Mad News, October 9-14, 2008

Basketcase jw found this amazing article on the typography of Mad Men, finding very small errors in detail which, for an expert on fonts, must be maddening. Author Mark Simonson also addresses the age of props and some other details. Fascinating! Basketcase and committed Slatteryophile Shelly let us know that John Slattery is campaigning door-to-door for Barack Obama in Virginia. Bryan Batt had an appearance on the Martha Stewart Show October 10. AMC has a Q&A with prop master Gay Perello , and this prompted Basketcase Brenda Starlet to find Don’s watch ( the Reverso ). Basketcase Karl sent us the Page Six cover with Christina Hendricks (Joan)! (Okay, just a link, we’d prefer the real cover, and then we’d save it forever.) Here’s the whole article. MSN lists Matthew Weiner as one of 10 Guys Who Are Bringing Back Cool. NJ.com has an absolutely great interview with Elisabeth Moss. I can hardly decide what to exc...