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I miss the show already. :cry:
I have to wait 9 months for the new season. :x

I guess I love this show so much because it reminded me of the years I worked for an advertising firm (creative). Having read books and articles of how Satchi and Satchi started, Ogilvy or BBDO, the later was mentioned I think as their competion. I can watch the show over and over again.

Anyways, it made me think back of how it was like in the 50's and 60's when it wasn't politically correct.

I already bought the First Season DVD looking forward to the 2nd.
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"Not politically correct" is putting it mildly. :P

I've seen some of the show—haven't had time to watch it regularly but one of my sons loves it. One strong impression I got from it was that I'm glad to be a grown woman now, not then.

It really is good. But it's also an accurate portrayal of what was not a very good time for a lot of people—at least if you weren't a white male advertising executive at the top of his game. :P
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