Trudy Campbell Is A KGB Spy

June 1, 2014 6:52 PM

Trudy Campbell Is A KGB Spy Mefi's own The Whelk offers a modest proposal [via mefi projects].
posted by box (27 comments total)

Bravo. And bonus points for "accounts man and small mammal Pete Campbell."
posted by a halcyon day at 7:16 PM on June 1, 2014 [12 favorites]

My, what a silly waste of time. She's so, like yesterday, man.
posted by noaccident at 7:31 PM on June 1, 2014 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: a lacuna non-response that gives the appearance of an answer.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:33 PM on June 1, 2014 [2 favorites]

I love this and I haven't even watched Mad Men.
posted by arcticseal at 7:34 PM on June 1, 2014 [5 favorites]

PS we are re-watching MM from the beginning over on Fan Fare. It's really hilarious reading her character like this, especially in S1 when she's all over the place manipulating Pete and confounding Peggy.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:36 PM on June 1, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is the way I wished TV worked. I've been let down before. The fan theories are always more interesting to me than the actual scripts.
posted by 2bucksplus at 7:37 PM on June 1, 2014 [5 favorites]

It would certainly explain her penchant for vodka.
posted by Sys Rq at 7:46 PM on June 1, 2014 [12 favorites]

Not a modest proposal!
posted by JauntyFedora at 9:02 PM on June 1, 2014

Next door to room 237.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:04 PM on June 1, 2014 [1 favorite]

Obviously this theory is true and the smartest way for the show to handle it is to never acknowledge it nor admit it to be true.

Shows must have their secrets.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 10:29 PM on June 1, 2014 [5 favorites]

They shouldn't acknowledge it outright; they should give Adam Scott a walk-on as Russ and then we will know.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:21 PM on June 1, 2014 [3 favorites]

Aw crap, I read that as "Trudy Beekman"
posted by DoctorFedora at 11:41 PM on June 1, 2014 [5 favorites]

G-men must have been close; that's why they burned the Annie Edison operation. #darkesttimeline
posted by dhartung at 12:11 AM on June 2, 2014 [4 favorites]

Yes, most of The Whelk's proposals are not very modest.

ENOUGH!
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:48 AM on June 2, 2014

She dresses like a tissue box cozy.
posted by Obscure Reference at 4:35 AM on June 2, 2014

I would wee myself with uncontrollable glee if the final season of Mad Men turned into a prequel for The Americans.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:48 AM on June 2, 2014 [2 favorites]

Aw crap, I read that as "Trudy Beekman"

They should give Adam Scott a walk-on as Russ Beekman and then we'll know. Meh! Meh! Meh!
posted by Sys Rq at 6:17 AM on June 2, 2014

I stand by my additional theory from the Projects post:

Rock Steady: I also posit [...] that an older Trudy is "Claudia", the handler of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings in the 80s.
posted by Rock Steady at 6:23 AM on June 2, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is brilliant.
posted by joannemerriam at 9:28 AM on June 2, 2014

An American television system without Alison Brie in it really doesn't seem to have any point in going on, and they should shutter the networks and repurpose the bandwidth to give everybody free wifi.
posted by signal at 9:32 AM on June 2, 2014

I'm a big fan of The Whelk's Bob Benson backstories: 1 2
posted by lunasol at 9:48 AM on June 2, 2014

First off I want to thank Elsa is Emily, Toast contributor and Mefi's Own for being instrumental in getting this thing formed - and I want to state for the record this is the logical end result of the long, huge strange mad Men Metafilter discussion threads. I dedicate this essay to you, my fellow obsessive viewers in the trenches.

what my notes looked like
posted by The Whelk at 10:16 AM on June 2, 2014 [2 favorites]

No.I base this on opertional aspects of hotel chains
posted by clavdivs at 10:33 AM on June 2, 2014

Also I feel the need to point out at in the Toast comments there is a VERY WELL REASONED ARGUMENT that Don is actually a Fae, unaware of his powers and alternatively seducing and draining people.
posted by The Whelk at 10:40 AM on June 2, 2014 [3 favorites]

Who are the merlings?
posted by Rock Steady at 10:42 AM on June 2, 2014

At first glance I read "Trudy Wiegel" from Reno 911!. I had wondered, albeit briefly, what The Whelk was smoking.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 11:08 AM on June 2, 2014 [2 favorites]

Also I feel the need to point out at in the Toast comments there is a VERY WELL REASONED ARGUMENT that Don is actually a Fae, unaware of his powers and alternatively seducing and draining people.

What of Ars Technica's "Don Draper May Be an Alien" Hypothesis?

Come on, it's not that far-fetched if Matt Weiner is a self-confessed "huge science fiction fan".
posted by Doktor Zed at 12:19 PM on June 2, 2014