In the TV show Mad Men, Betty Draper epitomized the ideal of American womanhood in the go-go era of the 1960s. She was Grace Kelly gorgeous and Bryn Mawr-educated with a drop dead handsome husband who was minting money as a … Continue reading
April 4, 2013
In a single phrase in his inauguration speech, President John F. Kennedy foretold the massive culture rifts and shifts that would shatter the status quo and ring in an era that unfolds oh so glamorously in the TV show Mad Men. “Let … Continue reading
March 19, 2012
It’s countdown to the second TEDxSMU event — sure to be an even more impressive and inspiring session than the highly-noted inaugural last fall. The multiple, related events are already underway. The organizers, Dean Geoff Orsak and the amazingly capable Sharon … Continue reading
October 4, 2010
Don Draper, the dashing lead character in the television series Mad Men, is a master in the art of re-invention. His story is taken to the extreme, as he architected his ascent from humble beginnings to the top of Madison … Continue reading
August 20, 2010
Who doesn’t love this scene from AMC’s Mad Men (Season 1, Episode 9, “Shoot”) when a beleaguered Betty Draper grabs the kids’ BBgun and takes aim at the neighbor’s pigeons? Betty is not alone in her frustration. In a down economy, … Continue reading
April 29, 2010
Ray Trapp is a legendary Dallas adman, as well as a former boss/mentor. (See story of how I talked him into the job!) We chatted about his career start in New York and the world depicted in AMC’s Mad Men … Continue reading
August 16, 2009
”Pick a job and then become the person that does it.” – Bobbie Barrett to Peggy Olsen in Mad Men
August 13, 2009
“Move forward.” – Don Draper, Mad Men
June 25, 2009