Thom Geier, “Spot the ‘Mad Men’ Anachronism! Or Just Look it Up,” (Entertainment Weekly Shelf Life blog, Aug. 26, 2009)
Fans of AMC’s Mad Men know that the set decorators are usually slavishly faithful to the look and style of the early ’60s. But Sunday’s episode contained a glaring (and uncharacteristic) anachronism, as my friend, the lexicographer Ben Zimmer, noted yesterday on his Word Routes blog.
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