Mad Men - Don Draper buys a 1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille. S2, episode 7, "The Gold Violin". Video is the property of AMC television/Lionsgate.
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@davidalan63543 жыл бұрын
“Afraid you’ll fall in love”, “Does everything but make breakfast”, “Those are wonderful if you wanna get somewhere. This is for when you already arrived”. those would make great tag lines lol
@bighands693 жыл бұрын
In that era Dodge produced Luxury cars that would be something similar BMW today and Cadillac would have been on par with Rolls Royce.
@kawasakiwhiptwo58213 жыл бұрын
..."you're walking about in one every day." I liked that one.
@thnktank13 жыл бұрын
Tagteam lines
@bighands693 жыл бұрын
@@mark99k They were mid priced by American standards but by other standards they were luxury cars. Even Ford during that era produced nicer cars than the likes of Audi and BMW. American cars in that era were of an extremely high end. Buick cars were on a Par with many Mercedes cars during that era. Only the likes of a Mercedes 300 SEL would have been better than a Buick. The Polara was not a budget car even by American standards and was at the mid point of the market the same way Audi and Volvo are today.
@bighands693 жыл бұрын
@@mark99k An American 1960s car such as a Dodge came with 6 cylinder engines and v8 engines that were smooth to drive and the large body of the car meant they were comfortable. Those American cars also had interior design and finish that was far beyond anything Audi or BMW could do. If you have driven a 1960s BMW and compared it to a Ford Fairlane you would know that the BMW would not even come close to the V8 Ford for ride comfort.
@songswithryan3 жыл бұрын
“This is for when you’ve already arrived”- Great line. At first I thought he meant this is the car to be seen stepping out of at the curb for a night on the town, but obviously it means he’s arrived in terms of his career and social status. Don is a boss.
@Gwynarth3 жыл бұрын
Didn't think of it that way. What a great line indeed.
@venicec33103 жыл бұрын
Yup ice cold line
@JudgeJulieLit3 жыл бұрын
Don should have recruited the suavely sloganeering car salesman for his team at Sterling Cooper.
@troydsouza35683 жыл бұрын
Heard Something Similar While Ago - 'If You Wat To Be Somebody Buy a Ferrari , If You Are Somebody Buy a Lamborghini', Btw Watch The 1986 Original Lamborghini Countach Documentary Their Marketing Head Of The Time Was Savage With His Lines.
@albertgaspar6273 жыл бұрын
and its a cutting line for someone like Don, who never feels like he arrived, and is waiting to get caught as the fraud he is.
@erc50333 жыл бұрын
Don smiling all the time when hearing the salesman. It's not only because of the car, but because he recognizes that the salesman is good, just like himself. He is acknowledging the talent for selling the salesman has. Don has it, so he enjoys when he sees it in someone else.
@Hellwyck3 жыл бұрын
Game respects game.
@jeroendesterke97393 жыл бұрын
The salesman was a touch creepy. I'd run a mile if I got that in my ear from anyone trying to sell me stuff.
@TheSportzBilly3 жыл бұрын
I think the salesman was hitting on him
@lucasking98133 жыл бұрын
Actually I think he recognized the same menace and facade in Wayne as he has found in himself as of late. He does not see Wayne as a dope sales man. He sees him as another scoundrel like himself.
@albertgaspar6273 жыл бұрын
@@lucasking9813 the scene deleted from this clip reminds us that Don was once a used car salesman. New or used, it reminds him of his past, suckering others to get by.
@heavierthanairfilms3 жыл бұрын
"I bet you'd be as comfortable in one of these as you would in your own skin." Saying that to Don Draper, a man with a fake name certainly not comfortable in his own skin... What a brilliant show.
@alexforce93 жыл бұрын
@Enrique Olague The whole show is based on that idea. He is veeeery cool and all but ultimetly its just a pretend, he is a man who is running away from his past by pretending to be someone else - someone better, cooler. He is very good at pretending and even sometimes manages to convince himself sometimes.
@xinfuxia38093 жыл бұрын
@Enrique Olague persona vs personality
@Bartonovich523 жыл бұрын
And that is in essence what advertising is. “ Advertising is based on one thing, happiness. And you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams reassurance that whatever you are doing is okay. You are okay” But you’re not ok. You are killing yourself with the poisons they sell you. You are going into debt for things you can’t afford. But back then, keeping up with the Jones’s was a thing. Today it is a certain amount... except when I see a Mercedes it’s either a brand new credit posing lease or thanks to the abysmal depreciation... a used 15% ghetto financed one. I don’t see wealth, I see liabilities that greatly exceed the thing they are offsetting.
@arislopez4003 жыл бұрын
@@alexforce9 Totally disagree. He is not pretending to be cool, smart, smooth or anything else; he is all those things. He has become that person through hard work, dedication, and determination. We are not a static thing; our being is always changing with new experiences, growing or devolving. In addition to his extraordinary work achievements, he is a person tormented by his past (just like many of us) and cannot become an even better version of himself until he decides to come to term with his past, accept what happened to him and let it go (season 7).
@alexforce93 жыл бұрын
@@arislopez400 He is smart and cool and smooth, just not as smart ot cool or smooth as he is pretending to be. There is a strong element of pretend in his life. And we see it many times during the show, when his mask starts to slip off. Like when he told Ginsebrg "I dont think about you at all " when we know for fact that he feels trhretend by him. Or when he wanted to run away wih Menken girl coz he was afraid that his secret is going to go out. He is not like Roger Sterling who is just as cool but he is natural. For Don to be cool and smooth is a reflex , just like this salesman in this clip. He likes to charm people and to win them over. But we never actualy see whats become of him after he acepts his past and himself. Is he as cool and smooth as before? Or he is more real and direct with people even from the start?
