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Tag Archives: Mad Men
Native Is the New Bleak
Marketers Flock to Ads in Sheep’s Clothing First, an introduction: For the past four years, the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has chronicled the explosion of stealth marketing, which attempts to trick out advertising as entertainment or editorial content. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Be aujon, branded content, Confessions of an Advertising Man, David Ogilvy, Financial Times, Joshua Benton, Mad Men, Mashable, Medium, native advertising, New York Times, NiemanLab, Poynter, product integration, Product placement, Racked.com, Sneak ADtack, State of the Cuisinart Marketing
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Matthew Weiner Hates Women, Right?
Full disclosure: The Missus and I think this season of Mad Men is obvious, boring, and flat-out stupid. That said, last night’s episode was a full-fashion assault on the Mad Women. Janie Bryant’s YouTube video about Megan Draper’s hideous outfit: … Continue reading
Why God Made TV Critics
Two of the hardworking staff’s favorite television critics have very different takes on the sixth season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men. The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz: Don Draper’s Inferno The sixth season of “Mad Men” brings a whiff of … Continue reading
Is It Just Us, Or Did Mad Men Jump The Shark Last Night?
Don’s Dream? Really? How stupid was that. As for jumping the shark, let’s go to the Googletron. Screen grab for Mad Men Don’s Dream: Screen grab for Mad Men Don’s Dream Jump the Shark: No intersection as far as we … Continue reading
Does Mad Men’s Henry Francis Work For Rockefeller Or Lindsay?
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged George Romney, Googletron, Henry Francis, John Lindsay, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Mediaite, Nelson Rockefeller
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Boston Ad (Wo)Men Recreate “Mad Men” Era
From our Everything “Mad Men” Is New Again desk The New York Times reports that the fifth season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men is the real March Madness. After ‘Mad Men’ Drought, Hoping to Slake a Thirst The fifth season … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Business Journal, Daily Beast, Hill Holliday, Karen Kaplan, Mad Men, New York Times, Newsweek
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Not Everyone Mad About ‘Mad Men’
From the Sunday Boston Globe Ideas section: Everybody loves “Mad Men” — except, apparently, Daniel Mendelsohn, a distinguished translator and critic who writes for The New York Review of Books. In a smart and scathing review of the show, Mendelsohn … Continue reading
Dead Blogging Matthew Weiner At The MFA
Being out on unpaid furlough and all, the hardworking staff has lots of time on its hands. So Wednesday night we trundled over to the MFA, where Mad Men man Matthew Weiner appeared at a banged-out Remis Auditorium. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, BPL, Franzenfools, Joyce Kulhawik, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Mel Gibson, MFA, Santo & Johnny, Shapiro Celebrity Lectures
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Lost Auction Action At New York Times
Monday’s New York Times piece on television studios auctioning off old props and costumes got half the story, anyway. Headline: No ‘Lost’ Left to Unravel, Fans Buy It Piece by Piece In Santa Monica last weekend ABC orchestrated an auction … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lost", "Lost"-abilia, ABC, auction, eBay, J.J. Abrams, Mad Men, Sterling Cooper
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