I want to thank you for putting this on YouTube. I've heard about this show over the last few years, seen pictures of the cast but I've never seen so much as a single scene of this series. After watching this I was so moved that I'm going to buy the entire first four series on Blu-ray today. Thank you soo much.
Do people get the self-refllection in this scene? Don is actually giving reason for the success of the series "Mad Men". "Sentimental bond" with the Sixties, "nostalgia" for a classy era, "place we ache to go again" etc. Mad Men is the actual "time machine" for the viewer. This scene works so on many levels.
I just saw a great Commercial on this vid! Kudos, for not sucking whoever that law company advertiser was... sorry... logo wasn't visible enough to remember...
@lennyd44...the way Don Draper pitched the Carousel here..he was so right. It really is a time machine. My parents had several of these from all the pictures they took back in the 60's and the 70's. Without question, this will still be my favorite Mad Men scene.
please don't give me hate comments for this but... what is so special about this scene?? I love the show, I have seen it 'til season 3, but everybody love this scene, and it was good but I don't see what the big deal is, can someone explain it to me???
@ReijiNakashi You need to watch the whole episode...there was a challenge in advertising this product, initially pitched as a wheel, but Don Draper uses his charm and wit that puts the wheel concept to shit and leaves Kodak so befuddled at how great Don was in his presentation
@9thGenHero Ok, that part I get it... the thing that I don't know is why everybody said that this scene was perfect and dramatic... also I don't know why Crane left... anyway, was an excelent scene, I don't questioned that but everybody said it was "epic".
@ReijiNakashi I think it's the fans who put themselves in Don's shoes and enjoyed the victory of such a successful presentation that really loved this scene, myself included. It was also a peek into how he perceived his own life and how he cherished his own memories...no one will fault you for not seeing or enjoying this scene any less.
My family was recently cleaning out my late grandma's house, and I found a slide projector, along with hundreds of slides of my grandparents and their family, taken in the 60s and 70s. I immediately thought of this scene, and I had to sit down for a few minutes because I was just overwhelmed, more with awe than sadness.
For a man who could so readily lie, Don could also tell the truth more eloquently than anyone when he wanted to. And that's why this is my favorite television scene of all time.
I too watched this again because of Kodak's bankruptcy. I think it just about sums up everything they forgot about and why they lost the business they defined. Kodak forgot about the 'Kodak Moment'. The 'just take the picture and leave the rest to us.' It's very sad, especially as photography has not changed a bit since the 1960's. It's still about the feeling you get when you look at a picture of someone you love, it's certainly more than the technology that printed it on a piece of paper.
Well, that's it. I came here because someone linked to it in a Kodak going bankrupt story - never seen the show - and now I gotta go watch. That was freakin' brilliant.
I love this show, and this segment gives me chills. when i want a friend to start watching this show, i make them watch this episode, it never fails. When i said this part gives me chills, i lied, it brings tears to my eyes, and i'm not ashamed to say it.
@MeenchawitTH Photographic film was an Ultra-HD format from day one. I have some Super 8 reels whose picture quality still rival HD.despite its incredibly small size.
I got all teared up for this scene cuz I know Don can never be the "child" in his own fantasy. I think Don Draper is the most tragic character that I have encountered in dramas. He is a total walking dead.
Less than an hour later, the Kodak execs called Sterling Cooper to inform them they won the account. Don Draper, being the sentimental family man, decided to celebrate by leaving work early and bedding down his current floozy. He got home late, missed dinner with his wife and kids, and never thought to share his work success with Betty.
My English Professor showed this to our class as an example for a future project... I've never seen the show but this scene makes me want to go out and buy the whole season. It's so full of emotion. I loved it.
@tomf429 I agree I always aim for this in every business meeting I have short sweet and simple, attack and manipulate the clients or audiences emotions and desires and you have them to bad most people don't follow this simple ideology.
*spoiler* does anybody think this scene would have been that much more powerful if he'd had shown pictures of his childhood? the ones his brother adam sent him?
@GeorgeMorahan good point, although you'd never know any of his secrets just by seeing the pictures. i mean, everybody was a child at some point and all that. it occurred to me since they seemed to affect him emotionally, and even when he was doing the pitch, i though he was going to show them, like some kind of letting go, of catharsis or something.
@himynameismarko what are you talking about... what pictures??? how could Adam send to Don pictures of Don and his wife and children? Adam and Don didn't meet for 20 year or something... I think you missed some parts from the serials dude
@hameed Pretentious? This comes from your profile. "I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I can cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru."
