How I Wrote Mad Men
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Ever wonder how they wrote the hit AMC show Mad Men? Hear from Matthew Weiner about his experiences in the writers' room and how they created one of the best TV shows in history.
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Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on July 19, 2007, on the cable network AMC. The protagonist Don Draper is played by Jon Hamm.
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This show can be rewatched forever, over and over and every time you’ll see and understand more
Agree
@@BehindtheCurtain Yup...it's like re-listening to albums by The Beatles
@@RPMcM09 you have to really pay close attention to everything. You will always catch something that will give you an ah-ha moment.
So true
At least 7 times,.. I'll let you know about the 8th
"Don likes strangers. He likes winning strangers over." God, that's profound. Thanks for these videos. I look forward to each one.
It really encapsulates the character of Don. We could talk for hours about just that one observation of him. Thank you for watching! I really appreciate your comment.
wow really made me think. And on the other side of the equation, he is aloof and distant with his own family - because they are no longer strangers, so there's no excitement in winning them over, in "seducing" them
@@shalini_sevani is he a womanizer too? 😅
Maybe it helps him put his shaky identity feel more solidified
It makes sense that he likes winning over strangers since he can't afford to have close friends due to the fact he needs to hide his past.
I actually liked those times when the writers put in random stuff that had no connection with any story arc whatsoever, like at the end of one episode when Joan plays the accordion and sings songs in French. It's never referred to again, but unlike most shows where everything has to connect in some way, it's the most like real life.
It could connect to Draper’s 2nd wife Megan also singing in French. You really could find something there if you looked deeply
I think it represented Greg’s manipulation. That, and how Joan’s mother raised her to be admired. ;)
And they actually did mention it again in an episode
@@carriem2434 Greg's manipulation, but mostly the fact that she's a successful self-made woman, but that's not what impresses Greg and his family, they want her to parade around playing accordion being pretty. It's signifying she doesn't get to be herself around him
Joan’s mother refers to her accordion playing when everyone finds out that Greg volunteered to return to Vietnam.
It’s great because the mother isn’t even referring to it in a feeble attempt to depressurize the situation.
She’s just being tone deaf and dunderheaded.
I’ve watched and rewatched Mad Men. The carousel is a remarkable scene. Definitely one of my favorite shows.
Mark Your Man scene is awesome too.
Billy Hill beautiful said
Michael Meacham yes!
It was cool that Harry was going through it too and don hit him in the feels so hard he left the room crying
I knew the show was good as I was watching through the first episodes, but that scene made me realize Madmen would truly be something special.
GINSBURG: I feel sorry for you.
DRAPER: I don't think about you at all.
Yes, I love that scene. Don's completely lying through his teeth though, but only he and the audience knows that. The entire episode was about him being jealous of Ginsburg's talent.
I absolutely love that line.
It’s almost a straight lift
from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.
I should add that while I see that response as a straight lift from Rand,
Draper is a sponge.
Someone will say something and he’ll later repeat it
(think of Sal quoting Balzac in Out of Town, Season 3/Episode 1).
I don’t see this as plagiarism by Matt Weiner or anything of the sort.
At this moment,
I see it as Draper being the individualist with no regard for anyone else,
per Rand’s typical protagonists.
It is complete bullshit because as the other commenter said,
Ginsberg inspired Draper in the first place to create a better ad.
Draper clearly thinks about Ginsberg to some extent.
Draper just didn’t give a damn for his feelings.
For that matter,
Peggy seemed amused that Ginsberg’s idea was passed up.
Not the sweetest people...
One of the best zingers from that show and it didnt even come from Joan
Mad Men saved my life last year, especially when working with egotistic higher-ups and clients who have a superiority complex. The Peggy arc is still relevant all across genders.
Jonathan Sumampong it’s Therapy for me and explains my whole life. Do you know that I grew up at 763 58th St. and Don and Betty stayed in room 763 when they were in Italy. My daughters name is Corrine and my sister-in-law’s name is Arlene. My dad’s name was Henry and my husband’s middle name is Francis. I currently live in Apartment 502 and Sylvia and Don had a tryst in room 503. I’m Norwegian and I grew up in Bayridge and I lost my dad at eight years old like Suzanne Farrell. My parents were married for 11 years like Don and Betty. There’s more. My name is Dorothy but my parents did not on large portion of Manhattan
Jonathan Sumampong I worked at a few different agencies across the span of about 6 years and watched Mad Men during these times. So relatable and yes, helped me navigate in many ways.
