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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 29: Press tour and 'Mad Men'

PBS and cable at TCA, and Don Draper in California

By Alan Sepinwall Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 2:33 PM

Happy Tuesday! I needed some extra time off yesterday to remind my family who I was, so we pushed this week's Firewall & Iceberg Podcast to Tuesday. (We'll be back to the Monday schedule next week, presumably.) This week, Dan and I deal with the second half of press tour, as well as the latest episode of "Mad Men." The breakdown:

TCA Press Tour wrap-up -- 00:00 - 27:40

"Mad Men" -- 27:45 - 44:10

As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you can also rate us and comment on us. Or you can always follow our RSS Feed, download the MP3 file or stream it at Dan's blog.

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Paul

Its even possible that Boardwalk Empire could be better than Mad Men or Breaking Bad.
August 10, 2010 at 3:21PM EST Reply to Comment
Tammy

Boardwalk Empire might be better than Breaking Bad or Mad Men.
August 10, 2010 at 3:27PM EST Reply to Comment
LJA

How bad is the violence in Boardwalk Empire? Is it Sopranos level?
August 10, 2010 at 3:38PM EST Reply to Comment
- dan LJA - I would say comparably violent. It isn't *constantly* violent. But when it's violent, it's violent.... Probably the period setting pretties up the violence a little bit, though...
  
  -Daniel
  August 10, 2010 at 5:00PM EST
- LJA Thanks, Dan. I have a feeling I'll be watching this one through fingers covering my eyes.
  August 11, 2010 at 11:56AM EST
alamble

Special guests joining the podcast? AWESOME! Looking forward to it.

-alyson
August 10, 2010 at 4:37PM EST Reply to Comment
klg19

Huh. My take on the $30 was absolutely that Lane didn't have a 5-dollar bill. Not that it was a commission.

But I thought they were both very, very uncomfortable with each other in the morning.
August 10, 2010 at 4:57PM EST Reply to Comment
Daniel

Dan whats with all the hate for Jersey Shore?
August 10, 2010 at 6:06PM EST Reply to Comment
- dan Daniel - What hate for "Jersey Shore"? There's a small (or moderate) measure of mockery for "Jersey Shore" but nothing even vaguely resembling hatred or even moderate dislike for the show itself.
  
  -Dan
  August 10, 2010 at 6:08PM EST
presumably, the car crash was one of the big factors with the Beach Boys becoming bigger stars than Jan & Dean.

Could one of the upcoming guest stars be one William J Simmons? Seems only fair after all the appearances made by Alan on the BS report.
August 11, 2010 at 12:31AM EST Reply to Comment
wikipedia

From wikipedia:

Jan and Dean re-worked the lyrics of this surfing song to become a song about skateboarding and called "Sidewalk Surfin'". It was released as a single in 1964 and charted at #25 in Billboard.

------------

So they got covered it with different lyrics.
August 11, 2010 at 1:09AM EST Reply to Comment
dan harmon is the new kevin smith

Guessing the guests that may or may not be coming on the podcast: Dan Harmon, for sure? Kurt Sutter? Paul Lieberstein? Shawn Ryan?

Not Matt Weiner because he's a spoiler-phobe so what would he talk about...
August 11, 2010 at 1:30AM EST Reply to Comment
Alan,

did anyone happen to ask Idris Elba about Ultraviolet? that was a great 6-episode British show from about ten years ago that was X-Files-ish Sci FI show about pseudo-vampires. Also starred Jack Davenport.
August 11, 2010 at 3:14AM EST Reply to Comment
SWG

I think the extra money from Lane was simply his way of saying 25? Hell I'd have paid 50. And any awkwardness was simply because Don had basically led Lane astray, not that either of them didn't get along anymore. Now that Lane is sullied up they will probably be less awkward next time.
August 12, 2010 at 1:24AM EST Reply to Comment

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Paul Its even possible that Boardwalk Empire could be better than Mad Men or Breaking Bad.

Tammy Boardwalk Empire might be better than Breaking Bad or Mad Men.

