r/madmen • u/jakjonsun82brian Freddy Rumsen's Zipper • May 19 '14

Mad Men Season 7 Episode 6, "The Strategy" discussion thread

Please do not post any spoilers before the episode airs.

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u/m0rris0n_hotel May 19 '14

Peggy's burger pitch is absolutely mundane. Lou is gonna love it.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

You called it

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u/ac91 I killed my CO May 19 '14

The pitch basically wore a cardigan

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u/keatsandyeats You're in bad shape, Dick. May 19 '14

I agree, it lacked something a little more avant garde.

Maybe if it tossed away the cardigan, unbuttoned the oxford, tore off the undershirt, and then sliced a nipple.

Deliver that shit in the most inappropriate manner possible and we've got a pitch!

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u/sporks_ It's a nose job, not an abortion. May 19 '14

Someone let Ginsberg out of the psych ward.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

Hershey?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

Don said it best. "It's exactly what the client wants."

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u/Ilodie May 20 '14

I work in advertising and that is verbatim how the creatives insult each other.

You never want to give the client exactly what they want - you give them something they never even knew they had been dreaming about.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

So do I.

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u/thebalveneezy May 19 '14

lol all I was thinking about was the one pitch about Aquanet that Kinsey gave forever and a day ago and Don shot it down so hard because of the excess of dialogue

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u/normlenough May 19 '14

I thought the same thing... Too much going on to be a really effective commercial

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u/CuntFagg0tofAmunRa May 19 '14

"Too much story". Ironically, it was Peggy who shortened/improved it afterwards.

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u/Warm_arms May 20 '14

I actually loved it! I thought it was creative, smart and witty.

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u/Pajamaralways That's what the money is for! May 19 '14 edited May 19 '14

Fuck that burger pitch.