There’s no doubt that the TV show, “Mad Men,” and all its 1960s recreation has had a great impact on daytime drinking at the workplace. My husband has even concocted a little tray area with Scotch and old-fashioned glasses since we found ourselves under the spell of Don Draper and his cohorts. And in a previous Drinking Diaries post, we highlighted the enlightening efforts of the editors at XX magazine who recorded their daytime-at-the-office drinking in a video called “Can We Drink Like They Do On ‘Mad Men?‘”"
In a piece in the New York Times, “Pairing a DVD and a Drink Takes Care,” Wendall Jamieson takes the matching of drinks and film to a new level. He first claims that he’s been choosing his alcoholic beverage to pair what plays on his screen for the past 15 years–way before the potent effects of Don and Betty Draper–and then goes on to feature some of his favorite films and TV series with his accompanied beverage of choice.
Not sure I’ll be drinking a Rittenhouse Rye old-fashioned when the new season of ”Mad Men” begins this July, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something. In the meantime, we’d love to hear if you have any favorite movie and drink pairings of your own, so feel free to share in the comment box below…
Whiskey, and the Jesse Stone movies.