Similar problem in my case
Now I TIP WELL
all the people just turn their heads as I walk out of the restaurant.
Hope you're in a better place now, friend
@@DinsRune I am...thank you :)
Mad Men is a piece of art. Watching this video makes me want to rewatch the show again.
(do it)
I keep reminding myself I’ve witnessed the most incredible piece of television history. Written by a genius, acted by people born to personify these characters. Thank you, Matthew Weiner. You transcend brilliance. X
We're incredibly lucky! Thanks for watching, Addy.
While Matt Weiner was obviously the guy who first conceived a rough idea of what the show would be, I think the writers he staffed are really the ones that made the show what it was. We tend to conjure an idea of one creative genius when it really took an entire team of people (he even paid someone to do the research!) And these are the unsung heroes who really deserve the credit
I agree, however, even though there were other writers for Mad Men, Matthew Weiner wrote the dialogue for every episode.
Perfectly stated.
Chase surrounded himself w genius.
Matthew Weiner accomplished something that is increasingly rare... Creating a story that trancends its medium. Mad Men is one of the greatest pieces of storytelling to date.
I love analyzing Don Draper's mannerisms. Anyone notice how Don Draper tends to let out these big sighs before speaking sometimes? Or when he states "Yes" in an authoritative annoyed way while raising his eyebrows?
And…? Lol that was more observation that analyzation…
I feel like there is more to the comment
@@StrawberryNinjaNibbles How insightful of you.
@@StrawberryNinjaNibbles I believe you intended to say "than" not "that." Cheers! 😉
You're describing my dad hahaha
Typical narcissist 😂😂😂😂 has to make everyone else feel like a burden
The most well developed character drama ever written.
Every episode is a masterpiece. 👌
Could you imagine writing a character, a person with many, complex, angles, and at the end realize and learn different aspects of the person they wrote, and be amazed by a character trait that they had no intention whatsoever of instilling? Matt is a genius.
That’s actually a very normal thing for writers to experience.
This show has affected me on such a deep level and I am addicted to rewatching it.
I was 17 years old when I first srarted watching Mad Men! I think season 5 had just come out. I was a black kid from South Florida watching it in high school. That's how good the show was!
The scenes between Peggy and Don in "The Suitcase" (S4 Ep 7) were, by far, the best of the series. The greatest piece of television ever produced.
Fucking amazing. In every way
THATS WHAT THE MONEYS FOR
That's my favorite episode.
What a truly brilliant episode. Moved me to tears.
I loved that this extremely powerful scene acted as almost the exact halfway point for the series.
Love how eventually Don’s advice is shown to be flawed. Just like how Tony Soprano made stupid choices that got people killed- Don advises Peggy to move forward and pretend her pregnancy never happened- yet it is revealed seasons later how much of a wound that is for her
He gives Peggy that advice before we learn about Dick Whitman, doesn't he?
@@dielaughing73 i believe it's after
@@dielaughing73It is definitely after. We learn about Dick in Season 1. We don't see Don showing up to Peggy's bedside until early/mid season 2.
This was brilliant. Had a real 'aha!' moment when he said Don loves strangers. It's interesting that Weiner only realised this in the last season, I would have assumed he'd pinned down all the subtle driving forces behind a character's behaviour at the beginning of the process. It suggests there was a subconscious element at play when he was building Don's character. Fascinating!
i think writing characters is much like getting to know someone in real life. you meet them first and have a vague idea of who they might be, but the more you spend time with them, the more you realize about them: you discover their nuances, you uncover what makes them tick. so when matthew first started writing don, i'm sure he had a general outline of who he was, but the more he wrote him, the more he spent time developing his character, he realized the deeper, driving force behind this man he created.
Matthew Weiner said that people said of Don Draper: "That's may dad". I'm one of those people. Don Draper not only reminds me of my father in his behavior but looks like him. In the episode where Don picks up the newspaper with the headline of about Marilyn Monroe's death, even standing there with mussed hair and in his boxers, Jon Hamm/Don Draper looks like my father. Face, body...remarkable resemblance. I might have been in school with Don's younger son. My father also didn't say much about his past. He died in 1982 and I knew little about him and still don't. I'm now older than my father lived to be.
Weiner is a certified genius. His understanding of the human condition is amazing. The subtexts and small dreams of each character makes this one of the best shows ever!
"But what I really wanted to do, was do a story about someone who was like me- who was 35 years old, who had everything, and who was miserable."
A great story, like a great lie, stems from a place of truth.
