MAD MEN MEMORIES

(FROM 40 HOURS OF WATCHING WEDNESDAY  THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 5/14 -5-18/ 2015)     

WEDNESDAY

1960. A MAN IS FALLING DOWN MADISION AVENUE, AS HE FALLS, HE SEES WINDOWS, BIKINIS, AND  CARS.  HE IS A MADISON AVENUE MAN. CAN MEANING BE MADE INTO A JINGLE? LUCKY STRIKES IS TOASTED!

DON IS A BLANK SLATE, NOT MUCH IS KNOWN OF HIM EXCEPT HE COMES THROUGH IN A CRISIS. HE LIVES IN A POOL OF SEXISM.

THURSDAY

A RE YOU DICK WICKMAN? THERE IS A TENDER TRAP. WOMEN SPEND AND MEN DRINK.  WHO AM I? DON WINS AN AWARD. IT’S THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE.  BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? THERE IS A BASKETFUL OF KISSES. GOYS AND JEWS.

FRIDAY

LOST LITTLE GIRL IN SUBURBIA. A STYLE SHOW FOR THE WAR. JACKIE AND MARILYN. SAD AND BEAUTIFUL. GLITTER AND LITTER. WHO KILLLED MARILY MONROE? I SAID THE CITY.  WHAT WILL I DO? 13 DAYS IN MAY. CH-CH- CHANGES. LIABILITY AJND LOYALTY. STOP THE START BUTTON.

COUNTRY CLUB MINISTRIL AND CONRAD HILTON. CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR LUCKY STRIKES. ANTI-WAR COPYRIGHTER.

FRIDAY

MUGGED? SALLY BECOMES A WOMAN. THE JAGUAR IS SHINY AND WRAPPED IN DISCOUNTED INTEGRITY. THE U.K. WOULD BE A HUMILATING AS FATHER, LANE PRICE HANGED HIMSELF. I RESIGN.

THAT LOST BROTHER KEEPS HANGING AROUND. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? THE 91 YEAR OLD CIGARETTE LIGHTER.

SATURDAY

RADIO RETAIL.  ACID AND OPEN. REWARD AND PUNISHMENT. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO. “SOME SEE THINGS AND SAY WHY AND I DREAM OF THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND SAY WHY NOT?

SUNDAY

DINA BOWER IS THE MYSTERY WOMEN THAT DON WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN. A HELICOPTER SWIRLS AROUND THE LARGEST BUILDING IN MANHATTAN. DON LEAVES. HE LEFT KOREA AFTER HE BLEW UPTHE COMMANDING OFFICER.

SKATING MUSIC AND ROLLER SKATING CHILD.ALL THE LINES HEAD FOR A LINEAR ENDING?. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. WELL, YES, YOU GET WHAT YOU DON’T EXPECT.

I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE !!!!  (HILLSIDE SINGERS. HILLTOP SONG.) 1960-1970 IS OVER. SALLY DRAPER  WOULD BE MIDDLE AGE. IS IT COMPASSION OR CAPITALISM? SOCIALVIBES.NET

*I RECALL EARLY NEWS YEAR DAY (1970) AND ONE OF THE MORNING SHOWS HOSTS  TALKED AS IF THERE WOULD NEVER BE A DECADE LIKE THE 60’S. I THINK THAT THEY WERE RIGHT.