I just like imagining that people have been saying to Matt Weiner for seven years that if you get Robert Morse, you have to give him a song and dance number, and all of a sudden, Weiner realizes he's almost blown it.

I mean: [link]

Love reading this from Robert Morse on filming his soft shoe number with Jon Hamm:

When we filmed it I had to sing to him, obviously. He stood there for seven hours while we did the song over and over again. He was so helpful. He’d put his finger up and go, “Great. That was a great take. You’re doing so well.” He was so enthusiastic. Lovely, lovely man. I cannot tell you how it helped that Jon Hamm was there when I sang the song. Many people in shows that are stars might not have shown up for that. They would have sent an extra. He was there for me. He was there for the show. He was there for himself.

Huh, that's true, Don's never in the same shot, so he wouldn't be required to be there. Aw, Jon Hamm.

Her 5% is worth 5 million, 1.25 million of it up front on signing.

No, it's just worth $1.25 million. That is literally what Don said. She gets it over 5 years.

And of course you can find out how much everyone makes in 2014 dollars.

Y'all. Fargo. It's really good.

Maybe I misheard, but I would swear he said 5% us worth five million dollars, a quarter of it up front. I'll replay tonight. Not a big surprise if I misheard.

Fargo IS so good, -t. SO GOOD.

No, it's just worth $1.25 million. That is literally what Don said. She gets it over 5 years.

We were both wrong. Rodger (not Don) gave the example of 5% being worth 1.5 million. My error was a large multiple of yours, but we were both wrong. And while it is paid over five years (implied by the five year contracts) 1 quarter of that is up front upon signing.

This is a great example of why eyewitness testimony is so unreliably. What if we were discussing real life events, with no instant replay available, and it was something traumatic, like a robbery (to stay away from recent real life traumatic events)? How many more honest errors would both of us make?

My 92 year old Mom caught up on Mad Men. She loved the song-and-dance at the end, especially since she remembers Robert Morse from his long career. But then her realism kicked in and she asked "So the last seven episodes in 2015 will be Don Draper dealing with his brain tumor?"

hilarious.