Description

A mandatory overtime session leaves Paul, Smitty, and Peggy trying to stave off late-night boredom with marijuana; Roger throws a Kentucky Derby party, while Joan and Greg host a dinner party of their own; and Sally and Grandpa have a run-in. Betty and Don each meet new people at Roger's party. This episode takes place on and around May 4, 1963.

Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It plays these songs...

C'est Magnifique
composed by Cole Porter

This Song is played in My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
Joan's husband asks her to entertain the dinner party guests by playing her accordion. She plays and sings this song.

Hello! Ma Baby
performed by Arthur Collins

This Song is played in My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
After Kinsey's old friend from Princeton accuses him of not being able to sing, Kinsey sings this song - with his friend joining in at the end.

My Old Kentucky Home
written by

This Song is played in My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
Roger, in black face, sings this song to Jane at their soiree.

It shows these books...

It refers to these books...

Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home
written by

This Book is referred to by My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
When Joan's husband asks, "Who says" when Joan tells him about how a table is supposed to be set for a dinner party, Joan answers that Emily Post says. Post literally wrote the book on etiquette in the US.

It refers to these plays...

Romeo and Juliet
written by

This Play is referred to by My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
During an audition, a woman named Hillary gives a list of her work, saying "...and after that I played the nurse in Romeo and Juliet. And after that I played the maid in Tartuffe.".

Tartuffe
composed by Moliere

This Play is referred to by My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
During an audition, a woman named Hillary gives a list of her work, saying "...and after that I played the nurse in Romeo and Juliet. And after that I played the maid in Tartuffe.".

It refers to these movies...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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This Movie is referred to by My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
Don meets a man at the Country Club bar, while he is looking for a cocktail. The man asks Don if he ever saw "A Midsummer Dream" with Mickey Rooney. Don corrects him by asking if he means 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
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It refers to these poetry...

The Hollow Men
written by

This Poem is referred to by My Old Kentucky Home part of Mad Men Season 3
After smoking marijuana in the office with Peggy and Smitty, Kinsey is lying on the floor, reciting a portion of this T.S. Eliot poem, "This is how the world ends. This is how the world ends. This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whimper.".

Other Connections and Related Pop Culture

Mad Men Season 3

# Title Air Date
Mad Men
3:1 Out of Town Aug 16, 2009
3:2 Love Among the Ruins Aug 23, 2009
3:3 My Old Kentucky Home Aug 30, 2009
3:4 The Arrangements Sep 6, 2009
3:5 The Fog Sep 13, 2009
3:6 Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency Sep 20, 2009
3:7 Seven Twenty Three Sep 27, 2009
3:8 Souvenir Oct 4, 2009
3:9 Wee Small Hours Oct 11, 2009
3:10 The Color Blue Oct 18, 2009
3:11 The Gypsy and the Hobo Oct 25, 2009
3:12 The Grown-Ups Nov 1, 2009
3:13 Shut the Door. Have a Seat Nov 8, 2009

My Old Kentucky Home

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My Old Kentucky Home
performed by Ben Sollee

My Old Kentucky Home
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