Mad Men at PaleyFest LA 2014: Full Conversation

Cast and creator of AMC's Mad Men gather at PaleyFest LA 2014 to celebrate their show. Topics include: preparations for the show's final season; whether friction arose over a New York Magazine cover's headline: "Elisabeth Moss Has Been the Star of 'Mad Men' All Along"; the effort for scripts to depict the progress of women in the work place; how Jon Hamm's role as a producer has evolved over the years; what the actors learned when talking to advertising executives that thrived in the '60s; and reflecting on how Mad Men changed the AMC programming lineup. #paleycenter Subscribe to Paley Center on KZbin: kzbin.info...

[@BillyJr68]

When men watch this show, they want to think of themselves as Don Draper or Roger Sterling. But there was a youtube video that hit the nail on the head by saying that most of us are Pete Campbel.

[@ujanbiswas7150]

Nope actually most men are Harry Crane

[@mikhailkan2726]

actually, most ARE Don and Roger. Because Pete is a lucky person and came out as quite a wise man, which is not that you can say about many of us

[@agencelasdecom3381]

did I miss something? isn't he one of the most well crafted characters on the show? Maybe not as layered as Don but definitely had an incredible arc

[@BillyJr68]

@@agencelasdecom3381 I don't think you missed anything. The show sets up Don and Roger as the masters of the universe to be admired and revered. So men who watch the show want to see themselves as one of those guys. While Pete works and toils and is actually the one with substance who makes things happen. And as has already been pointed out, he ended up learning the most and actually ended up in a better place. Did my heart a world of good to see how he made things right with his wife and child in the end.

[@yossarian00]

@@BillyJr68 It really isn't that deep. In the end Pete's balding and short and acts obnoxious and don or roger are both suave and witty that's where it comes from i think all of it is retarded tbh

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

I grew up, with an advertising man in the household, late 60s, early mid-70s, and would accompany him to the office on rare occasions. The tenor and vibe of the show in uncanningly accurate.

[@tpowelll6506]

This show is like music to me. I have rewatched it so many times and each time I’ve noticed another detail and the characters and their arcs are records I can’t get enough of. What an amazing show

[@theogoldberg8919]

Psychologically super intelligent

[@Diamond_tip]

Dude literally same I’m rewatching it rn and I’m on the second season and I’m picking up stuff I didn’t the first time. Let me just say the dialogue is so good and thoughtful people don’t talk like this anymore and it’s like honey to my ears.

[@dhanam576]

I love the friendship between Elisabeth and Vincent and how Jon say to Vincent “Vinnie”😂

[@jenniferlyons1328]

I will never not have to watch the entire season of Mad Men every few months. I miss them when I don’t see them 😂 I don’t think I’ve ever had a relationship with a drama series like this in my entire life. Every. Single. Season. Is. Incredible. That is very rare. And it’s a rare thing to love and hate all the characters all at once. And it’s very rare to feel like you’re actually transported to a different decade with words and actions in a way you’ve never ever seen before. I always cry at the end when Betty gets sick, and Don calls her Bertie. 💔😔 Also, I’ve never hated and loved anyone more than Peter Campbell in my life 😍😂 *sigh* Mad Men forever and ever and ever.

[@tiniliciouz]

you worded my feelings for this show perfectly and I'm on my first run through it and currently mid-season 5. the most incredible thing about it is how it really takes you from where you are in crappy 2020 back to the 60s. I completely zone out through watching it... and when an episode ends I need a minute to get back to reality. that's how incredible the show has been written and produced. I love it. I still hate pete campbell though :D

[@tonebanderas]

this very true

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Birdie

[@violetviolet888]

Watch "Felicity".

[@alexae1367]

Birdie!

[@bobsanders9114]

I'm rewatching the show now - into Season 6. This show, along with Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire - a pinnacle of the American experience.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Unbreakable kimmy schmidt ?

[@HEAVYDIAPER]

Don't forget THE motherfuckin WIRE

[@4zafinc]

Great list. I'd add Deadwood and Shield. Excluding mini-series and anthologies, those belong in my elite list of American dramas

[@timothymeehan181]

….& ROME. 🙏🎭

[@TheJPSouza]

The West Wing, The Americans, The Leftovers...