And that bullshit continues on. And at least this is good content, versus your ass-fucking shit that you've uploaded.
Maybe one day you'll realise that it's not about "Jersey Shore" and porn.
@upiluften ass-fucking shit? Huh? I copy pasted my entire bio. But I guess you're not bright enough to figure it out, which explains exactly why you watch pretentious "smart" shows like Mad men.
@hameed Say what you like.. but just keep in mind that you're the one with the "ass fingering" video. And whether or not your bio is copy-pasted, doesn't matter. It's still there, and it's pretentious as hell.
What shows do smart people watch then? Jersey Shore? Porn?
And people don't need to be "smart" to enjoy a good show. But people do need to be stupid to enjoy a bad one.
@hameed Right.. because smart people are boring and dull, and have no lives.. and can't enjoy "normal" TV. If you think Mad Men is pretentious, then you shouldn't watch it.
Personally, I'm pretty damn sure that the shows you probably watch are pretentious, and that's why I don't even care to watch them.
@upiluften "People don't need to be "smart" to enjoy a good show, but people do need to be stupid to enjoy a bad one"- What a great line, never heard that before but I'll have to write it down somewhere. For the record though, Mad Men does have an element of pretension to it but it's by no means damning like a Sorkin-dialogue or anything.
@upiluften Wasn't being sarcastic, thoroughly enjoyed the line, and I noticed how someone could misconstrue the intention of the first part of that comment right after I typed it.
It's the slide after the Kodak one that always does it for me. I keep expecting the slides to stop there, but it’s one hell of an unexpected uppercut.
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Ugh I watch shows like Boardwalk Empire and Game of thrones. If this is one of the best scenes of Mad Men i'm unimpressed I had to fast forward it. No one got shot, or raped nothing blew up. Why am I suppose to pay attention to show about advertising?
I'll watch shows on HBO where you know.....stuff actually happens.
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Okay that was good but too over dramatic it's trying to tell the audience this is the part where you should cry by just mixing a few music notes and well acted Draper giving a advertisement speech to sell his act to the audience the movie itself is a product that is hugely overrated by its own predecessor that it's trying to mimic. I don't think this is very good show and it doesn't relate to 80% of people on the planet maybe only 20% of higher valued Americans besides that this is overrated.
I have been in sales for over 30 years. I can tell you that you live for those very rare occasions where at the end there is nothing but silence and awe. You don't even have to close, because you know they have no choice.
@aquasov Yes. I did sniffle at an iPad CM once - made me feel that the world was so much warmer and safer: everyone was part of one big family. After it ended, of course, all I felt was envy for the kids who could play with such a technology at such early ages.
@hanluy1215 While I can understand the envy, I feel grateful to have grown up to watch technology evolve to this point. It's a great privilege of aging.
I cheated on my ex fiance several times yet a part of me always loved her. I have a very demanding stressful career and the nature of my career is such that I can never ever let people see how I am. This video is spot on, the nostalgia I feel about my ex is permanent. I feel like I am Don Draper in many ways and yet I wish I had a simpler life.
@l33tpwnzord Honestly, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Don after watching seasons 3 and 4 The impression I got was that their marriage ultimately failed because Betty couldn't accept his secret (so she didn't love him for who he actually was). Hell, I could empathize with most of the characters after getting to experience all of their personal struggles and history, which I didn't at all during the first few seasons. Everyone has their flaws, but that doesn't make them inherently bad people.
yes really powerful....all TV and ALL ADVERTISING should be this well done and meaningful....really, there is NO EXUSE for it NOT to be so....only lack of creativity and lack of clear thinking. ....when tv and ads and even political ads DON'T impact like THE SPACE SHUTTLE BLOWING UP ON LAUNCH OR BURNING UP IN RE-ENTRY, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HAVE NOT EARNED THEIR MONEY AND HAVE IN FACT STOLEN IT! This is real truth I am saying here.
I"ve never seen Mad Men, but I can tell from how the scene is acted that they guy giving the speech is holding back regrets, even tears, and there's something about the slides of his family that is lost to him now. And of course, something wrong for the man who bolts from the room, too.
When this episode first aired, I was in the process of going through a divorce. The sales pitch that Don gave brought tears to my eyes because it so true. When I see pictures of my married life, I yearn for those days once in a while. The past can only provide a temporary shelter of a uncertain future. Four years later this clip can still bring tears to my eyes like right now. The ache has faded and I have moved on, but watching this clip brings it back. No other show can get to me like that.
