
Welcome back, folks, to the next installment of my
Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Yesterday I suggested some fun gifts for
grandma (after tackling
mom and
dad), and that leaves us with grandpa!
The first thing I thought of for my grandpa was
the soundtrack to AMC's hit show
Mad Men.
The Simpsons may not be must-see TV for me like it was a few years back, but I still try to make a point of watching the annual Halloween special, the Treehouse of Horror. Even though it usually airs after Halloween (thanks a lot, World Series), it keeps me in the spooky holiday mood with clever horror parodies.
I'm especially excited for this year's (19th!) episode because it includes a takeoff on one of my favorite Halloween traditions: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

The storm clouds swirled on this week's exciting season finale of
Mad Men. As the terror of the Cuban missile crisis thrums below the surface, everyone copes with the prospect of the end of the world in his or her own way. The entire episode has a nihilistic vibe to it, with characters weighing each moment against the idea that it could be their last.

It's been a very
Mad Men weekend around here. In addition to the
second-season finale on Sunday night, about which I'll have a lot more to say in just a little while, Jon Hamm also stopped by
Saturday Night Live for a guest-hosting gig that poked some fun at Mad Men and Hamm's character, Don Draper.
A bunch of Hamm's sketches were funny — I was pretty impressed with him overall — and it was great to see fellow Mad Men actors Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery pop up in one of the scenes.