Don's pep talk for Jaguar (S05E10)

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

I've never seen a group of employees so happy about losing 6 weekends of personal time. Don Draper, salesman extraordinaire.

[@Bysior88]

Hmm yes, very good, very nice

[@see8852]

let's see paul allen's jaguar pitch

[@timothyernest6429]

Total fiction.

[@albertgaspar627]

Today the same people just answer their cellphone or a text on the same weekends, and work for free.

[@jimbojones8208]

It's not like they had anything better to do back then.

[@oak8891]

the fact that pete was the first to start applauding Don after he stole show is proof that he grew throughout the show, they did a great job of evolving his character

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

By the final season Pete became one of my favorite characters the way he defended his wife and daughters' honor as well as his family name. I was so happy Trudy took him back and he got a fresh start with her and his daughter in Witchita.

[@erockzz2010]

The only character that never broke a promise to Joan.

[@harrypopehits]

One never knows how loyalty is born

[@theaveragesquire]

we're all pete in some way or another

[@PalaceDude]

And his reaction to "Swim in Champagne" line is sweet.

[@dorkmax7073]

And that's how Don Draper got his staff to sign over their weekends with enthusiasm.

[@rbrahmadathanful]

Coda Mission hey agencies are a fun place to spend weekends.

[@rbrahmadathanful]

Dennis been there, done that, chief.

[@ronoccc]

exactly... From Don too, the guy who takes weeks off at a time without notice, who sleeps throughout the day, drinks throughout the day, goes for afternoon swims or visits with his mistresses, is late into work, leaves work early, goes missing on business trips away.. All whilst the underlings, especially secretaries, are often fired if they clock out an hour early! And now he's asking them to work through their only time off to make the partners all richer! Typical

[@rbrahmadathanful]

ronoccc pity Sergei Brin & Larry Page condemned everyone to the afterlife.

[@emmanuelmondesir1314]

@@ronoccc capitalism, baby.

[@unowen7591]

"Prepare to swim the English Channel and then drown in Champagne" Damn

[@andrew7taylor]

That's a pretty drawn-out death. Couldn't they drown in Normandy?

[@slide4180]

Better than the reverse.

[@ardenaudreyarji]

Pete was very proud of that line Lol

[@grovermarchand5537]

@@slide4180 swim the English Channel and then drown in Newcastle Brown Ale?

[@timothyernest6429]

Savage speech! Lol.

[@xxxfirehuunterxxx]

Pete was always his number 1 fan

[@jason555jason555]

TheBasicHeim 😂😂 facts

[@ayemeneshol]

Don wanted to fire Pete and Cooper told Don ''one never knows how loyalty is born". mad respect to my old boy Bert, genius character.

[@morezombies7799]

As Brutus to Caesar

[@halbronco7690]

@@ayemeneshol just want to mention that the way its set up he's basically reflecting to himself about how he is earning Don's loyalty. Absolute genius man.

[@TheJupiteL]

Ken too! There's a scene where Pete is trying to persuade Ken to his strategy and he straight up rejects it, but when Don came in he just says OK and follow along with it.

[@bobgreen1236]

Cut to the future when Layne tries to commit suicide in his Jag and the damn thing won't start......

[@bedfordnhdonkey]

James Horton actually she ended up volunteering for it for the good of the company.

[@Actiomedey]

bedfordnhdonkey Still basically prostitution

[@dasikakn]

Actiomedey so what? Stay at home wives and husbands are all prostitutes too in that case. Also, What’s the word for a guy who sleeps with “prostitutes”?

[@ca8824]

That was the point. It was a beauty that you could own and still feel the thrill of beauty's capriciousness. So him using it to attempt suicide was a dark irony.

[@Theanchoritegarlic]

Talk about laughing with a tear in my eye ...

[@pp-bb6jj]

Love how Pete is the first one to clap. Who knows how loyalty is born.

[@ningenJMK]

I think when Pete's dad died in the plane crash, he started looking for a surrogate father. And as messed up as Don was, Pete chose him.

[@asafmasas7460]

Cooper...