@SimonDeng13 жыл бұрын
The two best hitmen west of Mississipi are watching this scene from the sniper scope.
@northernsurferboy3 жыл бұрын
took me 37 seconds to get the breaking bad reference
@photostudio58613 жыл бұрын
That scam may have impressed Elliot Schwartz, but Wayne Kirkeby ain't buying it.
@AnthonyHernandez-tr4sl3 жыл бұрын
I understood the reference as soon as i got to west of the Mississippi.
@louisperron65063 жыл бұрын
If you're going to go that route, you're going to need a bigger knife.
@nkt13 жыл бұрын
Since this is set in New York, shouldn't he be worried about the hitmen *east* of the Mississippi who, by implication, are even better?
@morpheusdorpheusorpheus7 ай бұрын
“This is the one” is such a better line than “this is one of our top models.” That salesman is a pro
@maxmorch-monsted26563 жыл бұрын
There is something simple yet beautifully elegant about this scene. The 60s perfectly captured.
@garccoleman3862 жыл бұрын
Right on
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
Having been born in 60's and actually remembering the time, I am inclined to agree with you!
@petersmith71402 жыл бұрын
was a better world then
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@petersmith7140 You can say THAT again!
@monotech20.142 жыл бұрын
@@petersmith7140 Yes, except for the racism , the fight for civil rights , sexism, bigotry, war, no equal rights for everyone who wasn't white or straight, coups by the USA.
@chrisloomis45853 жыл бұрын
Wayne, if we're going to go that way, you're going to need a bigger Cadillac
@backtothefiveanddime86293 жыл бұрын
A Caddy is kind of a boat. Sorry, about that.
@RobGordonJC3 жыл бұрын
@@backtothefiveanddime8629 It was a Breaking Bad reference. Relax.
@asunnyplaceforshadycharact59793 жыл бұрын
@@RobGordonJC I know that. I played off of Walter's line to Schwartz and tried to mix it (badly) with the imoortal "You're going to need a bigger boat line", from Jaws.
@deanfarr3249Ай бұрын
What buying a car at Lou Bachroat was like in the 1960s lol
@edwardpate61282 жыл бұрын
I love how the salesman compliments his current car, a Dodge saying they are great to get you where you are going. The Cadillac is for when you have already arrived. Cadillac should use this as an ad slogan!
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
Actually they DID! Back in 1984! I remember it. I even HAVE a 1984 Coupe DeVille! LOL
@Folsomdsf22 жыл бұрын
Buick AND Cadillac used similar taglines!
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@Folsomdsf2 They did? As I recall, the slogan for Buick back when Cadillac was using the "you have arrived" line was "wouldn't you really rather have a Buick."
@randymagnum1432 жыл бұрын
"Cadillac......far too heavy to push"
@johnsmith19262 жыл бұрын
cause the Cadillac ain't gonna get you anywhere... ;-)
@imjinrat23253 жыл бұрын
That car salesman did pretty good once he teamed up with Walter White.
@luckyluke42763 жыл бұрын
Or when he took his cat to work in Suits
@xinfuxia38093 жыл бұрын
Grey Matter with British accent
@willbigelow4723 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty well for a short time until Jesse killed him.
@imjinrat23253 жыл бұрын
@@willbigelow472 Jesse killed him? I guess I missed that scene.
@jwashington413 жыл бұрын
My guy has ears for dayzzz
@nickcoffeen38603 жыл бұрын
it's weird not watching mad men clips on youtube that aren't in 240p
@hkleider3 жыл бұрын
Yeah fucking AMC really doesn't want clips from it on KZbin, they're hard to find
@treycott88053 жыл бұрын
This double negative is fucking with me for some reason.
@prebenjaeger2 жыл бұрын
@@treycott8805 yeah what the fuck is it
@neelanshguptaa14402 жыл бұрын
@@treycott8805 I think it’s cuz what he wrote is confusing. What he wrote means he usually watches high resolution mad men clips. But if he’s surprised he’s watching a low quality one it should have been something like “weird watching one that isn’t 1080p”. His sentence is even more strange since 1080p is available for this video (at least for me).
@richardnorth18812 жыл бұрын
Again, so many layers to the scene, and to the dialogue. Don, having (at least) two personalities, is receiving the business-end of another talented salesman's pitch. He recognizes his talent, but his guard is also up, and his sales instincts are trying to read between the lines of everything the salesman says. He knows that salesmen are always trying to "sell the person", or "sell the feeling" first and foremost; playing on fantasies or insecurities. Don has these things, just like anyone else, and he plays along well.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
I see it differently. While I do think Don recognizes the salesman's talents and how his cheap sales pitches would work on someone in another profession, Don also sees right through him and will have none of it. I don't think his guard is up at all. What I think has much more of a major impact on him is the middle aged man looking at the gold Sedan DeVille. Obviously a man less polished than Don and probably with less money and a job not as prestigious as Don's. It brings him right back to when he got out the Army and was selling cars himself and had to put the cheap sales pitches on people who probably could not afford the cars he was pushing and it got to him which is why he walked out.
@ColoradoStreaming2 жыл бұрын
Its interesting that Don refuses to be sold the car. He walks away then comes back only to say he wants to buy it but on his own accord.
@beckydoesit933111 ай бұрын
My grandfather had a blue 1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille and I lost my virginity in the backseat to him.
