There is a very brief close-up in Season 1, Episode 1 of Mad Men of a calendar dated March 1960 which is my birth month/year (linkage). I am connascent with the storyline of this TV show. Connascent was my response to a word challenge posed by amba over here and is supposed to convey the notion of "being born at the same time" in a historical sense.
Most of the characters in Mad Men already have quite a few years on them in 1960. That explains why I haven't found anyone to identify with yet. I mean, some of the characters remotely resemble some of the grownup people I recall from back then. But growing up in the backwater of Madison and semi-rural Wisconsin is a far cry from Manhattan. Maybe I should start looking at some of the kids (i.e., baby Gene) for self identity. Maybe I should give it up. My recollections of 1965 are being around lots and lots of other kids. I'm not getting that feeling from Mad Men.
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Crap I just noticed that somehow a little advertisement slipped into that little clip I posted. It still jumps to where I wanted it too though.
ReplyDeleteI'm still looking for a screen grab still of that calendar in Season 1 Episode 1.
That explains why I haven't found anyone to identify with yet.
ReplyDeleteI bet if they had a chemist on there you wouldn't have a problem!
I identify with Peggy.
I bet if they had a chemist on there you wouldn't have a problem!
ReplyDeleteHey maybe they'll write in an Owsley type charachter just for me.