[@onurdegirmencitv]

best tv show ever..

[@Arsolon618]

I love the body language of Don taking off his jacket as soon as he begins "There are six weekends," to subtly prepare everyone for the hard work they will have to do to prepare for this pitch.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Especially Ginger.

[@ddmozz]

@@SovereignStatesman Underrated comment. She did all the hard work lol

[@SovereignStatesman]

@@ddmozz Yeah but she was fatter than Herb.

[@RaptorJesus]

@@SovereignStatesman I believe what you meant to say is "thicker than a bowl of oatmeal".

[@swimfan752]

Hardly subtle

[@roosterartskc1227]

Shit I guess I’m working this weekend too.

[@vineetsingh14]

Still working weekends?

[@nnmartin94]

The calculated taking off of the jacket to look like it's time to get to work... genius.

[@Publiclighthouse]

And even with a great and convincing speech and relinquishing weekends, it took some salacious shenanigans to get Jaguar.

[@nathand4500]

why would you think a speech was sufficient? were jaguar listening in?

[@minos121]

yeah joanne being a hooker for a night😁

[@jeffw8218]

Kek, they pi-mped out Joan and barely paid her back or acknowledged her for it.

[@Matt-cz6ti]

Only Don Draper could get his staff to applaud the prospect of working 42 days straight with no time off, not even for Christmas or New Year

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Well Don said it will be worth it…for him and the other partners.

[@B2Roland]

@@Josh-fp2qn I'm sure they give out bonuses lol

[@Chris-ey8zf]

@@B2Roland Pizza party and a $5 gift card to Chili's

[@jamesmcinnis208]

​@@Chris-ey8zfAnd a time machine to get them to gift cards and Chili's.

[@techwiz81]

“I can’t wait to give up my weekends to make the millionaire partners even richer”

[@bighands69]

Most of those workers would have retired millionaires.

[@CallMeMrX]

@@bighands69 Unlikely.

[@bighands69]

@@CallMeMrX Nope. Those that would have worked in that era up until the last several years would most certainly be a millionaire. Medium retirement fund in America is $1.5 million.

[@mactheknife7049]

@@bighands69 You should've told that to my parents in that case, because both of them worked their asses off, each well into their 70's, and never came even remotely close to having $1.5 million. I'm sure they'd like to have come to you to find out where they could've got theirs.

[@bighands69]

@@mactheknife7049 I a not trying to offend you but not everybody will have a medium retirement fund but it will be the vast majority of middle income that does. The median US income right now is $60,000 and there will be a proportion of people that do not meet that income threshold.

[@williammccormick2802]

Don taking off his jacket is such an epic and nice touch. I'd give up some weekends to go years with that guy.

[@mohammedamin1995]

Don and Pete's relationship was the real love story of this show

[@genshikashmir]

THAT'S A VERY SENSITIVE PIECE OF HORSE FLESH! HE SHOULDN'T BE RATTLED!

[@pescando]

“Take a Great Leap Forward” There’s no way that expression was lost on anyone in the room.

[@ArmyJames]

China. 1958.

[@RedCrusaderArc]

"Prepare to walk the aisle and drown in a can of soda. Every employee is defined by the moment they got their punch card. When you send your first package the world will know you can send packages." - Jeff Bezos

[@bighands69]

The difference is the workers of that era were far better paid than modern Amazon workers. There is simply no comparison of the wealth of workers in that era compared today.

[@grigturcescu6190]

@@bighands69 You mean Amazon workers in the US. Amazon is a great place to work in Europe.

[@bighands69]

@@grigturcescu6190 No european worker today was anywhere near as wealth as workers in the 1960s in the US. The could easily drive a car in that era that was at mercedes level of standard, had nice houses and money in the bank. Europeans with their government protected salaries live in tiny little socialist housing and think they have it great.

[@grigturcescu6190]

@@bighands69 Are you comparing Europeans today with Us in the '60 as a response to me comparing US Amazon workers today with EU Amazon today? And that says... what?