[@daraamadea4413]

I just realized that Vincent shaved his hairline for Mad Men...

[@jsogman]

Yep you're right you can clearly see it here herekzbin.info/www/bejne/aJmlZ3qBeKeBbsk

[@vivianasantosb]

omg thank god HAHAH i thought it was really like that irl

[@deadbutworking]

Elizabeth Moss did so well for herself. She is such a boss.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Impressive career

[@HalfJapMarine]

Scientology helped out. They have influence in Hollywood

[@paulineclark8292]

The feels when Christina mentioned the episode Babylon. That is still one of my favourite episodes. It revealed how industries looked up to the Mad Ave men as Gods and highlighted two very different women using two different ways to stand out. Joan in her prowess and sexuality and Peggy in her own unique thought processes during the Belle Jolie lipstick brainstorm. Brilliant show, 100% the best.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Agree 1000000%

[@HeatherB81]

The only show my husband and I have watched in it’s entirety at least 5 times… and still not tire of it. We catch new things every time as well.

[@MORGAN5005]

Exacto. Exactly !

[@pacificule]

54:45 my aunt was a professional artist until the day she died, and part of her career was lived as a graphic artist for ad agencies in NYC during the early 60s. She was naturally a huge fan of Mad Men and we watched a bunch of episodes together. During one show I asked her if it was really like that and she hit the joint, blew smoke at me, and said, "Scotty, they don't even touch on the half of it." At least for her, that world was a goddam bacchanalian orgy. Everybody around her (and surely her as well) drank, smoked, fucked, and worked all day. Every day. She said the show actually downplays her experience. But then again she was *always* invited to the party lol lady had stories for days. What a life she lead. RIP Aunt Wendy

[@TheJonnyEnglish]

Damn she sounded dope

[@miz_logo_lee]

Please, please, can we have a show about Sally Draper as a young lawyer in the 80s?

[@SparkzMxzXZ]

i would pay SO much money

[@joaquinbartsch4325]

@@SparkzMxzXZ thats sounds good

[@artison6568]

OMG. Genius 👌 I'd pay too.

[@Ethan-ue2xb]

No thanks

[@MrRubberchicken21]

That sounds terrible

[@AmarieRegin]

I looove Vincent's energy!!!

[@xYahwehx]

are you familiar with the works of Dr. Rockso?

[@palladium607]

It's called cocaine

[@docchicken245]

He seems to been drunk or druged haha

[@bmichelin1574]

@@palladium607omg you might be right

[@paoloh.pabilonia8395]

My lord, elizabeth’s laugh had my heart burning of butterflies.

[@sagarsardeshpande4777]

Pete still trying to impress Don with his “run-in”

[@Blondfoxy24]

"Mad Men" has been a great story with a great cast members, great directors, great stylists. Great ending, as well. This is a real gem, a masterpiece! And Mrs. Meisel looks like a funny spin-off of it!

[@JaspreetSingh-dh4nf]

Absolutely right. You hit the nail on marvelous mrs meisel too.

[@Blondfoxy24]

@@JaspreetSingh-dh4nf 😊

[@JudgeJulieLit]

A prequel would be intriguing ... Mad Men in the late 1940s, for example rookie Roger Sterling meets Bert's vamp secretary Ida Blankenship, then marries Mona for respectability.

[@Blondfoxy24]

@@JudgeJulieLit yes, it would an excellent plot. But it should be done with the same actors. If it would be digitally mad (and well and properly done)it would absolutely great

[@ethanfranzen6145]

@@JudgeJulieLitwhile I would definitely love that, I think it kind of defeats the purpose of the show. The whole point of the show was to show people how much stuff changed in the 60s for all sorts of people, and idk how much change can be illustrated in that decade besides maybe through the lens of WW2

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Such a magnificent production, from the superb writing to the incredible acting from all of the characters, there is not one weak performance, I am just blown away by this series, I am recently re-watching all 7 seasons and already I am up to season 4, it just carries you along, so I cannot imagine how it must feel for the actual cast: well done

[@KatJade269]

I recently watched the whole series again and this time, I felt that I understood the story better. Look at Don Draper & other characters in another light. Usually I don’t re-watch but something (hard to explain) about Mad Men ..... 👏🏻

[@dwilborn1257]

You catch so much foreshadowing, too.