This show is still more deep than 90% of television on today. What a classic.
Madmen, in my opinion, is a strong contender for the best show ever. I wonder if it was inspired at all by Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. A protagonist who steals another man's identity is central to both. They're also both drenched in gorgeous 1960s atmosphere.
"You see the whole world laid out in front of you in the way that everyone else lives it" This line might be the most influential piece of cinema in my life. Mad Men IS The Great American Novel. Bravo for putting this together. I just hit subscribe.
It's a masterpiece.
It took me a few years. Finally watched it last year. Too fantastic. The ending of season 5 was the best for me.
I've just now had time to start watching it. I'm on season 6 and don't want it to end. Really good show!
I just finished watching the finale now. I wanted more. It's a great show!
It really was👍💯
My friend over there was wondering , Are you alone?!
where di you watch it? Iv been DYING to watch it but cant find it on any platform im subscribed to or anywhere else for free.
For all his talent, money, and success, Don had no friends. He had co-workers, he had wives, he had lovers, and he had children, but he had no friends. He never hung out with his co-workers or his neighbors. He cheated on his wives. He had a series of mistresses, but dumped them when they tried to get close. Sally may be the closest thing to a friend he had, because she saw through his crap and still loved him. Anna Draper may have been the next closest, due to knowing the truth about him and still accepting him.
i think by the end of the series he definitely acquired Peggy as his true friend, after all we've seen both of them grow together throughout the series, and that little dance they had in the moment of compassion for each others struggle, and that call in the end? They kind of knew darkest bits and pieces of each other, and still kept it to themselves. I just wonder if they kept in contact after the series ended.
@@bewsket They did, since the ending implies that it's Don who created the "I'd like to buy the world a coke" ad, which means he went back to work at McCann's where Peggy decided to stay.
Roger was pretty close to one.
I don’t think any other acclaimed series’ ending satisfied its audience as well as Mad Men’s did. It just wrapped everything up perfectly, and on a positive note too, which is exceedingly rare.
Positive for everyone else except Betty
I’m pretty sure every Breaking Bad fan was satisfied by its ending
And what happened to Sal? Always wondered.
Oh god, now I have to go re-watch Mad Men for the 4th time.
Literally love this show, greatest of all time
Just one of the best shows of all time, without equivocation. I love that Weiner starts from these like, incredibly simple, possibly subversive principles and what he comes up with is 8 seasons of... hyperlife. He just puts a certain character in situ with a certain set of neuroses and tensions and throws other characters at them and comes up with like, bicoastal Megan/Don, "The Crash", Bobbie Barrett, Pete's career arc. It's amazing what sticking to your principles can do.
Can you do a video on True detective season 1?
I will!
Thank you!
This is a very awesome new CZcams channel. Shows I would be interested for you to cover include Community, Dexter, Better Call Saul, and How I Met Your Mother.
Would love to see that (we have the same taste buddy :)
this show has always been one of the most subtlely written yet deeply impactful shows i’ve ever watched
"You're born alone, and you die alone. And the world drops a bunch of rules on you to forget those facts.
But I never forget."
That was the first moment I knew Don was definitely a tragic character.
The greatest TV drama ever on. God I miss this show.
A brilliant series, and a great metaphor for America.
The falseness, the hype, the American dream and how it's sold to people, but underneath it, there's nothing.
It's just false advertising, fairytale, make-believe and empty.
That's how the rest of the world actually sees America.
The amound of deep thinking that went into this series. But still being genuine.
Every character is interesting in their own right. Hands down the best series made.
20 years down the Line.....from this Golden Era of Tv.....Mad Men is the only show that will survive & still be watched and relevant to a Future Audience.
What years do the golden age of tv span? And is it all genres or just drama?
@@2Muchpjp I think the golden age ecompasses the OZ (as a prototype) - The Wire and Sopranos as the first wave, followed by Breaking Bad and Mad Men as the second wave. One could also arguably include Rome and Deadwood in there, as well as early seasons of Game of Thrones.
The issue is, that execs took the wrong lessons from that. They all went for big budget and high brow drama, yet had no solid ideas or game plans.
My all time favorite show, re-watched every episode 4 times.
I'm sooo sad its over. I've watched in entirety twice. I want amnesia so i can watch it again.
The Wheel episode is one of my favorites. The pitch is epic, the writing superb and Betty’s conversation with Francine breaks my heart every time.
“I don’t know what to do. What do I do? I thought you’d know what to do!”
“Me? Why?”
“I don’t know.”
