How did it not occur to me, until a friend pointed it out this weekend, that the Don Draper/Dick Whitman story on "Mad Men" is all but identical to the old Seymour Skinner/Armin Tamzarian arc on "The Simpsons"? How have the five "Mad Men" recaps I read a week not mentioned this?
Also odd is how Mad Men uses that storyline for some of its most powerful scenes, whereas that specific Simpsons episode is widely viewed as one of the series' absolute worst.
Posted by: Jeremy at November 16, 2009 09:02 AMI'm a huge fan of both and it just occurred to me as well. The episode of the Simpsons where this is revealed is showing now, and it too me all of 3 minutes to make the connection!
Posted by: at December 2, 2009 12:14 AM