This post contains spoilers for "Unfrosted."
As you might expect from its subject matter, Jerry Seinfeld's "Unfrosted," a film about the creation of the Pop-Tart, is an extremely silly comedy. It's also (very loosely) based on the real-world rivalry between Kellogg's and Post, and since the film chronicles the creation of a new product from a major company in the 1960s, the movie also contains a scene in which Don Draper and Roger Sterling from AMC's "Mad Men" drop by to pitch an advertising campaign for what would eventually be named the Pop-Tart. Yes, after dropping the mic in one of the most famous series finales of this century when "Mad Men" ended in 2015, actors Jon Hamm and John Slattery returned to reprise their most memorable roles in a goofy Netflix comedy.
Jon Hamm and John Slattery are the Ad Men. Watch the entire unbelievable Mad Men reunion in Unfrosted.
As you might expect from its subject matter, Jerry Seinfeld's "Unfrosted," a film about the creation of the Pop-Tart, is an extremely silly comedy. It's also (very loosely) based on the real-world rivalry between Kellogg's and Post, and since the film chronicles the creation of a new product from a major company in the 1960s, the movie also contains a scene in which Don Draper and Roger Sterling from AMC's "Mad Men" drop by to pitch an advertising campaign for what would eventually be named the Pop-Tart. Yes, after dropping the mic in one of the most famous series finales of this century when "Mad Men" ended in 2015, actors Jon Hamm and John Slattery returned to reprise their most memorable roles in a goofy Netflix comedy.
Jon Hamm and John Slattery are the Ad Men. Watch the entire unbelievable Mad Men reunion in Unfrosted.
- 5/6/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Unfrosted.”]
The Pop-Tarts were heated up and soon to pop — if Kellogg’s only had a name for its new toaster treat. For that, Jerry Seinfeld went to the best 1960s ad men he, or anyone, could find: Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Roger Sterling (John Slattery) of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce — and of AMC’s “Mad Men.”
Who would have thought that Netflix’s “Unfrosted” — a Pop-Tarts faux origin story — would be what got those two back in their single-vented suits? A fantastical (and fantastic) cinematic universe was created, almost by accident. Here’s the not-fake origin story of the film-stealing scene.
“We would take breaks when we were writing this movie and watch ‘Mad Men’ scenes,” the film’s cowriter Spike Feresten told IndieWire. “Jerry had just rewatched the entire [series] again and said, ‘You’ve gotta see this scene.’ And it would play in our meetings like a comedy.
The Pop-Tarts were heated up and soon to pop — if Kellogg’s only had a name for its new toaster treat. For that, Jerry Seinfeld went to the best 1960s ad men he, or anyone, could find: Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Roger Sterling (John Slattery) of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce — and of AMC’s “Mad Men.”
Who would have thought that Netflix’s “Unfrosted” — a Pop-Tarts faux origin story — would be what got those two back in their single-vented suits? A fantastical (and fantastic) cinematic universe was created, almost by accident. Here’s the not-fake origin story of the film-stealing scene.
“We would take breaks when we were writing this movie and watch ‘Mad Men’ scenes,” the film’s cowriter Spike Feresten told IndieWire. “Jerry had just rewatched the entire [series] again and said, ‘You’ve gotta see this scene.’ And it would play in our meetings like a comedy.
- 5/3/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
The history of how the all-American breakfast snack was created is served up with lashings of goofiness in this comedy caper
Standup veteran Jerry Seinfeld makes his directing debut with this decent family comedy that puts a surreal twist on the history of Pop-Tarts, one of the US’s most beloved snacks: the sheer goofiness and disposable pointlessness are entertaining.
Seinfeld created the film with co-writers Spike Feresten, Andy Robin and Barry Marder, the same writing team that worked on Bee Movie, the animation that Seinfeld starred in, produced and co-wrote in 2007. Unfrosted doesn’t quite have the flair of Bee Movie, but there’s a steady stream of excellent gags, creating a rising crescendo of silliness similar in effect to Seinfeld’s own distinctive falsetto-hysterical declamation at the moment of ultimate joke-awareness. There are also nice supporting roles and cameos, including an extraordinary dual walk-on from Jon Hamm and John Slattery,...
