141 Fun Facts About Mad Men

Who created the critically acclaimed television series *Mad Men*?

Matthew Weiner created and served as the showrunner for *Mad Men*, a series he initially wrote as a spec script.

What was the original name of the character known as Don Draper?

Don Draper took the identity of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Don Draper, after an accident at the front, leaving behind his birth name of Dick Whitman.

The television series *Mad Men* primarily takes place during which decade?

Mad Men opens in 1960 and ends in 1970, so nearly all of its narrative, from the Nixon-Kennedy race to the moon landing, sits inside the 1960s.

What was the name of the advertising agency where Don Draper first worked at the beginning of *Mad Men*?

The series opens with Don Draper as the creative director at Sterling Cooper, located on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

How many seasons did the television series *Mad Men* run for?

Mad Men ran for seven seasons, ending with a finale on May 17, 2015; the seventh season was split into two halves aired a year apart.

What was Don Draper's primary profession throughout much of the series?

The character was partly inspired by Draper Daniels, a real creative director at Leo Burnett in Chicago who worked on the Marlboro Man campaign.

What was Peggy Olson's initial position when she first joined Sterling Cooper?

Peggy Olson began her career at Sterling Cooper as Don Draper's secretary before demonstrating her talent and rising through the ranks to become a copywriter.

What was Betty Draper's maiden name before she married Don?

Born Elizabeth Hofstadt in 1932, she takes the surname Francis after her second marriage.

Which Ivy League university did Pete Campbell attend?

Pete Campbell is a Dartmouth graduate, something he mentions more than once; his colleagues Ken Cosgrove went to Columbia and Paul Kinsey to Princeton.

What was Joan Holloway's prominent role at Sterling Cooper before she became a partner?

Joan Holloway expertly managed the secretarial pool and the daily operations as the office manager at Sterling Cooper.

What is the name of Don and Betty Draper's eldest child?

Sally Draper is the oldest of Don and Betty's three children, and her character arc significantly develops throughout the series.

Which famous slogan did Don Draper come up with for Lucky Strike in the pilot episode of Mad Men?

"It's Toasted!" was a real Lucky Strike slogan, coined in 1917; faced with restrictions on health claims, Don pitches a common aspect of tobacco processing as unique.

Which company's slide projector did Don Draper famously pitch using images of his own family?

In the season 1 finale 'The Wheel', Don pitches Kodak's slide projector as 'The Carousel' using photographs of his own family, a nostalgia play that silences the room.

Which character had a brief relationship with Don Draper and was a psychologist?

Dr. Faye Miller, a consumer-research psychologist played by Cara Buono, dates Don in season 4; he drops her after abruptly proposing to his secretary Megan following a California trip.

What historical event is a central plot point of season 6, hitting the office and characters?

Martin Luther King Jr.'s April 1968 assassination drives the season 6 episode 'The Flood': the news breaks during an advertising awards dinner, and Pete berates Harry for fretting over lost revenue.

Which character discovers that Don Draper is living under a false identity early in the series?

Pete Campbell learns Don's secret from a misdelivered package in season 1 and tries blackmail; when Don refuses to promote him, Pete tells Bert Cooper, who answers 'Who cares?'

In what year did Matthew Weiner write the first draft of the pilot as a spec script while on staff at Becker?

Weiner wrote the Mad Men pilot as a spec script in 2000 while writing for the sitcom Becker; the script landed him a job with David Chase, and AMC finally picked it up in 2006.

Which British financial officer joined Sterling Cooper and later became a partner in SCDP?

Installed by the new parent company to cut costs, he was recurring in season 3 and a series regular in seasons 4 and 5, played by Jared Harris.

Who tells Dow's Ed Baxter, 'What is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness'?

The line comes from the season 5 pitch in 'Commissions and Fees', where he argues that a company with half the market should still want all of it.

Before *Mad Men*, Matthew Weiner was a writer and executive producer on which HBO series?

Matthew Weiner gained significant experience working on David Chase's *The Sopranos* before creating *Mad Men*.

Which major character gives birth out of wedlock, initially hiding the father's identity?

Peggy Olson gives birth at the end of season 1 to Pete Campbell's child and refuses to hold the baby; Don later tells her, 'It will shock you how much this never happened.'

