During last Sunday’s second-season premiere of AMC’s hit series Mad Men, most of the ad men and their families spent Valentine’s Day, 1962 watching a black-and-white TV special: A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, during which Jackie led CBS correspondent Charles Collingswood through the mansion, dissecting the decor and designs of all the special rooms. A bit of research reveals that the White House special actually did air the evening of February 14, 1962 on all three broadcast networks. (How’s that for driving home the show’s exhaustive attention to detail?) And actually, three out of every four television viewers tuned in to glimpse the Kennedys’ version of Camelot. Now, the folks over at AMC are streaming the entire hour-long spot on amctv.com just for fun. And let me tell you, it’s lots of throwback-y fun. If you think Mad Men transports you, then click here and give this real period piece a whirl.
'Mad Men' makes us nostalgic for the days of Jackie O
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Who is “Jacqueline Onassis?”
watching Mad Men always makes me want to smoke cigarettes, wear big poufy skirts and have an affair while drinking an “Old Fashioned” I heart Don Draper.
Is anyone else as blown away by Mad Men as I am? I love this series! The 60’s have never been presented better, with the rawness and real sense of racism and sexism that were so prevalent in our culture at the time. Yet, the show keeps hinting that things will only continue to change, even as the characters prove unwilling to shift their paradigms to the changing realities of the time.
I always wondered why people found Jackie O to be a hottie. Now I’m starting to get it…
Nostalgic for the days when white people didn’t have to worry about that whole “black people” thing and everything was Leave it Beaver perfect.
Sure you don’t want to add to that list? Some Asians or Latinos maybe? Come on, it can’t only be “black people.”
I just started watching the show (I know, I know) and I love the attention to detail. I agree with everything you said, Ep Sato.
This was the first time I’ve heard a recording of her voice – I was not expecting it to be so babydoll-breathy sounding. Wonder if JFK liked that characteristic in his women, i.e. Marilyn Monroe and whoever else?
Uh, the CBS correspondent who toured the White House with Mrs. Kennedy was the great Charles COLLINGWOOD. But you were close!