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TMC · 05-18-2015, 05:11 PM

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Bill Backer, the McCann ad man behind the iconic Coca-Cola ad, missed the series finale as he stopped watching after Season 2 because he says Mad Men had evolved into "more of a soap opera" than a show about advertising. So what did he think of Don Draper co-opting his achievement? "I think it's fine. No problem with that," he says, adding: "I'm certainly not Don Draper. In my day, Don Draper really would've been more of a contact man than a creative guy….I definitely did not look like Don Draper or dress like Don Draper."

ILuvCarolBurnett · 05-19-2015, 02:57 PM

I agree with him. The show was great in the early years, then it just seemed to become about a bunch of whiners who slept around, were always drunk and chain smoked. The last 2 seasons were rather uneventful. The beginning of the end was when Don and Betty split. It went downhill after that.

TMC · 05-19-2015, 05:57 PM

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Mad Men's Season 5 premiere celebrated Don Draper's 40th birthday in June 1966, while having Don point out that Dick Whitman had already been 40 for "half a year." It turns out that former McCann Erickson creative director Bill Backer, the man responsible for Coca-Cola's iconic ad, also celebrated his 40th birthday in June 1966. A New York Times profile of Backer notes that he will turn 89 in June — and so will Don Draper, if he's still alive.

05-18-2015, 05:11 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,524	Real-life Coca-Cola ad creator has "no problem" with Mad Men's Don Draper co-opting h http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/...o_created.html Bill Backer, the McCann ad man behind the iconic Coca-Cola ad, missed the series finale as he stopped watching after Season 2 because he says Mad Men had evolved into "more of a soap opera" than a show about advertising. So what did he think of Don Draper co-opting his achievement? "I think it's fine. No problem with that," he says, adding: "I'm certainly not Don Draper. In my day, Don Draper really would've been more of a contact man than a creative guy….I definitely did not look like Don Draper or dress like Don Draper."

05-19-2015, 05:57 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,524	Don Draper and the real-life Coca-Cola ad man share the same birth month — June 1926 http://t.co/GOPHZMfFRj Mad Men's Season 5 premiere celebrated Don Draper's 40th birthday in June 1966, while having Don point out that Dick Whitman had already been 40 for "half a year." It turns out that former McCann Erickson creative director Bill Backer, the man responsible for Coca-Cola's iconic ad, also celebrated his 40th birthday in June 1966. A New York Times profile of Backer notes that he will turn 89 in June — and so will Don Draper, if he's still alive.

05-19-2015, 02:57 PM	#2
ILuvCarolBurnett Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 20, 2014 Location: Beverly Hills CA Posts: 312	I agree with him. The show was great in the early years, then it just seemed to become about a bunch of whiners who slept around, were always drunk and chain smoked. The last 2 seasons were rather uneventful. The beginning of the end was when Don and Betty split. It went downhill after that.