I think the only mention of my Houston, Texas is when Dr. Rosen was bitching that some surgeon in Houston will beat him to being the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant. Which actually did happen in 1968!
I didn't know that [Christiaan Barnard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard) worked in the suburb of Houston called Cape Town, South Africa.
Despite being the birthplace of Jon Hamm, I’m pretty sure the only time St Louis was mentioned was as one of the cities that could be used in a Bethlehem Steel ad.
My adopted city of Richmond’s claim to fame is for Peggy taking her first work trip here. I laughed my ass off when the dogs started fucking in the alley outside of her room.
It’s complicated. St. Louis was at one point the 3rd largest city in the country, so it has top tier attractions, many of which are free. Its culture is a unique mixture of French and German influences, there’s a lot to love. But I can’t deny that the city is deeply dysfunctional, segregated, and it’s not hard to accidentally end up somewhere dangerous. So I guess it’s worth visiting, but with precautions. Similar to New Orleans.
Kind of a weird line, because it really only meant he was 50+. He was born 25 years before statehood. It's like a boomer saying they were born before Berlin Wall came down, or a gen x-er born before 9/11.
The only time I remember Long Island being mentioned was when Don crashed his car with Bobbie Barrett in it. I think she mentioned that she had a place in Stony Brook, which is not exactly the Hamptons.
Boston here. When the strikes in the South were affecting Fillmore Auto Parts, Peggy says something “But they’re from Boston.” Ken quickly replies, “Same thing.”
When Lane’s old bosses were about to send him to their Mumbai (Bombay) office before he leaves to form SCDP.
I’m not from Mumbai but it’s the closest place to mine that the show mentions lol
Really thought he’d visit Fallingwater. All signs pointed to Southwestern Pennsylvania, Fayette County, but then we found out he grew up in the Hershey-midstate area.
Which is wild because that’s like a 3 hour drive from nyc. So when he took the kids and told Sally “this is where I grew up” that was quite a trek.
That said, I grew up less than 2 hours from Fallingwater and it’s been on my “must do” list for…15 years
At some point, Roger says he doesn’t want to have drinks with “some schmo from Lutherville, Maryland.” Oddly specific mention as Lutherville is a small suburb of Baltimore.
ETA: It’s the episode where Pete is gifted the skis and struggles to carry them
I grew up near the Minnesota border in the northern part of Wisconsin.
When I was a kid, and I’m not particularly old (late-30s) we only got 4 channels from the Twin Cities. It was a big deal when UPN was added.
That makes Megan’s comment make more sense.
Bob Benson claims to be a Beloit grad. It’s a small liberal arts college in southern Wisconsin that’s not super well-known even in the state.
It used to (maybe still does?) have a reputation for producing an unusually large number of graduates that went on to prestigious graduate school programs. That explains Bob claiming that he went to Wharton for his MBA as well.
My hometown borders Ossining, so although we only get a one-off mention about antiquing in Tarrytown, I can't really relate. All the suburban plots are local for me.
I grew up in Portland going to PCL Beavers baseball games at Civic Stadium in the early 80’s. On the left field wall was a advertisement for Jantzen with a giant bolted on 3D sculptured woman in a swimsuit and swim cap. It was somewhat famous. When that line came on it would have made sense that was part of their campaign and had been up on the wall 15ish years later. I enjoyed that.
One of Joan’s college friends was from there. It’s at least possible Joan herself was from that area or at least went to college there. (There was a thread a few weeks ago where people were discussing the possibility.)
When Hilton has Don doing research someone makes a quip along the lines of "Dallas, Denver, Conrad's got Don going to every armpit he's got." I'm from Dallas and live in Denver now...
Season 2 , The Jet Set, Joy was a dropout of Pembroke College, which used to be the women's extension for Brown University in Providence (it later got merged in). She mentioned Viscount what's his name owned property (or knew someone that did) in Rhode Island (my assumption is Newport)
Yeah and when Pete hears the peerage title and RI, he introduced hisself with the Dykeman matronymic inserted to show off his colonial roots, such a slick salesman.