[@theogoldberg8919]

What Robert Morse says is very true. The "moment" thing when acting. I'm opera singer and it's the exact same thing , it is a state close to dreaming , close to amnesia.

[@acer4237]

Loved this show, watched series twice since it came out and was happy on the final season. The second time of watching this validation of art.

[@devanshrathour391]

This was so much fun watching! Mad Men Forever ❤️

[@Paulie7R]

Christina Hendricks get a lot of attention from the audience, she deserves it!!!

[@MF-111]

it's because of her boobs

[@fhowland]

Worst character on the show besides Betty

[@Darlan_Ferreira]

@@fhowland Are you kidding? She's one of the best

[@kristopherryanwatson]

@@fhowland not a chance. Megan ended up being the far worst of all the woman. At least Betty and Don had some sort of closure on their tumultuous relationship at the end with that phone call. Megan proved she was always money-motivated and a social climber.

[@rottenapples14]

@@fhowland Did you like the series?

[@johnmaniapoto154]

What an awesome interview with so many talented artist actors

[@jennifermarshall9329]

I've watched the entire series many times and I'll do it again...😆

[@DianaCarvajal2928]

Finally! I always wanted to watch the whole panel

[@johnboy32064]

Can you imagine being cast in the best show in the history of television? An actor’s dream. I love this show so much. I think I’ve watched the entire series about 4 or 5 times. Simply brilliant.

[@freebritney2922]

YAS KEEP UPLOADING THESE THINGS

[@patriciakleinschmidt3425]

Where is John Slattery?!!! Roger Sterling is an integral part of this series. Big mistake not having him on here.

[@Thrillseeker8922]

He probably wasn't available. Doubt they just didn't invite him.

[@bridgetodonnell8800]

Betty?

[@jackanaples]

@@bridgetodonnell8800 Same. Actors have to go where the work is.

[@Fidozo15]

@@bridgetodonnell8800 rumors say that she was a bitch to everyone but some ppl and the kids. Sooo

[@akiripley]

ABOUT TIME

[@orl123124]

This is a real gem, perfection the best show #1

[@Diamond_tip]

It’s so weird to see John Ham with that much volume in his hair 😭

[@brianjoyce9040]

Great Show in every respect

[@marcelwilliams7354]

Mad Men was the awesome show to watched

[@theogoldberg8919]

Very much so

[@jtidema]

I'm just discovering it now. I got 'freevee' with my new kindle and saw Mad Men listed - I thought "sure, I've never seent that..." WOW. It is amazing!

[@renee6164]

Just loved the staring contest

[@angelasalerno8997]

I enjoyed watching Mad Men🌹

[@marygraham3189]

This is a great show. Still miss it. Thanks to Netflix I relived it again and the actors I miss. Not having John Slattery in liine up was a HUGE mistake. IMO

[@SyntagmaStation]

Jon Hamm looks like Don Draper in 1982

[@theogoldberg8919]

Exactly

[@ordinarryalien]

RIP Robert.

[@Chinyccd]

So fitting they gave Bert the last word :)

[@jasonlefler3456]

Bob was a kind of like Don in my mind. He’s gets his job by subterfuge, he’s from the sticks, he even gets found out by Pete, just like Don was found out by Pete years earlier... and he lands a great gig which lands him a greater gig with GM. Nobody really knows him. Just a thought. Edit: Another way in which Bob is like Don comes from Don and Anna’s arranged marriage of sorts. Dick takes Don’s place to preserve his secret identity. Bob seeks marriage with Joan to preserve his identity, an offer that Joan rejects. She encourages Bob to seek love rather than an arrangement.

[@johns.8220]

Is this some kind of poem

[@anneb889]

Interesting insight. Don was very creative, not sure if Bob had that talent, but a lot of parallels indeed.

[@chumahanbowen2388]

Explaining where to find the Benson spinoff to Bert Cooper is the best

[@gallolocoparisien]

Vincent is so intense 😅

[@Themsbeatlesrock]

i love bert, he was so cute in the show

[@reglagirl5802]

And his food choices were hysterical

[@samuelmorse784]

No January Jones, John Slattery, or some of the other guys in the Office. But this was still perfect.

