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		<title>Nine Characters Mad Men Could Have Cut In Its Premiere</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Mad Men </em>has been off the air since October 2010--a lengthy absence prolonged in part due to protracted negotiations between creator Matthew Weiner and AMC over the show's budget. Perhaps Mr. Weiner could have cut a few characters to save money, after all? If there happens to be another struggle before season six, we have a few suggestions!</p>
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<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen1betty/' title='Betty Draper'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228880" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg" data-orig-size="450,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Betty Draper" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;No reason why she’s really relevant anymore—but maybe she’s not even in this episode at aaaaaaall! Is just teasing about the notion of a spoiler, itself, a spoiler? &lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=450" width="150" height="100" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Betty Draper" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen2party/' title='Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228881" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg" data-orig-size="760,535" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1216035600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;We won’t reveal if it’s about Johnson’s plans for Vietnam, the ascendant Nixon campaign, or a triumph-of-makeup flash-forward season where all the guests at a party trade barbs how Bill Clinton should resign to spare the country the nightmare of an impeachment trial. Either way, we’re tired of wondering if Americans were ever so innocent!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=600" width="150" height="105" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen3client/' title='The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228882" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg" data-orig-size="298,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Save on the show’s guest-star budget by making a shoestring ad agency run by a bunch of alcoholics as successful as it, theoretically, ought to be!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=223" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=298" width="111" height="150" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=111" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen4joan/' title='Joan Holloway'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228883" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg" data-orig-size="425,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Joan Holloway" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Well, the only thing we can say about Joan is [spoilers redacted].&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=425" width="150" height="105" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Joan Holloway" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen5ken/' title='Ken Cosgrove'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228884" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg" data-orig-size="590,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Ken Cosgrove" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Didn’t he used to be, like, a short-story writer? Why did we presume he’d quit the company?&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=590" width="150" height="95" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Ken Cosgrove" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen6smoking/' title='Cigarettes'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228885" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg" data-orig-size="500,593" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Cigarettes" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;When, exactly, was that Surgeon General’s warning? Couldn’t AMC just, like, have Don Draper meet a young C. Everett Koop and save a whole bundle on weird fake actors’ herbal cigarettes?&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=252" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=500" width="126" height="150" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=126" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Cigarettes" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen7bobby/' title='The youngest two Draper children'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228886" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen7bobby.jpg" data-orig-size="500,352" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="The youngest two Draper children" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, did YOU remember the Drapers had more than one child? &lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen7bobby.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen7bobby.jpg?w=500" width="150" height="105" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen7bobby.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The youngest two Draper children" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen8death/' title='The specter of mortality'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228879" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen8death.jpg" data-orig-size="460,305" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="The specter of mortality" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Getting writers who can write for this enigmatic recurring character has got to be pretty expensive!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen8death.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen8death.jpg?w=460" width="150" height="99" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen8death.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The specter of mortality" /></a>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Mad Men </em>has been off the air since October 2010--a lengthy absence prolonged in part due to protracted negotiations between creator Matthew Weiner and AMC over the show's budget. Perhaps Mr. Weiner could have cut a few characters to save money, after all? If there happens to be another struggle before season six, we have a few suggestions!</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen1betty/' title='Betty Draper'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228880" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg" data-orig-size="450,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Betty Draper" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;No reason why she’s really relevant anymore—but maybe she’s not even in this episode at aaaaaaall! Is just teasing about the notion of a spoiler, itself, a spoiler? &lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=450" width="150" height="100" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen1betty.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Betty Draper" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen2party/' title='Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228881" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg" data-orig-size="760,535" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1216035600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;We won’t reveal if it’s about Johnson’s plans for Vietnam, the ascendant Nixon campaign, or a triumph-of-makeup flash-forward season where all the guests at a party trade barbs how Bill Clinton should resign to spare the country the nightmare of an impeachment trial. Either way, we’re tired of wondering if Americans were ever so innocent!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=600" width="150" height="105" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen2party.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Minor characters exchanging period-specific banter at parties" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen3client/' title='The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228882" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg" data-orig-size="298,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Save on the show’s guest-star budget by making a shoestring ad agency run by a bunch of alcoholics as successful as it, theoretically, ought to be!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=223" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=298" width="111" height="150" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen3client.jpg?w=111" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The clients of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen4joan/' title='Joan Holloway'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228883" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg" data-orig-size="425,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Joan Holloway" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Well, the only thing we can say about Joan is [spoilers redacted].&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=425" width="150" height="105" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen4joan.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Joan Holloway" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen5ken/' title='Ken Cosgrove'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228884" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg" data-orig-size="590,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Ken Cosgrove" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Didn’t he used to be, like, a short-story writer? Why did we presume he’d quit the company?&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=590" width="150" height="95" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen5ken.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Ken Cosgrove" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen6smoking/' title='Cigarettes'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228885" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg" data-orig-size="500,593" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Cigarettes" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;When, exactly, was that Surgeon General’s warning? Couldn’t AMC just, like, have Don Draper meet a young C. Everett Koop and save a whole bundle on weird fake actors’ herbal cigarettes?&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=252" data-large-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=500" width="126" height="150" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen6smoking.jpg?w=126" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Cigarettes" /></a>
<a href='http://observer.com/2012/03/nine-characters-mad-men-could-have-cut-in-its-premiere/madmen7bobby/' title='The youngest two Draper children'><img data-liked='0' data-reblogged='0' data-attachment-id="228886" data-orig-file="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/madmen7bobby.jpg" data-orig-size="500,352" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="The youngest two Draper children" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, did YOU remember the Drapers had more than one child? &lt;/p&gt;
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