If you enjoy: 1. Drama; especially period Dramas 2. Exquisite production design 3. Pop culture references in movies and series 4. Extremely well written shows 5. Fantastic acting from a fantastic cast 6. and you especially enjoyed Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos; You’ll definitely enjoy watching Mad Men.
That's bullshit, Mad Men doesn't have any of those things. Its writing is the same as any other advertisement because that's all it is, an advertisement.
I remember how when my mom would be watching this in her room, I would rush in to watch the intro and I'd ask her if the silhouette is okay when watching him fall.
This intro is so good, I mean I watched the entire series and not even ONCE I skipped the intro. It's a show about, among other things, advertisement, so it makes sense the intro makes you want to keep watching the show, it's so good you even enjoy the intro.
Finished season 1. I love it! I was interested in watching Mad Men due to my love for Breaking Bad getting into seeing other beloved dramas. Without spoiling anything I left off feeling sad yet anxious at the same time making me want to watch more. That's the wonder of great television.
I finished it about a month ago already and I'm craving to watch this amazing series again. I've seen The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad and many more shows in the past year and out of all of them Mad Men has been my favourite. Absolute well written and amazing series.
Another series you might like is "The Americans" which ran on the FX channel. One of the greats with suspense so tight you'll feel as if you're having a stroke. No kidding.
I always found the opening credits reminiscent of Hitchcock. The Saul Bass artwork with the falling man, similar to Vertigo, accompanied by the pulsating strings and chord progression.
The way diamonds can be plucked from the swamp of scripts, and take little known talents like John Hamm and Elizabeth Moss into stardom is so crazy and inspiring
It's such an interesting intro, because the silhouette character's body language does not communicate panic or alarm aside from perhaps the last pose despite falling to his death. Otherwise it's all Silhouette Guy (Don) seemingly in a daze, looking around not realizing he's in freefall, trying to take in his surroundings as if he was intoxicated or waking, and seeing nothing but ads and being so overwhelmed by it that he doesn't realize the reality of his situation. It doesn't exactly convey Don's story, but it's so perfect an opening for this show that it's as if an ad man unironically designed it for the series to draw viewers.
Having a wife who generally doesn't like what I like to watch, and a teenage son who is the same, This catches their attention, regardless of what the program is, which is exactly the point. They both love it.
This was the first ever "western" show i watched, back when i watched for the first time i barely spoke nor wrote any english, needless to say i had to watch with subtitles and pause every so often, but now roughly a decade later, my english is literally better than my native tongue, plus this show was awesome, oddly enough ive never finished the last season
I love mad man. It’s not a crazy drama with intricate storylines and cliff hanger moments, it’s very subtle, smooth and easy watch. Not the best show ever, but a good one with incredible production quality. recommend to everyone
radical rennie I think breaking bad and mad men are different in the sense that I feel Breaking is a great piece of entertainment, while Mad Men is a great piece of art. One show I would suggest for you to watch if you loved Mad Men is Bojack Horseman
Art and entertainment aren’t two completely different things. Film is and has always been another form of art. The writing, camerawork and acting on breaking bad is all phenomenal, no matter what standards you put it up to. The writers and directors conveyed what they wanted to convey, which happened to be to make a kick-ass show full of interesting characters, thrilling plots and mind-blowing cinematography. You don’t need to write off a piece of art as just being entertainment.
I still think ending the show with Don pitching himself out of the high rise office, as much as I would’ve hated to see it, it would absolutely had been the greatest, most obvious yet completely unexpected foreshadowing of all time
Well people were jumping out of buildings during the stock market crash in the 30s. Someone did kill themself on the show but not him. Sales is a very tough gig though.
One thing I will never forgive about the show is advertising itself. I absolutely hate advertisements, they can be clever but who in the end really likes advertisements everywhere? No one!
I have never heard about this show until just now when I watched an episode of The Simpsons that had a parody of this opening. It was for a Treehouse of Horrors opening. What a great opening!
One person I know told me that this intro was sexist and i was like "you're missing the entire point!!" First of all, this intro is really good, the combination of the music, the graphics and the whole vibe is so well done, and totally fits the themes of the show. Second of all, a big part of 'Mad Men' is the social ideas surrounding women, and the 60s being a time when a lot of women were starting to question their roles in the world, they were beginning to break free from those gender-roles. The pictures of the women on the buildings are ads, and considering that Don works in the ad industry, it makes sense for him, and his male workers, to paint women this way in their ads, this is what they are encompassing in a way. And on another note, this is a show about the 60s! This was the time, they are writing a show about a period where women were objectified and put in these positions, this intro is only a small part of the storytelling. Btw I absolutely love this show and if you haven't watched it, season 1 is free on Prime i think.
