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April 28, 2014 10:02 AM

James Minchin's backstage photos taken during the filming of Mad Men show, among other things, Ken holding a Macbook.
posted by mippy (26 comments total)

Looks like Harry's getting a computer after all!
posted by anazgnos at 10:04 AM on April 28, 2014 [16 favorites]

I haven't seen the third episode yet as I'm in the UK. I'm wondering if we'll see Harry and Betty and whomever is pretending to be Bobby this season.
posted by mippy at 10:06 AM on April 28, 2014

All those white shirts!
posted by orange swan at 10:09 AM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]

Could Jon Hamm be any more handsome? This is not fair. There are plenty of people in this world with no handsome at all.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:10 AM on April 28, 2014 [7 favorites]

Draper with the iPhone is awesome.
posted by jquinby at 10:12 AM on April 28, 2014

Could Jon Hamm be any more handsome? This is not fair.

I was shocked by how handsome Vincent Kartheiser is when he's not in full Pete. He looks ten years younger.
posted by gladly at 10:15 AM on April 28, 2014 [5 favorites]

They do a really good job with that fake beard and mustache.
posted by oddman at 10:18 AM on April 28, 2014

Neat! Some incidental inferential info we have recently touched on in FF threads, specifically, a legible shot of an annual financial report for SCDP dated 1965 with a note indicating non-tobacco annual billings (I think), and several shots showing interior construction detail of SCDP's modular office set.
posted by mwhybark at 10:29 AM on April 28, 2014

Heh, I know the guy who created the Ecstasy line of herbal drugs. People have been complaining for years that they don't work so it's funny to see that someone has found a use for their products.
posted by cazoo at 10:30 AM on April 28, 2014

You know, the non tobacco billings note; would that be longhand? They were still teaching Gregg and speedwrite into the 1990s at vo-tech highschools.
posted by tilde at 10:46 AM on April 28, 2014

it is in regular cursive. I think it may represent Lane working out what the revenue hit would be for the company without Luckies. Contra that, it is on a steno pad.
posted by mwhybark at 10:53 AM on April 28, 2014

They are all of them so damn sexy. It is just not fair.
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:04 AM on April 28, 2014

I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW THAT COOPER'S BEARD WAS FAKE
posted by COBRA! at 11:10 AM on April 28, 2014 [5 favorites]

Ken is just showing off all the devices he found during his trip into the Future after being contacted by aliens. Its all going in his next book.
posted by The Whelk at 11:35 AM on April 28, 2014 [12 favorites]

Mac Men.
posted by scalefree at 11:39 AM on April 28, 2014 [3 favorites]

I've gotten used to the fact that the entire cast looks younger out of makeup and costume, but Vincent Kartheiser is so committed to his role both internally and externally that I'm floored by seeing how handsome he is when not being Pete Campbell. Jon Hamm can be a cartoon pilot as much as he likes, but any man who wants to instantly become smoking hot - play Pete and then don't play Pete, and your job is half done.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:53 AM on April 28, 2014 [2 favorites]

Love Bert in his tennies.
posted by Chrysostom at 12:00 PM on April 28, 2014

I love the shot of Elisabeth Moss looking into a mirror (can't link easily on a tablet, sorry). I hope Oculus Rift happens soon, because I'd buy it on day one if it allowed one to wander round the sets.

Until now, this was my favourite Mad Men backstage thing...
posted by mippy at 12:10 PM on April 28, 2014

Thost photos are beautiful!
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 12:28 PM on April 28, 2014

Is that some sort of automated cigarette smoker?
posted by Big_B at 12:38 PM on April 28, 2014

I almost wish some of these were a series of shots that could be put into beautiful gif form as in this tumblr.
posted by Muddler at 2:09 PM on April 28, 2014

Needs more Christina Hendricks.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 2:19 PM on April 28, 2014

Wait where's the current Mad Men thread?
posted by stratastar at 11:04 PM on April 28, 2014

Mad Men TV thread.
posted by tilde at 1:50 AM on April 29, 2014

Could Jon Hamm be any more handsome? This is not fair. There are plenty of people in this world with no handsome at all.

There is an episode of 30 Rock that deals with his good looks. The Bubble.
posted by Fleebnork at 5:21 AM on April 29, 2014

Whaaaaaaat! and I just looked at the sidebar. Thanks Tilde!
posted by stratastar at 8:38 AM on April 29, 2014