#Mad men cast tv#

Joan and Sal reading Paul Kinsey's script. Joan holds the script as Salvatore, playing Tolefson, the hero, reads lines over her shoulder. It's not long, however, before he's instead positioning 'actors' around the room and directing the ad hoc production. 'Death is My Client, a play in one act by Paul Kinsey', he reads. She's noticed him sneaking around with that box and wonders why he won't return it.īack at Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency, Ken comes out of Paul's office with a stack of papers. He flips it to see 'Dick and Adam, 1944' written. In it, he peers at dog tags, letters and photographs, one of which shows a young Don and Adam riding horses. Pete, sitting in the dark living room of his apartment, leafs through Adam's shoebox. Pete looks through Don's box, in Nixon vs. 'I used to think I'd find a husband here,' Marge says. As everyone laughs, Peggy and Marge stand expressionless. Ken pulls Allison to the ground and hikes up her skirt to reveal her panties. Allison walks by and Ken starts to chase her as Paul and Harry shout colors. Joan then grants them entry into Sterling Coopers storage closet, where they are allowed to take bottles of the overstocked rum and creme de menthe.Īs the night goes on and the numbers get closer, the group gets friskier. Paul pours scotch until the bottle is empty. They flip it on to an anchor reporting that Senator Kennedy's odds for victory are a grim 22 to 1.

#Mad men cast tv#

Drinks are passed around and a TV is wheeled out into the bullpen. As soon as the elevator doors close behind him, the group squeals with laughter. When Don heads home for the night, he notices Paul, Harry, Joan, Ken, Hildy and some others standing around quietly. 'These men trust me.' Don suggests that Pete, who's been with the company for two and a half years, be patient because he's still at the point where someone will always be his senior. 'I have the loyalty of our most important clients,' he says, mentioning Calvin Highland and Lee Garner. Pete then goes into Don's office to make his case for why he should get the position. 'Let's see if Cooper is smart enough to know that.' 'He's the best one Draper's paraded around,' Ken says, regarding Herman Phillips.

He, however, is eager to return to New York and even more eager to take the open job, Head of Account Services, at Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency.Īfter Cooper finishes grilling the candidate, Herman Phillips and Don walk by the other ad men, who've been chatting about who might be president by the end of the night. Don enters with Herman Phillips, who had been in London with Y&R, another ad agency.

It's November 8, 1960, election day, and Bertram Cooper turns off his television, cutting off a news segment on how Americans are rushing to the polls.

Don remembers his past as a soldier in the Korean War. Pete's ambitions cause him to challenge Don directly. On election night (November 8, 1960), the Sterling Cooper staff pulls an all-nighter filled with debauched antics while watching the returns.