Literally watched the entire first season just because I liked this intro so much.
That's probably what I'm going to do
I’ll do that just like watching twd nowadays
Was it good
Once I saw the carousel scene in the final episode I HAD to watch the rest of the series.
thekillers1stfan do you guys like it? I need a new series to watch.
And it's _STILL_ one of the hardest bass drops to this day
Hello black cat brother
@@ГригорийХовер hello there
Facts
@@magentuspriest General Kenobi
Omie?
Everytime I watch Mad men I never skip the opening.
Neither do I
It's great, and only 38 seconds. Many intros from shows go on too long.
@@jamesanthony5681 to be fair some longer intros are really good ie sopranos and the wire
@@plugshirt1762 Yes, you're correct. Love those two.
me too, it's a masterpiece
One of the best opening sequences of any show ever.
Watch the opening sequence of scam 1992
@@puneetgupta6648 i agree. It has a lot of resemblance to this.
Exactly
Don’t forget Game Of Thrones
Tied with Bosch, at least for me.
The drumming is so freaking awesome
And the harp when he's about to finish falling. The music is just *chef's kiss*
Its congo not drum !
@@chongraxesh1 it’s both
Everything about the song and the video is awesome
If you enjoy:
1. Drama; especially period Dramas
2. Exquisite production design
3. Pop culture references in movies and series
4. Extremely well written shows
5. Fantastic acting from a fantastic cast
6. and you especially enjoyed Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos;
You’ll definitely enjoy watching Mad Men.
That's bullshit, Mad Men doesn't have any of those things. Its writing is the same as any other advertisement because that's all it is, an advertisement.
@@John_Doe974 Bruh. How could you have honestly watched this show and come to that conclusion
@@Wonder7771 "How could you have honestly watched this show" I didn't, I'm not a bad person who watches evil trash like this.
I agree with this
@@John_Doe974 Low iq in the chat
"If you dont like whats being said. Change the conversation."
I remember how when my mom would be watching this in her room, I would rush in to watch the intro and I'd ask her if the silhouette is okay when watching him fall.
One time I accidentally pressed skip intro and had to rewind
This show is what happens when attention to detail, phenomenal writing, superb directing and acting come together...this is a masterpiece.
This intro is so good, I mean I watched the entire series and not even ONCE I skipped the intro. It's a show about, among other things, advertisement, so it makes sense the intro makes you want to keep watching the show, it's so good you even enjoy the intro.
Finished season 1. I love it! I was interested in watching Mad Men due to my love for Breaking Bad getting into seeing other beloved dramas. Without spoiling anything I left off feeling sad yet anxious at the same time making me want to watch more. That's the wonder of great television.
you should also watch Sopranos, without it neither BB or Mad Men would exist
I can rewatch this show a 3rd time easily. I LOVE JON HAMM OMG.
Man i miss this show such a masterpiece no action no life and death stakes just regular human conflict and it's so good
I feel like the Bojack Horseman intro was inspired by Mad Men. It's similar in its own ways.
I thought this as well as soon as I started to watch Bojack
Yeah its crazy but Bojack and Don seem like mirror images of one another!
@@flightdub6056 Raphael Bob Waksberg even says in interviews that he used Mad Men as a comparison to Bojack when he pitched the series
I think mad men was inspired by the nightmare scene in Hitchcock’s masterpiece vertigo
The whole premise was similar to mad men, they just changed it to an actor
So far No other show managed to steal my heart like mad men... I miss it.
I finished it about a month ago already and I'm craving to watch this amazing series again. I've seen The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad and many more shows in the past year and out of all of them Mad Men has been my favourite. Absolute well written and amazing series.
Another series you might like is "The Americans" which ran on the FX channel. One of the greats with suspense so tight you'll feel as if you're having a stroke. No kidding.
@@anitasmith4559 i would just watch all of the 74 episodes just to watch the finale. Its THAT good
@@anitasmith4559 Yeah The Americans is top tier TV too for sure.
Boardwalk Empire perhaps
An incredible series that is quite similar to Mad Men is Succession, I recommend it
Magical. The music, show, everything was dead on. Miss you mad men.
