Madmen is kind of a style piece but I'm a sucker for that stuff. And the 1960 setting is particularly special. JFK was about to run against Nixon. The men were WWII vets and everybody smoked all the time and women wore hats. TV ads were heavy on razor blades, toothpaste and cigarettes but the only serious violence was Marshall Dillon "winging" a bad guy or a saloon brawl where chairs broke easy. Sex was dirty but laundry was clean thanks to Tide. And Rock and Roll was here to stay. I think you'll like it.


>>The premier of the 3 part, 6 hour adaptation of Robert Littel's The Company shows what The Good Shepherd should have been.
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>>Ridley Scott is a heck of a director and I think he is doing justice to a very good book that spans the history of the CIA from 1950 to the end of the Cold War. There are fictional characters of course, but there is also Bill Harvey, Berlin station chief that bugged the Russian's cable traffic ( the Venona Intercepts ) for years, "The Wiz" - Frank Wizner - DD Plans (black ops), Dulles, James Jesus Angleton ( Michael Keaton in a role giving real character that was munged in Damon's 'composite' character ), Kim Philby ... good stuff.
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>>I'm sure part 1 will be repeated this week ( TNT I think ) and part 2 is next Sunday.
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>>Highly recommended - the book even more so.
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>>( also, if you get AMC don't miss Madmen on Thursday nights - Madison Ave in 1960.)
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>I will check it out on your recommendation. Thanks.
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>Have been recording "Mad Men", haven't gotten to it yet.