The top mistakes in Mad Men http://www.moviemistakes.com/tv6880 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:58:46 +0000 125921 When the new secretary is being shown around the office, the cover is slipped off an IBM Selectric typewriter. She is told not to be afraid of the new technology, it was made easy enough for a woman to use. The episode takes place in March 1960 (a calendar is shown) and the IBM Selectric wasn't introduced until 1961. 125920 The show takes place in 1960 and a calendar shows it to be March. At one point, Don Draper chews out Pete Campbell for stealing a discarded health report regarding cigarettes. Don tells him that there is nothing out there that will magically make copies of something (eluding that photocopiers hadn't been invented yet). In 1959, Xerox introduced the Xerox 914, the world's first plain paper photocopier. By the end of 1961, the 914 had generated almost $60 million in revenue. The series takes place in the biggest and best ad agency of New York City. If they didn't own one, surely they would know about the ad campaign surrounding it. 143861 Season 2, "The Benefactor": During the riding lesson scene, the chin strap on Betty Draper's riding helmet disappears, reappears and disappears again over several shots. 157204 The stripper takes her glove off, but in the wide angle, barely half a second later, it's back on. 157205 When the show starts, Draper is lighting a cigarette and his left hand is seen next to it. A second later the hand is down and he is raising it again.