In which suburban New York town do the Drapers live in the show's early seasons?

The Drapers' house is in Ossining, Westchester County, a train ride from Grand Central; Betty keeps it after the divorce until the end of season 4.

What product was the 'Belle Jolie' account Peggy Olson worked on early in her career?

Belle Jolie made lipstick; Peggy's 'basket of kisses' remark during a lipstick focus group caught Freddy Rumsen's ear and earned her her first copywriting assignment.

Which recurring character, a young neighborhood boy, forms an unusual friendship with Sally Draper?

Glen Bishop, played by the creator's son Marten Holden Weiner, is Sally's odd neighbour friend from season 1; in season 7 he turns up to tell her he has enlisted for Vietnam.

Which visiting British executive gets his foot run over by a lawnmower at a season 3 party?

Guy MacKendrick, sent by parent company PPL, loses a foot when secretary Lois Sadler drives a ride-on mower through the office in season 3; his London bosses promptly write him off.

Who was Roger Sterling's first wife, played by John Slattery's real-life spouse?

Mona is played by Talia Balsam, John Slattery's real-life wife; Roger leaves her for Don's 20-year-old secretary Jane.

Which Mad Men character walks the office in his socks and makes visitors remove their shoes, inspired by Japanese custom?

Bert Cooper founded the agency in 1923 with Roger Sterling's father, and dies in his socks watching the Apollo 11 landing.

Rachel Menken, who becomes involved with Don in season 1, runs what kind of business?

Rachel Menken runs Menken's, her family's Manhattan department store; she comes to Sterling Cooper in the pilot to modernise its image and begins an affair with Don.

Which Sterling Cooper art director (Bryan Batt) is fired for rebuffing a Lucky Strike man?

Don kept Sal's secret after seeing him with a bellhop, but a spurned Lee Garner Jr. demanded his removal from the account in season 3.

Freddy Rumsen's Pond's Cold Cream account came via a connection from which organisation?

Freddy Rumsen, newly sober, brings Pond's Cold Cream to the agency in season 4 through a friend from Alcoholics Anonymous; the win forces Pete to drop Clearasil over a conflict.

Who composed the instrumental opening theme for *Mad Men*, titled "A Beautiful Mine"?

'A Beautiful Mine' is an instrumental by hip-hop producer RJD2, first released in 2006; it plays over the animated silhouette of a businessman falling past skyscrapers plastered with period ads.

By season 6, Megan has a regular role on which daytime soap opera?

Megan Draper lands a role on the fictional soap 'To Have and to Hold' in season 6; her mother Marie, unimpressed by acting, says 'the world cannot support that many ballerinas'.

Pete Campbell's mother's Dutch family once 'owned pretty much everything north of' where?

125th Street and north was Dyckman land; by Pete's day the money was largely gone, as his brother discovers on their father's death.

Whose death deeply affects the women at Sterling Cooper in season 2?

Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962 hangs over 'Six Month Leave'; a shaken Joan reprimands Roger for being flip about it, warning that everyone loses someone important.

What was the name of Don Draper's half-brother, who attempts to reconnect with him?

Don pays him $5,000 to stay away for good; Adam later mails him a package of family photos and hangs himself.

Which character, often seen as a voice of dissent, was a copywriter known for his beatnik sensibilities?

Paul Kinsey, the pipe-smoking Princeton-educated copywriter, plays the office bohemian; by season 5 he has resurfaced as a Hare Krishna with a Star Trek spec script he wants Harry to read.

For what brand does a meditating Don Draper seemingly conceive an iconic ad in Mad Men's finale?

Coca-Cola's 1971 'I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke' ad closes the series, implying Don conceived it; critics disagreed on whether that was a definite ending.

Which media buyer, alone in seeing TV's value, founds Sterling Cooper's TV department?

He is later denied a partnership for years; Bert Cooper says his angry outburst about it is the only impressive thing he has ever done.

Which laxative brand did Pete Campbell carry over to Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce?

Secor Laxatives was Pete's account from season 1, when he and Harry Crane schemed to buy its airtime in swing states to squeeze out Kennedy's ads; he brings it to the new agency in 1963.

