Mad Men Recap

It is late to start a weekly recap of "Mad Men", but this is just as good as time to start because you are always kind of lost with "Mad Men". Not "Twin Peaks" or "Lost" kind of lost, but still, a little lost just the same.

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Last week's episode, “My Old Kentucky Home" features three things we got real tired of in the 60’s. Petty theft, pot parties, and the accordion.

Sterling-Cooper is working on the Patio soda account, which I guess is small enough for the home office (which last week nixed The Madison Square Garden account) in England, which fortunately wasn’t in this episode. Roger Sterling and his new trophy wife are giving a Kentucky Derby party at his estate in Long Island and the copy writers are not invited. This was okay with them. It meant they could actually begin the 60’s by smoking dope for inspiration. It turns out dope was one of the most over-rated things about 60’s besides Hubert Humphrey. This had to be one of the most boring pot parties in the history of drugs. The copywriters, led by Peggy, mainly sat around and ate.

Before the Drapers could go to Roger’s party, the Drapers had the great $5 missing mystery. Last week, Don, in an unusual fit of humanity, took in Betty’s daft Father, who ranges from being totally out of it to being sort of out of it. Now there is somebody new in the house Betty can despise seeing that she hates Don and the kids. Speaking of the kids: Sally, who mixes a mean martini, took $5.00 from Grandpa, who like all old people, immediately realizes it was missing. Of course, he blamed the African-American maid.

When Don and Betty get to the party, the first thing they see is Roger in blackface singing “My Old Kentucky Home”. This disgusts Don because although he assumes a dead man identity and cheats on his wife, at least he is not a racist. The party drags on and on is only saved by the dancing of Pete and Trudy Campbell, who for once in the show are not whining about everything. That goes to show you what a boring party this one was.

Let’s see, Betty gets her pregnant belly touch by one of Gov Rockefeller’s men. Over the past three seasons, people just want to touch Betty. Why? Who knows? The woman is as dull as dirt and dumb as a door. Roger’s trophy wife (who used to be Don’s secretary and one of the ten women in New York state not to sleep with Don) gets drunk and says something about the Draper’s separation in season two. Don and Roger have words.

There was another party. Joan and her wacko doctor husband held a party at their apartment for his doctor friends. Turns out Joan’s husband probably won’t make mega bucks by ’65 and he had a patient who died due to his malpractice. This party made Roger’s party seem like Mardi Gras. It ended with Joan playing the accordion. The Beatles can’t get here soon enough.