Comments on: Oprah is all about ‘Mad Men’, does awesome ’60s makeover

By: edgite

edgite — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:53:32 +0000

Ally

Well said, I agree. Oprah’s endorsement gives me the icks. Love Mad Men. Oprah not so much.

By: hmm

hmm — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:49 +0000

Mad Men’s ratings are not doing that well and a real fan of the show should be happy for the exposure they’ll receive on Oprah. Not exactly sure what the corporate shilling complaints are all about since ALL shows on television do the same things. Why all the hate on Oprah?

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By: Aviatrix

Aviatrix — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:53:16 +0000

Way to jump on the bandwagon like 2 years later. Don’t tell me what I’m supposed to like, you are beyond out of touch. I know before you do Oprah.

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By: Jo 'Mama' Besser

Jo 'Mama' Besser — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:40:57 +0000

I don’t think I really understand the tenor of this thread.

Oprah isn’t to my taste, but I don’t understand how a person who has had her kind of career trajectory and influence can be considered ‘stupid’. And I certainly don’t see how a person in her position could be accused of not having the brain function required to ‘appreciate’ ‘high art’. Irritating is not the same thing as dumb.

I really like MAD MEN, but come on. This is the show that has a tradition of ending the seventh episode of each season with a big ol’ barf, and saddling some character with an unwanted pregnancy in the finale.

Is she an egomaniac? Heck, yes. Does she grate on me? A fair deal of the time, yes. Are a fair number of her supporters sycophants? Of course.

Still, how exactly is having a knee-jerk reaction against everything that she endorses endemic of true individuality? Sure, a reference point to mark off your opposition can be useful, but it says more about what you’re not than what you are. If Dog A bites you instead of Dog B, it all eventually turns into the same foaming at the mouth.

Let’s just have fun and leave the righteous indignation to the Daughters of the American Revolution, because all told:

A) She doesn’t owe me anything or need
my approval.

B) I’ve got too much stress and too many bills to deprive myself of the things that I like for no other reason than to tout my own aesthetic opposition.

Time to go back to not reading Faulkner, I guess? Word on the street is that some blonde kid got a papercut. Get FEMA here, NOW! THAT’S a fucking TRAVESTY!

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By: Felicia

Felicia — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:47:47 +0000

Go to youtube and watch “Madmen in 60 seconds” and you’ll be all caught up.

SCRIPT: MADMEN IN 60 SECONDS
Morning Don. How’s the most genius ad man in 1960s Manhatten doing?
Great, except for that history changing even that happened today.
Scotch.
SCENE
Frankly I don’t see how Sterling-Cooper can help my company sell cars.
SCENE
I think our male bosses treat us women poorly.
That’s because they’re smarter and stronger than we are.
You’re right.
SCENE
I just remembered something terrible from my past but I can’t tell you what.
We all have secrets Don. Lets smoke indoors.
SCENE
I really enjoy the asthetics of this era.
I don’t care much for black people.
SCENE
Ford cars. You drive it.
SCENE
Scotch. Oh cigarettes. Uh skinny ties. Uh rotary phones. Oh racism.
SCENE

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By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:30:01 +0000

Yeah, this kind of hausfrau show (Jersey Boys?!?!?!) really can suck the aura of cool off a good drama like Mad Men. I will not be watching this or any other episode of Oprah. Her shows mostly consist of lame corporate shilling, and I can’t bear all the cringing at the dumb questions she will ask.

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By: Cerulean

Cerulean — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:20:47 +0000

Damn! Oprah’s got a really big ol’ head on her, doesn’t she? Never noticed that before.

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By: Firestarter

Firestarter — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:01:39 +0000

Jon Hamm- YUM!

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By: Hieronymus Grex

Hieronymus Grex — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:52:05 +0000

I love it when a billionaire shills for a network show like a penniless whore.

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By: Eileen Yover

Eileen Yover — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:20 +0000

Oh yay! I need to move this series up in my queue in Netflix. I’m watching all three seasons of Dexter right now and I LOVE it!!! I’ll put Mad Men next! I need some good series to take up my True Blood empty hole….=(

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