Standup veteran Jerry Seinfeld makes his directing debut with this decent family comedy that puts a surreal twist on the history of Pop-Tarts, one of the US’s most beloved snacks: the sheer goofiness and disposable pointlessness are entertaining.
Seinfeld created the film with co-writers Spike Feresten, Andy Robin and Barry Marder, the same writing team that worked on Bee Movie, the animation that Seinfeld starred in, produced and co-wrote in 2007. Unfrosted doesn’t quite have the flair of Bee Movie, but there’s a steady stream of excellent gags, creating a rising crescendo of silliness similar in effect to Seinfeld’s own distinctive falsetto-hysterical declamation at the moment of ultimate joke-awareness. There are also nice supporting roles and cameos, including an extraordinary dual walk-on from Jon Hamm and John Slattery,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
IGN, a popular website for video game and entertainment media, has ranked the top 10 TV shows of all time based on various criteria such as quality, influence, popularity, and legacy. Here are their picks for the best TV shows ever made:
10. Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation Trailer
Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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- 9/26/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
Warning: contains spoilers for Mad Men season four.
Everything about Ida Blankenship is a punchline. From the spilt Scrabble tiles clatter of her name, to her gravelly voice and chewed-on Brooklyn vowels, to the old lady wig and post-cataract lenses used to age up and disguise the glamour of actor Randee Heller, the Mad Men character exists purely as a gag. A relatively rare one, in a show mostly fixated on existential emptiness.
The point of Miss Blankenship when she finally appears as comic relief in season four is that she’s not sexually desirable. Ad company office manager Joan billets her at Don Draper’s desk after he’s used up and discarded another in a long line of nubile young secretaries. The braying old woman’s a failsafe; she’s the bromide in Don’s coffee.
Miss Blankenship’s lack of allure is exactly what makes her reputation...
Everything about Ida Blankenship is a punchline. From the spilt Scrabble tiles clatter of her name, to her gravelly voice and chewed-on Brooklyn vowels, to the old lady wig and post-cataract lenses used to age up and disguise the glamour of actor Randee Heller, the Mad Men character exists purely as a gag. A relatively rare one, in a show mostly fixated on existential emptiness.
The point of Miss Blankenship when she finally appears as comic relief in season four is that she’s not sexually desirable. Ad company office manager Joan billets her at Don Draper’s desk after he’s used up and discarded another in a long line of nubile young secretaries. The braying old woman’s a failsafe; she’s the bromide in Don’s coffee.
Miss Blankenship’s lack of allure is exactly what makes her reputation...
- 8/21/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Don Draper and Roger Sterling have been found dead in a ditch; they’ve been incinerated and thrown into the ash pile of forgettable TV history. Because Mad Men duo Jon Hamm and John Slattery have found new career-defining roles — portraying James Kennedy and Tom Sandoval from Vanderpump Rules on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
The two actors were on hand to promote their new movie, Maggie Moore(s), which Slattery directed and Hamm stars in. But Andy Cohen, brilliant producer, and impresario that he is, roped them...
The two actors were on hand to promote their new movie, Maggie Moore(s), which Slattery directed and Hamm stars in. But Andy Cohen, brilliant producer, and impresario that he is, roped them...
- 6/14/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Marvel is going all-in on promoting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, as they will release a fictional Scott Lang book as part of the campaign. The memoir, aptly titled, “Look Out for the Little Guy”, is based on the one featured in the upcoming MCU movie.
In a promo for the Scott Lang book, Paul Rudd pitches it as only Paul Rudd could. “Scott is many things: former convict, a dad, an Avenger…But he’s also a best-selling author! And now you can purchase my–his–very real book…That’s right, this once-movie prop is now an actual real-life book…How’s that for meta?”
This book is 100 real. Pre-order your copy from @DisneyBooks and @hyperionavebook today: https://t.co/tf2dKZcC4Z
See Marvel Studios’ #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania, only in theaters February 17. pic.twitter.com/C381D3FFCS
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) February 2, 2023
In the Scott Lang book, which Rudd...
