Mad Men/Funny: Difference between revisions

* Almost anything out of Roger Sterling's mouth is a CMOF.

** Roger's declaration of love for Joan after his heart attack:

*** Also a [[Tear Jerker]] if you look at it from Joan's perspective.

** "I hate it when that happens."

** "Let me put this in account terms: are you aware of the amount of hand jobs I'm going to have to give? [...] I'm gonna have to pretend I had you killed!"

** This memorable exchange, which sums up the series' [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] in one sentence:

Roger: Who cares? }}

** "I didn't think you had it in you. And I mean that."

** Freddy Rumsen pissing himself and then passing out before a meeting. Or rather, Sal's reaction, which is to laugh hysterically as everybody else stares, then gradually stop and ask, in a hushed voice, "Is he dead?"

* Kinsey on weed.

'''Smitty:''' We got it, you're educated. }}

* Peggy and her minion's new [[Running Gag]]:

'''Joey''': MAAAARSHAA. }}

** They're doing the voices from comedian Stan Freberg's hit novelty song "John and Marsha" (the moaning sounds in the voices simulate orgasm even though the two names are the only words on the entire record - scandalous for its day); Freberg, by the way, was also a famous pioneer of comedic advertising, including bits that are still regarded as classics - as an interesting parallel to Don Draper, in real life Freberg won over 20 Clio awards and steadfastly refused to do tobacco commercials.

** When Harry Crane isn't sure about {{spoiler|helping form Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce}}, Bert kindly informs him that if he refuses, they'll have to lock him in the supply closet until Monday morning.

* Alone and wifeless over New Year's, Don and Lane take in a movie. "You know what's going on here? Hand jobs." "Really?"

** Drunk. And the movie they're seeing? ''[[Gamera]]''!

* Don and Roger getting a long-winded Lee Garner off the phone: ''"Oh my god, there's some sort of fire!"''

* After a commotion in Don's office, Peggy's head sloooooooooowly peeks over the office dividers while Don is fixing himself a drink - and then ducks back down just as Don turns towards her.

* The Honda executive's response after his first look at Joan.

'''Translator''': [in English] No. They are not. }}

** Made even better by the fact that it's not clear if he's referring to the Honda execs or Joan's breasts.

* The flashback of how Don got started at Sterling Cooper: {{spoiler|Roger got totally hammered during their meeting and hired him, despite being thoroughly unimpressed with his work. And in the same episode, Don's drinking forces him into a similar corner.}}

** Also a [[Brick Joke]] of Awesome - look at this exchange from the fourth episode of season one:

'''Don Draper:''' It's the way I got in. }}

** Even better, it's implied that Don {{spoiler|actually never got the job, and he just got Roger drunk enough he'd believe he hired Don come morning.}}

* Don and Peggy listening to the memoirs that Roger was recording for his new book and their reactions. Such revelations include Bert's disdain for Roger, [[I Was Quite a Looker|Ms. Blankenship's sexual prowess]] back in the day, and an unfortunate [[Groin Attack|surgery for Bert]] conducted by a one [[Brick Joke|Dr. Lyle Evans]].

* Three guys try to shake a vending machine in the right way to make the change (and a watch) it ate fall out, while Peggy comments "I feel like Margaret Mead."

** Then Pete comes out into to the hallway because the commotion disturbed his phone call: "When did we get a vending machine?"

* The SCDP staff trying to remove {{spoiler|Miss Blankenship's dead body}} from the office without their clients noticing in S4's "The Beautiful Girls".

** And later on, Don asks something of Faye.

** Joan tells Megan to "get a man" to help. Out of '''all''' the men in the office, who does she come back with? Pete. In his only appearance in the episode.

** When Peggy finds that {{spoiler|Miss Blankenship is dead}} she hurries to Don's office and finds Sally sitting at his desk. Before quickly leaving she turns back to sternly tell her "Do NOT come out of there!" and Sally snaps back "I know!"

