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When you get right down to it (Original Post) DFW Nov 2015 OP
Did you feel any sense of irony Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #1
None at all DFW Nov 2015 #3
At ten years of age I knew all that was needed to be known about Madison Avenue Brother Buzz Nov 2015 #7
Definitely more important to us than anything else DFW Nov 2015 #10
The primary source for my school comedy material Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #13
I love that part of Manhattan- is it midtown? n/t Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #8
They lived at East 89th street DFW Nov 2015 #9
Small world. Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #12
I beg to differ Brother Buzz Nov 2015 #4
LOL!! DFW Nov 2015 #5
Haha. That is so good. Gregorian Nov 2015 #6
Their policies and any who adapt mmonk Nov 2015 #2
Pro - 1 % policies are our adversaries too. Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #11

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
1. Did you feel any sense of irony
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:04 PM
Nov 2015

about utiliizing a Madison Avenue product for your argument, given that almost all candidates on both sides of the aisle are packaged and presented by Madison Avenue?

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/07/jon-stewart-bull-speech-daily-show

DFW

(54,050 posts)
3. None at all
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:13 PM
Nov 2015

I remembered something from when I must have been about ten years old, and found it to be on a similar level, that's all.

**on edit--at that age, the only thing Madison Avenue meant to me was it was one of the streets we had to cross to get from my grandparents' apartment to get to Central Park.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
7. At ten years of age I knew all that was needed to be known about Madison Avenue
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:49 PM
Nov 2015

485 MADison Avenue, the epicenter of my universe

DFW

(54,050 posts)
9. They lived at East 89th street
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 02:43 AM
Nov 2015

I think these days it is more of an upscale address, but in the fifties far less so. My grandfather didn't have the kind of money needed to buy an apartment like the one he lived in today. He worked his way through the depression doing odd jobs, including taking my mom and the kids in her class to and from school. Although very much a Noo Yawkah, his ancestors were deadbeat Mississippi river boat gamblers who fled to the relative anonymity of NYC to escape their debts.

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
12. Small world.
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 07:57 AM
Nov 2015

Iirc, my sister used to live on East 89th, right around the corner from Elaine's, back in the 1980's. Happy Thanksgiving.

DFW

(54,050 posts)
5. LOL!!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:35 PM
Nov 2015

I guess the hourly rates are more than some can afford these days!

My grandfather sent out a Christmas card when he was 99. It had a photo of himself--looking very much his age--and had the caption: "Compliments of the Seasoned." He never lost his wit until he died--3 years later. For that matter, at age 80, he took up painting, and DID paint his impression of a Madison Avenue boardroom:

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He called it "The Blockheads" after the "Peanuts" epithet. He could have sold that painting 100 times. I still have it on my wall here in Germany. No way in the world that painting leaves the family as long as I'm still alive!

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