@JOHNOFSANDIEGO I feel for you man, My ex wife cheated on me 3 times. And i watched this about a week after i filed for divorce, needless to say it was one of the worst feelings ever. But now im remarried with a kid and happier than ever. Im so glad that my ex wife cheated on me because i may have never met the woman im with now, Its always best to move and and not linger feeling sorry for yourself
If Don Draper and Hank Moody from Californication managed to get a son somehow, that son would destroy all pussy in the world and make all men gay. I woe that day.
The more I watch Mad Men, the more I see the similarities between Don and Tony Soprano. Both married trophy blondes, but cheat and degrade women that remind them of their mothers on the side (New Jersey/Manhattan brunettes with careers). They reduce them from their equals to mere "women"; crying, emotional, scorned, and scarred. I'm not criticizing--that dynamic is what keeps people watching. But it is true. I like Mad Men better, though--no murders (yet).
@westmeetseast I agree but what Draper is saying is correct. In Greek, two roots words are nostos ("return home") and algia ("pain"). I also think it's a precusor to what's going to happen on the show. They are all saying goodbye to the wholesome, family loving 50's and the unknown craziness of the 60's...
@westmeetseast In a later season we see a flashback to a young Don indeed working at a fur retailer....a store in which he first meets Roger Sterling. Teddy may be an embellishment, but it's not too much of a stretch to think the old copywriter was in fact an early Draper mentor.
men like this are wat make usa a great count ry industrious smart creative crafty overcome hard challenges sft starter i wana b e like this guy wen i grow up work hard play harder and not getting std and ppl not finding out
Why can't men or people in general act like this? Now it's all Jersey Shore, Lady Gaga, hats with all sorts of stickers on them, and basketball jerseys worn down to the knees.
It seems obvious that Don does love Betty and his kids.. but like other tragic heroes, circumstances and his own character flaws conspire to ruin the only family happiness he has ever known. The one place where you know you are truly loved. The scene also seems to hint at whether men (mad or not) can ever be truly happy despite having all the trappings of power, wealth and success...
Technolology IS a 'glittering lure' but it's what you do with it that gives it meaning. Like TV for eg! There are so many layers of meaning here, you really have to know the context to make complete sense of of it. The whole series is a 'time machine' but as Don points out we can't go back, we have to accept life as it is, a constantly revolving wheel of fortune...
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this scene sucked you can tell they just went for the dramatic finish u can tell as this scene really didnt matter don still divorced i wish the writers didnt go for this
Everything about this scene is beautiful. From Don's immaculate suit; subtle yet demanding, powerful without showing of force. The the images of his family, especially of Betty. You wonder whether or not he really does love her, what he really feels about her, yet you can hardly see it in his face. Crane could hardly contain himself, even with images of someone else's life. Even the smoke added a kind of ambiance, almost dreamlike. There was hardly anything else they needed to do to perfect it.
“You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” - Tammeus
good luck at your next meeting
snookpudge23 1 day ago
I watched the whole thing with my mouth open.
lichlame 3 days ago
I want to thank you for putting this on YouTube. I've heard about this show over the last few years, seen pictures of the cast but I've never seen so much as a single scene of this series. After watching this I was so moved that I'm going to buy the entire first four series on Blu-ray today. Thank you soo much.
CTM1978 4 days ago
reason they've won some many awards
darbydarbify 1 week ago
perfect... every line..
brondra 1 week ago
Do people get the self-refllection in this scene? Don is actually giving reason for the success of the series "Mad Men". "Sentimental bond" with the Sixties, "nostalgia" for a classy era, "place we ache to go again" etc. Mad Men is the actual "time machine" for the viewer. This scene works so on many levels.
kleebusch 1 week ago 4
I needed this... Tears to my eyes... Best scene ever made
JDawg14112 1 week ago
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papermermaid 2 weeks ago
best tv show ever made.
carramrod721 3 weeks ago 2
@carramrod721 Hear to that
JDawg14112 1 week ago
Gets me every time.
ndl2964 4 weeks ago 2
the amount of genius put in this episode.. i have no words.
alvhiermw 1 month ago 6
I've never even seen Mad Men, and this still made me well up. NEEDS TO WATCH IT NOW!
Rimji11 1 month ago
I just saw a great Commercial on this vid! Kudos, for not sucking whoever that law company advertiser was... sorry... logo wasn't visible enough to remember...
