Mad Men (one liners, movies, the office, house)

[Sherifftruman]

Originally Posted by mag32gie

I thought it was odd that Don left the lone shoe on the floor, wondering if he is afraid of the younger new guys talent.
As far as Peggy, $400.00 was a lot of money back then. A weeks worth of groceries could be had for $30.00. Actually it was pretty nice of her to leave the purse out. I would have picked it up no matter who was on the couch.

I used an inflation calculator and it would be over $2500 in 2010 dollars.

As far as the pictures, the way they set the scene up to me said it was a somewhat regular occurrence for her to bring raw shots from the Time newsroom over for them to see so maybe they were more used to that stuff.

[69GSstage1]

Originally Posted by yamota

Don's had these quasi dreams before. I'm still not sure last season when the real Don Draper's wife was walking around the office if Don was dreaming it or Don was awake and it was her ghost checking up on him one last time

I'm fairly new to watching this series. Wasn't aware of these dreams. Since he was sick with a fever, I thought he was hallucinating when he "strangled" the woman in the bedroom.

[goldengrain]

Originally Posted by nature's message

So is Peggy a lesbian?

Gee, am I ever naive.
Could really be.
On my lousy tv I could not read that note that the secretary left.

Tempting Dawn with the thought of a promotion, asking if she, Peggy, were too masculine.

Poor Don. During so much of the filming I was wondering what happened to his wife. Even after she said that she'd been home all along I was hoping she wouldn't look under the bed. He was so convincing.

[Minervah]

Gotta picky kind of question for all of you. I noticed when Sally's stepgrandma turned the TV off, she used a remote. Did they have those in 1966? Because I don't remember they did. And her remote didn't have wires and I do remember the earlier ones were not wireless.

[tigerlily]

It's possible Peggy's is a lesbian. We've already been introduced to lesbians with Joan's roommate and Peggy's friend, Joyce. I think Joyce wanted a relationship with Peggy. When Peggy asked Dawn her opinion about masculinity, I thought she was questioning whether she was acting too much like the men as far as her work life was concerned. In the sixties, many women believed they had to dress and act like men in the work world to get ahead. This was the era of navy blue business suits for women.

[Sherifftruman]

I thought I remembered reading that there were remotes in the 60s at one point and according to Wikipedia Zenith came out with on in the 50s Remote control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Obviously they were expensive but they definitely had money.

[BlueWillowPlate]

Originally Posted by Minervah

Gotta picky kind of question for all of you. I noticed when Sally's stepgrandma turned the TV off, she used a remote. Did they have those in 1966? Because I don't remember they did. And her remote didn't have wires and I do remember the earlier ones were not wireless.

I was born in the mid-50's but never saw a remote until the '80s. However, they were indeed around (for those who could afford it) during the Mad Men time.
History of the Television remote control
It was in June of 1956, that the practical television remote controller first entered the American home.
TV ad for remote control. It's kind of like an infomercial.
watch it: 1960s ad for TV remote control | MaryAnn Johanson's FlickFilosopher.com

[Minervah]

Thanks for the answers regarding the remotes. It was really bugging me.

I never saw one until the late 70's I think but never had one until I subscribed to cable in the 80's.

[goldengrain]

Originally Posted by tigerlily

It's possible Peggy's is a lesbian. We've already been introduced to lesbians with Joan's roommate and Peggy's friend, Joyce. I think Joyce wanted a relationship with Peggy. When Peggy asked Dawn her opinion about masculinity, I thought she was questioning whether she was acting too much like the men as far as her work life was concerned. In the sixties, many women believed they had to dress and act like men in the work world to get ahead. This was the era of navy blue business suits for women.

Yes. I understand that women had to 'out man' men in the work force, and sometimes still have to, but it could be taken the other way, too. She could have been dropping a hint, especially when coupled with that question about the promotion.

[Minervah]

It's not unusual for Peggy to question how she was appearing to others and maybe even not too sure herself.

Many women of that era were accused of being Lesbians just because they wanted a "man's" job and were actively pursuing it. The implication being they were more masculine than feminine.

Some people, men and women both, believed there could be no other reason than a woman wanted to be a man if she wanted a job that had traditionally been considered for males only. The ultimate goal for a young woman in the workplace was supposed to be to finding a man to marry and not trying to climb the promotion ladder.

Just as young women who went to college were often told they were only going to achieve their "MRS. degree."