I mentioned in my review of the first Mad Men episode that the show makes me want to start smoking and drinking a lot. Now I have another reason to take up smoking (or should I say return as I did smoke for one summer as a teen): I got the two new collectible lighters yesterday.
They're both pretty damn cool and look a lot like the limited edition, lighter-shaped DVD set for the first season of the show. The limited edition lighter features the full Mad Men logo (the title and the back of the man's head and arm) and is numbered (only 1000 were made). It comes in a nice black case. The regular lighter is metal and features the Mad Men title (without the pic of the man) on the bottom of the front.
AMC is spending $25 million to promote the second season of the show (commercials, print ads, promotional products, tie-ins, etc), which premieres on July 27, and I'm all for spending that kind of money if it gets me cool collectibles like this. Now I have to go get a few cartons of Lucky Strikes and a couple of really nice suits. (Check back on July 21 as we'll be giving away some Mad Men goodies like the DVDs and one of these lighters, so you can start smoking too.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-03-2008 @ 1:57PM
Chris Shifty said...
Don't forget getting a mistress!
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7-03-2008 @ 2:44PM
Carissa said...
For some reason I never watched this and Blockbuster didn't send me them this week even though they are available and in my top four spots. Dammit.
Does AMC have any plans on promoting Season Two by replaying Season One? I am so mad (HA!) that I didn't watch, but can't afford to buy the DVDs right now.
Anyone know?
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7-03-2008 @ 8:44PM
Chris Shifty said...
AMC is having a season one marathon on Sunday July 20 starting at 12 PM EST.
Also, there now is a 1962 Quiz on the website so now we know what year season two takes place in. I was hoping they would do one episode with the Kennedy assassination in '63 but if they go every two years between seasons they may only have a scene about RFK in '68 later in the series.
7-03-2008 @ 2:53PM
ProgGrrl said...
Yeah, that whole I-don't-smoke thing stopped me from getting one of these super shiny lighters.
But I do have a new bottle of scotch, and some lovely red lipstick, at the ready for July 27.
Maybe they should have also considered a MAD MEN cocktail shaker.
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7-03-2008 @ 2:54PM
Bob Sassone said...
Carissa,
You can watch the first episode at amctv.com.
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7-03-2008 @ 9:23PM
StillBash said...
Bob, this post is as if you were Lucy putting down the football, holding it for me, Charlie Brown.
We both know I could kick this sucker of a post with a comment so scathing that it would hurt until next friday but then we know that you are the one who controls the ball.
So I'll go with "There are so many other things you can do with a lighter than start smoking". That's the most civil thing I could come up with.
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7-04-2008 @ 10:05AM
Franklin said...
Yeah, of course he was serious about the smoking. Good thing you straightened him out. Get much sarcasm there in Germany?
7-03-2008 @ 10:48PM
Deborah Lipp said...
Carissa, there's going to be marathon of all of season 1 on AMC on July 20, starting at noon Eastern.
Bob, you totally asked for a Mad Men lighter for Festivus. I linked to it. Twice. What number did you get? Mine is 15/1000 and I don't smoke either. But it's so shiny.
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7-05-2008 @ 11:45PM
Kurifurisan said...
For people who have Comcast and On Demand Service, under the AMC channel guide, Season One is available until August.
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