)
Best Actor In a Television Drama: Jon Hamm (Won)

AFI Awards (2008)
One of the Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs of 2007 (Awarded)

Directors Guild Awards (2008)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series (Won)

Satellite Awards (2008)
Best Ensemble in television (Won)

WGA Awards (2008)
Best New Series of 2007 (Won)

ADG Awards (2008)
Excellence in Production Design for an Episode of a Single Camera Television Series: "Mad Men" -- Episode 9 "Shoot". (Won)

Peabody Awards (2008)
Peabody (Won)

TCA Awards (2008)
Program of the Year (Won)
Outstanding New Program (Won)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama (Won)

Emmy Awards (2008)
16 nominations - Winners announced in September

{Links}

Mad Men (Official Site)
IMDB Page
Basket Full of Kisses (Unofficial Blog)
Mad Men LJ Community

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