Yes, we're in season 7 now, and the only sad thing is that this amazing show will end with it. So I cherish each episode with you two, and the rest of the fans.
To be happy, Don needs to be productive. He needs to be creative on his own terms. And if I were playing Snog, marry, avoid, I'd snog Stan, marry Ken and avoid Pete
I think I'd switch Ken and Stan. I know Ken is more mature and steady, plus he's significantly prettier, but I think I would easily fall into a very boring routine with Ken. Stan is a bit more counter-culture(ish), it would work better.
Kevin mentioned the show starts in 1958/59, but it started in March 1960. Regarding Kenny's 'rough sexism' in the early episodes, that was mainly due to his character not being fully fleshed out. The pilot had some of Kenny's cringiest comments, and this was a pilot filmed almost a full year before the rest of season 1. I honestly think show creator Matt Weiner just needed a cardboard character to say some sexist drivel at new girl Peggy (episode 1's elevator scene comes to mind) and Ken was chosen to be that guy. Once the writers decided who Kenny was, he settled into being one of the more upstanding characters in the office. Don's suit is totally different than what he wore in season 1. It's still somewhat conservative (and has the same hair!) but look at the yellow grid pattern on his back at 12:31 and then the criss-cross stitching on his lapel and elsewhere. It's not loud like Pete Campbell but it's definitely not early 60's either. Looking forward to your thoughts on the rest of the season. Sad to see it end!
I feel like Ken did some questionable stuff with women up to, I think, season 3. The sense I got though was that he wasn't really ill intended he was just acting like he thought bachelors did and fully intended to "grow up" once he got married. And he did.
@@ThomasReeves-s7u Yeah he would often 'go with the crowd', especially when alcohol was involved. The tractor scene from "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" when he insists on finding out what color panties a woman was wearing was pretty bad, so yeah, Kenny still had some moments after season 1.
@@sebastianblack6506 That's the one I was thinking of. Oddly I think Helen Gurley Brown said that was a game she played with the guys in her office. (Then again I think part of her philosophy was that flirting with or outright bedding men, especially married men, was a valid way for women to gain empowerment.)
I love Freddy. Although I don't think we see his wife much I think he's the only one that had a successful marriage in a long-term way. (Ken hopefully will, but the show doesn't go long enough to judge.) I have no idea if this was intended but as a disabled person I sometimes wondered if his eye patch was intended as like a "karma" thing. Even when Ken became "good Ken" I recall being occasionally annoyed he would mock a guy with a stutter, be odd about a guy with a prosthetic, etc. But it might feel unfair if he got a comeuppance when he's mostly better than the rest.
From what I've been told, Ken (and his subsequent injuries) were symbolic of the injuries Americans were taking in the Vietnam War while rich fat cats (the Chevy executives) were both safe and largely responsible for those injuries.
So an hour-long show cut down to 27 minutes and the first 7 minutes is these idiots talking and it'll probably be the last 7 minutes too. I've never found anybody that cuts down shows as much as they do. And if there is anybody else that reviewed this show I would be watching it P.s. I would like to note this is an edit. When I am wrong. I admit it. At the end they talked for 9 minutes not 7
Just FYI, this edit was flagged for Copyright violation for showing too much of the show and needed to be reviewed and approved by the copyright owners. But thanks for hate-watching!
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 - Incredible that there are still people who do not understand that there are YT-copyright rules, and that reactors have to trim down. If they also dislike you talking about the show, then I wonder what they are doing watching reactors.
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 You guys missed a golden opportunity to name your channel "7 minutes of these idiots talking and probably the last 7 minutes too" but you can still print it on merch - I'd laugh watching your reactions drinking coffee from a mug with that on it
Yes, we're in season 7 now, and the only sad thing is that this amazing show will end with it.
So I cherish each episode with you two, and the rest of the fans.
Thank you so much! I am really not looking forward to this show ending, but will definitely do a re-watch binge before the end of the summer.
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 - A "re-watch binge" ... Yes !!!
