AMC's hit series Mad Men turned the channel into a legitimate network for original programming. Their previous claim to fame was simply showing old films, as their title American Movie Classics indicated. Harkening back to a more "classic" era, Mad Men takes place in the world of 1960s advertising. The smoldering period piece stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, the top ad man at Sterling Cooper. The world of the office features lots of smoking, suits and pre-sexual harassment sexism.
Mad Men is fast becoming one of my favorite shows of all time. As a journalist, I'd love to pick John Hamm's brain. Freddy is now, hands down my favorite interviewer on this site. Your questions were on point, thought provoking and creative.
erin_broadley
Los Angeles, CA
October 2006
JUL 23, 2008 06:00 AM