In a promo for the Scott Lang book, Paul Rudd pitches it as only Paul Rudd could. “Scott is many things: former convict, a dad, an Avenger…But he’s also a best-selling author! And now you can purchase my–his–very real book…That’s right, this once-movie prop is now an actual real-life book…How’s that for meta?”
This book is 100 real. Pre-order your copy from @DisneyBooks and @hyperionavebook today: https://t.co/tf2dKZcC4Z
See Marvel Studios’ #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania, only in theaters February 17. pic.twitter.com/C381D3FFCS
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) February 2, 2023
In the Scott Lang book, which Rudd...
- 2/3/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
It’s no secret that Jon Hamm has been blessed with good lucks, but one of his co-stars on “Mad Men” reveals that Hamm’s handsomeness sometimes became a distraction on the set.
John Slattery, who played Sterling Cooper senior partner Roger Sterling in the series, tells The Independent that he’d initially auditioned for Hamm’s role, Don Draper, before being asked to read for Roger instead.
“They said, ‘Here’s the thing – we have this guy’,” recalled Slattery, admitting he was initially irked that he didn’t get the role.
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“[Hamm] claims I was in a bad mood the whole time we shot the first episode because of this, but I don’t think that’s true. Eventually I saw him, and I was like… ‘Oh — they sure do have that guy,'” he added.
John Slattery, who played Sterling Cooper senior partner Roger Sterling in the series, tells The Independent that he’d initially auditioned for Hamm’s role, Don Draper, before being asked to read for Roger instead.
“They said, ‘Here’s the thing – we have this guy’,” recalled Slattery, admitting he was initially irked that he didn’t get the role.
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“[Hamm] claims I was in a bad mood the whole time we shot the first episode because of this, but I don’t think that’s true. Eventually I saw him, and I was like… ‘Oh — they sure do have that guy,'” he added.
- 11/19/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
According to John Slattery, it was hard not to be starstruck by Don Draper himself.
The “Mad Men” actor revealed that guest stars on the Emmy-winning AMC series would forgot their lines on set while acting opposite Hamm.
“When Hamm walked into a room in that get-up, people would just go catatonic,” Slattery told The Independent. “Guest stars would sometimes walk up to him and their lines would go right out of their heads. They just wouldn’t know what to do. It happened on more than one occasion.”
He added, “Christina Hendricks would walk into the room and people would shit themselves — it was amazing.”
Slattery played Roger Sterling, one of the partners of the Sterling Cooper ad agency. Hamm famously portrayed Don Draper, a depressed ad executive lothario. Slattery confirmed that, back in 2007, he initially read for the role of Don, and was eventually cast as Roger.
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The “Mad Men” actor revealed that guest stars on the Emmy-winning AMC series would forgot their lines on set while acting opposite Hamm.
“When Hamm walked into a room in that get-up, people would just go catatonic,” Slattery told The Independent. “Guest stars would sometimes walk up to him and their lines would go right out of their heads. They just wouldn’t know what to do. It happened on more than one occasion.”
He added, “Christina Hendricks would walk into the room and people would shit themselves — it was amazing.”
Slattery played Roger Sterling, one of the partners of the Sterling Cooper ad agency. Hamm famously portrayed Don Draper, a depressed ad executive lothario. Slattery confirmed that, back in 2007, he initially read for the role of Don, and was eventually cast as Roger.
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- 11/18/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
John Slattery looks terrible. “I hate to dash your hopes,” the 60-year-old tells me down the phone from New York. “I’m in sweats. I’m making a cup of tea. I’ve just exercised. I…” He pauses, grasping for the right word to describe his current ghoulishness. He sighs. “I look like s***.” I can’t verify the alleged horror-show that is his appearance, but I’m not sure I believe him. Not John Slattery? Not Mad Men’s impeccably tailored bon vivant Roger Sterling? But he’s the king of pocket squares! With hair as white and well-coiffed as a Dulux pup!