[@alexyates7166]

@@bighands69 Peggy was offered 19k as Copy Chief at CGC. That's ~150k in today's money, which happens to be the average salary Amazon was reported to offer at it's new HQ. Not for high positions like Peggy's, the average. Now if you're comparing 1960's office workers to Amazon's shipping team, that's unfair, but even still those low paid workers often have far nicer cars than the rich had back then. Would you really take the luxury standards of Peggy's Plymouth Belvedere over what an average person drives today? We have it so much nicer and it's so sad to me that people can't appreciate it.

[@maxmorch-monsted2656]

I like the moment after Don says the champagne line all the partners smile, they know how good he is with words

[@honestabe2726]

Lol, cole phelps, with the cigarette and goofy clap

[@morefiction3264]

When I was 20 I'd probably have fallen for this.

[@PolPotsPieHole]

I did fall for it and now I am retired at 50 doing what I want with who I want. Hard work goes a long ways.

[@timdd9880]

The way Pete tries to pat Don on the back at the end, glorious.

[@petecross22]

Best part of the scene

[@bridgecross]

"Yes, actually, I'd like to say something." "Would you?" *LOL*

[@haneenhawash1739]

I thought the tag would be “Jaguar, the world will know you’ve arrived”

[@herrberg8962]

That's actually a great slogan

[@forzakid6492]

but its jaguar, so that would be false advertising

[@LLOOYYYDD]

How about, "Jaguar, because only the best will do"................Wait a minute.............

[@sevensolaris]

Wasn't that their actual tag line in a real ad?

[@seththomas9105]

Jaguar, somebody had to keep Lucas Electrics in business.

[@dandyjesus]

"So Don, what about my work-life balance?"

[@G2GtakeaShit]

THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR

[@mushfiqrahman5945]

THAT'S WHAT THE BONUS IS FOR !

[@kellyfontes7757]

lol what is that. A slogan for woman.

[@aradcliffe585]

ohhhh you must be a millennial...

[@Herbert2892]

Oh, you wanna go to paris? TAKE IT!

[@NxDoyle]

The one thing I think about when they pep or pitch on Mad Men is the chasm between the sophistication of their pepping and pitching, and the reality of 1960's advertising, cheesy, hokey silliness.

[@larapalma3744]

Reads very true of today's advertising and psychology behind the old, it was a less sophisticated over culture

[@larapalma3744]

They would have zeroed in on that and put it in the language of the masses

[@larapalma3744]

Very true though

[@antonioduca9043]

@Richard Gleaves "This image is no longer available" -- that's the best goddamned slogan I have ever seen.

[@jamesw1659]

Actually, the 1960's are regarded by many knowledgeable observers, both within the industry and without as the golden era of creativity in advertising.

[@heidirobinson3352]

Again, their work environments were drastically different in the 1950s & 1960s, than today!! (2023)

[@hopewiIIrise]

In season 1, Pete would have been irritated Don did a better speech. By season 5, he's just thrilled he gets to work with Don.

[@Chris-ey8zf]

In a just world, Pete wouldn't have ever had a job to begin with, as he was always incompetent moron who only got there due to nepotism.

[@TommyRibs]

After I watched this when it originally aired I got a second job, just so I could work on the weekends.

[@marieadams3720]

Poor Joan, she has no idea what's coming!

[@anthonydooleyii7678]

@LokiTetch it would be better if you watched it, you don't want us to ruin/spoil it for you, trust me.

[@proserfina21096]

When I think about Jaguar, I think about Joan.

[@elit3268]

LokiTetch She’s gonna take one fat one for the team 🤢

[@TheDomain16]

I lost interest in her when she backstabbed Don, fk her!

[@jasminakter3463]

Joan drowned in something else after getting Jaguar 😉

[@treegerl]

ouuu gave me chills lol I forgot how amazing this show was. I gotta rematch this series

[@honestabe2726]

Stan without a beard, holy crap.

[@advaitlow]

IKR?

[@shannonmaire]

Me: No thanks Don. Y'all wouldn't care if I dropped dead or lost a foot. I'm going home for Christmas.

