CONRAD HILTONAS SEEN IN:
'Mad Men'
AS PLAYED BY:
Chelcie Ross
Very big thanks go out to Alan Sepinwall, TV critic and columnist for the Star-Ledger! (The link to his blog "What's Alan Watching?" is to the left.....) He did all the heavy lifting for today's entry in the "As Seen On TV" showcase.
Don Draper met Hilton at a Long Island country club in May or June of 1963, where both men escaped to the deserted bar in order to avoid their obligations at their respective functions. Both men introduced themselves as Don and Connie, but the hotel magnate was able to track Don down so that he could pick the ad man's brains about a proposed advertising campaign which Hilton had come up with himself.
Their second meeting took place July 3rd, 1963, and Conrad Hilton had the mock-up to the Time magazine cover that would be hitting the stands the following week. Thanks again to Alan for doing the leg-work in tracking down the actual cover for me:
Even though Hilton never identified himself as anything more than "Connie" when he first met with Don, many of Alan Sepinwall's readers easily guessed who he was - especially after he mentioned his birthplace of San Antonio, New Mexico.....
BCnU!
'Mad Men'
AS PLAYED BY:
Chelcie Ross
Very big thanks go out to Alan Sepinwall, TV critic and columnist for the Star-Ledger! (The link to his blog "What's Alan Watching?" is to the left.....) He did all the heavy lifting for today's entry in the "As Seen On TV" showcase.
Don Draper met Hilton at a Long Island country club in May or June of 1963, where both men escaped to the deserted bar in order to avoid their obligations at their respective functions. Both men introduced themselves as Don and Connie, but the hotel magnate was able to track Don down so that he could pick the ad man's brains about a proposed advertising campaign which Hilton had come up with himself.
Their second meeting took place July 3rd, 1963, and Conrad Hilton had the mock-up to the Time magazine cover that would be hitting the stands the following week. Thanks again to Alan for doing the leg-work in tracking down the actual cover for me:
Even though Hilton never identified himself as anything more than "Connie" when he first met with Don, many of Alan Sepinwall's readers easily guessed who he was - especially after he mentioned his birthplace of San Antonio, New Mexico.....BCnU!
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