Which actress played the role of Peggy Olson?

Elisabeth Moss earned six Primetime Emmy nominations for playing Peggy Olson, who grows over the run into the show's female lead.

Anna Draper, the widow of the real Don Draper, walks with a limp as a result of what?

Anna Draper's limp comes from childhood polio; she tracked Dick down at a used-car lot, became his closest confidante, and he bought her a house in San Pedro, California.

In the season 6 premiere, whose mother's memorial service do the SCDP staff attend?

Roger Sterling's mother dies in 'The Doorway'; at her memorial a drunk Don vomits in the hallway, and eager newcomer Bob Benson sends a catered deli platter to the wake.

Which London agency bought a majority stake in Sterling Cooper in 1962, prompting the later SCDP breakaway?

Putnam, Powell and Lowe then planned to sell on to McCann Erickson and retire Bert Cooper, who instead joined the December 1963 walkout that founded SCDP.

In 'At the Codfish Ball', Megan's idea of a mother serving her child beans across the ages saves which client?

Megan learned at dinner that the client was about to fire SCDP; the campaign she and Peggy developed later went up for an advertising award in 'The Flood'.

In Mad Men, which Republican advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller marries Betty after her divorce?

Henry Francis later advises Mayor John Lindsay and decides to run for office himself in season 6.

Which character, a kind and loyal family man, is also an aspiring science fiction author?

Ken Cosgrove writes science fiction under the pseudonym Ben Hargrove; earlier, his short story in The Atlantic Monthly made Pete and Paul Kinsey jealous in season 1.

Which receptionist climbs from the SCDP typing pool to become Don Draper's second wife?

Megan Calvet starts as a receptionist and then Don's secretary at SCDP; he proposes in the season 4 finale after a California trip, and the marriage ends in divorce in 1970.

Season 6 newcomer Bob Benson ingratiates himself around the office by always buying an extra what?

Bob Benson, played by James Wolk, always carries two cups of coffee so he can hand one to whoever he wants to impress; he also sends a deli platter to a partner's family wake.

In what year did the first episode of *Mad Men*, titled 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes', originally air?

'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' first aired on July 19, 2007; the season 1 finale 'The Wheel' followed that October.

Which Mad Men character is known for her fiery red hair?

Joan Holloway, played by Christina Hendricks, is the show's red-haired queen of the secretarial pool; after McCann Erickson absorbs SC&P she leaves to start her own production company, Holloway Harris.

How many episodes of Mad Men were made in total?

Mad Men ran for 92 episodes, from the pilot 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' to the finale 'Person to Person' on May 17, 2015.

How many consecutive years did Mad Men win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series?

Mad Men won Outstanding Drama Series four years running, 2008 through 2011, the first basic-cable show to take the award; it collected 16 Emmys in total.

Which Hitchcock film did Weiner cite as a major influence on the show's visual style?

Weiner cited Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), whose hero Roger Thornhill is a Madison Avenue advertising man, as a touchstone for the show's period look.

Where was the Mad Men pilot filmed in 2006?

The pilot was shot in 2006 at Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York; once the series was ordered, production moved to Los Angeles Center Studios for the remaining episodes.

Which Sopranos veteran directed the Mad Men pilot?

Alan Taylor, a veteran Sopranos director, shot the pilot 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' in 2006, avoiding Steadicam and handheld camerawork as wrong for the period's visual grammar.

Which production house created Mad Men's falling-man title sequence?

Imaginary Forces designed the sequence of a suited silhouette falling past skyscrapers of period ads; it won the 2008 Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design.

Which Beatles recording was licensed for the season 5 episode 'Lady Lazarus'?

'Tomorrow Never Knows', from Revolver, closes 'Lady Lazarus'; Lionsgate paid about $250,000 for it, a rare licensing of an original Beatles master for television.

Roughly what did each Mad Men episode cost to make?

Each episode cost roughly $2 to 2.5 million to produce, with the pilot alone running over $3 million, much of it on period sets, wardrobe and props.

Which contract did Weiner reportedly sign in 2011 to run three more seasons?

A Netflix streaming deal worth up to $100 million was announced the same year.

As of season 3, how many of the show's nine writers were women?