LJA How bad is the violence in Boardwalk Empire? Is it Sopranos level?

dan LJA - I would say comparably violent. It isn't *constantly* violent. But when it's violent, it's violent.... Probably the period setting pretties up the violence a little bit, though...-Daniel

LJA Thanks, Dan. I have a feeling I'll be watching this one through fingers covering my eyes.

alamble Special guests joining the podcast? AWESOME! Looking forward to it.-alyson

klg19 Huh. My take on the $30 was absolutely that Lane didn't have a 5-dollar bill. Not that it was a commission. But I thought they were both very, very uncomfortable with each other in the morning.

Daniel Dan whats with all the hate for Jersey Shore?

dan Daniel - What hate for "Jersey Shore"? There's a small (or moderate) measure of mockery for "Jersey Shore" but nothing even vaguely resembling hatred or even moderate dislike for the show itself.-Dan

presumably, the car crash was one of the big factors with the Beach Boys becoming bigger stars than Jan & Dean.Could one of the upcoming guest stars be one William J Simmons? Seems only fair after all the appearances made by Alan on the BS report.

wikipedia From wikipedia: Jan and Dean re-worked the lyrics of this surfing song to become a song about skateboarding and called "Sidewalk Surfin'". It was released as a single in 1964 and charted at #25 in Billboard. ------------ So they got covered it with different lyrics.

dan harmon is the new kevin smith Guessing the guests that may or may not be coming on the podcast: Dan Harmon, for sure? Kurt Sutter? Paul Lieberstein? Shawn Ryan? Not Matt Weiner because he's a spoiler-phobe so what would he talk about...

Alan,did anyone happen to ask Idris Elba about Ultraviolet? that was a great 6-episode British show from about ten years ago that was X-Files-ish Sci FI show about pseudo-vampires. Also starred Jack Davenport.

SWG I think the extra money from Lane was simply his way of saying 25? Hell I'd have paid 50. And any awkwardness was simply because Don had basically led Lane astray, not that either of them didn't get along anymore. Now that Lane is sullied up they will probably be less awkward next time.

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Paul

Its even possible that Boardwalk Empire could be better than Mad Men or Breaking Bad.

Tammy

Boardwalk Empire might be better than Breaking Bad or Mad Men.

LJA

How bad is the violence in Boardwalk Empire? Is it Sopranos level?

dan LJA - I would say comparably violent. It isn't constantly violent. But when it's violent, it's violent.... Probably the period setting pretties up the violence a little bit, though...

-Daniel

alamble

Special guests joining the podcast? AWESOME! Looking forward to it.

-alyson

klg19

Huh. My take on the $30 was absolutely that Lane didn't have a 5-dollar bill. Not that it was a commission.

But I thought they were both very, very uncomfortable with each other in the morning.

Daniel

Dan whats with all the hate for Jersey Shore?

dan Daniel - What hate for "Jersey Shore"? There's a small (or moderate) measure of mockery for "Jersey Shore" but nothing even vaguely resembling hatred or even moderate dislike for the show itself.

-Dan

presumably, the car crash was one of the big factors with the Beach Boys becoming bigger stars than Jan & Dean.

Could one of the upcoming guest stars be one William J Simmons? Seems only fair after all the appearances made by Alan on the BS report.

wikipedia

From wikipedia:

Jan and Dean re-worked the lyrics of this surfing song to become a song about skateboarding and called "Sidewalk Surfin'". It was released as a single in 1964 and charted at #25 in Billboard.

------------

So they got covered it with different lyrics.

dan harmon is the new kevin smith

Guessing the guests that may or may not be coming on the podcast: Dan Harmon, for sure? Kurt Sutter? Paul Lieberstein? Shawn Ryan?

Not Matt Weiner because he's a spoiler-phobe so what would he talk about...

Alan,

did anyone happen to ask Idris Elba about Ultraviolet? that was a great 6-episode British show from about ten years ago that was X-Files-ish Sci FI show about pseudo-vampires. Also starred Jack Davenport.

SWG

I think the extra money from Lane was simply his way of saying 25? Hell I'd have paid 50. And any awkwardness was simply because Don had basically led Lane astray, not that either of them didn't get along anymore. Now that Lane is sullied up they will probably be less awkward next time.

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