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How 'Mad Men' Landed The Beatles: All You Need Is Love (and $250,000) | NY Times

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So many interesting facts here (besides the fact that it cast a quarter of a million).

Weiner was told that this was the only time a Beatles song (read: original not cover) has been in a TV show, outside of the band’s live performances. 

Weiner had to share his story line and pages to get approval. 

Weiner also insists that he didn’t break the bank with the choice and that the cost should not be the talking point here. 

This was definitely a top of mind question last night while watching. The golden rule in TV seems to be “NO BEATLES MUSIC!”

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    “Mr. Weiner pointed to another “Mad Men” episode from earlier this season, in which a Beach Boys song is played during a...
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    The trouble with such statements is… they are entirely too easy to prove untrue. In September, 1968 — just over a year...
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    This was so well done.
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    For Carson. Also his first comment at the end of last night’s episode.
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    This was definitely a top of mind question last night while watching. The golden rule in TV seems to be “NO BEATLES...
  21. growltiger reblogged this from mikescollins and added:
    Seriously. $250,000 for music licensing! NO BIGSY.
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    Ugh! Didn’t break the bank?!?! Our whole music budget per episode is more than half of the cost of that one song. But I...
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