Name: Real Mad Men of Advertising
Released: 2017-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: John Slattery

TV Show · Documentary · History

Peek inside the glamorous world of advertising and see what Hollywood gets right and what it gets wrong about this era in marketing. Learn how the industry evolved from the 1950s to the 1980s from the people who created its most iconic campaigns.

2017 · 45m

Starring John Slattery

EPISODE 1

The 1950s

Witness the 1950s advertising boom, brought on by the growing power of the television commercial. Explore its glory days through nostalgic commercials and clips from the Hollywood series Mad Men to see how the ad industry shaped pop culture.
EPISODE 2

The 1960s

Learn why the ad world’s 1960s obsession with youth directly resulted from young people tuning in, turning on, and dropping out. See how the industry co-opted counterculture so it could keep selling things to an audience that didn’t want to buy.
EPISODE 3

The 1970s

Observe the advertising industry as it adapts to the 1970s. See how it handled a recession, consumers who were increasingly suspicious of corporations, and a government that regulated the business of selling like never before.
EPISODE 4

The 1980s

Revisit the 1980s, when greed was good and Brooke Shields slipped into her Calvin’s. Get an inside look at how the advertising industry adapted to the infomercial revolution, cable TV, and commercials that were their own form of entertainment.