This theme song is one of my favorites
Probably the best intro ever.
This and the Breaking Bad intros are both awesome
Boardwalk Empire's intro too.
Cowboy bebop
Top 5 for sure but The Sopranos to me has the best intro ever.
Stranger Things
I got an ad with Jon Hamm in the beginning of the video
I remember seeing this as a child every now and then
Damn you’re young
yea same remember my mum watchin it in the backround, now I love the show haha
Happy 10th Anniversary Mad Men
Oh I miss this show so bad . I always enjoyed every season
Probably not the *best* intro but definitely one of the deepest.
Makes you think about life.
this soundtrack should won an Emmy.
What do you mean, not the best intro? Guys what did he mean by that?
@@OnigirliThat can mean only one thing 'he/she is an idiot'
Great intro and tune. It reminds me a little of the opening scores and visuals to the James Bond movies.
I had no reason to be watching this in middle school but holy damn did it open my eyes to good music and a good show.
It's a great show. Wish it hadn't ended.
Too bad it ended like shit
Same
Kay Muldoon me too.
7 seasons is a good run, they really didn't need any more
Samee 😭
I always found the opening credits reminiscent of Hitchcock. The Saul Bass artwork with the falling man, similar to Vertigo, accompanied by the pulsating strings and chord progression.
I've just started my first watch of the show and this opening is already one of my favourite things about it
Even a man knows Don Drapper has the looks....
Every man on the planet knows that Don Draper is the real alpha male
@@magentuspriest He isn't. He just looks like it. That's literally the WHOLE point of the show, lol.
The unsupervised child at the grand canyon: 0:11
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Liam Payne:
lol
Bro 😂
Love the beat at 0:28 especially
pure badass
ded Totally!
0:32 is the best
so badass
I find this time of year the perfect time to begin watching the entire series .
Thank goodness for the holidays :D
"Would you say I know something about you Don?!
Best into and best show ! Anybody else from the uk watched this masterpiece?
The way diamonds can be plucked from the swamp of scripts, and take little known talents like John Hamm and Elizabeth Moss into stardom is so crazy and inspiring
Love the opening theme and I miss this show!
One of the best Intros in TV series
This intro brings back so many memories i love it 😢
too bad this show isnt on netflix anymore!! best show ive ever seen
it is on prime video
@@archdornan5311 well too bad its not in Prime anymore. I felt lucky that I got the chance to watch it on Prime before they took it out
@@Erasureeraser Now is in Hbo
Just pirate it
One of the best opening credits
The show in itself is amazing but holy shit the soundtrack takes it to the next fucking level.
Whoever laid the drumming on this one is a fuckin G
The reversal effect at the very end completes it perfectly
It's such an interesting intro, because the silhouette character's body language does not communicate panic or alarm aside from perhaps the last pose despite falling to his death. Otherwise it's all Silhouette Guy (Don) seemingly in a daze, looking around not realizing he's in freefall, trying to take in his surroundings as if he was intoxicated or waking, and seeing nothing but ads and being so overwhelmed by it that he doesn't realize the reality of his situation.
It doesn't exactly convey Don's story, but it's so perfect an opening for this show that it's as if an ad man unironically designed it for the series to draw viewers.
Having a wife who generally doesn't like what I like to watch, and a teenage son who is the same, This catches their attention, regardless of what the program is, which is exactly the point. They both love it.
I watched the whole series and I played the whole intro very time . ❤
This will never get old
“Roger, Roger, Marketing, Marketing, Genius, Genius, Genius, Genius, Meeee”
- Roger Smith
This was the first ever "western" show i watched, back when i watched for the first time i barely spoke nor wrote any english, needless to say i had to watch with subtitles and pause every so often, but now roughly a decade later, my english is literally better than my native tongue, plus this show was awesome, oddly enough ive never finished the last season
I love watching mad Men while looking through my 60s book from all American ads by Taschen.
one of the best intros ever. simple. quick. yet so iconic
I love mad man. It’s not a crazy drama with intricate storylines and cliff hanger moments, it’s very subtle, smooth and easy watch. Not the best show ever, but a good one with incredible production quality. recommend to everyone
Mad Men is one of the best shows I have seen outside of Breaking Bad and Six Feet Under.
I gotta say...this really is the best opening intro of life.
