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Sixteen Significant 1964 Moments Mad Men Might Tackle in Season Four

By Corey Humphress at 7:00 AM on July 25, 2010

The setting for AMC's hit series, Mad Men, it brims over with big events for characters to reference between mid-afternoon sips of their Old Fashioneds... read more

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Seven Hilarious Mad Men Parody Videos, Plus One Simpsons Opening

By Whitney Baker at 7:00 AM on July 24, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — The overwrought drama of AMC’s Mad Men has enthralled many a viewer for three seasons; the highly-anticipated fourth season premiere has generated a lot of hype for the ’60s-set tale of advertising executives and all the drama that being one brings. But the successful show—which has garnered an impressive amount of Emmy nominations this year—is not impervious to parody, whether it be intentionally funny or ironically so. Indeed, the show sets itself up for jabs at boldly-drawn... read more

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Schooling Mad Men: An Advertising Professor and Student Discuss the Show

By Kasia Pilat at 5:00 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — There’s a lot of information on Mad Men that the advertising-uninitiated of us might not understand. The show has been lauded for its accuracy, but if you don’t know the first thing about advertising, how can you tell? It seemed that there was a lot we could be taught by the pros. So we turned to The Creative Circus, an Atlanta-based school that trains for the creative side of the advertising, interactive development, design and photography industries.... read more

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The Mad Men GIF Party: Everyone's Invited!

By Whitney Baker at 4:00 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — Before the YouTube age, back when two-minute videos took hours to download and picking up the (gasp!) landline phone could disrupt your internet connection, short-lived hilarity was captured in the form of several frames of animation strung together in a looping picture format called an animated GIF. This fun bit of antiquated internet technology has stuck around in a semi-satirical fashion, with blogs like GIF Party giving us a reason to save images of Stephen Colbert dancing... read more

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Hollywood and Smoking: A Brief History

By Kasia Pilat at 3:00 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — Hollywood has had something of a torrid affair with smoking ever since the likes of classic stars such as Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Audrey Hepburn graced the silver screen. Celebrities like them would send puffs of smoke into the air, and they somehow made filling your lungs with grey chemicals appealing and attractive. Since then, though, the depiction of smoking in film and television has seen several boosts of support and, conversely, almost militaristic omissions from... read more

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Banana Republic Wants to Help Get You on Mad Men

By Corey Humphress at 2:45 PM on July 23, 2010

If you’ve already taken AMC’s quiz and discovered yourself to be Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce material, it might be time for you to bid for a role on Mad Men. All you need is a way to the nearest Banana Republic and a photo of yourself looking vintage and a little bit tortured.... read more

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Drink Like a Mad Man: The Essentials for a Respectable Home Bar

By Kevin Keller at 2:30 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25.--Drinking can be fun no matter what the excuse, but after watching several seasons of those classy fellas down cocktail after cocktail, maybe it's time to try your hand at home bar tending. Here's a few tips, tricks, and outright demands to help you get started.... read more

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Guess Who has a Letter From President Obama Hanging by His Office?

By Whitney Baker at 2:00 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — Mad Men creator, Matt Weiner, that’s who!... read more

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Whiskey Toothpaste, Chicken Candy and Hot Dr. Pepper: Inexplicably Real Ads from the Don Draper Decade

By Ani Vrabel at 1:30 PM on July 23, 2010

This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — Good advertisers don’t just sell products, they sell a desire—a false sense of necessity—for a product. Great advertisers do this, too, but their scope is even greater; they sell lifestyles and ideas. In our search for real print advertisements from the 1960s, when Mad Men’s Don Draper was selling, we found examples of every level of advertising skill.... read more

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