This show is incredibly rewarchable. I watched the first season when I was 17 in senior year of highschool.
10 years later as a 28 year old man I just finished rewatchibg the first season, I just see through a completely different lense I'm sure if I watched it at 35 I'm sure it would be a completely different experience
These are really well edited, man. Good job.
Thank you!
You should do an episode on "The Americans." That show is phenomenal yet incredibly underrated!
Definitely Yes!!!
Love the Americans as well!
Possibly the best show ever to rewatch again and again. Everything is so subtle yet fantasticly deep
Im now on my second round of watching this show and its so good rewatching and im understanding it better. The character development, the outfits, the writing is just amazing.
My favorite show. For me it will probably never be topped. It speaks to my soul but thank god it’s over. I don’t think my liver could take any more abuse lol
Damn this channel is incredible.
Thank you, Kyle!
@@BehindtheCurtain keep up the great work my friend
Binge watching during quarantine, Show is nuts!!!! Can’t believe I missed this but glad it is available now…
Just finished another rewatch of the whole series! Such a great, brilliant show
Great video, thank you !
Mad Men frames the subtleties of social life with such depth and clarity that it has become, to me at least, a timeless masterpiece.
COOPER: See, I know you haven’t read it. You realize, by the time you reach 40, that you’ve met every kind of person that there is. And, I know what kind of person you are, because I believe we are alike.
DRAPER: I assume that’s flattering.
COOPER: by that I mean that you serious and reasonable man, and in the end, completely self interested.
Man, I'm LOVING this channel. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you!
Great video! Mad Men is in my top 4 shows so I am always glad to see it get any attention.
I'm rewatching all of sopranos AND mad men, this is great, you've found some amazing interviews here. Thanks!
Favorite show of all time. All the characters can be analyzed so much. Especially Don.
I could have watched so much more of this. Going into more detail about the other main characters would be amazing. Thanks for putting this together. One of my top 10 favorite shows.
I started rewatching this again last week. It’s cool how I’m noticing a lot of other more subtle details that I wasn’t picking up on the first time.
6:30 - "What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons."
I'm not sure what exactly she calls love, but the idea that the purpose of life and especially of marriage was to find love was largely invented by an English playwright named William Shakespeare.
Sure, the Greeks and Romans and Franks and Saxons believed in steamy sexual affairs, in loyalty to family, and in marriage. They just didn't combine those motives into one relationship. Ancient Rome, it is said, was a hotbed of love and sex... _except between spouses._
But Shakespeare saw the sharing of the erotic, the loyalty of family, and the duty of marriage all in the same relationship as the ultimate dramatic climax of a story, the ultimate audience-pleasing happy ending. And his ideas took the English, French, and Russian (at least) worlds by storm.
When Don quotes shakespeare to Roger…
“Why do you always do that?” Lol
Nicely assembled and put together!
For anyone who likes Pink Floyd, it’s scary how much the song “Dogs” connects to Don’s story
What do you mean? I don't listen much to Pink Floyd
Alessandro Stefanato Read the lyrics, about the mask successful businessmen wear and how that mask ends up leading to their downfall.
The line “Who was only a stranger at home” particularly resonates.
@@adiedits8027 thank you! :)
Listened to the song and read the lyrics. What a treasure! Thankyou kind stranger!
God, i hate pink floyd but now i'm gonna give it a chance.
I’ve rewatched this show over 15 times and I learn something or catch something new every time!
Great job editing all those interviews together.
So glad I found this channel,keep up the great work!
Thank you! I'm glad you found it too!
Jon Hamm shoulda been the new batman
Don Draper is actually the Gary Cooper "Strong Silent Type" Tony Soprano talked so much about.
I’m so glad Don Draper was such a flawed man with so much to hide, otherwise we’d all want to be just like him.
Actually...... I still want to be just like him.
I needed this to reaffirm my thoughts on the show. I'm not finished yet I'm still planning on rewatching it now!
Mad Men in my top 4 of all time.
It's really great! Thanks for watching!
@Drake Lang Agreed, but The Wire would be #5 with Game of Thrones sprinkled in.
Drake Lang correct.
Trance Tallentine GOT is not as good as the wire. That is a ridiculous claim
@@rossedwardmiller Could be ridiculous opinion to you - luckily for me I dontt value your opinion on what is ridiculous.
Love this stuff, keep it coming!
I can't even comprehend how you can write something as good as Mad Men. It's just genius.
gosh, this show was so incredible. i've been waiting for something new to come out that is on its level and that something new never comes. top 3 show of all time, imo.