CaseyTench 1 month ago
This has to be the single greatest scene in television history.
kanervd2005 1 month ago 4
@kanervd2005 I agree. Tears come to my eyes Which is not an easy feat. Something this powerful is not seen
JDawg14112 1 week ago
RIP Kodak
lennyd44 1 month ago 2
@lennyd44...the way Don Draper pitched the Carousel here..he was so right. It really is a time machine. My parents had several of these from all the pictures they took back in the 60's and the 70's. Without question, this will still be my favorite Mad Men scene.
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please don't give me hate comments for this but... what is so special about this scene?? I love the show, I have seen it 'til season 3, but everybody love this scene, and it was good but I don't see what the big deal is, can someone explain it to me???
ReijiNakashi 1 month ago
@ReijiNakashi You need to watch the whole episode...there was a challenge in advertising this product, initially pitched as a wheel, but Don Draper uses his charm and wit that puts the wheel concept to shit and leaves Kodak so befuddled at how great Don was in his presentation
9thGenHero 4 weeks ago
@9thGenHero Ok, that part I get it... the thing that I don't know is why everybody said that this scene was perfect and dramatic... also I don't know why Crane left... anyway, was an excelent scene, I don't questioned that but everybody said it was "epic".
ReijiNakashi 3 weeks ago
@ReijiNakashi I think it's the fans who put themselves in Don's shoes and enjoyed the victory of such a successful presentation that really loved this scene, myself included. It was also a peek into how he perceived his own life and how he cherished his own memories...no one will fault you for not seeing or enjoying this scene any less.
9thGenHero 3 weeks ago
@9thGenHero Not true, I am faulting him.
thewopstop 2 weeks ago
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
hussi434 1 month ago 4
My family was recently cleaning out my late grandma's house, and I found a slide projector, along with hundreds of slides of my grandparents and their family, taken in the 60s and 70s. I immediately thought of this scene, and I had to sit down for a few minutes because I was just overwhelmed, more with awe than sadness.
For a man who could so readily lie, Don could also tell the truth more eloquently than anyone when he wanted to. And that's why this is my favorite television scene of all time.
flamebait07 1 month ago
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Beautiful.
papermermaid 2 weeks ago
I too watched this again because of Kodak's bankruptcy. I think it just about sums up everything they forgot about and why they lost the business they defined. Kodak forgot about the 'Kodak Moment'. The 'just take the picture and leave the rest to us.' It's very sad, especially as photography has not changed a bit since the 1960's. It's still about the feeling you get when you look at a picture of someone you love, it's certainly more than the technology that printed it on a piece of paper.
25fredwest 1 month ago
Well, that's it. I came here because someone linked to it in a Kodak going bankrupt story - never seen the show - and now I gotta go watch. That was freakin' brilliant.
tonyjcase 1 month ago 3
Kodak is going bankrupt these days, time for another classic Don Draper pitch
evancortez2 1 month ago 2
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I used to pitch like that until I took an arrow to the knee.
Noulvari 2 months ago
I love this show, and this segment gives me chills. when i want a friend to start watching this show, i make them watch this episode, it never fails. When i said this part gives me chills, i lied, it brings tears to my eyes, and i'm not ashamed to say it.
koneecheewabitches 2 months ago 3
Youve just been don drapered muthafuckas!
dmolmalowski 2 months ago 7
Do they really photographic technology that good back then (early 60s), I mean, Is it really available for such household use?
MeenchawitTH 2 months ago
@MeenchawitTH Photographic film was an Ultra-HD format from day one. I have some Super 8 reels whose picture quality still rival HD.despite its incredibly small size.
TheCanadianPublic 1 month ago
wow, made me cry while eating my pea soup
Wh3tst0nE 2 months ago 2
11 People wanted to call it the "Wheel"....weak.
kmcconnell911 2 months ago 5
i'd love to be sterling cooper's client and let don draper handle my account.
rtj182 2 months ago
Jon Hamm shows his acting chops in this segment!
This is great! : )
Ellington3 2 months ago
I got all teared up for this scene cuz I know Don can never be the "child" in his own fantasy. I think Don Draper is the most tragic character that I have encountered in dramas. He is a total walking dead.
Bobowallie 2 months ago 3
@Bobowallie i dont get it
Kozmo198 1 month ago
Good luck at your next meeting.
weaselweasel 2 months ago 4
dont get it dont care
superrozza 2 months ago
What a remarkable show.
sargeantibbs 2 months ago
Funny thing is that this could be a perfectly usable marketing campaign.