@wwbdwwbd3 жыл бұрын
There's a certain dream-like quality about this scene. It gives off the same vibe as that ghostly ballroom scene from The Shining. The ambience and the background music also remind me of one of Tony's dreams from The Sopranos, which has some of the most well executed dream sequences in all of visual media.
@starlordrxxds70242 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve seen television shows or movies portray dreams as well as the sopranos did. The dreams make no sense and make perfect sense all at the same time, just like in real life. I think there’s a part in one of his dreams where Tony is about to shoot someone but his gun all of a sudden turns into clay or something and crumbles into pieces, leaving him helpless
@soffa93 Жыл бұрын
@@starlordrxxds7024 you should watch twin peaks, and the rest of david lynch's movies. sopranos dreams lifts pretty heavily from lynch, though it's not only dreams in lynchs movies
@kennethbrady Жыл бұрын
Wow, your reference and comparison to The Shining is very interesting. Both protagonists trying to write and trying to be true. And the madness within that effort.
@clarice8604 Жыл бұрын
"Those are wonderful if you want to get somewhere. This is for when you've already arrived." Goddamn that's an amazing line.
@henriqueOvermelho Жыл бұрын
The writer is a pot head (for sure)
@jonathanw1019 Жыл бұрын
Pardon the swear, but god damn were 60s aesthetics gorgeous. The subdued architecture, open spaces and soft wood paneling contrasting with the gentle slopes and exciting angles of the cars, with their flourishes of chrome and pops of bright white and red, all tied together by Hamm's square jawed build, haircut you could set your watch to and the heron blue suit. Each individual element is gorgeous in its own right, but together they're a fucking symphony.
@jonathanbirch2022 Жыл бұрын
Modernist
@edwardpate61283 жыл бұрын
A great ad man meets a great car salesman.
@jaehoony883 жыл бұрын
Seriously, the salesman had lines that even Don would respect.
@JudgeJulieLit3 жыл бұрын
@@jaehoony88 As a Sterling Cooper partner Don should have recruited the suavely sloganeering car salesman for his SC team ... if he wanted a potentially usurpive archrival.
@Josh-fp2qn Жыл бұрын
A car like that sells itself.
@erc50333 жыл бұрын
I just realized the salesman says Don doesn´t need to see himself in a cadillac because he walks in one everyday. Meaning, he looks like a cadillac. Thats why a cadillac suits him.
@johntechwriter3 жыл бұрын
Don is what they used to call "a Cadillac man."
@JudgeJulieLit3 жыл бұрын
It's Don's cutting edge Brooks Brothers drapery.
@Roodosutaa3 жыл бұрын
I genuinely thought he was complimenting his shoes.
@abdullakhayami86723 жыл бұрын
At face level, yes. Beneath that, this is a retelling of one of the show's main themes: consumerism and the constant obsession with acquiring more happiness. "Advertising is about one thing: happiness, and do you know what happiness is? Happiness is... the smell of a new car." The episode's named The Gold Violin, after Ken's story about a violin that was "perfect in every way, except it couldn't make music." This is also the episode where Mr. Cooper shows off the new art piece he has in his office. Likewise, luxury brands are all about status rather than function. If all you need is to go somewhere, buy a cheaper car. A Cadillac is for the man who wants the world to take note of him. Don Draper is a phony. Not only cos he's Dick Whitman, but also cos he's a constructed image of what a proper man should look like. He might as well be dressed as a cowboy on a pack of Marlboro Reds.
@kalstonii3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, this is one of the few scenes where he’s not wearing a pocket for a pocket square 🤔
@MADMAX73303 жыл бұрын
Each and every line spoken has such depth and weight!
@hanklesacks3 жыл бұрын
Top shelf writing
@Matt_from_Florida3 жыл бұрын
I worked with someone who used to be a car salesman. He said the people most satisfied with their purchase always paid full retail. They could afford to, yes; but that's not why they were satisfied. *They were happy because they never spent a second wondering what else they could have done to knock another $5.00 off the sales price.*
@99scobey2 жыл бұрын
When I turned 40 15 years ago I had recently gotten a promotion and was making much money than I ever had. I was looking at a car at the dealership. Though it was used ("certified pre owned") and entry level, it was a BMW and many thousands more than the Subarus and Toyotas I had owned before. The salesman could tell I was waffling due to the price. He said the best line imaginable "it's just a car." He could see how much it meant to me and he knew that a BMW is just a car but at the same time NOT just a car. I bought it.
@MiracleTallow4412 Жыл бұрын
I did the exact same thing. Same car too. BMW.
@jonathanbirch2022 Жыл бұрын
That almost sounds like a billboard line
@pschroeter13 жыл бұрын
I just really think Don Draper knows and appreciates a good sales pitch.
@SantaCruzSoulSurfer3 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice! I have a 60’ CDV, she’s purs and floats down the road just as well as when she rolled off the assembly line 70 years ago. She’s a testament to when American pride in craftsmanship really meant something! 😍
@tommink25773 жыл бұрын
My whole motivation for posting this clip is because I own a near-identical twin of the car Don buys. I couldn't find a decent quality video of this scene anywhere so I captured and uploaded it. And yes, my '62 CDV is a fabulous rolling sofa!
@SantaCruzSoulSurfer3 жыл бұрын
Tom Mink congratulations! I can imagine you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine! 😉🤙
@ngc-fo5te3 жыл бұрын
If that tin is pride and craftmanship then no wonder Detroit suffered.
@tommink25773 жыл бұрын
@@ngc-fo5te What are you even talking about? In the late 50s/early 60s Detroit was at the top of its game. It was in the 70s and 80s that they crashed and burned.