To be happy, Don needs to be productive. He needs to be creative on his own terms. And if I were playing Snog, marry, avoid, I'd snog Stan, marry Ken and avoid Pete
Snog Stan, Marry Ken, and avoid Pete is definitely the correct lineup.
I think I'd switch Ken and Stan. I know Ken is more mature and steady, plus he's significantly prettier, but I think I would easily fall into a very boring routine with Ken. Stan is a bit more counter-culture(ish), it would work better.
Worst part about this show is that it ended. I would’ve watched 13 more seasons.
I don't consider it a spoiler to say that they split Season 7 into two segments. Part A takes place in the first half of 1969.
Kevin mentioned the show starts in 1958/59, but it started in March 1960.
Regarding Kenny's 'rough sexism' in the early episodes, that was mainly due to his character not being fully fleshed out. The pilot had some of Kenny's cringiest comments, and this was a pilot filmed almost a full year before the rest of season 1. I honestly think show creator Matt Weiner just needed a cardboard character to say some sexist drivel at new girl Peggy (episode 1's elevator scene comes to mind) and Ken was chosen to be that guy. Once the writers decided who Kenny was, he settled into being one of the more upstanding characters in the office.
Don's suit is totally different than what he wore in season 1. It's still somewhat conservative (and has the same hair!) but look at the yellow grid pattern on his back at 12:31 and then the criss-cross stitching on his lapel and elsewhere. It's not loud like Pete Campbell but it's definitely not early 60's either.
Looking forward to your thoughts on the rest of the season. Sad to see it end!
I feel like Ken did some questionable stuff with women up to, I think, season 3. The sense I got though was that he wasn't really ill intended he was just acting like he thought bachelors did and fully intended to "grow up" once he got married. And he did.
@@ThomasReeves-s7u Yeah he would often 'go with the crowd', especially when alcohol was involved. The tractor scene from "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" when he insists on finding out what color panties a woman was wearing was pretty bad, so yeah, Kenny still had some moments after season 1.
@@sebastianblack6506 That's the one I was thinking of. Oddly I think Helen Gurley Brown said that was a game she played with the guys in her office. (Then again I think part of her philosophy was that flirting with or outright bedding men, especially married men, was a valid way for women to gain empowerment.)
Get ready for a ride!
They have really set up a compelling final season.
I love Freddy. Although I don't think we see his wife much I think he's the only one that had a successful marriage in a long-term way. (Ken hopefully will, but the show doesn't go long enough to judge.)
I have no idea if this was intended but as a disabled person I sometimes wondered if his eye patch was intended as like a "karma" thing. Even when Ken became "good Ken" I recall being occasionally annoyed he would mock a guy with a stutter, be odd about a guy with a prosthetic, etc. But it might feel unfair if he got a comeuppance when he's mostly better than the rest.
From what I've been told, Ken (and his subsequent injuries) were symbolic of the injuries Americans were taking in the Vietnam War while rich fat cats (the Chevy executives) were both safe and largely responsible for those injuries.
So an hour-long show cut down to 27 minutes and the first 7 minutes is these idiots talking and it'll probably be the last 7 minutes too. I've never found anybody that cuts down shows as much as they do. And if there is anybody else that reviewed this show I would be watching it
P.s. I would like to note this is an edit. When I am wrong. I admit it. At the end they talked for 9 minutes not 7
Just FYI, this edit was flagged for Copyright violation for showing too much of the show and needed to be reviewed and approved by the copyright owners. But thanks for hate-watching!
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 - Incredible that there are still people who do not understand that there are YT-copyright rules, and that reactors have to trim down. If they also dislike you talking about the show, then I wonder what they are doing watching reactors.
Really curious about that last part as well. Why watch?
People still complaining about you tube edits in 2024? 😂
@@watchthiswithjoeandkevin6 You guys missed a golden opportunity to name your channel "7 minutes of these idiots talking and probably the last 7 minutes too" but you can still print it on merch - I'd laugh watching your reactions drinking coffee from a mug with that on it