My brother has an interview in the Hartford Courant!Michael Gladis looks the very picture of 1960 Rat Pack-era cool, in his short hair and thin tie, twirling a partner around on a dance floor before a jazz band in front of the heavy red curtains of the Friars Club of Beverly Hills.

It seems a long way - in time and place - from Farmington, where he ( Read more... )

Apparently it is slated to start on July 19th! So set your TiVos or DVD recorders or bittorrent clients or whatever you use....

http://media.amctv.com/originals/madmen/

My dad just sent me the new, vastly expanded Mad Men website! Go check it out! It has the video, as well as photos, downloads and all sorts of goodies.

Most importantly, my brother has his very own bio page and a handsome pic to go with it:


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On the IMDB: Mad Men

My brother's got a role in a series! It's on AMC, and it's about a New York advertising agency in the 1960s (See a New York Times article here). It airs in 2007....

So you all know what to do - watch the show and then send them emails that Michael Gladis should get more screen time. *grin*

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Had a bunch of dreams about Family last night, and they were all... odd. Not bad, just kind of unsettling. There was a very awkward birthday party for my step-grandmother, some kind of tour that we were on that included my long-dead cat (who was so unhappy with the local food selections that he threw up on the linoleum so hard that he passed out ( Read more... )

Christmas wrap-up in ten words or less: Good food, good family, good gifts. Saw lyonshall, went shopping ( Read more... )

My brother is on TV again!

He was on last Sunday's (9 October) episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," Episode 5x03 - "Prisoner." He was the guy who got punched in the mouth at the beginning. A small part, yes, but it's good to see him onscreen again. If you missed it, my father tells me that USA Channel will re-air it on October 22nd at 11: ( Read more... )

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I got my Hitchhiker's DVD in the mail today. I'm very excited and happy, but also slightly confused. There's a pin under the shrink-wrap that reads - in Japanese - ai sareteimas, which means roughly "You are loved." It's really sweet, but I'm really, really wondering how it got in there, and if it's a standard insert in all the ( Read more... )