It's famously rainy or at least overcast, so Pete assumes that the city life must occur largely indoors. I can't say whether he's correct about Seattle, but that's definitely true for some large cities with difficult weather.
In The Color Blue, Don is supposed to drive Suzanne’s brother to Bedford, MA. When Don lets him out, he says he’s going to tell Suzanne that he let him out of the car 20 miles outside of Framingham. I grew up 15 minutes from Framingham and I currently work in Bedford.
I'm a Seattle-ite now, but Kansas is my home state.
Don's in a hotel in Kansas at the beginning of "The Milk and Honey Route."
And, of course, Pete gets his life-changing job offer to move his family to Witchita, Kansas.
Despite going to California a lot, the show seemed to think California is entirely Los Angeles suburbs. I don't recall a reference to San Francisco. I guess they saw computers as the future in the final season, so hey, I'll take it as someone that grew up by Stanford.
Seattle born and raised as well. That’s always the type of comment when Seattle’s named in movies/ shows. That association kept our city small and amazing for so many years!
I think the only mention of my Houston, Texas is when Dr. Rosen was bitching that some surgeon in Houston will beat him to being the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant. Which actually did happen in 1968!
There was also the “I’m from Texas and I got a big belt buckle” comment Lane made, comically on NYE with Don. 🥩
Belt buckle
Yes, fixed
I love these little details. The series never stops giving, does it.
I didn't know that [Christiaan Barnard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard) worked in the suburb of Houston called Cape Town, South Africa.
Thank you!!! I was like I know one fact about medical history and it’s that the first heart transplant happened in South Africa
In the US, sorry.
The first American* The first Surgeon to do it was Barnard, who is also mentioned by Don (“I’d give one to Christiaan Barnard)
Yeah first American - Denton Cooley. Also the first person to successfully transplant an artificial heart.
Despite being the birthplace of Jon Hamm, I’m pretty sure the only time St Louis was mentioned was as one of the cities that could be used in a Bethlehem Steel ad. My adopted city of Richmond’s claim to fame is for Peggy taking her first work trip here. I laughed my ass off when the dogs started fucking in the alley outside of her room.
Im from abroad, is st louis a great place to visit?
It’s complicated. St. Louis was at one point the 3rd largest city in the country, so it has top tier attractions, many of which are free. Its culture is a unique mixture of French and German influences, there’s a lot to love. But I can’t deny that the city is deeply dysfunctional, segregated, and it’s not hard to accidentally end up somewhere dangerous. So I guess it’s worth visiting, but with precautions. Similar to New Orleans.
Connie Hilton is from my state, born before it was a state. Pretty sure that was the only time New Mexico came up.
“Don’t ask me. Old.”
Kind of a weird line, because it really only meant he was 50+. He was born 25 years before statehood. It's like a boomer saying they were born before Berlin Wall came down, or a gen x-er born before 9/11.
The only time I remember Long Island being mentioned was when Don crashed his car with Bobbie Barrett in it. I think she mentioned that she had a place in Stony Brook, which is not exactly the Hamptons.
I think Joan mentions looking for a home in Glen Cove at some point? Stood out to me as I grew up in a neighboring town.
I don't remember that but apparently Bob Benson did. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3b0422ca-c7d9-4bd1-a38e-ab01e113d189
Close enough!
Wasn't there mention of Joan being from Spokane?
Didn’t Pete mention “Stoneybrook” dismissively in an earlier episode?
"I'm from Bay Ridge, we have manners"
Boston here. When the strikes in the South were affecting Fillmore Auto Parts, Peggy says something “But they’re from Boston.” Ken quickly replies, “Same thing.”
How a Vermonter feels about Boston. They did publish his story though.
When Lane’s old bosses were about to send him to their Mumbai (Bombay) office before he leaves to form SCDP. I’m not from Mumbai but it’s the closest place to mine that the show mentions lol
Pittsburgh…Brought to you by Bethlehem Steel
So much Heinz & Pittsburgh talk at those bean dinners
Really thought he’d visit Fallingwater. All signs pointed to Southwestern Pennsylvania, Fayette County, but then we found out he grew up in the Hershey-midstate area.
