LUST IS BACK ... STYLE IS BACK... 'MAD MEN' IS BACK (TRAILERS)

Anyone tuning into "The Walking Dead" on Sunday night was in for a treat because AMC showed a brand new crop of trailers for the fifth season of their flagship show "Mad Men."

It's pretty much a clip reel of what we've already seen in four seasons, but still cool, nonetheless. We're salivating. The show returns Sunday, March 25.

And the taglines? Doesn't get any more to the point:

STYLE IS BACK

CONFIDENCE IS BACK

DEBAUCHERY IS BACK

LUST IS BACK

ACTION IS BACK

DON IS BACK

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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 11

Meet Sammy Davis, Jr... Pitchman extraordinaire.

Whiskey production in Japan began around 1870, but the first commercial production was in 1924 upon the opening of the country's first distillery, Yamazaki. Broadly speaking, the style of Japanese whisky is more akin to that of Scotch than Irish whiskey. and thus the spelling typically follows the Scottish convention (omitting the letter "e").

There are several companies producing the stuff in Japan with the most well known being Suntory and Nikka. Both produce blended as well as single malt whiskies.

Enjoy this fab spot of Sammy doing his thing for the Suntory hooch.



Also enjoy these other cool Sammy Davis, Jr. commercials:









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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 10

Nothing like two creepy pervs on a park bench looking for some hot upskirt action...



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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 9

C'mon fellas, it's New Year's Eve. Get your mextrosexual on... circa 1978.



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MAD MEN MOMENTS (THE CHRISTMAS EDITION)

These vintage Christmas ads are just simply hilarious and certainly proof positive that things have certainly changed in the country since the golden age of advertising. As always click each pic to enlarge.

1) Nothing says stocking stuffer for dear old dad like a Zippo... "G'head kids... Burn that house down. Just be sure to have fun!"


2) She really cares about her home and you really care about her... The perfect gift? A Hoover of course!



3) Do you love your man? Splurge and give him a dozen boxes of Luckies! Hopefully, he'll be alive for next Christmas when you can give him an iron lung.


4) A woman never forgets a man who remembers... Do you want all of your mistresses to love you? Invite them all over for the holidays and drop some candy on them. They'll be tickled pink!


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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 8

It was 1952 and yup, Santa Claus was able to get away with peddling cigarettes.

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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 7

This one is just priceless with a capital P. Nothing sells cigarettes like two beloved cartoon characters watching their wives do all the yardwork...



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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 6

This one is simply hilarious. I must admit that in this crapified age of political correctness in most forms of mass media, I'm shocked this one made it past the pitch stage because it's pure gold. Although, I'm not exactly sure how it's selling soy milk... Nonetheless - genius.



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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 5

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Where to begin...

I guess I can buy into the fact that the couple wanted to leave their swingin' cocktail party. But what I'm wondering about in this odd formal wear ad is why they felt the need to swing by the 7-11 for a newspaper, loaf of bread, carton of milk and an orange? And what sense does 'Why have a party when you can just have a ball' make? Is it me?

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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 4

Nothing sells coffee like a tired dad beating the bejesus out of his son...
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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 3

It was an era when tough guys were able to sell cigarettes on TV... Enjoy.



"Paul Mall" was the sponsor of "M Squad," a television program which ran on NBC during the '50s. That's perhaps why Lee Marvin, the show's star, appeared on its commercials during the episodes.

As for his quirky pronunciation? The cigarette's name is correctly pronounced with the rhyming couplet "pell mell," as made evident in the advertisement.

The American Tobacco company would dispatch numerous publicists to instruct the cast and staff of the correct pronunciation during live commercials. With the dissipation of cigarette advertising, first with bans on radio, then television, the pronunciation has found a decidedly generational tone. Those who lived in the era of the audible advertisements pronounce it "pell mell" while those of us -- MOST of us -- have only the visual title of the packaging to refer to often use the increasingly more common phonetic "paul mall."

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MAD MEN MOMENT No. 2

This is a real ad.

So much to say about this one. Don't know where to begin. The ugly ties... The "show her it's a man's world" or the simple fact that she's kneeling in front of her husband serving him his breakfast...

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MAD MEN MOMENTS...

Nothing like a giddy gal announcing that she's on the make... Any takers?

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'Ahhhh ... THE FRENCH!!' A DRUNK ORSON (HILARIOUS)

You just gotta love drunk celebs ... Better yet, drunk celebs behind the cork AS THEY WORK. So, that said, check out this priceless clip of Orson Welles half-in-the-bag while shooting one of those vintage Paul Masson Wine commercials of the '70s.

And remember, they'll sell no wine before their time ...

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