I finished this show finally yesterday and it’s one of the best I’ve ever watched👏🏻
One of the few intros I never skipped
One of the greatest series of all time.
I made this my ringtone for a bit, it was a good decision lol
it likes Vector
FLOWEY YT Yeah
The crocodile?
I miss this show so much
When a television show became art. Nothing like it before and probably won't be seen again for years.
have you seen breaking bad?
@@radicalrennie6088 bah. it was good after season 3. mad men was consistent.
radical rennie I think breaking bad and mad men are different in the sense that I feel Breaking is a great piece of entertainment, while Mad Men is a great piece of art. One show I would suggest for you to watch if you loved Mad Men is Bojack Horseman
Art and entertainment aren’t two completely different things. Film is and has always been another form of art. The writing, camerawork and acting on breaking bad is all phenomenal, no matter what standards you put it up to. The writers and directors conveyed what they wanted to convey, which happened to be to make a kick-ass show full of interesting characters, thrilling plots and mind-blowing cinematography. You don’t need to write off a piece of art as just being entertainment.
Breaking Bad is nothing like this show... Sopranos on the other hand...
The drums go so hard. They’re sampled from Bernard Purdie’s “Heavy Soul Slinger”
What a masterpiece.
underrated series bro
Fun fact, many of the cast members played roles in Rock Star Studios open world video game L.A. Noir
This song never gets old!
The Only series I watched every episode till the last drop...
I still think ending the show with Don pitching himself out of the high rise office, as much as I would’ve hated to see it, it would absolutely had been the greatest, most obvious yet completely unexpected foreshadowing of all time
Golden age of tv shows
Gives me the best chills!
I miss this masterpiece
I always thought the show will end with him jumping off his window because of this intro
@San Fierro He said he always thought that doesn't mean he does, so y'know, don't call him an asshole.
@San Fierro I mean, even if there was spoilers in the comments, the shows been around for a good while, and it doesn't actually matter at all.
Well people were jumping out of buildings during the stock market crash in the 30s. Someone did kill themself on the show but not him. Sales is a very tough gig though.
Just finished the entire show yesterday ❤
I wish people have the knowledge to watch things like this.
How simple and impressive
Very James Bond-esque opening credits
Man men is so cool it inspired me to start drinking
Based
One thing I will never forgive about the show is advertising itself. I absolutely hate advertisements, they can be clever but who in the end really likes advertisements everywhere? No one!
Executive Producer is called Matthew Weiner and I think that says it all.
Reminds me of a song by The Cardigans called "Hanging Around."
One of the greatest tv shows of all time
Maybe my favorite intro ever
such a smooth intro
this looks like if the protagonist of Vector had a TV show
The last 8 seconds of the intro is so badass! My ringtone actually
Absolutely love this series. Such a brilliant character study! 👍👍
My favourite opening song and video
Never skipped it
I have never heard about this show until just now when I watched an episode of The Simpsons that had a parody of this opening. It was for a Treehouse of Horrors opening. What a great opening!
Succession WISHES this was its theme song
Memories
Still love this show
this kinda reminds me of the game vector
The title opening is one of my favorites!! The solo drums while the “mad men” title fades into view is mesmerizing 😍😍😍
Right before the title is shown the music changes from melancholic to sinister but triumphant.
My brother had this theme song as his ringtone during the early 2010s
Anyone else in the UK love this show ?
me! but I’m guessing there’s still a couple million in the uk who love it.
@@faltyuse great ;).. I have asked every person I know and nobody has watched it it’s crazy ! I loved it !
i’m coming back to this now because my parents used to watch this when i was young and this intro used to scare the SHIT outta me...
One person I know told me that this intro was sexist and i was like "you're missing the entire point!!"
First of all, this intro is really good, the combination of the music, the graphics and the whole vibe is so well done, and totally fits the themes of the show.
Second of all, a big part of 'Mad Men' is the social ideas surrounding women, and the 60s being a time when a lot of women were starting to question their roles in the world, they were beginning to break free from those gender-roles. The pictures of the women on the buildings are ads, and considering that Don works in the ad industry, it makes sense for him, and his male workers, to paint women this way in their ads, this is what they are encompassing in a way.
And on another note, this is a show about the 60s! This was the time, they are writing a show about a period where women were objectified and put in these positions, this intro is only a small part of the storytelling.
Btw I absolutely love this show and if you haven't watched it, season 1 is free on Prime i think.