* Don and Betty talking on the phone after FBI agents check in with her to ask whether or not Don is a [[Red Scare|secret Communist]], and asks questions [[Oblivious Guilt Slinging|that throw Betty off because they remind her]] of {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation|the fact that he is actually Dick Whitman]]}}. As the conversation progresses:

([[Beat]])<br />

'''Don''': (''Look of [[Fridge Horror]] on his face'') ...{{smallcaps|Of Course You Should. There's No Problem with Any of That.}}<br />

* Trudy Campbell in "The Suitcase." In the bathroom at SCDP, she tells Peggy she's followed boxing all her life. "My father loved blood sports," she explains, delicately putting on her white gloves. Then when they go out to where the menfolk are waiting, she asks if they're ready to go: "I want a rare steak and to watch those two men pound each other." [[Hidden Depths|Who knew?]]

* In the first season, once Pete has uncovered Don's secret, he basically blackmails Don with it in exchange for a promotion; Don freaks out, even contemplating running away, before deciding to suck it up to face Bert Cooper dramatically along with Pete. Don promotes someone else, Pete instantly {{spoiler|outs Don as Dick Whitman}}, and they hold their breath for Cooper's response...

* In the episode with the solar eclipse, Sally's class is doing the make-a-camera-obscura-out-of-a-cardboard-box thing. Chatting with Don, Carlton grumbles about how he doesn't believe this is really necessary because he stares at the sun all the time and nothing's ever happened. Don's like, "You stare at the sun all the time?"

* When Peggy puts up a very stuffy and formal ad looking for a roommate, the [[Jerkass]] SC guys decide to prank call her about it. You try to sympathize with Peggy but the whole thing is [[Actually Pretty Funny]] and you can't help but laugh.

* One that could only be a CMOF on this show: Pete and Trudy have his brother Bud over for lunch, and they're talking about their mother. Bud says he was on the phone with her the other day, "and you were all she talked about." [[The Unfavorite|Pete]] says, "Really?" and Bud says, "No. I'm kidding." And they both laugh about it! (While Trudy frowns and says she doesn't know what's funny about that.)

* The Sterling Cooper production of "Death Is My Client: A Play in One Act by Paul Kinsey."

* Sally and Don's french toast recipe.

'''Don:''' (takes another bite) Not really. }}

* In season 2, Pete has to give a sperm sample to a maternity clinic - he's in the private room, trying to choose a dirty magazine to look at...cut to Roger, playing with a toy bat-and-ball in his office. Perfect cut!

** His line about it is pretty good, too, when Joan tells him they can hear that outside: "No one knows what I'm doing. It's good for mystique."

* This exchange between Roger and Don upon arriving at the office the morning after a Christmas party that Lee Garner Jr. had been invited to:

Roger: (Also in German accent) May he live for a thousand years! }}

* Any time John Slattery (Roger Sterling) does a [[DVD Commentary]]. He, [[Jon Hamm]] and Robert Morse (Bert Cooper) riffing on the season three finale has to be seen to be believed. The same goes for the team of Vincent Kartheiser and Alison Brie (Pete and Trudy Campbell).

* Lane fighting with his fists up in the old "Queensbury Rules" boxing stance.

* Don and Roger's reactions to Lane and Pete fighting. Don calmly stands up and closes the blinds in the office. Roger?

* "THERE WAS CHEWING GUM ON HIS PUBIS!"

* The scene with Pete at a brothel and the prostitute tries out different roles to play for him pretty much tells you everything about him.

'''Pete:''' Okay. (begins to undress) }}

* Roger's acid trip, including hearing an orchestra from a beer bottle, inhaling a cigarette, and seeing Cooper's face on a dollar bill.

** Not to mention hallucinating the entire 1919 World Series while in the bathtub.

* Megan's French Canadian father, Dr. Calvet has this gaffe with the English language as he tells Don:

'''Megan:''' It's ''wings'' daddy. Spread her wings. }}

* Roger's jaw-droppingly offensive selling to Ginberg why he should come up with ideas to sell a Jewish wine.

'''Roger''': Stop talking. They make wine for Jews, and now they want to sell them to normal people. You know what I mean, people like me. I think they're open to anything and it has to be cheap (''sotto voce:'' surprise) but impactful. }}

* [[The Bus Came Back]] for Paul Kinsey...as a Hare Krishna.

** And Pete's utter failure to excite anyone over resigned Jaguar, especially Cooper. "They're lemons!"

* Joan losing her temper at the receptionist Meredith for letting someone in to serve her her divorce papers:

'''Meredith:''' You're not allowed to do that. }}