Description
Turn off the TV and listen up! We're back for another episode of Mad Men, this time unpacking "The Grown-Ups," the penultimate episode of Season 3.
SHOW NOTES
00:00 – Introduction
03:27 – The JFK Assassination
08:59 – The Grown-Ups as a title
11:00 – Characters Regressing and Pete's anxiety
17:46 – The Loss of Innocence
22:23 – Peggy's Roommate
24:41 – TV and the JFK Assassination
30:02 – Editing and Dreamlike Quality
32:14 – Darkly Funny Moments
35:31 – The Arc of Don and Betty and the State of Television
38:56 – Personal Experiences of 9/11
42:36 – Don and Betty's Coping Mechanisms
44:06 – Mixed Feelings about Henry Francis
49:39 – The Wedding and Roger's Speech
53:36 – Betty's Performance in the Episode
57:28 – Nihilism After JFK
01:01:44 – The Song Choice and Debate over Storylines
In case this is your first time digging into Mad Men Men, our humble little baby podcast recaps Mad Men from the perspective of someone who hasn’t really watched the show, someone who went through it once a long time ago, and a superfan who watches excessively it instead of having a functional social life.
EXTRA CREDITS
Matthew Weiner created Mad Men, which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015. Barbet Schroeder directed this episode, “The Grown-Ups,” and Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner wrote the script. The show stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and many more. The opening instrumental theme heard at the beginning of this podcast is “A Beautiful Mine” by RJD2. Podcast illustration is by Jon Negroni.
Our podcast hosts include Jon Negroni (Film Editor of InBetweenDrafts), Will Ashton (cohost of the Cinemaholics podcast), and Michael Overhulse (The Original “Negroupie” and inventor of dogs interrupting podcast conversations).
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