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

Are you British? You look like rey from star War

[@dayra6425]

I was in the military for 10 years and 10 years in corporate America .. I’ve heard that speech don gave 1000x in different versions. And what guys like him never realize is, it’s the bottom dollar that matters to those people. How much more money will I make. Not how much will the company make

[@bighands69]

If you are from that era you would realize that workers were far wealthier because they did not need regulations and government to look after them. There hardwork and ethnics drove them all to wealthy that workers cannot imagine today.

[@thesecondYouTube]

@@bighands69 There were more regulations, fed government spending and unions in the sixties compared to now. That's why things were so good for the working man.

[@GoldenPantaloons]

@@bighands69 God you're so brainwashed.

[@geneparmesan8748]

Series spoilers: You even see how it’s the bottom dollar that matters to these guys. It’s an inspiring speech, but by the end of the series most of the people in this room are gone: either laid off in the merger (suggested by Don with little oversight by the other partners and NO warning to the staff) or eventually fired in the McCann buyout. To say nothing if the first two times this happened: when they allowed themselves to be bought by PPL, and then when they fled SC to get away from PPL and left most of their staff behind on the sinking ship. For how nice this speech is, ultimately these workers are mere pawns to Don and the partners. They might like to think they care about their employees, but at the end of the day they WILL abandon them if there’s money to be made.

[@SynerstarHealthOver50]

@@geneparmesan8748 Absolutely- that's ALWAYS how I've seen it work...

[@Postdott]

What is comrade Legasov doing in there?

[@ronaldoortiz1469]

New in here, uh?

[@TheMaverickanupam]

Awaiting the same fate he had in Chernobyl. It's like True Detective, Mad Men and Chernobyl rolled into one. "Time is a flat circle."

[@proserfina21096]

hes forging a check with Don's signature to change those graphite control rods.

[@YaleBreaker]

You didn't see Legasov. Because he isn't there

[@Ramsez]

@@TheMaverickanupam Wow that's right! Is he the Sean Bean of suicide?

[@alexfurnas1263]

Two episodes later, one character in this scene has been pimped out to the Jaguar CEO and another has hanged himself. Great work Don!

[@MarkT1700]

Depressing, mate.

[@Slop_Dogg]

That’s the thing about Don. He’s a lot of sizzle & often comes up short on the steak.

[@amelsfr]

and at the end, we'll all go to Dorsia

[@davidr7957]

“Nobody goes there anymore.”

[@xxxfirehuunterxxx]

This was the moment before everything went bad; Joan's situation with Jaguar/Herb, Don's scandalising of his daughter, fucking up his second marriage, and eventually his spiral out of control

[@seththomas9105]

Lane committing suicide, Bette getting cancer. This show is the perfect analogy of how from late 1959 to 1970 the USA unwound in so many ways. Not saying good things like the Civil Rights Movement and other changes finally came(thank God) but so many societal norms came crashing down, and not all for the better.

[@Slop_Dogg]

@@seththomas9105 The minimum wage for the first time dropped drastically compared with the cost of living in the 1970’s and hasn’t recovered since. It destroyed the entire lower middle class.

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Our government and corporations sold us out, giving away our post world war 2 wealth and jobs in exchange for cheaper labor and a globalized world.

[@Gghosty]

Went from Tony Soprano clips to Don Draper all of the sudden. Love both shows without even having seen them

[@lisachauvin]

same here! 😂😂😂

[@SplinterAce]

Pete's voice when he's proud of himself or being excited in general 🤣

[@thomasmulhall4873]

Enzo Ferrari referred to the Jaguar E-Type as "The most beautiful car in the world."

[@JonnySublime]

Praise this show all you want, it's about being fake, selling yourself, money, and desperation. Welcome to America.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Another masterful and subtle piece of character writing in this scene: Don lifted the 'they'll know you've arrived' line from the Cadillac salesman when he went to buy his DeVille. Everything Don did or said was borrowed from someone else.

[@NathanHarrison7]

It truly is amazing how powerful the way you word things is an the effect, positive or negative, it has on people. Like Chess… the order in which you move your pieces matters even if the end result (where the pieces land) looks the same it can lead to completely different outcomes.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Another incredibly powerful influence on a person's behavior is a television script.