Mucephei1000 2 months ago
11 people just bought digital cameras.
funkgerat 2 months ago
Less than an hour later, the Kodak execs called Sterling Cooper to inform them they won the account. Don Draper, being the sentimental family man, decided to celebrate by leaving work early and bedding down his current floozy. He got home late, missed dinner with his wife and kids, and never thought to share his work success with Betty.
paulatcvs 3 months ago
Don just blew those Kodak execs' minds.
ltrgman 3 months ago
It takes skillz to make me want to buy a 50 year old product thats obsolete.. Go Don Draper and whomever wrote that.. it was awesome..
synergi05 3 months ago 2
Me watching first episode: "Man, there's really not a lot of emotion in this show"
Me watching this episode: "OH MY GOD MY TEARS ARE CRYING"
randomusername6 3 months ago 3
lana del rey.
CoverProductionz 3 months ago
can this show please come back to television and fast
cooldude555 3 months ago
My English Professor showed this to our class as an example for a future project... I've never seen the show but this scene makes me want to go out and buy the whole season. It's so full of emotion. I loved it.
Jamie1334 3 months ago
The best thing about it is it's short and to the point. Most of the meetings I go, after about 50 PowerPoint slides, everyone is half asleep.
tomf429 3 months ago 3
@tomf429 I agree I always aim for this in every business meeting I have short sweet and simple, attack and manipulate the clients or audiences emotions and desires and you have them to bad most people don't follow this simple ideology.
DSchruteBeets 3 months ago
Anyone else really wanna buy a slide projector now?
Zorbo88 3 months ago 61
@Zorbo88 nope
stagm3 3 weeks ago
is he talking about The Carousel or Nintendo 64?
jaskate22 3 months ago
Apple circa 1950
seheart 3 months ago
this scene was fucking pure genius man.
74jailbreaker 3 months ago 4
Goosebumps
Mojuggernaut 3 months ago 20
@Mojuggernaut no this is bullshit
Zbochenez 8 hours ago
This is the first time I realised there's a woman in the room
jackfordtrousers 3 months ago
*spoiler* does anybody think this scene would have been that much more powerful if he'd had shown pictures of his childhood? the ones his brother adam sent him?
himynameismarko 4 months ago
@himynameismarko Why would Don do that though? The whole show is about him keeping his real identity secret.
GeorgeMorahan 3 months ago
@GeorgeMorahan good point, although you'd never know any of his secrets just by seeing the pictures. i mean, everybody was a child at some point and all that. it occurred to me since they seemed to affect him emotionally, and even when he was doing the pitch, i though he was going to show them, like some kind of letting go, of catharsis or something.
himynameismarko 3 months ago
@himynameismarko what are you talking about... what pictures??? how could Adam send to Don pictures of Don and his wife and children? Adam and Don didn't meet for 20 year or something... I think you missed some parts from the serials dude
01sidi01 3 months ago
@01sidi01 i said childhood pictures, not family pictures. read again.
himynameismarko 3 months ago
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saiyanyobbo 4 months ago
Duck is a legend
ecklesmecken1 4 months ago
after David oglivy's Confessions.....This is how damm pitching is done...
nayab99 4 months ago
Mr. Draper, I'd like to introduce you to Steve Jobs.
strawberrysaber 4 months ago
this is dizzy stuff folks
mchataway 4 months ago
Nostalgic..
palucha66 4 months ago
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lmao, people actually watch this shit?
hameed 4 months ago
@hameed Yep, and what do you watch? Watch your people getting dummyied on the news by our troops? If not, you should tune in. "Hameed"
allsports13 4 months ago
@allsports13 my people? you mean Americans? Americans are getting "dummyied"(whatever that means) by Canadians? News to my ears!
hameed 4 months ago
Nice hameed............hopefully, someday you learn to understand that sentiment is nothing to be ashamed of, but what makes us civilized.
john1dillinger 4 months ago
@john1dillinger my god, you fans are even more pretentious than the show itself. Hard to believe
hameed 4 months ago
@hameed Pretentious? This comes from your profile. "I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I can cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru."
And that bullshit continues on. And at least this is good content, versus your ass-fucking shit that you've uploaded.
Maybe one day you'll realise that it's not about "Jersey Shore" and porn.
upiluften 4 months ago
@upiluften ass-fucking shit? Huh? I copy pasted my entire bio. But I guess you're not bright enough to figure it out, which explains exactly why you watch pretentious "smart" shows like Mad men.
hameed 4 months ago
@hameed Say what you like.. but just keep in mind that you're the one with the "ass fingering" video. And whether or not your bio is copy-pasted, doesn't matter. It's still there, and it's pretentious as hell.
