‘Mad Men’ Debuts on HBO Max With Production Mistakes, Including a Visible Vomit Machine
Digitally remastered episodes of the beloved period drama “Mad Men” debuted on HBO Max this week with a host of production errors that inexplicably ended up on the streaming platform.
HBO Max happily announced last month that it would stream the Emmy-winning AMC show “in 4K, giving audiences and longtime fans of MAD MEN the opportunity to enjoy the authentic elements of the series in crisp detail and enhanced visual clarity.”
But when “Mad Men” arrived on the streaming service on Monday, viewers detected several fundamental production errors that somehow crept into the final product.
In a Season 1 episode, a drunken Roger Sterling (played by John Slattery) threw up in the office in one of “Mad Men’s” most memorable scenes.
And while Slattery was throwing cookies, HBO Max viewers could clearly see crew members — to the right of the camera — using a device feeding Slattery’s fake vomit.
Then, in a Season 2 episode, Peggy (played by Elisabeth Moss) could be seen walking down a street in 1960s New York — and passed a Mexican restaurant with her Los Angeles phone number (213) listed and an ad for cell phone SIM cards taped to a nearby building.
Viewers have also spotted episodes with incorrect titles.
The incidents were apparently due to wrong files being delivered to HBO Max and producers are now scrambling to get the correct copies of the show onto the streaming service.
“Mad Men” aired for 92 episodes from 2007 to 2015.
The drama, set in a 1960s New York advertising agency, starred Slattery, Moss, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Christina Hendricks and Vincent Kartheiser.
The series has won 16 Emmy Awards, including four Best Drama awards.
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