I may not have cable, but seeing Jon Hamm on SNL this weekend was all the reminder I needed that I LOVE MAD MEN! The Mad Men skit they did on SNL featured the wonderful Elizabeth Moss and John Slattery and I was very close to downloading all of Season 2 off of I-Tunes (I didn’t though because I think it is too beautiful a show to watch on my laptop).

It seems I am not alone (duh! the show is super critically acclaimed), there is a great little piece on NPR today from Jake Halpern in which he talks about why he too loves Mad Men. The most telling quote from his story sums up many of my feelings:

And ultimately the show does what art is supposed to do it illuminates it sheds light on what a time and a place might have felt like and why,

takepart to listen to the entire piece and watch Mad Men to support good art! And watch the hilarious SNL skit below:

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* photo from srqpix’s Flickr account (Creative Commons)