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Mad Men

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns! A guide to the historical settings of Amazon’s award-winning show

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Bowery Boys 3390 Views 0 Comments Mad Men, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The following article provides no specific plot spoilers but does point out a few locations that will be visited on

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Mad Men 

Timeless: How ‘Mad Men’ changed history on television

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 2756 Views 3 Comments classic television, Mad Men

In 1972 the Robert Altman film M*A*S*H was turned into a weekly half-hour situation comedy series. In retrospect I’m stunned

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Mad Men 

This Is The End: ‘Mad Men’ at the Museum of the Moving Image

March 25, 2015May 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 2397 Views 1 Comment Astoria, classic television, Mad Men, Museum of the Moving Image

Mad Men begins its final season on AMC next Sunday, April 5th. If you live in New York, this has

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Pop Culture 

The history of NYC in eight pop culture moments from 2014

December 30, 2014January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1671 Views 0 Comments current film, Mad Men, Pop Culture, The Knick, Turn, TV

In our 2014 Year In Review podcast, we didn’t have much time to talk about notable pop cultural events that

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Bowery Boys 

History on television: new Boardwalk Empire, Copper petition, PLUS: Bowery Boys improvements on the way!

October 7, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 10780 Views 1 Comment Boardwalk Empire, Copper, Mad Men, Masters of Sex, television

Frank and Al Capone, with Nelson Van Alden (played by Michael Shannon), at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, although

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Mad Men Pop Culture 

‘Mad Men’ ends this Sunday, and ‘Copper’ begins, but war and assassinations unite both

June 21, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1110 Views 1 Comment Copper, Five Points, Mad Men

WARNING The article contains a couple light spoilers about the current season ‘Mad Men’ on AMC and a few on

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Mad Men 

In Central Park, heated reactions to the assassination of Martin Luther King, while business booms at movie theaters

April 29, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 3088 Views 1 Comment Central Park, John Lindsay, Mad Men, Martin Luther King Jr., riots, WBAI

WARNING The article contains a couple light spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC.  If you’re a fan of

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Friday Night Fever 

Recollections of the Electric Circus: “If you remembered much of what happened, you weren’t really there.”

April 22, 2013June 13, 2019 Bowery Boys 6450 Views 15 Comments Andy Warhol, Electric Circus, Friday Night Fever, gentrification, Mad Men, St. Mark's Place

The interior of the Electric Circus on St. Mark’s Place. Pic courtesy Christian Montone/flickr WARNING The article contains a couple

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Mad Men 

‘Mad Men’ notes: New York City on January 31, 1968

April 15, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 1883 Views 1 Comment Hair, Mad Men, Madison Square Garden, Penn Station

A press photo from Hair, the hottest show in town in early 1968, photographer Kenn DuncanWARNING The article contains a

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Mad Men 

Odds and ends: Mad Men, NY Observer and great books!

April 4, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 1097 Views 0 Comments Mad Men, New York Observer, press

Drinks with the Drapers: we may see the end of 1967 in the opening episode. (courtesy AMC)‘Mad Men’ Season 6

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City of debauchery: New York history and Sunday night TV

October 2, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 860 Views 0 Comments Boardwalk Empire, Copper, Mad Men

Party at Pompadou’s Bordello: Cocktails and carousing on ‘Copper’ Courtesy BBC America My first ever column for the Huffington Post

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Mad Men 

‘Mad Men’ notes: New York City and electroshock therapy

June 15, 2012May 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 3394 Views 0 Comments Mad Men, mental health, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Riverside Drive

Modern Mechanix celebrates an exciting new use for electricity! (Courtesy the great Modern Mechanix blog) WARNING The article contains a

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Mad Men 

‘Mad Men’ notes: The 1960s enlightenment of New York’s natural history museum leaves taxidermy in the past

June 4, 2012May 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 1615 Views 1 Comment American Museum of Natural History, Mad Men, theodore roosevelt

WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC. If you’re a fan of the

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Mad Men 

‘Mad Men’ notes: Hare Krishna blossoms in the East Village

May 21, 2012May 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 2271 Views 1 Comment East Village, Mad Men, religion, Tompkins Square Park

Prabhupada in his early days in New York (Courtesy the Hare Krishna Movement blog) WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers

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Mad Men 

‘Mad Men’ notes: Between Julia Child and Weight Watchers

May 14, 2012May 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 1533 Views 1 Comment Julia Child, Mad Men, Madison Square Garden, Queens

WARNING The article contains a couple spoilers about last night’s ‘Mad Men’ on AMC. If you’re a fan of the

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