What shows do smart people watch then? Jersey Shore? Porn?
And people don't need to be "smart" to enjoy a good show. But people do need to be stupid to enjoy a bad one.
upiluften 4 months ago
@upiluften Smart people watch educational programs :) Not pretentious shows :)
hameed 4 months ago
@hameed Right.. because smart people are boring and dull, and have no lives.. and can't enjoy "normal" TV. If you think Mad Men is pretentious, then you shouldn't watch it.
Personally, I'm pretty damn sure that the shows you probably watch are pretentious, and that's why I don't even care to watch them.
upiluften 4 months ago
@upiluften "People don't need to be "smart" to enjoy a good show, but people do need to be stupid to enjoy a bad one"- What a great line, never heard that before but I'll have to write it down somewhere. For the record though, Mad Men does have an element of pretension to it but it's by no means damning like a Sorkin-dialogue or anything.
RawtownzFinest 4 months ago
@RawtownzFinest I can't tell if you're being sarcastic in the first bit. But I do agree with the last part.
upiluften 4 months ago
@upiluften Wasn't being sarcastic, thoroughly enjoyed the line, and I noticed how someone could misconstrue the intention of the first part of that comment right after I typed it.
RawtownzFinest 4 months ago
It's the slide after the Kodak one that always does it for me. I keep expecting the slides to stop there, but it’s one hell of an unexpected uppercut.
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jb2lk 5 months ago
This makes me cry.
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has da prfct endin..."Good luck at your next meeting!!!"
mrkashif012 5 months ago 2
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Ugh I watch shows like Boardwalk Empire and Game of thrones. If this is one of the best scenes of Mad Men i'm unimpressed I had to fast forward it. No one got shot, or raped nothing blew up. Why am I suppose to pay attention to show about advertising?
I'll watch shows on HBO where you know.....stuff actually happens.
Peter Dinklage > entire mad men cast.
sin545 5 months ago
@sin545 Not every show has to have someone Raped or shot....
delta2ish 4 months ago
@sin545
If you ever develop a sense of subtlety, you'll understand why Mad Men is so good.
ZelphKinderhook 4 months ago 3
EXCELLENT! This was really emotional too i mean .. after watching the whole season and coming to this? it was awesome
sstoicc 5 months ago
Don Draper is the only man that could take a picture of chuck norris and live
spongeball9876 5 months ago 2
NAILED IT!!
hamiltonjsh 5 months ago
i hope they bring back salvatore
Elohite 5 months ago
this part of this episode is a masterpiece ,,,,
xcesar4impx666 5 months ago 34
that's it...im watching re-runs of the last season again tonight!
strattus99 5 months ago
@strattus99 Same here!
Adronomics 5 months ago
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Okay that was good but too over dramatic it's trying to tell the audience this is the part where you should cry by just mixing a few music notes and well acted Draper giving a advertisement speech to sell his act to the audience the movie itself is a product that is hugely overrated by its own predecessor that it's trying to mimic. I don't think this is very good show and it doesn't relate to 80% of people on the planet maybe only 20% of higher valued Americans besides that this is overrated.
Sanaa2k 5 months ago
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masterwilkes 5 months ago
I have been in sales for over 30 years. I can tell you that you live for those very rare occasions where at the end there is nothing but silence and awe. You don't even have to close, because you know they have no choice.
tomf429 5 months ago 3
This reminds me what Apple does to us with their ads...
aquasov 5 months ago
@aquasov Yes. I did sniffle at an iPad CM once - made me feel that the world was so much warmer and safer: everyone was part of one big family. After it ended, of course, all I felt was envy for the kids who could play with such a technology at such early ages.
hanluy1215 5 months ago
@hanluy1215 While I can understand the envy, I feel grateful to have grown up to watch technology evolve to this point. It's a great privilege of aging.
FluffyBunniesOnFire 5 months ago
this will be the only scene in drama history that I approve of the use of cigarette smoke to create atmosphere
kekeke42789 5 months ago
I tear up every damn time I watch this....
vaicam 5 months ago
I cheated on my ex fiance several times yet a part of me always loved her. I have a very demanding stressful career and the nature of my career is such that I can never ever let people see how I am. This video is spot on, the nostalgia I feel about my ex is permanent. I feel like I am Don Draper in many ways and yet I wish I had a simpler life.
shiz777 5 months ago
@shiz777 you made a choice.
autobot69000 5 months ago
@shiz777 you have a great excuse for cheating on someone. have a good day
Cincinnatianer 5 months ago
@shiz777 mate...cheat all you want...but dont let her find out! pffft...amateur!
strattus99 5 months ago
oh how i miss don draper! cant wait for the new season
YeisonAgudelo90 6 months ago
7 peoples next meetings didnt go too well.