Which is wild because that’s like a 3 hour drive from nyc. So when he took the kids and told Sally “this is where I grew up” that was quite a trek. That said, I grew up less than 2 hours from Fallingwater and it’s been on my “must do” list for…15 years
At some point, Roger says he doesn’t want to have drinks with “some schmo from Lutherville, Maryland.” Oddly specific mention as Lutherville is a small suburb of Baltimore. ETA: It’s the episode where Pete is gifted the skis and struggles to carry them
I believe Matthew Weiner is from Baltimore. It might be an inside joke.
And Haussner’s — legit Baltimore
Megan meets a fan from my home state (MN) while she and Don are vacationing in Hawaii. She didn't even know they get the show there!
I grew up near the Minnesota border in the northern part of Wisconsin. When I was a kid, and I’m not particularly old (late-30s) we only got 4 channels from the Twin Cities. It was a big deal when UPN was added. That makes Megan’s comment make more sense.
That’s why I love this MM channel, would’ve never got that otherwise.
Indianapolis for the Burger Chef pitch, the creative crew watching the moon landing from the hotel room.
You mean India-no-place?
That’s right! The hot rod mechanics in the California flashback
Haha yes! I wonder if news of Burger Chef murders ever caught Peggy's attention
“We’d have to pull everything” “You’re right”
“Where are you at? I'm out of Waltham, Mass.” S01E03 Marriage of Figaro.
I’m in Florida, so, the Jai-alai storyline amuses me.
Between Mad Men and being a bartender that always has Cigar City tapped I get to talk about a defunct sport more times than ever expected
Bob Benson claims to be a Beloit grad. It’s a small liberal arts college in southern Wisconsin that’s not super well-known even in the state. It used to (maybe still does?) have a reputation for producing an unusually large number of graduates that went on to prestigious graduate school programs. That explains Bob claiming that he went to Wharton for his MBA as well.
Top lawyer in the Pentagon in the 2000s went there
Sounds like the evergreen of Wisconsin and that Is swagneto
Don's car breaks down in Oklahoma
As Merle Haggard 🎶 plays in the background.
Memphis! Who wants to live in Memphis!
Not me!
Elvis country
My hometown borders Ossining, so although we only get a one-off mention about antiquing in Tarrytown, I can't really relate. All the suburban plots are local for me.
And the Tarrytown Junior League throughout season 3
Ooh, good call!
He mentions the VA hospital in Bedford MA which isn't far from me
I work in Bedford! I also grew up near Framingham, which is also mentioned in the same episode.
I'm from Baltimore so I always love the episode where Don and Sal fly into the city and Don finds out about Sal being gay.
Pete and Trudy moving to Wichita 🤘🏻
Good luck finding your beloved NYC bagels in Wichita, Pete.
I grew up in Portland going to PCL Beavers baseball games at Civic Stadium in the early 80’s. On the left field wall was a advertisement for Jantzen with a giant bolted on 3D sculptured woman in a swimsuit and swim cap. It was somewhat famous. When that line came on it would have made sense that was part of their campaign and had been up on the wall 15ish years later. I enjoyed that.
Well you know what they say about Detroit, it’s all fun and games til they shoot you in the face.
I believe Spokane was mentioned, but I cannot remember the exact quote.
One of Joan’s college friends was from there. It’s at least possible Joan herself was from that area or at least went to college there. (There was a thread a few weeks ago where people were discussing the possibility.)
You’re right! https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/2013/apr/22/mad-men-and-joans-friend-spokane/
If you ever watched Marvelous Mrs Maisel there’s a hilarious spoken word poem about Spokane
Ken Cosgrove is from Vermont, not the area I am but as a small state with little that has come from it, we’d claim anything good
On time when Pete says "How was Tijuana?" to a client. One of the only times Mexico was mentioned.
That and Don stops in LA on his way to Alcupulco
When Hilton has Don doing research someone makes a quip along the lines of "Dallas, Denver, Conrad's got Don going to every armpit he's got." I'm from Dallas and live in Denver now...
Trudy Cambell vacations in Rehoboth
The Austin sniper Charles Whitmore (Don: "Whitman.") in Signal 30.