Slattery is ruining his public image while at home with his pet dog circling his feet, his voice, at least, just as we remember it – that smooth, honeyed cadence that makes him Hollywood’s go-to for raconteurs, statesmen and authority figures. Tony Stark’s industrialist dad in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Slattery is ruining his public image while at home with his pet dog circling his feet, his voice, at least, just as we remember it – that smooth, honeyed cadence that makes him Hollywood’s go-to for raconteurs, statesmen and authority figures. Tony Stark’s industrialist dad in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 11/17/2022
- by Adam White
- The Independent - Film
In the heady moments of celebration after England’s victory over Denmark in this year’s Euros semi-final, the sight of team manager Gareth Southgate prompted ITV pundit Gary Neville to comment: “The standard of leaders in this country the past couple of years has been poor. Looking at that man, he’s everything a leader should be: respectful, humble, he tells the truth.”
The former Man U right-back’s words, directed at the political rulers of a country riven by Brexit, tap into a modern craving for decency. Fed a diet of self-serving narcissism from our public figures, we hunger for more wholesome fare: moral character, humility, honesty, kindness. In the year of horrors that was 2020, that appetite was temporarily sated on TV by fictional football manager Ted Lasso.
Played in the Apple TV series by Jason Sudeikis, Ted’s thoroughgoing decency won everyone over to The Lasso Way.
The former Man U right-back’s words, directed at the political rulers of a country riven by Brexit, tap into a modern craving for decency. Fed a diet of self-serving narcissism from our public figures, we hunger for more wholesome fare: moral character, humility, honesty, kindness. In the year of horrors that was 2020, that appetite was temporarily sated on TV by fictional football manager Ted Lasso.
Played in the Apple TV series by Jason Sudeikis, Ted’s thoroughgoing decency won everyone over to The Lasso Way.
- 7/25/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Christina Hendricks became a breakout talent and earned six Emmy Award nominations for playing Joan Holloway on the AMC period drama “Mad Men,” but she says in an interview with The Guardian that it took at least three years for buzz around the series to include its female characters in a meaningful way. Hendricks earned press from the pilot, but she said in the early seasons it mostly had to with her physical appearance and not her acting or Joan’s series arc.
“Men started dressing like Don Draper and Roger Sterling,” Hendricks said of the early popularity around “Mad Men.” “Suits came back in, skinny ties came back in. It took three to four seasons and then all of a sudden people wanted us [the female stars] on magazines. We were like: ‘This is strange — we’ve been doing this for a while.’”
Hendricks was one of the breakout female stars of...
“Men started dressing like Don Draper and Roger Sterling,” Hendricks said of the early popularity around “Mad Men.” “Suits came back in, skinny ties came back in. It took three to four seasons and then all of a sudden people wanted us [the female stars] on magazines. We were like: ‘This is strange — we’ve been doing this for a while.’”
Hendricks was one of the breakout female stars of...
- 6/2/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Eels superfan Jon Hamm stars in the band’s new video for “Are We Alright Again,” “the feel-good hit of the feel-worst year” off their latest LP Earth to Dora.
In the video, “a typical Eels fan finds solace in Eels music,” the band says. The “typical” fan, in this case, is the Mad Men actor, who puts on headphones to listen to the track, becoming so absorbed by the music that he’s oblivious to the chaos happening behind him: Home invasion, the theft of all his possessions, and...
In the video, “a typical Eels fan finds solace in Eels music,” the band says. The “typical” fan, in this case, is the Mad Men actor, who puts on headphones to listen to the track, becoming so absorbed by the music that he’s oblivious to the chaos happening behind him: Home invasion, the theft of all his possessions, and...
- 11/11/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In 2020, it’s hard to imagine a workplace that engenders less sympathy than the trading floor of a City bank. A puppy-kicking farm, perhaps? The Trump Campaign? Being asked to experience fellow-feeling for the people who choose to work in the gurgling bastard tank of corporate finance is a tall order. We all recognise City traders as the bad guys – to a one, rapacious, conscience-free, Patrick Bateman-alike monsters who’d sell their grandmother a bundle of toxic assets if it turned them a profit.
A viewer could be forgiven then, for approaching a drama about a cohort of graduate interns at a top London investment bank in a spirit of mean-hearted glee. What knobbers has the show lined up for us to loathe? Will it be all burning £50 notes in front of homeless people, doing bumps off the face of a Philippe Patek and high-fiving over sex workers’ backs,...
