The dual universe of the twitter Mad Men - THEY'RE ALIVE!

Mad Men knows a good tweet when it sees it

The Mad Men/Twitter revolution has ushered in a new era of marketing that is about as interactive as you can get with a static TV show. Perhaps this is only fitting as Mad Men is about an earlier revolution in advertising. Now you can not only watch each epsiode, you can continue the conversation with your favorite characters on twitter and be part of the game.

So...1963 meet 2009. Here are some of last season’s best tweets from what truly is an art form. (It's a long list and I couldn't include all characters. More to come I promise, and updates continually...)

Don Draper - ad honcho and secret agent in training (www.twitter.com/_dondraper)

• I didn't buy a xerox machine just so Ken Cosgrove could spend all day making copies of his published story in the Atlantic Monthly.
• We're in the ballroom waiting for the CLIOs to start. Too bad Mona isn’t here, but Betty you can sit next to Jane Siegel.
• Betty, you shouldn't be smoking menthol cigarettes while you're pregnant. I'll bring home a box of Lucky Strikes, they’re better for you
• Sally, will you please make Daddy your famous gin and tonic? it's been a grueling week.
• Roger still hasn't learned that martinis and oysters are a lethal combination. Had to listen to him chuck up in the alley.. Again.
   

Roger Sterling - master philosopher/sensualist (www.twitter.com/roger_sterling)

• First lesson, learn to count past 5. Second lesson, learn your fractions of liquor and vermouth. Third lesson, multiply by 2.
•   Lunch is going to have to be something extremely bland, behind closed doors… Where the hell did Joan Holloway wander off to this time?
• Don Draper can really hold his liquor. I never noticed how comfortable the low pile industrial quality carpet on my office floor could be.
• Sometimes I think the drink is getting to me. I swear I saw a priest by the photostat the other day.
•  It’s frustrating when I have to get involved in account messes. If everything is going well, I shouldn’t have to do a damn thing all day.
   

Betty Draper – long-suffering wife of Don; Shorty Award finalist (www.twitter.com/bettydraper)

• National studies prove tobacco isn’t harmful at all. Don’t you read Reader’s Digest?
• Oh, I don’t think Sally Draper likes beer. She prefers sips of sweet drinks like grasshoppers or whiskey sours.
•  Don’t they ever empty the ashtrays on this train?
• Sally Draper, where are you, honey? How about making a little gimlet for Mommy?
• Thank you. Don and I just couldn’t. Be. Happier.
• Oh, dear. You’re not the only one saying bad things about Joe the plumber. But he was so highly recommended!
• How could Don take three hours to buy toothpicks?

Peggy Olson – crackerjack copywriter working her way up;  winner of Shorty Award (www.twitter.com/peggyolson)

• This might be my best Christmas ever. Until I have to go to mass. Until then, I’ll celebrate with my new friends in advertising. Bottoms up!
• Swell to see you here, Mr. Cooper. I hope you don’t mind if I don’t take off my shoes. They’re part of my outfit.
• Ken Cosgrove, how could I be Jackie – or a Marilyn? I seem to recall you thought I was a Gertrude Stein.
• Just saying what you all are thinking: slept w/ Don Draper to get promoted; slept w/ Roger Sterling to get an office. Right?
   

Ken Cosgrove - account exec at Sterling Cooper (www.twitter.com/ken_cosgrove)

• Has Sal Romano gotten here yet? I’ve got a craving for some of his homemade fruitcake.
• Why, thank you. I just happened to bring a copy of the Atlantic Monthly with me in case anyone wanted to read my story.
• Paul Kinsey, you’re awfully quiet lately…what a pleasant surprise.
   

Paul Kinsey - senior copywriter at Sterling Cooper/jazz freak (www.twitter.com/paul_kinsey)

• As the elder statesman of copywriting in this joint, it’s my duty to inform you that wasn’t quite what I said.
• Ken Cosgrove, don’t be a square in front of the jazz cats, man. You’ll blow my cover. They think I’m a bohemian.
• Good God! Roger just showed up w/ Jane Siegel. This might be the most interesting party ever.
   

Sal Romano – closeted art director at Sterling Cooper (www.twitter.com/sal_romano)

• Ken, I’ve got a stiff one for anyone who needs it. The Prosecco’s almost gone anyway.
• Didn’t mean to keep you awake. The missiles are less important to me now than the bomb that was dropped at Sterling Cooper.
• I’ll never do seafood again after that episode with Roger Sterling & the oysters. Stain never came out of the carpet.
   

