"Mad Men" Has a Famous Fan in President Obama
Jon Hamm as Don Draper on "Mad Men" and President Obama
/ AMC/APThe president wrote to creator Matt Weiner to tell him he enjoyed the third season and to congratulate him on his award-winning show.
"He was congratulating me on my and the show's success, and I wanted to say, 'But wait, you're the successful person,'" Weiner told Fox News on Tuesday.
The letter hangs in the hallway outside Weiner's office, according to the report.
This isn't the first time the president has shown his interest in the goings-on at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. A 2008 profile in the New York Times magazine notes that he had a "Mad Men" DVD sitting on a side table on his campaign plane.
Last week, "Mad Men" received its third Emmy nomination for outstanding drama series (the show took won the award in both 2008 and 2009), along with individual acting nominations for stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks and Robert Morse. The show has also won three Golden Globes for best drama series (2008-2010).
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- Wow, reading the articles here on CBS is like reading a story from Disney. The great odumbo. And nice CBS makes him. Its sure obvious that CBS bows and worship and adore President odumbo him. The can put a wonderful spin on him I wonder what he promised them. Did not realize how much news CBS doesn?t give till one of my friends ask me to check out Fox.com. Think I will go back.
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- notparicular: Our Founding Fathers (God rest their amazing souls) were geniuses - they were Freemasons whose intelligence is way beyond what most average, idiot Americans can comprehend - while Obummer is comparable to Britney Spears.
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- Doesn't surprise me. That show is a very devilish and lacks any solid values and morals. Can you imagine our Founding Fathers would have to say about it!
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- Our founding fathers were more crazy. Their sense of values would surprise today's conservatives. Read, and learn.
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- Doesn't surprise me. That show is a very devilish and lacks any solid values and morals. Can you imagine our Founding Fathers would have to say about it!
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- Only a mad man could be a fan of President Obama.
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- He enjoys Golf, vacations, watching TV show... How about doing something to fix everything like he promised during the election speeches ?
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- Yes - And he can fix everything by himself in a little over a year and a half right? I mean, who needs Republican collaboration who prevent the winner's attempt to fix the crap left by, you know, your freedom and liberty representatives that pushed corporate and finance deregulation with a lock-step republican congress (thanks Phil Gramm) followed by 8 years republican administration (1st 6 congressional majority) - all for the good of the nation (or more their RNC financeers). Your brilliant...
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- alike you never take a day off, go on vacation, yap on your phone or watch your idiot box. Obama has accomplished more than fools like you ever will.