[@akshudhavala836]

Great panel, but I think it’s the first one I’ve seen where the creator of the show isn’t present

[@paulisthelegend]

Oof. The presenter/interviewer really didn't know what he was talking about on multiple occasions

[@samvinto]

yeppppp

[@janefisher88]

IKR?! Oof He just wasn't vibing with this cast. He needs to ask more with curiosity and make fewer subjective statements as if they were definitive.

[@user-bo1rj2xu2s]

Yes, not the best presenter. I enjoyed it nonetheless.

[@firecriss1392]

R.I.P. Bert.

[@myfriendscallmelee]

I don't think Elizabeth Moss (Peggy) was joking about not seeing-or wanting to see them was a joke. She said it twice. 🤔

[@deepakgusain9561]

Madmen is such an underated show

[@theogoldberg8919]

@deepakgusain not really. It has won numerous awards and is globally acknowledged as one of the greatest shows around

[@lilise3965]

Jon Ham, a mixture of Clark Gable & Cary Grant.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

we're not seeing an interview with Jon Hamm. we are literally seeing an interview with Don Draper. Jesus, he looks sharp there. great suit.

[@Galkathink]

Robert is so cute 🤩

[@mangos2888]

I try to watch these interviews but it's hard. Hard to come up with questions and hard for the actors to come up with meaningful answers

[@gardenlover9663]

Vincent is quite charming.

[@charlotte7356]

So weird seeing them in real life 😳

[@vanillaaudio185]

“Please play your Scrabble move” 😂😂

[@canturgan]

It's such an attractive era, optimistic, young, violent, daring fashions, rejecting the past. I am quite surprised that they were allowed to use real products , Hershey, Kodak, Coca Cola and real advertising agencies that still exist, J. Walter Thompson, BBDO, Young and Rubicam and of course McCann Erickson especially because they are shown to be horrible to work for.

[@user-fh4sl2fz3y]

Meccan even made a response video to mad men it's on their KZbin page

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Just watched the spoof intro synced to the theme song from the old show "Benson" It really is funny, Jon Hamm isn't kidding.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday vincent from italian boy live in rome

[@SparkzMxzXZ]

don't take it off netflix please............ :(

[@ryanpena8713]

SparkzMxzXZ I’ve rewatched the show many times and was sad when I searched for it on Netflix and couldn’t find it.....

[@HTRism]

too late.

[@TheStradivarius93]

There's on Amazon Prime

[@renee6164]

@@HTRism Man... that STINKS!

[@renee6164]

Hey there- Netflix...Please put MAD MEN back on!!!

[@gsev38]

Was Vincent... good? Lmaoo

[@MikeA15206]

The moment Robert Morris couldn't think of either of Kiernan's names is funny! In his defense the two of them are not in many scenes together.

[@pandamaci1515]

Also it's not a usual name. Lol

[@nejuw]

Look at Jon's suit 10/10

[@BatmanHQYT]

What an entrance by Pete lol

[@jjdvideo]

The baddest question of the day: 53:10

[@samvinto]

yeppp, wow

[@sweartomybutt1580]

hahahah😂

[@reglagirl5802]

And Vincent can dance ❤

[@sharoncohen318]

CEO's of "I didn't write that"

[@theogoldberg8919]

Joan and Betty are my faves. They are ying and yang. Joan managed to emancipate in her professionnal life but failed at her private life. Betty succeeded in her family life but couldn't escape the mold housewifes were forced to embrace in the 60's...

[@majormackenzie834]

What’s ying and yang

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

@@majormackenzie834 Your Chinese neighbours

[@keimcho]

Take a shot every time someone says sort of

[@dannyvitullo21]

43:49

[@Blondfoxy24]

11:40 "Megan" seems not knowing what they are talking about , lol

[@hamenabdllahi3004]

He dresses like Mad Man Don

[@jjdvideo]

They are all trying to be entertaining here, but it seems Vincent Kartheiser is the wackiest of the bunch, which is remarkable with Robert Morse in the cast. Draper stole the show with the staring contest though 43:29

[@alexae1367]

24:30 I have to say, especially since Joan almost sent the kid away, I feel like the kid was just actually a reason to push Roger away that she felt like she could acknowledge or admit to

[@theogoldberg8919]

Agree

[@malalford]

She almost aborted him. That was supposed to be the arrangement with Roger. We saw her in the clinic, then on the bus home.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today vincent 45 years

[@isabel2051]

vincent’s entrance 💀😭

[@JayTillaeon]

@53:12 💀 That's a bold question lol

[@timmmmkay]

Christina @ 37:32. Lord take me now.