Seven of the show's nine writers were women as of the third season, an unusually high share for a television drama writers' room at the time.

Which cast member directed the episodes 'Tea Leaves' and 'Man with a Plan'?

Jon Hamm directed two episodes, 'Tea Leaves' in season 5 and 'Man with a Plan' in season 6; co-star John Slattery also directed several episodes.

What advertisement does Don write in The New York Times after Lucky Strike drops SCDP?

After Lucky Strike walks, Don buys a full-page New York Times ad headed 'Why I'm Quitting Tobacco' in 'Blowing Smoke'; it draws the American Cancer Society's interest by the season 4 finale.

The Mad Men finale drew how many viewers on May 17, 2015?

'Person to Person' drew 3.29 million viewers on its May 17, 2015 airing, the show's largest audience since the season 6 premiere.

A 2015 bench sculpture of Don Draper's silhouette was unveiled outside which New York landmark?

The bench, unveiled in March 2015 outside the Time-Life Building on Sixth Avenue, reproduces the seated silhouette that closes the opening credits.

Which real Leo Burnett creative director partly inspired the show's protagonist?

Daniels worked on the Marlboro Man campaign in the 1950s.

How does Don's father Archie die in a season 3 flashback?

Don's father Archie is kicked in the head by a horse spooked by a thunderstorm in a season 3 flashback; ten-year-old Don watches it happen.

Don goes on his final retreat with which relative of Anna Draper?

Anna Draper's niece Stephanie drives Don to a Californian coastal retreat modelled on the Esalen Institute in the finale, then leaves him there without a car.

Which McCann Erickson adman created the 1971 'Hilltop' commercial?

Bill Backer, McCann Erickson's creative director, wrote 'I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke' after being stranded at Shannon Airport in Ireland, where he watched strangers bonding over Cokes.

From which state does Don phone Sally at the start of the finale?

Don is in Utah, helping test a car on the Bonneville Salt Flats, when he phones Sally, who tells him about Betty's lung-cancer diagnosis.

Which businessman ends his relationship with Joan in the finale over her ambitions?

Richard, the retired developer Joan met in season 7, walks out when she insists on launching her production company, Holloway Harris, from her apartment.

Whom does Roger intend to marry in the series finale?

Roger marries Marie Calvet, Megan's mother, having rewritten his will to provide for his son Kevin; the finale's last look at him is the pair at a Paris cafe.

The retreat attendee whose 'refrigerator' speech moves Don to tears is named what?

Leonard, played by Evan Arnold, says he feels like an unchosen item in a refrigerator; Don crosses the room to hug him in tears in 'Person to Person'.

Peggy grew up in which Brooklyn neighbourhood?

Peggy Olson grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in a Roman Catholic family of Norwegian descent; in the early seasons she still lives there with her mother and sister.

Which secretarial school did Peggy attend before Sterling Cooper?

Peggy tells Joan in the pilot that she attended Miss Deaver's Secretarial School; she starts at Sterling Cooper that same week in March 1960.

In Mad Men, how did Freddy Rumsen describe Peggy's performance in the Belle Jolie brainstorm?

Like watching a dog play the piano, he said, and the praise led to her promotion to junior copywriter.

Which priest, played by Colin Hanks, tries to get Peggy to confess in season 2?

Father John Gill, played by Colin Hanks, learns of Peggy's baby when her sister Anita confesses her resentment; he presses Peggy to seek absolution through season 2.

Which account does Peggy sign to essentially save SCDP after Lucky Strike leaves?

Peggy and Ken land Topaz Pantyhose in the season 4 finale, the agency's first new business since Lucky Strike walked; the news is overshadowed by Don's engagement to Megan.

Which agency does Peggy leave SCDP for at the end of season 5?

Don kisses her hand as she leaves.

Through whom does Peggy meet journalist Abe Drexler?

Joyce Ramsay, a Life magazine photo editor played by Zosia Mamet, befriends Peggy in season 4 and takes her to a loft party where she meets Abe Drexler.

How does Pete Campbell's father die in season 2?

Pete's brother Bud then discovers their father squandered the family trust.

In season 1, Pete Campbell exchanges a duplicate wedding gift for what?