@SantaCruzSoulSurfer3 жыл бұрын
ngc 5139 go away troll... unless you’ve owned one yourself, you have no clue what you’re talking about and thus, your opinion holds no weight whatsoever!
@69-avec-ta-soeur2 жыл бұрын
Boy I miss these great classy Americans from the 40s to 70s, they absolutely ruled. I'm a 70s to 90s Mercedes-Benz lover but these American car had... a soul. They were imperfect, which made them even more LOVABLE. Actually made me want to watch this serie.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
You think A Mercedes is perfect? You ever OWN one and experience the price of repairing it? Better have a key to the bank! Besides, if you had a Mercedes during this time period and were an American, you would most likely be looked down upon by your peers. It was the era of "buy American!"
@Devin-O2 жыл бұрын
I miss vehicles made from steel and had horse power and class now we live in the plastic make it as small as possible vehicle world.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@Devin-O Oh you'd LOVE my 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Special Brougham! All solid AMERICAN steel right from United States Steel corporation.
@FirebirdCamaro12202 жыл бұрын
@@retroguy9494 they don't call BMW Bring My Wallet for nothing (my dad owned two, so we know all about it lol)
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 LOL Yeppers. A Beemer is another car I wouldn't own. Since I was 17 I've never had anything but an American vehicle!
@pedobear80712 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile my salesman: Him:" what are you in now?" Me: "Ford Fiesta" Him: "LOOOOOOL"
@knightandlord2 жыл бұрын
This salesman is purely underrated Masterfully worded
@DavidAkhter2 жыл бұрын
Man that first sales pitch by the salesman was awesome. Goes straight for the ego.
@Al-Akram92 Жыл бұрын
Besides Don, Wayne is the smoothest salesman in the whole series.
@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын
The salesman followed three great rules. 1) Talk lifestyle 2) Be the expert 3) Let the customer be in charge.
@markanthonyhauck94383 жыл бұрын
Watch how Don reacts to this slick sales pitch, one he could have easily devised himself. He seems initially thrown off by someone else working from his playbook.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
I actually think he looked a bit disgusted by it. Someone using something he might have created to bamboozle the dumb masses being tried on HIM! And by someone of a lesser station in life at that!
@RtB682 жыл бұрын
@@retroguy9494 I thought he smiled at it, respecting the sales pitch. A nod to another professional.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@RtB68 Well, it looked like a king of smug smile to me followed by a rather concerned if not disgusted look, especially when he turns back towards the salesman. At least to ME it did.
@RtB682 жыл бұрын
@@retroguy9494 Hey, it's all good. It's the differences that make the show so rich.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@RtB68 True enough!
@metningsniva38563 жыл бұрын
I like that little touch there where he asked the customer if he has a card. It's a sign of respect. Something modern society has lost.
@Woopass903 жыл бұрын
Also, as a good salesman he is now able to keep in touch and follow up on lead.
@j.w.matney83902 жыл бұрын
Here. In Asian countries it's a practice still maintained.
@basedpatriotLT2 жыл бұрын
Sign of respect or a way to collect leads/contact details?
@hamburgerhelper222 жыл бұрын
There is a line in the song " I left my heart in San Francisco", that reads...."The glory that once was Rome is of another day......."
@ColoradoStreaming2 жыл бұрын
He made a mistake however. If someone hands you their card you read it reverently and immediately place it in the chest pocket of your jacket. Simply flagging it around and walking off is a sign of disrespect.
@blakemcnamara91052 жыл бұрын
I like how Don's outfit matches the car in this scene.
@austinbushnell74482 жыл бұрын
Love this clip. A salesman's salesman. And peridoxically, the car sells itself.
@jec1ny3 жыл бұрын
Back when Cadillac was still "the standard of the world."
@jacktheripoff18882 жыл бұрын
Yes it was. And when Cadillac had NAMES for their cars. The "wide v" for the DeVille's and the oak leaves for the Fleetwood and Eldorado (I was a 70's kid, but Cadillac still meant something.) I remember the Calais, for the man who could not afford a Caddy but got one anyway. 1976, the last year of the titans. The only GM's I remember being 5-digits in price in '76 were Fleetwood, Eldorado, Corvette, or maybe a totally loaded Electra 225 or Olds 98.
@robertpace9012 жыл бұрын
These days Cadillac's have no distinction, and the generations who appreciated the symbol they represented are fading fast. Use to be a saying what's good for GM is good for America. The USA is an old battleship that's being dismantled one piece of steel at a time and then being handed to China.
@GMAN951202 жыл бұрын
Back when America was the "standard of the world."
@fliprodriguez52502 жыл бұрын
Have any of you guys lived in another country?
@jec1ny2 жыл бұрын
@@fliprodriguez5250 Yes. Italy from 1986-88. Very enjoyable experience.
@Sapp4403 жыл бұрын
That gold one is gorgeous
@PrimoStracciatella3 жыл бұрын
It screams PIMP! Unfortunately.
@pxn7482 жыл бұрын
@@PrimoStracciatella You have to look at the color in the context of the times. Gold was a common color for high end cars then.
@EchoRhythmMusic2 жыл бұрын
“Afraid you’ll fall in love?” Perfect ice breaker.
@scottbrandon93902 жыл бұрын
Back in the 60s and 70s, a Cadillac was a sign you had arrived. I still remember the first one on my street. The guy bought it new and several households came over to gawk at the Caddie.
@beckydoesit933111 ай бұрын
My grandfather had a blue 1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille and I lost my virginity in the backseat to him.
@Mike-bp2hh11 ай бұрын
@@beckydoesit9331 as long as we're sharing, I was five or six when I lost my virginity to my older brother. How old were you?