JSasRays 6 months ago 8
We're supposed to feel sorry for Draper for being an idiot and ruining his marriage?
l33tpwnzord 6 months ago
@l33tpwnzord No, we're simply meant to empathize with him.
NextExiter 6 months ago
@l33tpwnzord Honestly, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Don after watching seasons 3 and 4 The impression I got was that their marriage ultimately failed because Betty couldn't accept his secret (so she didn't love him for who he actually was). Hell, I could empathize with most of the characters after getting to experience all of their personal struggles and history, which I didn't at all during the first few seasons. Everyone has their flaws, but that doesn't make them inherently bad people.
excrono 5 months ago
Shite.
felderkirk 6 months ago
yes really powerful....all TV and ALL ADVERTISING should be this well done and meaningful....really, there is NO EXUSE for it NOT to be so....only lack of creativity and lack of clear thinking. ....when tv and ads and even political ads DON'T impact like THE SPACE SHUTTLE BLOWING UP ON LAUNCH OR BURNING UP IN RE-ENTRY, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HAVE NOT EARNED THEIR MONEY AND HAVE IN FACT STOLEN IT! This is real truth I am saying here.
JEDIALADDIN 6 months ago
and so much of don's life is illustrated in pictures with layers of meaning.
mystwoman 6 months ago
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Love this scene
kishkumen7 6 months ago
I"ve never seen Mad Men, but I can tell from how the scene is acted that they guy giving the speech is holding back regrets, even tears, and there's something about the slides of his family that is lost to him now. And of course, something wrong for the man who bolts from the room, too.
Aripyanfar 6 months ago
This is the greatest scene of TV history. But betharl was right, you have to understand the context to fully appreciate it's meaning
finley234 6 months ago
remember when youtube didn't have advertisements?
MrMegaCammy 6 months ago 2
@MrMegaCammy Ironically, those advertisements are there because of real life Mad Men.
Willy105 6 months ago
Just incredible. They nailed everything, just such a perfect scene. Some of the best television i've been lucky enough to watch.
Zttbm 6 months ago
favorite scene. everything about it is perfect.
this particular scene played with my emotion; from happiness
to sadness. from feeling love to feeling hurt.. its just a bravo scene.
four thumbs up!
rRunTheGun 7 months ago
It may be the coldest day of
the year, what does he think of
that? I mean, what do I? And if I do,
perhaps I am myself again.
hisdudenessxiv 7 months ago
Watch all 4 seasons of Madmen and this will surely make you cry.
blubber25 7 months ago
When this episode first aired, I was in the process of going through a divorce. The sales pitch that Don gave brought tears to my eyes because it so true. When I see pictures of my married life, I yearn for those days once in a while. The past can only provide a temporary shelter of a uncertain future. Four years later this clip can still bring tears to my eyes like right now. The ache has faded and I have moved on, but watching this clip brings it back. No other show can get to me like that.
JOHNOFSANDIEGO 7 months ago 22
@JOHNOFSANDIEGO I feel for you man, My ex wife cheated on me 3 times. And i watched this about a week after i filed for divorce, needless to say it was one of the worst feelings ever. But now im remarried with a kid and happier than ever. Im so glad that my ex wife cheated on me because i may have never met the woman im with now, Its always best to move and and not linger feeling sorry for yourself
JSasRays 7 months ago
@JOHNOFSANDIEGO thumbs up for giving me a feel
roygullem 4 months ago
If Don Draper and Hank Moody from Californication managed to get a son somehow, that son would destroy all pussy in the world and make all men gay. I woe that day.
Berrylaff 8 months ago
Too good for tv
sneakpeeker 8 months ago
3:19 Duck is such a bastard, but that was a great delivery.
