The blessed event is finally here: Mad Men is officially streaming on HBO Max in 4K as of December 1, and I, for one, am extremely ready to revisit the slicked-haired, cig-ripping, Scotch-swilling ways of Don Draper and company. (Not for nothing did I once throw a Mad Men -themed holiday party in my college suite, for which I made ’60s-style Grasshoppers that almost gave everyone alcohol poisoning.)

Below, find literally every thought I had about Season 1, Episode 1 of Mad Men , “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”:

It’s the floaty little falling-businessman song!

God, we used to be a proper country.

(While this show was on the air, I mean, not during the time period it depicts.)

I know ’60s bars wouldn’t necessarily have been fun for me as a fat, gay woman, but I can’t help admiring

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