Caricatures of the Mad Men cast as Mr. Men (and Women)
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Mad Men Behind The Scenes
From this month’s cover story in Rolling Stone about Mad Men, a great set of 20 photos of behind the scenes, on set photos from MM. Easily the strangest one is the photo of Cosgrove with an Apple laptop since computers were not even on the radar back then.
Gaming The Mad Men Viewers
The gaming of the ads on Mad Men is getting out of hand. Yeah, yeah…they did the job because I’m blogging about it. But there were three different ads that were “gaming” the DVR crowd by presenting their ads in the motif of the actual show so that viewers will stop fast forwarding the DVR at what they think is the end of the ad pod. Klondike had two guys in 1960 era suits pitching a new campaign for the brand. Clorox and Hotels.com then led their pedestrian ads with the animated building and red/black lettering so clearly associated with the show itself. The clear irony here is that these advertisers are holding on with their fingernails to the very interruptive, 1960’s era marketing model that is the central focus of the Mad Men show itself.
