Friday, November 20, 2009

Final Mad Men caption challenge

Mad Men's blog at amc (the parent TV channel) is running the very last caption challenge. We contributed 3 entries and they're not showing up, so we decided to show them here instead.

Pete & Bets 3rd Mad Men caption challenge

Just as the first Mad Men Caption Challenge hearkened back to Season 1 via some office horseplay, so does this one -- and it's a twofer: Pete's rifle from "Red in the Face" and Betty's firepower in "Shoot." Have ideas as to what Pete and Betty might be talking about? Let us know in the comments section below with a memorable quip of ten words or less.

On Mon., Nov. 23, we'll narrow the submitted entries down to five selections. Readers will then vote for their favorite. On Wed., Nov. 25, we'll announce the winner who will receive a DesktopMad Men and a Season 2 poster; four runner-ups will each receive a Season 2 poster.

Here’s what I had 2 say:

November 19, 2009 5:11 PM: we're one step away from my trifecta..

November 19, 2009 5:14 PM: Go a-hem.. MAKE MY DAY! I mean, life.. hey, what an idea: we should both get one! I'm so-o-o forward-thinking :D

November 19, 2009 5:15 PM: You remind me of a certain Dick.. some 30 years into the future!

A friend of mine, stuck in Belgium, asked Facebook to intellectualize my blackness, so I decided to dedicate her 3 more quotes. I’m not sure guns are legal in Belgium, but Switzerland is not that far. Devil

November 20, 2009 2:09 PM

Pete: You're about to hit "The Point of No Return"..
Bettie: I prefer "La Femme Nikita".
Pete: One thing's 4 sure: we're not in Venice anymore!

20091120-femme-nikita-assassinNovember 20, 2009 2:19 PM

Betty: Tell me again why we won't get quote.. I mean, caught.
Pete: Remember that thing with abundance of information making censorship unnecessary? We have 8 decoys ready to take the blame.. And then we'll kill whomever gets it!
Betty: Now THAT's reassuring..
Pete: Relax sugar, nobody ever blames a beautiful woman. Just think of Don and whatever warm, receptive orrifice he's in right now!

November 20, 2009 2:28 PM

Pete: .. Je n'ai pas encore l'information. Le contact sera visible dans 10 seconds.

Here’s the famous La Femme Nikita scene the last 3 were inspired from:

Finally, as I know you want even more of that funky horn, here’s all the thinking that went behind the camera work:

Even more videos and interviews in the playlist below!

Sources / More info: La Femme Nikita (97), Mad Men Final Challenge, az, vv, illustration by Dyna Moe of MadMenYourself, cam-twit, Robbins @ dm, retro, yt

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