History Series / MadMen

** Also, Season 5 opens with African-American protestors getting doused with paper bag water bombs by employees of one of SCDP's competitors, who then march upstairs to complain and catch the pranksters red handed. The scene ends with a protestor remarking "And they call ''us'' savages!" Several critics chided the scene, claiming it was ham-handed, especially the final line... only for it to be revealed that that event actually happened exactly how it was depicted, including the infamous line. Most of the critics who initially criticized the scene stuck to their guns, however, saying that the scene wasstill ham-handed even if it was true.

** The incident where Y&R ad men pelt civil rights protestors with water balloons is based on [[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2012/mad_men_season_5/week_1/mad_men_premiere_the_generational_divide_gets_deeper_.html a real incident]].

'''Jimmy Barrett:''' What "people?" You mean comedians?

** In "A Little Kiss" Don sends his kids off to their mom's house with "Say hi to [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Morticia and Gomez]] for me.

** One episode revolved all around wooing Heineken, and when Don and Betty are having The Sterlings over for dinner, Don points out Betty's choice of beers: a box filled with Heineken bottles... with a logo that was not introduced until 1968, on a type of bottle designed in the 1980s. In 1963, the bottles would have been brown, and the Heineken logo was a red star on a yellow background.

* SlutShaming: The men are free to romp, so long as they're discreet, and other men don't particularly care, but if a woman steps toe over the line, she's torn apart. Peggy Olson gets it particularly bad from her family and her priest, for having a baby out of wedlock.

** Margaret Sterling hates Jane, who is only two years older then her. Although, considering Jane's onslaught of unwanted showy gifts and borderline-creepy marriage advice, delivered to Margaret ''right before her own wedding'', you can kind of see her point.

** Roger seems to drink whatever's handy, but ever since he got his super-modern office in Season 4, it seems that there's always a bottle of Smirnoff around. Although as a clear liquor it does with the white/black/clear decor...ProductPlacement, anyone?

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Harry thinks that Roger called him into his office to fire him. Roger is actually trying to convince Harry to swap offices with Pete and assume that Harry already knows about his intent.

* ZettaiRyouiki: The fifth season begins in the middle of 1966, when the miniskirt was starting to get popular. Don's new wife Megan is wearing the shortest skirt seen on the show at his surprise birthday party and several female guests, including Ken Cosgrove's wife are wearing dresses with hemlines way above the knee.

* Megan Calvet, now starting with season 5, the new Mrs. Draper. A slight inversion in that she wants to work in advertising just like Don.

* RightBehindMe: Harry makes sexist comments about Megan to Stan. Megan eventually walks in on them, and Stan, like any good {{Jerkass}} declines to warn Harry until it is far too late.
** To be fair, he did say, "She's right behind you" as soon as she appeared, but Harry didn't believe him. He then had no qualms about goading Harry into [[DiggingHimselfDeeper Digging Himself Deeper.]]

** To be fair, he did say, "She's right behind you" as soon as she appeared, but Harry didn't believe him. He then cheerfully goaded Harry into [[DiggingHimselfDeeper Digging Himself Deeper.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Roger sneaks a peak at Pete's calendar so he can go to meeting between Pete and his clients and steal Pete's thunder. When Pete figures it out, he makes a fake appointment on his calendar for very early in the morning.

* TheOtherDarrin: Three different child actors have played Don's son Bobby. As of the airing of season five it will have been four.

This American series involves an advertising firm on Madison Avenue, NewYorkCity, during the 1960s. The show explores the changing American landscape through the eyes of the Sterling-Cooper Ad Agency and the world of advertising at the dawn of [[TheSixties the decade]] that would change America forever.