Wet and Wild/Thoughts on "Mad Men"

Happy Monday, the second day of April! I'm back after another brief hiatus. Just coming off a great weekend where I spent celebrating the bat mitzvah of a close friend's daughter. I had not seen my high-school friends in almost four months, and we had so much fun. We took two group pictures at the favors table, and of course, one of the frames was a Facebook frame! I created a hidden-message word-search card for the occasion, and the entire family loved it! 


Today's Gail Grabowski offering is called "Wet and Wild." Here are the theme answers.


17A: Give lots of presents (SHOWER WITH GIFTS). I am turning the big 5-0 this year. Will I be showered with gifts? One only knows.


34A: Bask at the beach (SOAK UP SOME SUN). I can think of only one thing, and that's the Sheryl Crow song of the same name. Sit back and enjoy:





I can't believe she recorded this song 10 years ago! I recently did some research on Ms. Crow as I love looking at old high-school yearbooks. She was a majorette, a track star, and member of the honor society. Her father is a prominent lawyer. Not too shabby.


55A: Want nothing more to do with (WASH ONE'S HANDS OF). I do this a lot to avoid responsibility or future blame, lol.


Finally, we are into Season 5 of "Mad Men." Last week's 2-hour premiere was great, with the new Mrs. Draper (Jessica Pare), performing "Zou Bisou Bisou" in their ultra-modern apartment.

Every man in the room except Don (Jon Hamm) got horny. Sterling, Draper, Cooper and Price hired their first African-American employee (a secretary named Dawn), and Layne Price (Jared Harris) had the '60s version of phone sex. Major battles occur between Pete Campbell and Roger Sterling (Vincent Kartheiser and John Slattery). Joan (Christina Hendricks) is a bored and lonely new mom.


Last night's episode was an epiphany: Betty Draper (January Jones) was the subject of fat many jokes on Twitter! The opening scene featured Betty unable to zip her dress, while Don zipped Megan's dress easily. Of course, January Jones was pregnant during filming, and they used a fat suit for the rest. The writers could have incorporated the pregnancy into the show or hide Betty behind bags. I thought the story line was sheer genius. The princess has a moment of vulnerability when she thinks she has cancer. When Sally announces that she doesn't want her ice cream, Betty polishes it off. I think it's payback time for all those years of torture. Also, SCDP hired their first Jew, an obnoxious copywriter named Michael Ginsburg (Ben Feldman), who still lives with his father. And there was a great subplot when two young girls trying to loosen up Don Draper at a Rolling Stones concert. Harry Crane (Rich Sommer) gets high and downs 20 White Castle sliders. He also signs the wrong band (the Trade Winds) to do a Heinz commercial.

I'm going off on tangents, so it's time to say good night.

Till tomorrow . . .

Signing off,

The Puzzlechick.