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Mad Men season 3 DVD: Great episodes, so-so bonus features

Short column today, reviewing the "Mad Men" season 3 DVD set, in which the abundance of great bonus features on the first couple of sets starts to catch up with the people responsible for putting this one together. Still, great episodes, and nice (unlike some other recent sets

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Mad Men: Matt Weiner speaks

So it turns out one perservering reporter was able to get "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner on the phone yesterday. Weiner talked to Jace Lacob about the events of the season three finale, and while he (as you'd expect) gave few hints about season four, he

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Mad Men, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat": We're putting the band back together

Spoilers for the "Mad Men" season three finale coming up just as soon as I have the carpets cleaned... "How long do you think it'll take us to be in a place like this again?" -Roger "I never saw myself working in a

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Mad Men, "The Grown-Ups": Watching too much television

Spoilers for the penultimate episode of "Mad Men" season three coming up just as soon as I take you to see "Singin' in the Rain"... "The Kennedy assassination is very well-trod territory, and I just don't see myself adding (anything) new to

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Mad Men, "The Gypsy and the Hobo": The conversation

Particularly long spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I alphabetize the secretaries... "Open this drawer." -Betty Damn. Damn. Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn. Damn. Back in the days before comic book fanboys got a little too obsessed

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Mad Men, "The Color Blue": I can see clearly now

Spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as you tell me if my speech was Churchill-rousing or Hitler-rousing... "The truth is, people may see things differently, but they don't really want to." -Don I always like to pick a

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Mad Men, "Wee Small Hours": His master's voice

Spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I say "fresh towels" in Farsi... "'I want what I want when I want it.' And you don't care what it does to the rest of us -

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Mad Men, "Souvenir": La dolce vita

Spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I shoot a water balloon across the office... "Of course. This never happened." -Joan Joan's sentiment will be later echoed by Pete in his conversation with poor Gudrun the au pair,

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Mad Men, "Seven Twenty Three": Looking at the sun burned my eyes out, now I'm blind

Spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I spend time with my family reading the Bible... "Let me explain something to you about business, since as usual, you're turning this into something about yourself: No contract means I have

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Mad Men, "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency": Today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean ride

Spoilers for tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I never play golf again... "What are you afraid of?" -Don "Afraid of what's going to happen when you turn off the lights." -Sally "He might lose his

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Mad Men, "The Fog": Waiting for my real life to begin

Spoilers for "Mad Men" season 3, episode 5, "The Fog," coming up just as soon as I steal a credenza... "You have everything... and so much of it." -Peggy I've been getting a sense from some critics and "Mad Men"

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Mad Men, "The Arrangements": Teach your children well

Spoilers for "Mad Men" season three, episode four coming up just as soon as I get a prescription for unguents and salves... "If you'd even known what was possible..." -Gene There's a question most parents will ask themselves a thousand times before