TheEllsworth8 8 months ago 2
The more I watch Mad Men, the more I see the similarities between Don and Tony Soprano. Both married trophy blondes, but cheat and degrade women that remind them of their mothers on the side (New Jersey/Manhattan brunettes with careers). They reduce them from their equals to mere "women"; crying, emotional, scorned, and scarred. I'm not criticizing--that dynamic is what keeps people watching. But it is true. I like Mad Men better, though--no murders (yet).
jronning81 8 months ago 2
0:40 "old Greek copywriter named Teddy" I think Draper is making that one up
westmeetseast 8 months ago
@westmeetseast Draper's made most of his life up. :D
Jen5en 8 months ago
@westmeetseast I agree but what Draper is saying is correct. In Greek, two roots words are nostos ("return home") and algia ("pain"). I also think it's a precusor to what's going to happen on the show. They are all saying goodbye to the wholesome, family loving 50's and the unknown craziness of the 60's...
thebopper99 8 months ago
@westmeetseast In a later season we see a flashback to a young Don indeed working at a fur retailer....a store in which he first meets Roger Sterling. Teddy may be an embellishment, but it's not too much of a stretch to think the old copywriter was in fact an early Draper mentor.
redscape 8 months ago
Wonderful Short Film
onlinedating1a1 9 months ago
men like this are wat make usa a great count ry industrious smart creative crafty overcome hard challenges sft starter i wana b e like this guy wen i grow up work hard play harder and not getting std and ppl not finding out
samantha34ize 9 months ago
@samantha34ize
lol you dumb kid, you've obviously learnt nothing from this
stonem001 7 months ago
Why can't men or people in general act like this? Now it's all Jersey Shore, Lady Gaga, hats with all sorts of stickers on them, and basketball jerseys worn down to the knees.
joey84084 9 months ago
@joey84084 Perhaps you're keeping the wrong company. A lot of us do still have class.
af895 9 months ago
@joey84084 Some of us do still have class. Perhaps you're keeping the wrong company.
af895 9 months ago
It seems obvious that Don does love Betty and his kids.. but like other tragic heroes, circumstances and his own character flaws conspire to ruin the only family happiness he has ever known. The one place where you know you are truly loved. The scene also seems to hint at whether men (mad or not) can ever be truly happy despite having all the trappings of power, wealth and success...
rogerdemarcos 9 months ago
Technolology IS a 'glittering lure' but it's what you do with it that gives it meaning. Like TV for eg! There are so many layers of meaning here, you really have to know the context to make complete sense of of it. The whole series is a 'time machine' but as Don points out we can't go back, we have to accept life as it is, a constantly revolving wheel of fortune...
rogerdemarcos 9 months ago
Simply the best TV Show
hova1705 9 months ago 2
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this scene sucked you can tell they just went for the dramatic finish u can tell as this scene really didnt matter don still divorced i wish the writers didnt go for this
mtWHITE100 9 months ago
Everything about this scene is beautiful. From Don's immaculate suit; subtle yet demanding, powerful without showing of force. The the images of his family, especially of Betty. You wonder whether or not he really does love her, what he really feels about her, yet you can hardly see it in his face. Crane could hardly contain himself, even with images of someone else's life. Even the smoke added a kind of ambiance, almost dreamlike. There was hardly anything else they needed to do to perfect it.
Ttran778 10 months ago 29
@Ttran778 Agreed. It would be nice if more shows had "Mad Men"'s production values.
AegisNova 7 months ago
NOW BUY THIS BITCH!!!!!!
rsgreat 10 months ago
Best TV Show since The Soprano's. Many scenes greater than entire modern movies, many episodes on par with great scenes from the best.
SeanRodrieguez 10 months ago 4
best scene of all times
xxTaKe2xx 10 months ago
This is television. Gold.
imgaston 10 months ago
this is so beautiful..the music is heartbreaking
and when he says "takes us to the place where we ache to go again" i feel like crying..
Aynusi 11 months ago 3
Nostalgia is indeed a potent weapon.
Testedformybros 11 months ago
I had to watch this clip for university (and i absolutely loved it) and i need to know:
What is the name of this episode?
what season?
If you can help i would really appreciate it :)
LANO7070 11 months ago
@LANO7070 The episode is No.13 on Season One, called Wheel.
SuckMyCurry 10 months ago
i think don and betty will get back together next season..
KeDaiv 11 months ago
“You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” - Tammeus
CJusticeHappen21 11 months ago 5
@CJusticeHappen21 dude, that quote is genius. thanks for sharing
grapedude 11 months ago
@grapedude You are most welcome.
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grapedude 11 months ago
The faces of the Kodak guys after the presentation are so awesome.
They turn around and then they`re like ".......dude."
cocomoloco 11 months ago
I think I'm in love.
Amidalalovesme 11 months ago
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don draper advertises for chuck norris
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