@beckydoesit933111 ай бұрын
@@Mike-bp2hh Let's put it this way: I lost my virginity before my own mother did.
@Mike-bp2hh11 ай бұрын
@@beckydoesit9331 it's good we can joke about it
@timothykozlowski29452 жыл бұрын
This was such a well written and acted show.
@joep87873 жыл бұрын
Everyone should have at least one car in their life that they can look back on with pleasure and nostalgia; one that they might find restored at a vintage car meet when they are old. You spend so much time in a car, you don't realize how important they are to you.
@darkspeed622 жыл бұрын
Not everyone spends so much on their car. For a lot of people, it's about the sheer enjoyment of driving and the sound of the engine, and also working on it. For others, it's merely a way to get from A to B, and that's fine.
@RetroGamerr19913 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the song playing over the PA is Toys for Boys which is the theme song from Sniz and Fondue.
@denis888red2 жыл бұрын
What a great series it was. Verrrry impressive patter from the salesman... ;)
@danielsnook50293 жыл бұрын
I go thru this same two-step process when buying a new toilet at home depot.😆
@oldiesgeek4543 жыл бұрын
So, what brand is the "Cadillac" of toilets I wonder? 🤔
@waynepayne98752 жыл бұрын
"Afraid you'll fall in love?"
@tofusrvng9 ай бұрын
I never realised what a damn good salesman this guy is
@ScottALaFollette3 жыл бұрын
1962 is a good year for Cadillac. The dark colored car in the foreground is actually a 1961, a model left over from the previous year perhaps.
@KB4QAA3 жыл бұрын
My family had a '63. Great car. Best air conditioning of any car I've ever seen. Would put ice on the vents!
@Yawehplaneswalker6163 жыл бұрын
@bobcat baldfat drunkbeater There must have been at least a couple good GMs.
@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki3 жыл бұрын
@@Yawehplaneswalker616 We still have our two Oldsmobiles. Run great, run hard.
@oldiesgeek4543 жыл бұрын
@Pelican I think Don should've waited a year and bought a '63 Coupe De Ville. I think they are much better looking than the 61or 62 models myself. 😉
@FirebirdCamaro12202 жыл бұрын
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 1973 was the beginning of the end for GM (and Ford and Mopar alike), and they didn't truly come back until around 2010
@ic18153 жыл бұрын
Finally, a good quality version of this clip.
@alamferozeshah7811 Жыл бұрын
beautiful scene...I used it in my business class....
@fishypictures Жыл бұрын
The sixties were my fathers heyday and he was a Cadillac man… He was disturbed watching his sons( me included) wrench on our muscle cars just to get 300 HP. He would say” why are you guys killing yourselves? Get a Cadillac, 500 cubic inches and power everything , all leather and be done with it. You’ll have the chicks jumping in the windows along with their mothers.” All in all ,he was right… when I borrowed his 72 El Dorado I couldn’t keep the chicks out. My dad with something else.
@maxhalsted5381 Жыл бұрын
Pure style and class
@aaronbritt20252 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when I bought my Lincoln. I actually went in the day before in jeans and a t-shirt to look around because I knew I'd be largely ignored. Came in the next day in a $3k suit and was given the royal treatment. 'Merica!
@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын
Poor salesman. I sold cars for a couple of years. I remember a guy in his 50s came in with a 3 year old truck that was beat. He was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. No one waited on him...except me. Long story short, he was a rancher from a town 50 miles away. He bought a brand new truck and a Cadillac suv for his wife. He drove his truck home and a co worker and I delivered the suv that evening.He owned 10,000 acres of prime working ranch land. I got 4 referrals over the next 6 months. First rule of sales...never judge a book by its cover.
@jorgejefferson82513 жыл бұрын
There is no way that an American dealership had a man with an English accent selling Cadillacs in 1962.
@Jay-vr9ir3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a little bit off, as well .
@navblue203 жыл бұрын
You're talking about the New York area anything is possible back then.
@jorgejefferson82513 жыл бұрын
@@navblue20 Nope not even in NYC, not in 1962.
@davidalan63543 жыл бұрын
@@jorgejefferson8251 sorry if this sounds stupid but why isn’t that a possibility? Couldn’t he just be from the UK
@jorgejefferson82513 жыл бұрын
@@davidalan6354 You need to understand the United States in the 50's and 60's. Someone with a foreign accent even one as recognizable as British would not have been received well by American customers buying an American brand as iconic as Cadillac, no more than an American would have been received well selling say Rovers in Britain during that time period. Now it would have been a different story if the same salesman with a British accent was working at an American Jaguar dealership, because then the buyer would have assumed that he was more knowledgeable in the brand. The whole concept of a global society that we tend to take for granted these days did not exist then.
@erc50333 жыл бұрын
Notice that all of the fantastic lines are just pitches, the ones that Don writes. The salesman is acting like an ad man here. "Afraid you'll fall in love..., does everything but breakfast, this is for when you've already arrived". And they are killer pitches, for sure: especially the first two (afraid of falling in love, this is the one, does everything but breakfast. The salesman is comparing the car with a person-a woman. Otherwise, why bring out the part about breakfast? He's basically saying. Like a woman, this car will make you feel powerful, strong, handsome, will give you everything but breakfast"). But one would think that for an ad man as cynic and good as Don is, he would know better and would be able to see that the sales man is just selling fantasies and false promises, like he does to his own audience. However, Don can't help himself falling into the trap. Look at how he smiles all the time when he listens to the sales man. The sales man fills him with compliments and just like any other regular customer Don is buying it. He once said that happiness is the smell of a new car and is the moment when you need more happiness. But here he seems to forget all that and buys the car. Don is his first and best client.