Pete returns a duplicate chip-and-dip set and comes back with a .22 rifle, which he carries around the office in 'New Amsterdam' to Trudy's dismay.

What job offer does Duck Phillips bring Pete in the penultimate episode?

Duck Phillips, now a headhunter, sets Pete up with Lear Jet in Wichita in 'The Milk and Honey Route'; Pete balks, then takes it and persuades Trudy to start over with him.

Which account does Trudy's father pull from the agency in season 6?

Tom Vogel pulls Vicks Chemical from SCDP in 'For Immediate Release' after he and Pete run into each other at a brothel; Pete retaliates by telling Trudy, who throws him out.

Where does Pete insist on staying during the season 2 finale's nuclear scare?

He said if he was going to die, he wanted to die in Manhattan.

What does Joan smash over husband Greg's head during an argument in season 3?

Joan breaks a vase over Greg's head in season 3 after he whines about failing to make chief resident; he then joins the Army as a surgeon.

What stake in SCDP does Lane suggest Joan demand instead of $50,000 for the Jaguar deal?

Lane steers Joan toward a voting partnership and 5% of the firm rather than $50,000 cash, partly because a cash payout would expose the money he had embezzled.

Which SCDP partner was the lone dissenter against the Jaguar proposition to Joan?

Don alone refuses to put the Jaguar dealer's proposition to Joan and goes to her apartment to say so, but Pete had already told her every partner was on board.

How does Joan become pregnant with Roger's child in season 4?

Greg was away at basic training and then in Vietnam.

Which carmaker's secret XP project prompts the SCDP-CGC merger in season 6?

SCDP and CGC merge in 'For Immediate Release' to chase Chevrolet's secret XP car; Chevy executives later accidentally shoot Ken in the face on a hunting trip.

Roger Sterling served in which branch during World War II?

Roger Sterling served in the US Navy in the Pacific during World War II, including at Okinawa; his war stories pepper the memoir he dictates in season 4.

Whose name is the 'Sterling' in Sterling Cooper?

Roger's father, Roger Sterling Sr., founded the agency with Bert Cooper in 1923 and was the senior partner, which is why Sterling comes before Cooper in the name.

Which Japanese company's executives does Roger insult during their season 4 visit?

Honda's executives visit SCDP in 'The Chrysanthemum and the Sword' seeking a motorcycle campaign; Roger, still bitter about the Pacific war, insults them and nearly sinks the pitch.

What is the name of Roger's grandson by daughter Margaret?

Ellery is the son of Roger's daughter Margaret; when she abandons her family for a commune in upstate New York in season 7, Roger and his ex-wife step in.

What drug do Roger and Jane take together, leading them to admit their marriage is over?

Roger and Jane drop LSD at a dinner party in 'Far Away Places'; lying on the floor afterwards they calmly agree the marriage is over.

Which movie star's look is Betty Draper's appearance often compared to?

Betty's cool blonde look is likened to Grace Kelly in the show itself; January Jones, who plays her, had originally auditioned for the role of Peggy.

Betty majored in anthropology at which Seven Sisters college?

Betty studied anthropology at Bryn Mawr, outside Philadelphia, then briefly modelled in Italy before moving to Manhattan, where she met Don.

What was Don doing when he first met Betty?

Don was writing ad copy for a Manhattan fur company when Betty walked in as one of its models; he was a veteran with no degree working his way into advertising.

Betty names her third child after whom?

Betty names the baby Eugene Scott Draper after her father Gene, who had died shortly before the birth in season 3, over Don's objection.

Where do Betty and her second husband move at the end of season 4?

Betty and her new husband move to Rye, New York at the end of season 4, later settling in a large Victorian house; the old Draper house is sold off.

Which programme's meetings does Betty attend to slim down in season 5?

Betty joins Weight Watchers in season 5 after gaining weight; the storyline absorbed January Jones's real pregnancy, which cut her screen time that season.

Which baseball team's pennant hangs in Lane Pryce's office?

Lane, embracing American life, hangs a New York Mets pennant in his office in season 5; after his death Don keeps the pennant in his own office.

Lane's wife Rebecca and son Nigel return to which city, straining their marriage?

Rebecca found homesickness and culture shock too much.

Who was Lane's African-American girlfriend in season 4?