[@diva88chic]

Modern day Marilyn Monroe

[@MKF30]

@4:02 looks like Christina Hendricks is totally checking out Liz Moss's legs lol😁

[@theogoldberg8919]

They're cuties

[@MKF30]

@@theogoldberg8919 Oh for sure but hotties

[@antidoteify]

Shoes

[@MKF30]

@@antidoteify Uh huh😉😜

[@antidoteify]

@@MKF30 hahah the gaze, extremely high shoe pump and red. Christina is the best.

[@cindyasters]

I just found out Pete Campbell is married to Rory Gilmore.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Does Jon Hamm never blink hahaha ?

[@keen7]

11:51 I figured it out, Jon Ham reminds me of Joaquin Phoenix. The face, the mouth especially and the way he talks. Very similar!

[@bswizzle5227]

Seriously, if you haven't, KZbin "Benson/ Mad Men". It is absolute, fuckin gold. And this, obviously, is some of the best television ever produced for human consumption. From top to bottom everyone nailed their jobs, and deserve all the kudos they've received, and continue to receive for this work of art.

[@michaeljacksin9367]

I feel like the moderator likes the show for the wrong reasons

[@reglagirl5802]

Like watching the dog play the piano

[@sjeya96]

27:53 & 28:01

[@dougmorris6335]

Everyone (except Bobby Morse) is "dressed to the nines".

[@JP-ve7or]

I wish any of these actors would show up on Hot Ones, if only because the host asks great questions and gets good stories out of his guests.

[@Gleem1313]

Here's that "Benson" "Mad Men" sitcom Jon mentioned: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opKQmGh-erJofdk

[@BilalAhmed-jn9qk]

Wth I was waiting for Roger Sterling

[@alexae1367]

Yeah I think I'd actually choose Trudy or Anna or even the neice or Peggy's lesbian friend instead of Megan's character. I don't mean to be unkind, she's lovely, but there's something odd and flat about her character on Mad for me.

[@alexae1367]

Yeah, he's super entertaining. But somehow because he had so much jokey repartee on the show, I feel like it's harder to imagine him there when they're having serious conversations? Not that I don't think he's capable or anything, he actually seems like the most skilled actor-ey person on there - he really reminds me of old school acting but it's almost like the entire show's sarcasm is buttressed by how casually nihilistic Roger mostly was.

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

A bit in love with Vincent...

[@theogoldberg8919]

You can get him haha

[@anixgarcia]

Since Masterminds 1997.

[@AnahataMaryjane]

does vincent k. have social anxiety?

[@kwill84]

Maybe. I have read that he is a very private person. I have a friend that was a struggling actress that quit she said that this was the hardest part for her because you can escape into a character but being herself was so awkward for her

[@MinivanLee]

I enjoy each and every character and actor. I am disappointed in the interview itself and especially the set. The chairs and backdrop are distracting. I love man men show. Brilliant. This is why I disagree with the manner it was treated In this interview process.

[@duendeguitar]

And to think, HBO took a pass on Mad Men...🤦🏻‍♂️

[@JP-ve7or]

Good. I think the show wouldn't have worked if they were free to--if not required to--lard it up with a lot of gratuitous stuff. (You're right, though, HBO probably did facepalm that one!)

[@MetaFootballTV]

Moss can go to Tom Cruise's house and chill. She's got her future sorted. Not sure about the others.

[@JasKhalid]

Peter is quite eccentric That stare down was awkward

[@waltrauda.5320]

Jon Hamm ♥️🥰Da sieht er sehr Britisch aus (James Bond mäßig)👍

[@nazaninnadi7456]

Well his ethnicity is actually german and english together🙂

[@theogoldberg8919]

Ach das ist sehr richtig Herr Cocky 🤣🤣

[@senatorlainez]

Ham's suit is sick.

[@peytonrutledge4114]

Mad Men is iconic tv - terrific scripts, acting, production. Not the best interviewer here, unfortunately.