Another big cultural moment for the '64 season: Cassius Clay. We just ran into Floyd Patterson in the gambling joint with a brief scene about whether he's about to lose the heavyweight title; in about a month and a half, he's going to lose the title to Sonny Liston in the first round.

Liston meets Clay in February of 1964, so if it's true that we'll keep seeing every other year for more-or-less the calendar year, I'm calling it now. (And I can even guess who's going to win the big fight).

Oooh, was I was watching that scene, I thought to myself, I wish I knew boxing history better because this could be significant later. Thanks for the mini-lesson.

I'll admit that I had to turn to wikipedia for the exact dates -- but, yeah, Clay is just the kind of 1964 cultural moment we were talking about, and, of course, set to be an even bigger deal later in the 1960s.

Well then, thanks for doing the Wikipedia work that I intended to do, but forgot. Clay came to my mind in that moment as well.

MI-5 series 6 is coming out on dvd on January 20th.

(BTW, did you guys hear that MI-6 is recruiting via facebook? I think I heard that on the Rachel Maddow show.)

Just saw the latest Mad Men (instead of the debate). Nothing new to add, but I love this show.

Oh, crap. The creepy kid is back.

yeah, no shit. I hope we don't see him again until he is fully adult.

Me neither.

Oddball episode for me. All about the isolation of everyone. Or maybe about the different facades. Can't decide.

Was that the same actress playing Glen's mom?

Was that the same actress playing Glen's mom?

She looked different, didn't she? I thought it was just the hair and makeup, but now I'm not sure.

Poor ol' Glenn. He's just going to come back creepier every two years and be a full on psycho menace stalker-rapist by 1968.