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Herc’s Giving Away Two Copies Of MAD MEN’s Second Season!!

I am – Hercules!!




The contest:

In the BODY TEXT (not the subject line) of your talkback entry below, type the date you think “Mad Men’s” third, fourth, or fifth season should start.

In the SUBJECT LINE (above the date you input), explain why you chose that date.

So they should look something like these:

SUBJECT LINE: The day the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport
BODY TEXT: Feb. 7, 1964.

SUBJECT LINE: The day President Kennedy was assassinated
BODY TEXT: Nov. 22, 1963.

(I've also shown how in the actual talkback.)

If you want to elaborate on your choice, you’re welcome to do so in the body text after the date (though I make no guarantee I will read your elaboration, so try to keep it short).

Remember that season one launched in 1960 and season two in 1962, if that helps guide you.

The two best ideas, as I judge them, win the second-season “Mad Men” DVD, on sale now for $24.49 if you don't want to wait around for me to pick a winner. (“Mad Men” is, in my view, the best series in production.)

You’re welcome to enter as many times as you like. Entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. PT, Wednesday, July 22.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you have access to the email address to which your talkback account is linked. If you no longer have access to that email account, or don’t remember which email account is linked to your talkback account, simply create a new talkback account linked to an email address to which you have access.


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The day the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport
by Hercules
Jul 15th, 2009
05:09:13 PM
The day President Kennedy was assassinated
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I know it was introduced in 1960, but has
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Jul 15th, 2009
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sorry muthmedia
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The publication of "The Feminine Mystique"
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Harry Knowles dies of Cardiac Arrest
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A Bunch of Talkbackers Copy and Paste things from Wikipedia
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race riots in Watts
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Warren Commission publicized
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1964, unknown, Marshall McLuhan publishes
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Judgement Day!!!
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Above post.
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Again I must say...
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^ S4
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MLKs March on Washington (Season 3)
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Robert Kennedy is assasinated(season 4)
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07:34:46 PM
The Battle of the Sexes tennis match
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07:35:16 PM
Sesame Street Premieres (Season 5)
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Jaws premiers
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Woodstock
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I Spy Premieres
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Jul 15th, 2009
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Independence Day 1964
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The publication "The Feminine Mystique"
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Walt Disney Dies
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Septembe 7, 1964 - Daisy Ad airs
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Dr. No opens in US theaters
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GI Joe Released
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Daisy Ad Airs on TV
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The Vatican condemns the pill
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08:07:36 PM
1st Super Bowl Broadcast/Stones on Sullivan
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08:07:46 PM
The Tet Offensive
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08:08:04 PM
First Heart Transplant
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Goldfinger is released in the US
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Democratic National Convention, 1968
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Apollo 1 Astronauts Killed During Training
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Ali - Frazier I
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Rosemary's Baby premieres.
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Dr. Strangelove premieres.
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Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek re-election.
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The day Don Draper fell, hit his head on sink, and came up with
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Don falls, Hits head on sink, comes up with Flux Capacitor
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Don falls, Hits head on sink, comes up with Flux Capacitor
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09:08:04 PM
"You're in the Pepsi Generation" advertising campaign launches
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Season 3 - Opening New York Worlds Fair
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Season - 3 Vatican condems female oral contraception
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I Can't Get No Satisfaction" becomes #1 single.
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In his first State of the Union Address, U.S. President Lyndon J
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Season 5: Roe v Wade decision
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09:31:47 PM
... Johnson announces his "War on Poverty."
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Jul 15th, 2009
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Richard Nixon is elected
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09:36:59 PM
Plans to build the NY WTC are announced.
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Smith and Carlos raise a black power salute at the Olympics
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Season 5: 1968 Democratic Convention
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Season 3: One month before JFK dies
by bigbadbua
Jul 15th, 2009
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Season 4: US troops arrive in Vietnam
by bigbadbua
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09:45:33 PM
The Russians launch Elektron I and II using a single propulsion
by Quin the Eskimo
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09:46:35 PM
The first episode of Star Trek airs
by Wolverine's Dad
Jul 15th, 2009
09:46:58 PM
John Lennon says the Beatles are more popular than Jesus
by Wolverine's Dad
Jul 15th, 2009
09:48:39 PM
3 High School friends in NJ open the first BLIMPIE
by RedJester
Jul 15th, 2009
09:52:43 PM
Thurgood Marshall is nominated for the Supreme Court