@jixdahac2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people said this in the comments. But you said it best.
@NoNo-ng9sl2 жыл бұрын
I can hear the Still Dre beat drop when he rolls out on it.
@Yawehplaneswalker6163 жыл бұрын
This video made me look up why older cars had longer hoods. Which made me look up transverse vs longitudinal engines. It's really interesting seeing how automotive technology has advanced so much in such a short period of time.
@Roodosutaa3 жыл бұрын
Still not as dramatic as that Cadillac has advanced over a car made 2 or 3 decades before it: the Caddy had: Integrated fenders, electronic cruise control, automatic headlights, air cond, power windows, curved glass, things that were unimaginable in the 1930s. Fast forward 30 years to the 90s and even then not all cars had those features. Still had drum brakes and separate chassis though.
@Jordanmilo2 жыл бұрын
The engine alignment is only part of the reason for the hood length. Mostly, it's styling--there was almost always a lot of unused length between the radiator and the front of the car; had they wanted to, the stylists and engineers could easily have eliminated that space.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
Besides cars having much larger engines back then necessitating the need for a larger hood, there is also another reason. Its a known fact that the longer the wheelbase of a car, the smoother the ride. Back then, luxury cars were NOT what they are defined as today. Back then, it was about the smooth floaty ride where you basically did not feel the road at all. That combined with nice comfortable seating. Today luxury is all about technology combined with small hard seats and feeling every pebble you run over on the road!
@longebane2 жыл бұрын
@@Jordanmilo exactly. Exhibit a - Volvo. Purposely elongating the dash to axle ratio despite being a fwd
@DinanBMWm52 жыл бұрын
Drive an S class and let me know if you feel every pebble in the road in your small hard seat.
@thomaspritchard6571 Жыл бұрын
That's the sign of a Good Leader, a Winner if you will. He knows EXACTLY what he wants and has made the means to Get It!
@calebstevens74873 жыл бұрын
Elliot kept the money and opened a Cadillac dealership, classic
@elgar67432 жыл бұрын
Great scene. Also, one can see the Cadillac 'quality' by just how well the rear fender skirt lines up with the fender....ah GM...so consistent.
@7296rsks2 жыл бұрын
I doubt they picked a 5,000-mile survivor time capsule from a museum for this show
@elgar67432 жыл бұрын
@@7296rsks It would be no different, friend...very little lined up correctly on any mass produced American Iron of that era.
@daldude97 Жыл бұрын
@@elgar6743 Actually, the all-new 1992 Cadillac Seville had the same poor misalignment of the doors between front and rear as that fender skirt on Draper's 1962 Coupe De Ville. GM may have corrected it at some point during the production run, but the car still had obvious panel alignment issues upon initial release. A Lexus engineer would fall on his sword if one of their cars left the factory exhibiting such poor quality control.
@RecklessG1 Жыл бұрын
Alright then... I'm not the only OCD person that noticed that horrible mis-alignment. Good to know. LOL
@AADIBAWA3 жыл бұрын
I WISH THIS SHOW NEVER ENDED,,,,,
@lyonellaverde31352 жыл бұрын
Tnen it would have to be renamed That 60s Show.
@Knickerson3 жыл бұрын
The final scene of this episode is priceless.
@Soltani883 жыл бұрын
That was a pretty damn good sales pitch
@---cr8nw2 жыл бұрын
I wish modern salesmen were half as classy. This guy had great little quips, great little one-liners, slow and deliberate statements, and absolutely no pressure. Nowadays it's "what'll it take to get you to buy this car TODAY?"
@Josh-fp2qn Жыл бұрын
@@---cr8nw Agreed. The salesman makes shopping for a car an experience for the buyer, rather than an ordeal.
@MrPhotodoc3 жыл бұрын
Now that's a salesman. And the car is good too.
@operator9121010 ай бұрын
I have yet to experience a great sales man and a great product in the same room. Usually it's a great salesman only because he has to sell a garbage product or it's a great product and a garbage salesman because he lets the product do the talking.
@dennismorgan358926 күн бұрын
Awesome segment You made it when you arrive in yiur 62 Coupe deVille
@aarongranda78253 жыл бұрын
Salesman knows when to back off. He made his pitch, customer says no, he lays off and walks away. He shows good judgement. Let the vehicle sell itself. Compare Jerry lundegard in Fargo.
@majerstud3 жыл бұрын
Oh, but that Truecoat....they put that on at the factory!
@aarongranda78253 жыл бұрын
Let's just get this over with. Hand me my checkbook.
@AlienGrade3 жыл бұрын
"Your Back" with those ears he heard him leaving his home.
@harrygalloway21172 жыл бұрын
Cold but funny
@rd83702 жыл бұрын
😂
@luislaplume82612 жыл бұрын
When Cadillac was Cadillac! And I grew up in that era of Mad Men and also remember the women's hairstyles of that time.
@dclipper80522 жыл бұрын
When Don said he'd like to buy the car, that was the exact moment that Walter White became Heisenberg.
@nycrich139 Жыл бұрын
Ah, the days when a car salesman was polite and not saying things like "how much do you want to spend monthly, let's look at your trade in, let's check you credit rating and let me tell you about purchasing an extended warranty and nitrogen in your tires. By the way dealer prep, destination charges, dealer up pricing and taxes and registration will cost you 30 to 40 of the costs.
@khabbad Жыл бұрын
I think it depends which dealer you’re at.
@connor_flanigan Жыл бұрын
plus a $799 "doc fee"
@theonewhoknocks.6513 жыл бұрын
The salesman is from Breaking Bad. I'd recognize those ears anywhere.
