S2E3: The Benefactor

Welcome back to Mad Men & Tonic! Better late than never! In S2E3, “The Benefactor,” Kristina and Elias make Dubonnet cocktails, shove their faces into bags of chips, and debate whether commercials can ever be funny. (Drink lesson at 1:07; episode recap and discussion at 5:13). Plus, they start a true crime podcast within the podcast, wonder whether Don Draper is the original American Psycho, and egregiously spoil a movie from 1951. Follow us and our cocktails on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madmenandtonic/ The Dubonnet Cocktail https://www.thespruceeats.com/dubonnet-cocktail-drink-like-the-queen-mother-759292 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubonnet Our Favorite companion book, Mad Men Carousel: https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Carousel-Complete-Companion/dp/1419720635 Utz snacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utz_Quality_Foods A Place in the Sun, and An American Tragedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tragedy Discussion of Don’s lost film at the movies: https://mubi.com/lists/mad-men-at-the-movies-a-la-recherche-dun-film-perdu West Egg inflation calculator: https://westegg.com/inflation/ Leopold & Loeb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb Former Bachelor Peter Weber, “You Gotta Stop Doing this” (starts at 2:03): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al2QQ4CHCtE A Diamond as Big as the Ritz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_as_Big_as_the_Ritz F. Scott Fitzgerald walking tour: https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/walking-tour-f-scott-fitzgeralds-st-paul/ The Defenders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defenders_(1961_TV_series) The Big Sleep (1946) horse racing conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxaHqBvbzB8 Friends - The One With All the Resolutions (S5,E11) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpUXkugCus Arrested Development: I mean, it’s one banana, Michael, what could it cost? $10? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw What is she, funny or something? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUaAbsGbz2w&t=3s