His father beat him with a cane and ordered him back to London.

How much does Lane embezzle from SCDP by forging Don's signature?

Lane forges Don's signature on a $7,500 company cheque in 'Christmas Waltz' to cover a British tax demand; the discovery costs him his job.

Which employee does Lane fire first when PPL sends him to trim Sterling Cooper's costs?

Burt Peterson, the head of accounts, is the first person Lane sacks on PPL's orders in the season 3 premiere; Pete and Ken are then made joint heads of accounts.

Which episode is often cited as the best of the series and marks its exact halfway point?

'The Suitcase', the seventh episode of season 4, sits at the exact midpoint of the run and tops many best-episode lists; Don and Peggy spend a long night together in the office.

Which boxing match do the SCDP staff plan to watch on Peggy's birthday?

The staff book a closed-circuit showing of the Ali-Liston rematch of May 25, 1965; Peggy misses both the fight and the dinner her boyfriend arranged because Don keeps her working.

Which luggage brand's campaign keeps Don and Peggy working late on her birthday?

Don makes Peggy stay late on her 26th birthday to rework the Samsonite campaign, in a season 4 episode that aired on September 5, 2010.

Which product's voice-over do Peggy and Ken cast in 'The Wheel'?

In 'The Wheel', Peggy and Ken audition actresses for the Relax-a-Cizor radio spot, the exercise gadget whose copy Peggy had written; she drops Annie, her first pick, for Rita.

Which client hears Don confess he grew up in a whorehouse in the season 6 finale?

In 'In Care Of', Don abandons his Hershey pitch to tell the executives he was raised in a whorehouse and that Hershey bars were his only comfort; the partners put him on leave.

Which hotelier tells Don in season 3 that McCann is buying PPL and Sterling Cooper?

Conrad Hilton, Don's demanding client through season 3, tips him off that McCann Erickson is buying PPL; Hilton had earlier forced Don to sign a contract and then dropped the agency.

What does Don propose Lane do to free the partners from their contracts?

Don's plan in 'Shut the Door. Have a Seat' is for Lane to fire Don, Cooper and Sterling, voiding their contracts; Lane agrees in exchange for a partnership and gives them the weekend to raid clients.

Where does Betty's divorce lawyer suggest she go to end her marriage to Don?

Betty's lawyer points her to Reno, Nevada, where a six-week residency allows a quick divorce; she flies there with baby Gene and her new partner at the end of season 3.

Which director won a DGA Award for 'Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency'?

Lesli Linka Glatter won the Directors Guild of America award for dramatic series for 'Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency', whose title echoes a Sopranos episode.

Ken Cosgrove rides what into the office to announce he has won a new account?

That same mower later runs over Guy MacKendrick's foot.

Which word does Don ban from the Jaguar taglines as vulgar?

Don rules that 'mistress' cannot appear in the Jaguar copy, so Ginsberg's line becomes 'At last, something beautiful you can truly own'; Peggy is kept off the all-male team.

What does Lane first try to kill himself with in 'Commissions and Fees'?

Lane first tries to kill himself with exhaust fumes in the new Jaguar his wife had just bought him, but the notoriously unreliable car will not start; he hangs himself in his office instead.

Which copywriter tells Peggy he is a Martian born in a concentration camp?

Michael Ginsberg tells Peggy in 'Far Away Places' that he is a Martian, born in a concentration camp and adopted from a Swedish orphanage by the man he calls his father.

What are the two halves of season 7 titled?

AMC billed the first seven episodes of season 7 as 'The Beginning' (2014) and the final seven as 'The End of an Era' (2015), splitting the season as Breaking Bad's had been.

Season 2 of Mad Men culminates with which historical event?

Season 2 runs from Valentine's Day 1962 to the Cuban Missile Crisis that October; the finale 'Meditations in an Emergency' plays out under the threat of nuclear war.

What was Mad Men's regular US timeslot from season 2 onward?

From its July 27, 2008 season 2 premiere, Mad Men aired Sundays at 10 pm Eastern on AMC, moving from the Thursday slot of season 1.

Where do Don and Megan drive on their impromptu road trip in 'Far Away Places'?