@joewalsh63593 жыл бұрын
Similar to the Cadillac with both doors open!
@jgrab13 жыл бұрын
0:03 - Piece is misaligned. Gotta love it. :-)
@davidhoffman12783 жыл бұрын
Some GM marks of excellence were misaligned body panels, doors, trim pieces, badges, emblems, etc.
@danielfl.93473 жыл бұрын
Cars back then were not perfect when they came from factory
@jgrab13 жыл бұрын
@@danielfl.9347 And today they are?! Have you ever seen a Tesla? :-D :-D
@danielpittman8893 жыл бұрын
It's a Cadillac, not a Volkswagen!
@danielfl.93473 жыл бұрын
@@jgrab1 Danm... You're right lol
@unclematt32 жыл бұрын
I bought a car the other day. The salesman began his pitch by bringing me a lukewarm cup of instant coffee in a Styrofoam cup and asking me if I had credit problems.
@ddellwo2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your Kia……😂
@volumeturneddown96003 жыл бұрын
Okay, so what's going on with (1) Don looking over at the other customer - is he thinking "am I going to be a rich tool like that guy?", and (2) Don leaves and then comes back - why does he choose not to buy it at first, and then change his mind so firmly that he doesn't need a test drive?
@mdarrenu3 жыл бұрын
thanks. i was sure of the symbolism since i couldnt tell what car the other guy was looking at.
@johntechwriter3 жыл бұрын
I too was puzzled at Don's reaction when seeing that other car shopper. It seemed to me Don did not want to think of himself as a sucker waiting to be sucked in.
@TTH2473 жыл бұрын
1. He had flashback to when he was a used-car salesman and had a life-changing encounter. You see a glimpse in this clip. 2. Don buys the car in response to events in his life. It’s a feel-good purchase.
@kallianz2 жыл бұрын
When did Cadillac decide they weren't going to build art on wheels but instead pander to MPG and build it all out of cheap looking plastic? It used to be that a Cadillac would turn heads and make people think you're either a movie star or a mobster, now they turn no heads and all you can see getting out is an overweight soccer mom with gaudy yoga pants on. The best is behind us.
@hamburgerhelper222 жыл бұрын
You know how fads and trends tend to return over time? The same can be said for societies. If people want it bad enough, it can happen.
@FirebirdCamaro12202 жыл бұрын
2 things, first, Mercedes came on the American scene in the 70s and started stealing sales from Cadillac and Lincoln, and second, the two fuel crises of the 70s really hurt sales and ownership of traditional land barges
@godbluffvdgg Жыл бұрын
~sigh~ I was 2 when that caddy was born...I remember the 60's as a bit rougher around the edges... An Amazing Series and Jon Hamm was a delight...He OWNED Don Draper... He was VERY believable as a top executive on Madison ave...I
@marknoahsotelo3162 жыл бұрын
The dealer riffs off a bunch of great selling and copywriting lines and Don is both put off and impressed at the same time.
@ojosverdes86403 жыл бұрын
The dealer is gonna need a bigger knife
@maxhalsted53813 жыл бұрын
I want that car
@brucet67383 жыл бұрын
and he doesn't need the sale. He's got this Gray Matter thing pending.
@eduardochernia3 жыл бұрын
@@brucet6738 and of course he knows the potential.
@dakat04502 жыл бұрын
“Those are wonderful if you want to get somewhere, this is when you’ve already arrived” I feel like he was slyly putting the Dodge down, saying it’s an A to B car rather than a car that shows status.
@wyskass8612 жыл бұрын
Would have been informative to include the segment of Don's memory to make his run off in the first encounter. It's basically the most important part to explain the significance of his return and determined purchase. But this clip does illustrate salesmanship nicely. As said, he is amused at the sales tactics and slogans he does well himself. As someone making tech heavy software sales presentations, I often get distracted judging presentations from the content itself, and notice the little tricks to direct focus of the viewer to what they want to highlight or avoid, while not actually lying.
@Holdit663 жыл бұрын
What was it about the other customer that made him uneasy?
@sickre2 жыл бұрын
Old?
@prashsmash252 жыл бұрын
Just realized the throwback to “you’ve already arrived” the Jaguar pitch had.
@petervitti92 жыл бұрын
Couple years ago I was sitting in a 3 year old Buick and the salesman said let's take it for a ride. I said the same thing; Henry, I want to buy this car. I just saw this mm episode the night before. Everybody wants to be like Don Draper. Ha ha
@basedpatriotLT2 жыл бұрын
Which buick?
@rockstrong43422 жыл бұрын
wow, how did I not recognize 'elliot'? glad I read some comments.
@Ctrl-XYZ3 жыл бұрын
That's the entry-level Series 62 Coupe, not a Coupe DeVille. The car on the right is a 1961 Cadillac.
@aarongranda78253 жыл бұрын
He comes sneaking up on it like a caveman about to slay a mammoth. Wayne walks away defeated but his body language says on to the next one! Don's words are what give a salesman a legal high.
@BatmanHQYT2 ай бұрын
"Elliot, if we're gonna go that way, you're gonna need a bigger car."
@mobydick3895 Жыл бұрын
God, I long for those days. I don't know why, but I do.
@Josh-fp2qn4 ай бұрын
This is how buying a car ought to be!
@carlstawicki19153 жыл бұрын
I'll bet Don was thinking "You can't BS a BS'er" during the salesman's opening spiel.
