The hardworking staff got really confused on Sunday when the Mad Men character Henry Francis told a phone caller that New York Mayor John Lindsay would not do a joint appearance with Michigan Gov. George Romney “because Romney’s a clown and I don’t want [Lindsay] standing next to him.”
(Video at Mediaite.)
Wait a second, the hardviewing staff thought: Isn’t Henry an aide to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller?
We decided to investigate.
Let’s go to the Googletron first. Here’s what you get when you plug in Henry Francis AND Nelson Rockefeller:
And etc.
Then again, here’s what you get when you plug Henry Francis AND John Lindsay into the Googletron:
And etc.
So, to recap:
Henry Francis AND John Lindsay generates about 1,440,000 search results.
But Henry Francis AND Nelson Rockefeller generates about 61,000 serach results.
Hey, Matthew Weiner: What gives?