Jimmy Barrett -obnoxious comedian (www.twitter.com/jimmy_barrett)

• Considering how full of crap you are, you need to eat all the prunes you can get.
•  Heard the pals n gals at SC are up in arms because they hired a fruit. Big deal, I’ve worked with plenty. The names I could drop.
•  I had a party last night at the apt. It was a gas, but it ran late and I wanted to go to sleep, so I called the cops on my own shindig.
• That’s OK, sweetheart. I didn’t realize you were so expensive. Manhattan rates, I guess?
• Performed at a private party last night. The host’s son took offense at one of my jokes and shoved me into the punch bowl. Calling lawyer.
• Filmed a lot of segments this week including a gag with a guy in a gorilla suit at Macy’s. It’s a real gas. You’ll see.
• Careful with Bobbie. I had drinks with her once. I woke up with a headache. She woke up with a wedding ring and half my assets??
   

Bobbie Barrett - ballsy, promiscious wife of Jimmy  (www.twitter.com/bobbie_barrett)

• There's no such thing as the homely, cooks-for-everyone, grandma Bobbie. You're looking for Betty Draper.
• Peggy, I like wearing lipstick while selling sex (don't tell jimmy)...who am I kidding he was my best customer!
• Peggy, the dress is divine, you'll knock 'em all off their feet! Now time for a stiff one, martini that is...;?
   

Joan Holloway - luscious office manager on a career path separate from Peggy's (www.twitter.com/joan_holloway)

• My girdle is my best friend. These curves need to kept under control.
• Freddy stole another case of Heineken and doesn't think I know. Why do these boys think they can get anything past me?
• Andy Warhol?? But why would I want to go to a party at a FACTORY?
• You might be the first man who has told me I remind them of their mother.
   

Kitty Romano – wife of Sal Romano (www.twitter.com/kitty_romano)

• I suppose the church may not be ready for a guitar. Sal always goes on about how much a wonderful organ adds to a Mass.
• Oh, I wish I could help, but Sal is the one who takes care of the closet arrangements in our house.
• Wonderful idea! Sal just cannot get enough Broadway. I’m thinking Anything Goes.
• Having nightmares about missiles. From the way Sal is moaning in his sleep, I think he is, too.

Helen Bishop – divorcee living in Ossining (www.twitter.com/helen_bishop)

• Another sunny day in disturbia.
• Thank God the kids love Swanson’s TV dinner with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce. It creates somewhat of a festive atmosphere.
• What I like about Ossining, at least I don't have to talk about my life because no one asks.
• I believe the inmates in Sing Sing are saner than some of my Ossining neighbors.
   

Father Gill -(www.twitter.com/fathergill )

• I know that Lent is all about self sacrifice, but Hot Cross buns are definitely a silver lining.
• I wonder if Monsignor will allow me to dress up as St. Nicholas to pass out the toys to the less fortunate children in our parish.
• The Monsignor asked me to turn down my Peter, Paul, and Mary LP. How can he dislike an act with the names of 2 apostles and the Madonna?
   

Twitter Mad Men peripherals we have to love:

Frank O’Hara – a poet from the era (www.twitter.com/frank_ohara)

• Coming into Grand Central. Not sure what’s more beautiful today: the lights, or Francine Hanson’s wig catching fire.
• Roger, hanging out with the young makes me drink, too.
• Peggy Olson, I hope you’re keeping in touch with the little people, now that you’ve got a door to close.
• Betty, look at you! Glowing like the top of the Chrysler Building!
• Note: J. Edgar Hoover is a big fat queen.
• Roger Sterling, oh, don’t look at me that way. You know what I like.
• I tend to prefer standing, then sitting, then prone. That’s a party.
   

Xerox 914 - technology does have a brain (www.twitter.com/xerox914 )

• You better fill up my paper hopper Ken Cosgrove before the girls in the Secretary Pool find out you’ve been making unauthorized copies of your trashy article
• Peggy Olson, I have copies of everything you have ever written. They will be valuable someday. Don't ask where I keep them.
• I woke up this morning, with a butt print on my glass. Won't these people learn?
• @AMCnews, dont worry I am making copies of everything for you.

Many are on hiaitus before Season 3 kicks off on August 16th, but start to follow now.  I guarantee a wild ride come mid-August.

NEXT ARTICLE:  Special focus on @BadPeggyOlson, the alter-ego of @PeggyOlson.

Lindy King is a workaholic, who is also Marketing Director at Symbaco.com.

JOIN MAD MEN EXAMINER on Twitter and Facebook.