@michaelbowers38423 жыл бұрын
game recognizes game is more like it
@saipuakivikaupias3 жыл бұрын
Wish we could purchase cars like this... new at the dealership
@nutsackmania3 жыл бұрын
bro it fucking sucks, the finance person is a total wanker--buying a car at a dealer is one of the most unpleasant activities you'll deal with barring a global war
@gearjammergamer85603 жыл бұрын
@@nutsackmania I remember going with my parents to buy a new car. They were fawning over them. Had lunch brought in and all the cold pops I wanted as a kid. Fast forward 30 years and I literally had a car salesman tell me "You want the car or not I have customers waiting". Bought the wife a new car a year ago and dealing with the scumbag finance guy trying to sell me shit I didnt need was infuriating. "Sign this if you dont want the extended warranty" No dummy I dont have to sign anything to NOT buy it
@scavengerspc3 жыл бұрын
I love that. It's similar to when I bought my last Cadillac (2019 CTS-V Coupe). There are a few on my staff with one that I have driven many times and then a friend called to tell me the local dealer had one in the color I wanted. I went down to check it out and see if it had the things I wanted and it did. The salesman walked up and struck up a conversation and eventually asked if I wanted him to get the keys. I said yes but that I wouldn't need them until the paperwork was done.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
My experience buying my Escalade last August over the internet and telephone was a little different. The dealer wanted 6K over book value. I offered him book value and he wouldn't come down one penny saying that with the vehicle shortage due to the pandemic, the vehicle would sell. It was the most expensive vehicle I have ever bought in my life!
@Folsomdsf22 жыл бұрын
@@retroguy9494 He's right, it was goign to sell at that price, because someone ate that line rofl.
@retroguy94942 жыл бұрын
@@Folsomdsf2 Well, I didn't 'eat the line.' I KNEW I was overpaying. But you need to know the backstory. I didn't WANT to buy a vehicle. I HAD to buy one. I had a Yukon which I LOVED but it was 16 years old and the frame was rotting away from all the salt and brine. My mechanic told me a year prior to get rid of it. Things would literally fall off it! Sadly, this was in the middle of the pandemic. I wanted a new Yukon. But I have really bad muscle issues and found I could not sit in them without great pain. It felt like I was sitting on a warped 2x4. Plus I was pinned in and I need to move my legs when I drive. My doctor told me to get an '07-'14 Yukon or Escalade with low mileage and I would be fine as he had both. The only problem was, I couldn't FIND a Yukon with low mileage. I found around 3 or 4 (I was checking the net daily countrywide) but when I would call the next day, it was already sold. Then I saw this 2014 Escalade, one owner, was in Las Vegas its whole life and only had 16K original miles. Its like a new vehicle. THAT'S why I overpaid for it. I was looking for close to a year!
@basedpatriotLT2 жыл бұрын
You did not even attempt some negotiating? :)
@Falconlibrary Жыл бұрын
My parents grew up very poor and worked very hard all their lives. My dad bought his first new car when he was forty years old--an Oldsmobile Tornado. On his fiftieth birthday, he bought a 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood, brand new (of course). The most comfortable car I've ever ridden in or driven. My dad loved driving that car because it not only represented his own success, but it was an AMERICAN car and was considered one of the best brands in the world. Later, of course, my dad started driving a Lexus, which he liked but never loved--it was just never the same.
@khabbad Жыл бұрын
Cadillac was it, it was the pinnacle of luxury and success especially in the States…sadly years of complacency and some terrible quality control issues tarnished the brand. It’s come back but it will never be what it was
@beckydoesit933111 ай бұрын
My grandfather had a blue 1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille and I lost my virginity in the backseat to him.
@edwardpate61287 ай бұрын
Cadillac makes some amazing vehicles now. @@khabbad
@edwardpate61287 ай бұрын
Yikes!@@beckydoesit9331
@khabbad7 ай бұрын
@@edwardpate6128 It will never be what it was but it’s definitely moved in the right direction
@sophdog16782 жыл бұрын
Seeing this car reminds me of the picnic scene... it was a different world back then.
@JohnSmith-qx8ll3 жыл бұрын
Salesman is hitting on Draper big time.
@tapset2 жыл бұрын
He's trying to sell the car
@JohnSmith-qx8ll2 жыл бұрын
@@tapset by being gay
@blackbird5634 Жыл бұрын
When you want to ''be someone'' you buy a new car, when you already know who you are, you're fine driving the old one. 😉
@SuperVostie3 жыл бұрын
Later on, he studied chemistry and became a billionare
@tomace79242 жыл бұрын
Those American Beauties: Built like a brick house, heavier than a Sherman Tank, half a block long and if you were lucky if you got 10 miles to a gallon but they were so elegant in design!!!
@cisium1184 Жыл бұрын
The way Don feels in a new '62 Couple de Ville is the way I would feel in a '62 Beetle.
@ariplatt8192 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been wearing skinny ties for 30 years. Love it.
@gaylespencer61882 жыл бұрын
The salesman's ears could bring in Radio Free Europe.
@michaeldittmer50653 жыл бұрын
Now I know what job Elliot had before he helped found Grey Matter
@bigtex40583 жыл бұрын
When Caddies were still Caddies.
@matthewhallrogers86653 жыл бұрын
Pay) Dro) matthwe
@matthewhallrogers86653 жыл бұрын
2crunk blue justincaserogers
@edwardpate61283 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is a car salesman!
@ssshhclos405 Жыл бұрын
One of the best scenes ever from MM…
@rare64993 жыл бұрын
What works of art these cars were!!! Not like the plastic shit today.
@Cockerham3 жыл бұрын
The 1962 Cadillac got 10 miles per gallon and would often get 80 or 90,000 miles before the piston rings blew.