Well, let's face it, the coming of wide lapels would have done them in anyway.

MUCH more from the 1973 SEARS catalog 

HERE

look at it, and just try and pretend you did not

dress just like this, IF not in these exact cloths.

( husky plus tuff skins.... 'nuff said )

All of the intnernet is abuzz this morning with a torrent of gloom and doom coming from the offices of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce : ( from huffpo, but it is all over )


The "Mad Men" madness has reached a fevered pitch, and a terrible ending may be in the script.The Emmy-winning show is the subject of a bloody battle between creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and network honchos at AMC. The show has yet to be renewed for a fifth season, and the sides are far apart on a deal.
Money is the issue, Deadline and The Daily report, but it has nothing to do with Weiner's contract; the two sides were close to agreeing on a two year, $30 million deal for the mind behind the acclaimed period drama. Instead, the struggle involves budgeting in other areas, namely advertising and even actors.
The two publications have sources indicating that AMC wants to cut two minutes from each episode, in favor of more commercials, as well as integrate product placement into the show. Given that it's set in the 60's, the kinds of brands that they could include -- or at least their labeling -- would prove interesting. No consumer electronics, for sure. Additionally, the network wants to make a major change in the show's DNA, by cutting two actors to cut costs. Neither of the actors has been revealed.
Predictably, Weiner has balked, and thus, no deal for season five has been made. ( the rest )
more from the LA TIMES .

A very dirty little well kept secret is that .... not all that many folks are watching everyone WE know's favorite show. That stupid zombie mess that AMC came up with to fill the time between Mad Men showings did like three times the ratings. So who knows.... all we can really do it hope for the best. I mean, let's face it, they are all dead from all that drinking and smoking by now, anyway.