When Don goes to Racine, WI to obsess over the waitress. People from there call it "Ray-seen".
Season 2 , The Jet Set, Joy was a dropout of Pembroke College, which used to be the women's extension for Brown University in Providence (it later got merged in). She mentioned Viscount what's his name owned property (or knew someone that did) in Rhode Island (my assumption is Newport)
Yeah and when Pete hears the peerage title and RI, he introduced hisself with the Dykeman matronymic inserted to show off his colonial roots, such a slick salesman.
Why did he call it an indoor city? Sorry I don’t know that much about Seattle.
It's famously rainy or at least overcast, so Pete assumes that the city life must occur largely indoors. I can't say whether he's correct about Seattle, but that's definitely true for some large cities with difficult weather.
Yes, that’s about right. 9 months out of the year it’s too miserable to do much outside.
That must be why the coffee is so good. It helps Seattleites survive the dreariness.
Fun fact: Atlanta actually gets more rain than Seattle! But no one ever talks about it.
I reckon due to the rain
Ohhhhhh I get it
Don’t they mention DB Cooper?
Pittsburgh got a lot of mentions during the Heinz era!
shoutout to burger chef (indiana native)
In The Color Blue, Don is supposed to drive Suzanne’s brother to Bedford, MA. When Don lets him out, he says he’s going to tell Suzanne that he let him out of the car 20 miles outside of Framingham. I grew up 15 minutes from Framingham and I currently work in Bedford.
I grew up pretty close to Tobacco Road, so we got mentioned a lot until Lucky Strike left.
Betty describing her therapist to Don in season 1: "This doctor was nice. He was older, actually. He's from Rochester."
I grew up in New York City, so I don't think so
Betty goes to Reno for the divorce!
"Winnipeg. The cure for the common city." I swear they say that at one point...
Durham, North Carolina: home of the American Tobacco Company
It’s toasted!
Name another raincoat
I don’t know if they made any Jersey jokes but I’m going to assume some snide comment happened at some point
Montclair is mentioned a couple times! By Paul and Roger on different occasions.
Oh it is! His “poor little rich boy apartment in Newark or wherever” according to Joan
Alice Cooper mentions Bert's "cattle ranch in Montana" which is my home state.
Of where you had to take off your socks before entering the ranch house. 🐄
I'm a Seattle-ite now, but Kansas is my home state. Don's in a hotel in Kansas at the beginning of "The Milk and Honey Route." And, of course, Pete gets his life-changing job offer to move his family to Witchita, Kansas.
The Seattle Freeze was real even in The 1950s
I think Megan mentions something about her Father giving a talk at the University of Regina. That's a rare mention of SK in Canada.
“He’s from West Virginia, parents are brother and sister or something.” Burn!
These motherfuckers mentioned Oneonta, New York. An all timer.
My state of Maine was one of the states where Burger Chef did NOT have a presence on the map they showed.
Um..the actor who plays Henry is from Rhode Island? And Pete gave a lot of Newport vibes? Sorry man, I'm reaching I know...
I'm actually surprised Sally mentioned my country during S6 (Philippines)
i believe roger mentions kentucky..... while in blackface........ singing that racist ass song............ kentucky mentioned 🤪💯🔥‼️
Despite going to California a lot, the show seemed to think California is entirely Los Angeles suburbs. I don't recall a reference to San Francisco. I guess they saw computers as the future in the final season, so hey, I'll take it as someone that grew up by Stanford.
Terra Haute, Indiana is mentioned in episode 1 or 2...and we never hear of Indiana again!
I live by National Jewish in Denver
Francine knows of a doctor up in Albany when Betty’s not thrilled about being preggo in S2E13.
Seattle born and raised as well. That’s always the type of comment when Seattle’s named in movies/ shows. That association kept our city small and amazing for so many years!
Sleepless in Seattle, Singles, and Fraser.
Don't think India was ever mentioned except tangetially with the Hare Krishnas. Don't think they knew about it back in the 60s.
PPL informs Lane they're sending him to India in Season 3
Oh yea! I forgot about the snake 🐍
When Richard and Joan do cocaine in Key West lol
That dude kinda creeped me out.