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**hepcat** · 08-07-2009, 04:50 PM

Thanks for the bump! I really don't watch this channel and I hadn't kept up with when it was due back.

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norealityhere · 08-07-2009, 05:09 PM

You're welcome.

I never watch the station either, but there are billboards, signs, etc. everywhere I go showing the premiere date and, of course, Jon Hamm.

**hepcat** · 08-07-2009, 09:36 PM

I just can't see John Hamm as a sex symbol. He completely embodies a father figure for me, even if he's kind of a crappy father.

norealityhere · 08-08-2009, 12:48 AM

I find him way too young and way too hot for a father figure.

Marlena_M · 08-10-2009, 01:32 AM

Don Draper... hot & sexy
John Hamm... nice looking

Sometimes when I watch John Hamm on something other than Mad Men, I forget he's the guy portraying Don Draper.

norealityhere · 08-10-2009, 04:15 PM

It's probably evidence of what a terrific actor he is. He totally embodies and become Draper when he's acting.

NJ EJ · 08-11-2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marlena_M

Don Draper... hot & sexy
John Hamm... nice looking

Sometimes when I watch John Hamm on something other than Mad Men, I forget he's the guy portraying Don Draper.

So true! I was channel surfing last week & caught a few minutes of 'The Division' & there he was, looking OK but so not Don Draper hot & cool.

norealityhere · 08-17-2009, 03:25 PM

Anyone seee the season premiere last night.
I must not totally remember last season, but wasn't Don still living in the hotel? When did he and Betty get back together?

PhoneGrrrl · 08-17-2009, 05:40 PM

The last scene of Season 2 (IIRC) was Don coming home and Betty telling him she was pregnant. She's several months along from that point (I couldn't guess how many, but enough to be visibly pregnant), so one would assume that in the interim Don & Betty decided to either keep up appearances or Don convinced her (a la the hands in the sand speech) that he'd be a better husband. Of course, we all know he regularly hooks up with airline stewardesses (Sal's reaction to Don's comment on the plane about being hit on by stewardesses was pretty common was priceless). In any event, I love that Matt Weiner doesn't fill in every gap or rush the story. There was no mention of the Peggy-to-Pete reveal from last season, no discussion of Pete & Trudy trying to conceive...hell, Jane wasn't even featured. I'm sure Jane will pop up in the future, though.

Maybe it was just my great anticipation of the new season, but I watched the episode twice (in the back-to-back airings) and loved it. The "Limit your exposure" line was perfect--the sales pitch Don gave Sal and ended it with that line was fraught with so many different implications. I enjoy not knowing which ones, if not all, were meant.

The oddest thing in the preview of the rest of the season--and the one thing I want to know the answer to was [[Why was Don typing at a typewriter in his own office? ]]

norealityhere · 08-18-2009, 01:24 AM

THanks, PhoneGirll.
I guess we were supposed to assume he moved back in. I saw him return; did not realize that meant he was back to stay. So, thanks for filling in the blanks. The conversation that Don and his gay colleague have on the plane is priceless. Don knows so many secrets at this point, it seems.....

08-07-2009, 04:50 PM	#141
hepcat Gleek Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,917	Re: Mad Men Thanks for the bump! I really don't watch this channel and I hadn't kept up with when it was due back. __________________ Charles Nelson Reilly figured out cold fusion, but he never, ever told a soul.

08-07-2009, 05:09 PM	#142
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: Mad Men You're welcome. I never watch the station either, but there are billboards, signs, etc. everywhere I go showing the premiere date and, of course, Jon Hamm. __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

08-07-2009, 09:36 PM	#143
hepcat Gleek Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,917	Re: Mad Men I just can't see John Hamm as a sex symbol. He completely embodies a father figure for me, even if he's kind of a crappy father. __________________ Charles Nelson Reilly figured out cold fusion, but he never, ever told a soul.

08-08-2009, 12:48 AM	#144
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: Mad Men I find him way too young and way too hot for a father figure. __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

08-10-2009, 01:32 AM	#145
Marlena_M as always just my opinion Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 387	Re: Mad Men Don Draper... hot & sexy John Hamm... nice looking Sometimes when I watch John Hamm on something other than Mad Men, I forget he's the guy portraying Don Draper. __________________ There's nothing so insignificant that it can't be blown out of proportion

08-10-2009, 04:15 PM	#146
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: Mad Men It's probably evidence of what a terrific actor he is. He totally embodies and become Draper when he's acting. __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

08-17-2009, 03:25 PM	#148
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: Mad Men Anyone seee the season premiere last night. I must not totally remember last season, but wasn't Don still living in the hotel? When did he and Betty get back together? __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

08-17-2009, 05:40 PM	#149
PhoneGrrrl Mixing Old Fashioneds Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,523	Re: Mad Men The last scene of Season 2 (IIRC) was Don coming home and Betty telling him she was pregnant. She's several months along from that point (I couldn't guess how many, but enough to be visibly pregnant), so one would assume that in the interim Don & Betty decided to either keep up appearances or Don convinced her (a la the hands in the sand speech) that he'd be a better husband. Of course, we all know he regularly hooks up with airline stewardesses (Sal's reaction to Don's comment on the plane about being hit on by stewardesses was pretty common was priceless). In any event, I love that Matt Weiner doesn't fill in every gap or rush the story. There was no mention of the Peggy-to-Pete reveal from last season, no discussion of Pete & Trudy trying to conceive...hell, Jane wasn't even featured. I'm sure Jane will pop up in the future, though. Maybe it was just my great anticipation of the new season, but I watched the episode twice (in the back-to-back airings) and loved it. The "Limit your exposure" line was perfect--the sales pitch Don gave Sal and ended it with that line was fraught with so many different implications. I enjoy not knowing which ones, if not all, were meant. The oddest thing in the preview of the rest of the season--and the one thing I want to know the answer to was [[Why was Don typing at a typewriter in his own office? ]] __________________ I want to be housecat....be very important, and have little to do.

08-18-2009, 01:24 AM	#150
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: Mad Men THanks, PhoneGirll. I guess we were supposed to assume he moved back in. I saw him return; did not realize that meant he was back to stay. So, thanks for filling in the blanks. The conversation that Don and his gay colleague have on the plane is priceless. Don knows so many secrets at this point, it seems..... __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True