[MAD MEN] 407: The Suitcase, with Dave Manheim

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The episode discusses Mad Men season four episode seven, 'The Suitcase,' featuring guest Dave Manheim.

That’s What the Podcast’s For You give us money, and we make podcasts for you. That’s the job. We have another banger for you this week. Dave Manheim of Dopey Podcast returns to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season four episode seven, “The Suitcase.” Is this the best episode of Mad Men ? There’s certainly a lot to unpack. Get it? Suitcase? Unpack? Whatever, that joke is at least as funny as Peggy’s idea for a Samsonite ad. Mad Men would literally rather work all night (and drink a whole bottle of Canadian Club) than go to therapy, so instead of talking to someone about the grief he’s feeling about his dying California cool girl wife, Anna, Don makes Peggy stay late to keep working the Samsonite ad with him. He ruins Peggy’s birthday surprise in the process, and he never even says thank you, but as he notes, that is what the money's for. That could be a whole episode right there, but there’s also a Liston vs. Ali fight, Roger making fun of recovering alcoholics, Ida Blankenship saying racist stuff, drunk Duck Phillips trying to poach Peggy, and full on fisticuffs between Don and Duck. Who wins? The guy who killed seventeen men in Okinawa, that’s who. Does Don not know how…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Vince

Guest: Dave Manheim

Topics covered

• Mad Men
• The Suitcase
• television analysis
• character dynamics
• grief and work
• advertising
• pop culture

Keywords

• Mad Men
• The Suitcase
• Dave Manheim
• Peggy
• Don
• advertising
• Liston vs. Ali
• character analysis
• television podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mad Men, The Suitcase

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