A viewer could be forgiven then, for approaching a drama about a cohort of graduate interns at a top London investment bank in a spirit of mean-hearted glee. What knobbers has the show lined up for us to loathe? Will it be all burning £50 notes in front of homeless people, doing bumps off the face of a Philippe Patek and high-fiving over sex workers’ backs,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
“Mrs. America” tells the story of the women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment, but male standout John Slattery could be among the Emmy winners for the political docudrama. And he’s had an Iou for a decade, ever since he was on another period drama, AMC’s “Mad Men.” Will he cash it in for his overdue first win?
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“Mad Men” was an unusual Emmy paradox. It won a record-tying four Emmys for Best Drama Series, but year after year it would lose all of its acting nominations until the final season in 2015 when Jon Hamm won Best Drama Actor in the show’s first and only performance victory. Among his unlucky co-stars over the years was Slattery, who contended for Best Drama Supporting Actor four times in a row (2008-2011) for playing advertising executive Roger Sterling.
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“Mad Men” was an unusual Emmy paradox. It won a record-tying four Emmys for Best Drama Series, but year after year it would lose all of its acting nominations until the final season in 2015 when Jon Hamm won Best Drama Actor in the show’s first and only performance victory. Among his unlucky co-stars over the years was Slattery, who contended for Best Drama Supporting Actor four times in a row (2008-2011) for playing advertising executive Roger Sterling.
- 5/28/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
FX’s new original show Mrs. America takes on the Equal Rights Amendment (the Era), painting an intimate portrait for the very real lives of the women who fought for and against it. Names like Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and even Phyllis Schlafly are tossed around as giants who shaped our culture and history, but the reality is that they’re real people with real passions, frustrations, love lives, egos, and shortcomings, just like any of us. One of the things Mrs. America does best is show just how deeply personal these conflicts – even among people on the same side – really were, and how often important choices were driven by personal experience.
The show itself comes with a disclaimer that it’s based on truth, but that some conversations have been made up or characters have been merged to aid in telling the story. By and large, however, Mrs. America...
The show itself comes with a disclaimer that it’s based on truth, but that some conversations have been made up or characters have been merged to aid in telling the story. By and large, however, Mrs. America...
- 4/17/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
In an episode of Mrs. America, a new FX on Hulu miniseries about the Seventies political battle over the Equal Rights Amendment, liberal firebrand Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale) suggests her side may have an easier time if they focus their argument on a single issue, like women receiving equal pay for equal work. Quoting her father’s advice, she says, “Make it about everything, it winds up being about nothing.”
That’s a bit of wisdom that Mad Men alum Dahvi Waller might have considered while creating Mrs. America. The...
That’s a bit of wisdom that Mad Men alum Dahvi Waller might have considered while creating Mrs. America. The...
- 4/13/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Mad Men‘s Matthew Weiner is getting (some) of the band back together: Christina Hendricks and John Slattery, who played lovers Joan Holloway Harris and Roger Sterling in Weiner’s acclaimed AMC drama, will be part of the cast of Amazon’s The Romanoffs, the streaming video service announced Friday.
In addition, Amanda Peet (Togetherness), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) will round out the cast of the anthology series.
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In addition, Amanda Peet (Togetherness), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) will round out the cast of the anthology series.
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- 8/4/2017
- TVLine.com
"What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons." With these tender words, Don Draper talked himself into the heart of his new client Rachel Mencken, and into TV history. The first episode of Mad Men aired 10 years ago today, on July 19th, 2007, introducing the world to a rogue's gallery of glamorously twisted con artists. Jon Hamm as Don, the Korean War deserter who steals a dead officer's dogtags and invents himself a new life as a Madison Avenue advertising genius. John Slattery as Roger Sterling,...
- 7/19/2017
- Rollingstone.com
If you ever wanted to watch Don Draper and Roger Sterling get inebriated and goof off in the office, well, you already did. It happened quite a bit, really. But if you wished their occasionally contentious relationship would have hemmed closer to the light-hearted buddy-buddy variety, and perhaps their ads were a little less sanctimonious, than you’ll find a lot to like about “Detroiters.”
It’s evident in tone and topics the Comedy Central series isn’t trying to be a funny version of “Mad Men,” but Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson’s new show about best friends and co-workers aiming to rebuild a fallen advertisement firm in Detroit does provide a fresh take on the modern lives of ad men — goofy, encouraging, and very funny ad men, as opposed to self-serious, heavy drinking ad men.