I could watch this show many times and still notice new things and develop an even greater understanding of the characters.
My favorites - The Wire, The Shield, The Leftovers
Love your channel - would live to know more about these shows
Excellent compilation. Very well done.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for creating this show.
These are great videos. Thanks. I get to hear it from the mouths of the creators and why they're thinking and what their process was.
Sooooooo good. As a maven of all things Mad Men you really showed me many new nuanced points that Weiner made that I hadn’t heard before.
Binged the series...
Let's it 'settle' for a day....
Proceeds to watch any documentary videos on it
Thanks for this. I've watched quite a few of the videos and I appreciate them. It's not really an analysis, but more like a guide with so many different people offering opinions of not exact science. Sounds like writing to me.
Loved this, thank you for telling us how this amazing and inspirational show came about
fucking brilliant! this show is such a masterpiece series from the writing to the art direction to the tiniest set details. I was always impressed with the accuracy of the time period. I watched many episodes several times. Such a fan of this show.
Matthew Weiner is an absolute genius. Mad Men is a masterpiece.
Excellent content. I particularly love to watch these great series like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos and so on... Please, do Six Feet Under 🙏🙏🙏
Good to hear! Thanks for watching. I will add it to my list.
One of the greatest shows ever made, it’ll be looked back on as an artifact of human self-reflection
I should like this show. I've tried it, and just can't get into it. Seeing this makes me wanna try it one more time--maybe there's something I need, that's there, that I'm missing. Another great video, worth the wait!!
Right?! I feel the *exact* same way. I've tried to get In to it multiple times and I just can't. But sure enough, I watch the "How They Wrote ____" series and I'm like....damn that sounds awesome lol. Even shows/movies I've watched a million times seem somehow more appealing to me after watching these videos.
Edit: damn I edited this for grammar and lost my ❤️ from our boy :(
There is no try...only do.
It's certainly a slow burn. Give it a few episodes, then you'll know if you like the aesthetic they are going for. I too watched the first episode and left it for a few years. After giving it a second go, I didn't want it to end. So I'd say give it a go.
I tried as well and got through the first season and I just don't feel it like everyone else seems to. I want to like it.
Same I thought i was the only one but I got through it
This was a fantastic video, thank you!
Just discovered your chanel throught this video about my favorite show. It's amazing work !
Also, this kind of video could not be made about Twin Peaks, because Lynch don't talk at all 🤭
Great Channel! Amazing production values
Thank you, Ather! I appreciate that.
Thanks for another informative and illuminating video. Love this channel so much!!😍
Thank you, batgurrl! You've been a great supporter since day 1!! I'll never forget.
Behind the Curtain you are so welcome it is my pleasure. I would LOVE to hear Alan Ball talking about Six Feet Under even tho it was not that huge a hit despite being fantastic.
I heard that HBO had the main idea and presented it to him and he said sure let’s see how that will work out. But that could be false. Best finale EVER.
Excellent work. Changed my perspective on this series.
Great to hear!
Every once in awhile CZcams recommends me mad men videos then I rewatch mad men again
This has convinced me to finally go watch this series, I've kept hearing good things about it, perhaps it's time.
Grugg you will not regret it one bit
Brilliant video. Keep'em coming.
If I could make a suggestion
Can you do Arrested Development (se1-se3)? One of the greatest original American comedies, imo.
Yes! It's on my list. Thank you for watching!
First vid I watch on your channel...you definitely earned more than a sub...Keep up the good work my friend
Thank you for writing this incredible series. One of the best written and produced series of all time. It also filled a real void in TV series today: it is meant for grown-ups.
I was watching the sopranos, you drop a sopranos video. Just started mad men 2 weeks ago, now this pops up lol. Keep up the good work.
That's crazy! You aren't the first to mention something like this. It's incredibly coincidental lol.
Best written show I can remember.. nuanced characters, thematically complex, satisfying payoffs
Been waiting for this one. Top notch drama.
It's finally here! This has definitely been the most requested.
Thank you for adding even more dimensions to one of the best shows on TV. Every time a re-watch Mad Men I appreciate its excellence. Now, how about some diversity to your selection of shows presented. Shows such as Queen Sugar, Killing Eve, Animal Kingdom and/or Billions? Each of these shows reflect the multi-dimensional depth of character that audiences crave. Added to each are the dynamics of gender, racial and class constructs of our current culture. I would very much look forward to seeing how the writers weave these complex considerations into their stories and still be entertaining.