[@jychilly]

Pete: "Good news! We have a shot at a huge new account!" Audience: *crickets* Don: "You're all gonna have to give up your weekends for the next six weeks! And Christmas is cancelled!" Audience: *thunderous applause*

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Yeah, after childhood, I've always thought Christmas was a bit of an ordeal, too.

[@vickjr98]

This guy. Had to take off his jacket just so you know it's real loool. None like Don Draper

[@Lord_Falcon]

Difference between a manager and a leader right there.

[@BatmanHQYT]

I love the way Don says "forward". FORRWRRRD

[@chrisshill1252]

There has never been a better show than this except maybe the sopranos or six feet under..Got to love that Draper. He gets all the chicks!

[@borderlord]

The clapping covered up the sound of his balls clanking as he walked out!

[@andrew7taylor]

You need brass balls to work in real estate

[@Mr-ep2qi]

lol

[@nikita_kozlov]

If they gave pep talks like that at my job, I'd be swimming in Champagne too.

[@lungfish]

Don is basically Bill Lumbergh

[@shrapnel77]

Notice how he takes his jacket off when expressing the diligence going forward. He is standing with them, rolling up his shirt sleeves to grasp the golden ring. This was Don's finest moment of true leadership.

[@Chris-ey8zf]

Lol what? He told a bunch of employees they will have to work 6 straight weekends and the Christmas holidays with no days off, all so himself and the other partners can get richer. None of those employees would have seen a penny of that. This isn't leadership.

[@haneenhawash1739]

The tag should’ve been “Jaguar...the world will know you have arrived”

[@drdean9913]

Says the voice of Mercedes-Benz.

[@KikoJonesUSA]

Joan has that 'Yeah, I'm gonna let him do me' look.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

Hahah yup.

[@anthonydooleyii7678]

Truth haha.

[@cosmiclounge]

To be fair, so does everybody else. (And they do.)

[@thesecondYouTube]

She let that fat slob do her instead. That's the low level she put herself at.

[@franklinnehan4817]

The world will know we arrived that should be the tv adfor Jaguar

[@JeffreyGillespie]

The difference between a closer and a non-closer, right there.

[@zafarsobhan9191]

Don was creative director, but he was the best accounts/sales man in the business.

[@Nicebitoftucka]

I have the sudden urge to go into work right now

[@dhananjaykrishna2377]

Pete always aspired to be "the don" one day... His aspiration was always mistook for jealousy

[@larrybreitfelder-navas6901]

By the end he became pretty special himself, in his own way

[@325xitgrocgetter]

Working weekends? I suppose Don's speech is more motivating than Bill Lumberg saying...hi everyone...what's happening...yeah.....I need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday.....that'll be great....and oh...Sunday, too.

[@attila_the_hunk9685]

Fully agree. TV show. Everything he says is amazing.... Yeah bs

[@stretch654]

That was quite inspiring.

[@vibovitold]

the "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" style

[@chrisbilling]

That speech was so good I’m ready to pitch to jaguar

[@jalen2354]

What a man.

[@phillipecook3227]

As a Brit I like how Americans pronounce " Jagu-AHR" making the brand sound even classier.

[@JACKnJESUS]

There's a subtle give away to the final jaguar commercial when he says...when we get the car account... "we have arrived".

[@gregmorris2022]

Hell’s bells Trudy I have to work this weekend. (throws roasted chicken dinner over the balcony)

[@killercomestar6175]

I know this is late but thank you for putting the season and episode

[@kristopherryanwatson]

God, i could only wish to deliver motivational pep talks like this to my team over a campaign to plan.

[@Meowface.]

Try serving drinks at 9am

[@Chris-ey8zf]

Good luck with that bud. See how well those employees respond when you tell them they lose all their weekends to make you richer, while they get zero compensation. I don't think a free pizza party is going to cut it. There's a reason this show is fiction.