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It’s evident in tone and topics the Comedy Central series isn’t trying to be a funny version of “Mad Men,” but Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson’s new show about best friends and co-workers aiming to rebuild a fallen advertisement firm in Detroit does provide a fresh take on the modern lives of ad men — goofy, encouraging, and very funny ad men, as opposed to self-serious, heavy drinking ad men.
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- 2/7/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Danny Strong is recognizable from numerous noteworthy projects: Jonathan on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Paris’ paramour Doyle on Gilmore Girls, Albert Fekus on Justified, and Danny Siegel, the guy who punched Roger Sterling in the crotch on Mad Men. But all that time on camera also motivated his prolific pursuit of screenwriting: “I just write things because I spent so many years as an actor trying to get any job I could get,” he explains. “Literally anything to pay my bills and to get my health insurance. So when I started writing, I made a decision really early on: ‘I’m just going to do things I think are cool.’” His writing resumé now possibly surpasses his acting one, including his Emmy-award-winning Sarah Palin campaign movie Game Change, the also politically themed Recount, and two Hunger Games: Mockingjay movies. He also co-created Lee Daniels’ Empire, where he’s scripted and...
- 1/24/2017
- by Gwen Ihnat
- avclub.com
We've all had a boss or were a boss at some point in our lives. Some we love, some we hate but we remember them all.
In compiling this list, there were so many great options that we had to find a way to narrow them down. Thus, some qualifications were created --
The character had to be primarily known as a boss; Considerable time had to have been spent at their place of employment; and They had to exercise control over more than a few people who actually meant something to the show.
Remember, this list is just one person's perspective. There will be at least one boss that you love or hate that was not mentioned so please let us know in the comments!
For now, sit back, relax and enjoy 17 of the most memorable bosses in TV history!
1. Michael Scott, The Office As regional manager of Dundin Mifflin Paper Company,...
In compiling this list, there were so many great options that we had to find a way to narrow them down. Thus, some qualifications were created --
The character had to be primarily known as a boss; Considerable time had to have been spent at their place of employment; and They had to exercise control over more than a few people who actually meant something to the show.
Remember, this list is just one person's perspective. There will be at least one boss that you love or hate that was not mentioned so please let us know in the comments!
For now, sit back, relax and enjoy 17 of the most memorable bosses in TV history!
1. Michael Scott, The Office As regional manager of Dundin Mifflin Paper Company,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Tiffany Staton
- TVfanatic
In my early days on the beat, NBC had an ad campaign encouraging people to watch summer reruns, promising, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!" In the age of Peak TV, that slogan seems less cynical than accurate. The rise of streaming services have put the bulk of TV history only a click or two away, which means that people are constantly discovering The Wire, or Arrested Development, or Terriers (sigh) for the very first time. In lieu of a summer rewind this year, I wanted to offer up primers of shows you can stream, whether an older series available in full or something current you can catch up on before its next season begins. Last week, I did one of the former by extolling the virtues of the CW's musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and while I intend to get to some vintage stuff soon, I wanted...
- 7/14/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
The internet is reeling after reports surfaced from Mediaite saying presidential candidate Donald Trump sent money to an ad agency called Draper Sterling. For those who didn't watch Mad Men, the name is the same as advertising executives Donald Draper and Roger Sterling, who ran their own ad agency in the show. While it is funny that this money was going to a fictional company, I'd like to point out that the actual name of the company in the show was Scdp (Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce) and before that Sterling Cooper, and later, Sterling Cooper & Partners — at no point was it ever "Draper Sterling."
Still, the name was enough to bring curious eyes to the agency, which revealed $35,000 was shelled out to an address that, oddly enough, connects to a New Hampshire home. After much hubbub and jokes, it was revealed that Draper Sterling LLC is a registered business, although...
Still, the name was enough to bring curious eyes to the agency, which revealed $35,000 was shelled out to an address that, oddly enough, connects to a New Hampshire home. After much hubbub and jokes, it was revealed that Draper Sterling LLC is a registered business, although...
- 6/21/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
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