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Jul 15th, 2009
09:57:46 PM
Disneys Mary Poppins arrives in theatres
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Mariner 4 returns first pictures of Mars
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10:06:33 PM
The morning after the Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
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10:57:42 PM
The Feminine Mystique is published
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11:06:14 PM
2 days before the launch of Apollo 11
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11:10:58 PM
Break-in at The Watergate
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Jul 15th, 2009
11:17:28 PM
The Graduate is released
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11:20:55 PM
LBJ's imfamous campaign commercial "Daisy" aired.
by RedJester
Jul 15th, 2009
11:27:32 PM
The Enterprise intercepts Gary Seven's transporter beam.
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Jul 15th, 2009
11:32:25 PM
The MAD MEN season 3 poster gives you a hint...
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Jul 15th, 2009
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The Final Looney Tune, "Señorella and the Glass Huarache", is re
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Jul 16th, 2009
12:32:44 AM
Final Looney Tune released, WB Cartoon Division shut down.
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Jul 16th, 2009
12:37:21 AM
2001: A Space Odyssey Opens in Theaters
by AnObserver
Jul 16th, 2009
01:04:10 AM
New 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Advertising Appears in Esquire
by Domingo_Montoya
Jul 16th, 2009
01:05:06 AM
(Season 5 -Final Season!) Richard Nixon Resigns
by muthmedia
Jul 16th, 2009
02:51:05 AM
Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are hung in Kansas
by Bloo
Jul 16th, 2009
02:54:27 AM
The end of summer
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Jul 16th, 2009
06:06:36 AM
It Should Be
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Jul 16th, 2009
06:56:08 AM
The Post publishes its last Normal Rockwell cover
by Maniaq
Jul 16th, 2009
07:55:27 AM
Altamont
by Maniaq
Jul 16th, 2009
08:17:33 AM
Sth Vietnam president murdered(JFK looks other way)
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Jul 16th, 2009
08:45:28 AM
Battle of the Sexes - Billie Jean King Defeats Bobby Riggs
by Schrutebuck
Jul 16th, 2009
08:49:22 AM
"Daisy Girl" ad
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Jul 16th, 2009
09:05:14 AM
Leap Day, Feb. 29th
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09:18:52 AM
First Heart Transplant
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Jul 16th, 2009
10:19:30 AM
Kennedy Assassination
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Jul 16th, 2009
11:48:42 AM
Lenny Bruce sentenced to 4 mos. in prison on obscenity charges
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12:08:15 PM
"Live Below Your Means" Volkswagon Bug ad campaign
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12:50:27 PM
Star Wars Opens
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01:13:04 PM
Munich Olympics Massacre
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Jul 16th, 2009
01:15:06 PM
President Johnson revealed to be Insectoid...eats earth.
by studioki
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01:28:18 PM
The First Day of the Vietnam War Draft
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Jul 16th, 2009
02:44:47 PM
Jim Morrison Defies Censors on The Ed Sullivan Show
by StephenHawkingDiarrhea
Jul 16th, 2009
02:48:01 PM
Sometime in mid 1964
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The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders occur.
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03:08:40 PM
Mattel Hot Wheels Introduced
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03:35:02 PM
The "Heidi" Game
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03:37:57 PM
Johnson Defeats Goldwater
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03:43:26 PM
First Zip Codes in the US
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Jul 16th, 2009
03:48:07 PM
For anyone that missed the first two seasons of Mad Men
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Series7
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30 Rock gets fuckong 22 nominations and Lost gets !?
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StephenHawkingDiarrhea
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05:27:57 PM
ClayListon 1
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07:56:56 PM
S3 - Rolling Stones release their first album
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11:28:25 PM
S4 - Churchill Dies
by bobsjohnson
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11:30:14 PM
S5 - Daylight Saving Time begins across North America
by bobsjohnson
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11:32:13 PM
Is He Gonna Announce Winners?
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10:38:40 AM
Jul 17th, 2009 10:38:40 AM
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Jul 17th, 2009
01:14:12 PM
M. Fallon coins HIPPIE in article about rising counter culture
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02:07:13 PM
Margaret Chase Smith announced candidacy for the GOP presidentia
by Cshifty
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08:10:45 PM
Blowup opens in the US.
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12:30:09 AM
The Pawnbroker opens.
by larebear
Jul 18th, 2009
12:33:08 AM
First "Stan's Soapbox" Appears in Marvel Bullpen Bulletins. 'Nuf
by Chaztastic
Jul 18th, 2009
08:20:03 AM
The Closing of Vatican II
by gateway
Jul 19th, 2009
12:17:38 AM
Completion of The Verrazano Bridge (S3)
by Crow3711
Jul 19th, 2009
02:14:02 PM
1960s
by StephenHawkingDiarrhea
Jul 21st, 2009
01:38:06 PM
July 20, 1969
by Crow3711
Jul 22nd, 2009
04:19:06 PM
I Suck At This, Seriously
by Crow3711
Jul 22nd, 2009
04:19:38 PM
July 4, 1964
by TheWolfman8
Jul 22nd, 2009
09:34:58 PM
Independence Day
by TheWolfman8
Jul 22nd, 2009
09:35:40 PM
Last Mercury Mission launch
by Himbo
Jul 23rd, 2009
01:41:32 PM
In the Year 2525
by Himbo
Jul 23rd, 2009
01:43:36 PM
So who won Herc?
by RedJester
Jul 23rd, 2009
06:42:00 PM
I Won (Or Should)
by StephenHawkingDiarrhea
Jul 24th, 2009
03:30:17 PM
I'll admit it,
by RedJester
Jul 24th, 2009
08:46:31 PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb
by Crow3711
Jul 26th, 2009
07:22:37 AM
That's Weak
by JulesVega
Jul 26th, 2009
05:51:13 PM
Comic Con
by StephenHawkingDiarrhea
Jul 27th, 2009
09:33:33 AM
Doesn't really matter to me how long they wait to decide...
by RedJester
Jul 27th, 2009
06:22:34 PM
I agree
by JulesVega
Jul 27th, 2009
07:44:18 PM
I got mine from Google
by Maniaq
Jul 28th, 2009
07:43:54 AM
Herc emailed me Yesterday...
by Gleemonex
Jul 30th, 2009
09:50:06 AM
Herc emailed me too.
by muthmedia
Jul 30th, 2009
04:37:43 PM
Congrats guys
by RedJester
Jul 31st, 2009
12:32:34 AM
Congrats
by JulesVega
Jul 31st, 2009
06:05:12 PM
Thanks RedJester and JulesVega
by muthmedia
Aug 1st, 2009
01:21:35 AM
thanx 4 letting us know guys
by Maniaq
Aug 6th, 2009
07:11:17 AM
Got mine today...
by muthmedia
Aug 6th, 2009
01:16:53 PM

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