Mad Men S4 Episode 8:
The Summer Man

 
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Podcast Show Summary: Mad Men Season 4, Episode 8: The Summer Man
Don Draper is trying to start fresh - he's drinking less, he's going to the pool, and Betty loses her cool when she sees him on a date with Bethany. Peggy's response to Joey's rude drawing doesn't satisfy Joan, and Henry wants Don's stuff out of the garage. Have terrible luck entertaining? Re-watch with us!

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S4-E8:
Don Draper

This man is on a path to being healthy, and getting all the satisfaction

Sterling Script Lines - S4: Episode 8

1) Don, in voiceover: God, I was lazy. I should have finished high school. Everything could have been different.

2) Miss Blankenship: She said you can't have the kids this weekend. It's Bobby's birthday party.
Don: It's Gene's birthday.
Miss Blankenship: Did you want me to buy him or her a gift?

3) Ken, about Mountain Dew and the bottlers: They don't like witches brewing things, or the occult in general.

4) Joey: There's a Joan at every company. My mother was a Joan, always telling people what to do.
Peggy: She's not your mother, and she and Lane basically run this place.

5) Bethany: My goodness. What was that?
Don: That was my ex-wife and her husband and some slob who's about to have the worst dinner of his life.

6) Faye, on the phone: I want my key back, and I don't want you complaining that I don't cook, because I don't cook. You know what, David? Go shit in the ocean!

7) Peggy, to the creative team: You need three ingredients for a cocktail. Vodka and Mountain Dew is an emergency.

8) Joan, to Joey, Danny, and Stan: I can't wait until next year when all of you are in Vietnam. You'll be pining for the day when someone was trying to make your life easier. When you're over there, and you're in the jungle, and they're shooting at you, and you're dying, remember you're not dying for me because I never liked you.

9) Betty: Oh, he's living the life, I can tell you. He doesn't get to have this family and that.
Francine, chopping celery: Oh, Betty. You have terrible luck with entertaining.

10) Joan, to Peggy: All you've done is proved to them that I'm just another meaningless secretary and you're a humorless bitch. Have a nice weekend.

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Brands & Companies in this episode of Mad Men - The Summer Man

Fillmore Auto Parts
Mountain Dew

Sugarberry Ham
Vick Chemical

Cultural References mentioned in this episode of Mad Men - The Summer Man

Aesop's fable - the wind and the sun
Ray Charles - about Miss Blankenship

Margaret Mead - about the vending machine
The Odd Couple - Felix & Oscar - Don 
Peyton Place - Harry talking about LA
Nelson Rockefeller & John Lindsay - campaign
Vietnam - U.S. involvement

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