Who says today’s TV shows lack great writing? Last night’s Mad Men had a pretty cool — albeit subtle — tribute to bygone marketing genius. As the Sterling Cooper gang pitched some crazy new ideas to their coffee account, Don Draper made a dismissive comment about the competition using coffee and puppets.
That comment was a homage to the debut of Jim Henson’s Muppets, who appeared as offbeat characters used to advertise Wilkins Coffee in the late 50s.
Looking at those ads now kind of changes how you consider that era, doesn’t it?
