Sterling Cooper's Ad Campaigns
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Sterling Cooper's Ad Campaigns

Beyond the secrets, the lies and the seductions, let's not forget that Mad Men is about advertising. Which pitch ranks the highest?

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1 Kodak Carousel (Season 1)
Don's presentation (which uses his own family slides) leaves Kodak's executives respectfully silent and Harry Crane bawling. 1549 1829
2 Popsicle (Season 2)
Peggy charms Popsicle with "Take it. Break it. Share it. Love it." As pitches go, this one wraps up fairly easily. 502 1320
3 Belle Jolie (Season 1)
Joan corrals her colleagues in a glass-walled room to test lip colors; Peggy coins the phrase "a basket of kisses." 500 1318
4 Playtex (Season 2)
Paul comes up with a simple and timely concept: All women want to be like Jackie Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe. 496 1336
5 Western Union (Season 3)
Don, Peggy and Paul cobble together a pitch based on a Chinese proverb. The slogan? "You can't frame a phone call." 439 1177
6 Lucky Strike (Season 1)
<p>This is a campaign that found Don scribbling on napkins, doing firsthand research in bars, then conjuring up a client-dazzling pitch.</p> 363 1181
7 Hilton Hotels (Season 3)
Don & Co. put together a campaign that posits Hilton is the same in every language. But Connie wants the moon! 336 1134
8 London Fog (Season 3)
Don's concept, "Limit your exposure," serves multiple purposes: Selling raincoats is just one of them. 259 1101
9 Bethlehem Steel (Season 1)
Pete takes advantage of a night out with Bethlehem's chief to pitch "Bethlehem Steel is the backbone of America." 132 1100
10 Relax-a-Cizor (Season 1)
Peggy's discovery of some fringe benefits of the product lead to a carefully worded endorsement. 109 1119
11 American Airlines (Season 2)
The staff gives up Palm Sunday to pull together a campaign that will fall on deaf ears after Shel Keneally gets fired. -229 943
12 Menken's (Season 1)
<p>To make-good when two meetings end poorly, Don visits the store -- and scores himself a set of cufflinks and a rooftop kiss.</p> -236 946
13 Patio Cola (Season 3)
Sal is crestfallen when the client rejects his frame-by-frame recreation of Ann-Margret's "Bye Bye Birdie" number. -258 1152
14 Bacardi Rum (Season 3)
"Bacar-di-licious" and "Bacar-di-Eisenhower" are just two of the ideas that Paul, Peggy and Smitty toss around while under the influence. -337 977
15 Utz (Season 2)
The creative details of this TV spot are all worked out but a conflict arises when Jimmy badmouths the client's wife. -346 1046