Don drags Megan to a Howard Johnson's in Plattsburgh, New York in 'Far Away Places'; they fight over orange sherbet and he drives off, leaving her stranded.

Which milestone birthday of Don's does the season 5 premiere 'A Little Kiss' celebrate?

'A Little Kiss' opens on Memorial Day weekend 1966 with Megan throwing Don a surprise party for his 40th birthday, where she sings 'Zou Bisou Bisou'.

Megan's birthday serenade 'Zou Bisou Bisou' was originally a 1960 hit for whom?

Jessica Paré recorded her version in a studio.

How long was the gap before season 5 aired, following contract talks between AMC and Weiner?

Season 5 arrived on March 25, 2012, 17 months after the October 2010 season 4 finale, once Weiner's contract standoff with AMC and Lionsgate ended; the show moved to spring airings.

Which agency's employees drop water bags on protesters in the season 5 opener?

The season 5 opener recreates a real May 1966 incident in which Young & Rubicam staff dropped water bags on civil-rights picketers; SCDP mocks them with an 'equal opportunity' ad that backfires.

Jon Hamm was chosen for Don Draper from how many candidates?

Jon Hamm, a St. Louis native born in 1971 and then little known, won the role of Don Draper over more than 80 other candidates who auditioned.

Elisabeth Moss played the president's daughter Zoey Bartlet on which series?

Moss played Zoey Bartlet, the president's youngest daughter, on The West Wing from 1999 to 2006, before Mad Men and then The Handmaid's Tale.

John Slattery plays which Marvel character in Iron Man 2 and Avengers: Endgame?

Slattery plays Howard Stark, Tony's father, in Iron Man 2, Ant-Man and Avengers: Endgame; he also played Ben Bradlee Jr. in Spotlight.

In which Tennessee city was Christina Hendricks born?

Christina Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1975 to a British father and an American mother; the family later moved to Twin Falls, Idaho and then Fairfax, Virginia.

Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men's Sally Draper, went on to play which television witch?

Sabrina Spellman in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020) was followed by a run in the sixth season of Riverdale.

Robert Morse won a Tony for a one-man play about which writer, later reprised on TV for an Emmy?

He won a second Tony for playing Truman Capote in Tru.

The actor who played Lane Pryce is the son of which Irish screen legend?

Jared Harris, who played Lane Pryce, is the son of Limerick-born actor Richard Harris; Jared later won a BAFTA for playing Valery Legasov in Chernobyl.

Vincent Kartheiser played Connor on which WB series before Mad Men?

Kartheiser played Connor, the son of the vampire Angel, across seasons 3 to 5 of The WB's Angel before landing Pete Campbell; he grew up in Minneapolis.

January Jones was born in which state?

January Jones was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1978 and named after the Jacqueline Susann heroine January Wayne; she moved to New York to model at 18.

Jessica Paré, who played Megan, was born in which city?

Jessica Paré was born in Montreal in 1980 to a bilingual family, which is why Megan's Quebecois background and French dialogue fit her; she later starred on SEAL Team.

Which debut novel did Mad Men's creator publish in 2017?

Weiner's first novel, Heather, the Totality, is a slim 2017 thriller about a wealthy Manhattan family and a construction worker obsessed with their daughter; his anthology series The Romanoffs followed in 2018.

How many Primetime Emmys did Matthew Weiner win between 2004 and 2011?

Weiner won nine Primetime Emmys between 2004 and 2011: two as a producer on an earlier HBO drama and seven for Mad Men, split between series and writing awards.

Which Hong Kong director did Weiner cite as an influence on the show's music, mise en scène and editing?

Weiner cited Wong Kar-wai, particularly In the Mood for Love, for the show's music, mise en scène and editing; he also named 1970s period shows M*A*S*H and Happy Days as touchstones for how people misremember the past.

Which Bond theme closes the season 5 finale as Don sits alone at a bar?

Nancy Sinatra's 'You Only Live Twice' plays over the last scene of 'The Phantom', as Don, having walked off Megan's commercial set, is asked 'Are you alone?' at a bar.

At which museum does Sally get her first period during a season 5 outing?

Sally gets her first period during a season 5 outing to the American Museum of Natural History and flees home to Betty, who for once comforts her tenderly.