[@ndantona92]

Fast forward to Don firing Jag

[@katana2k]

To anybody who thinks the workers have the right attitude here, let me remind you what happens next; They give up their weekends and win Jaguar, yes, but the work was enough to impress the big-wigs at corporate, but not the head of the dealers' association. Herb demanded to have Joan sleep with him, and the partners sent her over. Then after a short while, Don cut ties with Jaguar. Fast-forward one workplace suicide, layoffs, Don getting fired, and getting eaten by McAnn, and how well do you think any of these people fared? They swam the English Channel, but who got the Champagne? Ginzo? Joan? No. Roger Sterling and the heirs to the Burt Cooper estate.

[@blaustein_autor]

"Prepare to swim the English channel and then get eaten by Wales! Oh sorry, wrong cue card..."

[@trple2]

First time i realized the show is making fun of Draper and the people he inspires.

[@Huy_Nguyen_USA]

Moral of the story: beware of bullshit, no matter how nicely it's packaged.

[@agentd36]

This reminds me of the time I stayed super late at work, 5pm I believe. I fell asleep.

[@paulfrantizek102]

I would never sign someone to a Jaguar account who didn't pronounce it Jag-U-Ar.

[@nickchurchill2572]

You can tell by just watching this scene that Pete skips foreplay, Don doesn't, and the result of both sides. That's a life lesson right there.

[@mark-ish]

Haha. That crushed Pete's dribble..

[@AmadeoZeller]

Don Draper's version of the *SAINT CRISPIN DAY* speech...Bravo!

[@muktherock]

Idk who sees, I'm from creative field as well. Art Director in popular firm. I got informed I'M GETTING PROMOTED TODAY! Don Draper was an inspiration to me and this scene motivated me so much. You can make it too.

[@richiehunt5097]

Hit all of the basics of a pep talk. Here's the carrot at the end of the road. Here's the steps and work we need to take to get the carrot. Promise that if the steps are followed you will get the carrot. And promise that if you get the carrot it will be everything and more than expected.

[@bighands69]

It is one of the reasons they were all in an industry that paid more than the average hence why they all worked there and put up with crap.

[@socallawrence]

I’m thinking for the staff who make peanuts are like …. Weekends, holidays here ?? forget that ! LOL

[@johnyoest4467]

Don Draper's motivational talk is used as a video case study in Business Communications at The Catholic University of America in the Busch School of Business in Washington DC.

[@ButcherSevenActual]

This is how the man at the top manipulates you into making him richer. Clap, seals, clap for another fish while I take home the gold.

[@bighands69]

It was also the reason why workers of that generation were far wealthier than workers today. They did not need regulations and constant political interference in their life.

[@miaouew]

Christina Hendricks is a goddess.

[@thescorpionjacket]

I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow. So if could be here around 9, that would be great, mmkay? ...Oh, oh and I almost forgot...I’m also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday too, 'kay?

[@tomace4898]

He sold it. He's respected. F*ckin' winner.

[@chendaddy]

Now: Yeaaahhh! First Saturday: Fuck this....

[@Corporations8MyBaby]

Joan's arrived.

[@foxc8646]

I’d love to be Don but I am probably more like Pete when I give speeches

[@aliennotion2876]

Don Draper: "I went skiing this weekend and fell on my ass. I took a small little tablet to relieve the pain and, ladies and gentlemen, we now have a contract to market...Ass-Sprain."

[@chazzdposh]

The dialogue, man. The fucking dialogue.

[@robinwsc]

looking at his jacket like "dang idk why i took this off"

[@Beaver_Monday]

So that his alpha male musk could spread easier across the room and get everyone so horny they won't even think twice about agreeing to work 6 weekends in a row

[@billruption26]

*Some Peloton marketing exec this past Friday*

[@Djambo1990]

How does this episode not end with a colossal strike

[@randymagnum143]

Jagular.....don't drive it through a puddle.

[@PrateekJain-pi9jc]

GODDAMN! it must feel great to pull something like that off.

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

Him: 6 weekends at work. Me: Nah, I'm good.

[@leeroyjenkins6061]

"Would you?"