'Mad Men' Finale: The Story Behind the Coke Ad 

Agreed, he finally accepted what he was and it lead to, we are to assume, his best work.

Isn't it a cynical message about how the commercial ethos infects every aspect of life, even the most deeply humane and profound.

Seems like Don is so incapable of accepting himself that his "great epiphany" ends with him wasting it on another corporate ad for his job. He yet again chooses to cower away from his true self and continue his role as another cog in the corporate machine. A fitting ending for a show full of godawful characters.

@@DCI-Frank-Burnside I just watched it and that's exactly what I thought. I'm glad you think the same thing

@@returnalnocturnal7729 I loved this show, I hope you mean god awful in the sense that you loved to hate them, because otherwise why did you bother watching the whole thing?

Also two episodes earlier he looks thoughtful at that coke machine at his motel when his car broke down

Coca-Cola*

As he drank a beer at a Irish pub lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So he just substituted Guinness for coke!

Jack Ding cringed every time she says it.

Jack Ding hahah - why is she saying it like that

+NapsterDawson Becasue that's how its said. Do you think its 'fin-ally'? If you do, check correct French pronunciation, as its a French word. Not an 'American' one.

LOOOL

No, sir, it's an ITALIAN word, meaning originally the last movement of a piece of music or an Opera act. Most of musical terminology is italian. Her pronunciation is relatively good, giving the natural difficulties of anglo-saxons to pronounce romance languages ..

toology55 Sugar doesn't cause diabetes, including adult onset type 2 diabetes.

Liberal Libertarian From American Diabetes Association: Research has shown that drinking sugary drinks is linked to type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends that people should avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent diabetes. Sugar-sweetened beverages include beverages like: regular soda, fruit punch,fruit drinks,energy drinks,sports drinks,sweet tea, other sugary drinks.

toology55 A link is not a causal factor. That is why correlation does not mean causation. For example, the correlation or link between ice cream consumption and murder is almost perfect. Therefore, does ice cream cause murder? Obviously not. Being overweight is the top risk factor for developing diabetes, and being overweight could be due to high sugar intake, an inactive lifestyle, vitamin D deficiency, lack of sleep, hormone imbalance, etc. Many people consume large quantities of sugar and never get type 2 diabetes. So, being overweight will most likely result in diabetes NOT sugar intake.

toology55 Can`t you watch an interesting video and not say something stupid.

+toology55 One coke doesn't cause diabetes.

+Peaches Boling I totally disagree.

Sure if the Socialist Democratic Party left America. Just saying.

I know who really did it

No, it was composed by Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway, the commercial was recorded by The New Seekers, who also recorded the most successful pop version after the ad became a huge hit

@@SallyWilliams aha! Thanks for the info!

Also David Chase said everything for the finale was ont he screen - Remember aout 4 episodes prior - When STve Sharipa was in the boat on the lake with Tony, and they were talking about death. Tony said - "Everything just goes black" David Chase, indeed, had it ont he screen. Brilliant!

How do you figure? I disagree. I think it would ruin the series. The only possibility in my mind is a prequel, of Don’s life growing up.

TheLang0lier in the end he has that moment of clarity and realized that only love can vanquish hate which is indeed what he had for the world and where he worked. This last scene including the ad suggests that don, in a moment of clarity and beautiful peace comes up with a beautiful ad, For the company he works for (Mcann erickson) which was indeed the agency where this ad came from back in 71 seeing as McCann erickson is indeed a real ad agency still to this day.

That's the suggestion, yes. The real-life ad was a McCann-Erickson production, too. Some of the people Don meets at the commune/retire are also styled very closely to the people in the real ad, a deliberate way to strengthen the idea that Don wrote it (in the show, of course). Don't forget the bell ringing as a smile comes to his face seconds before the ad is played, suggesting a "light bulb" moment.

Bonnie Kerr ** "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" is a pop song that originated as the jingle "Buy the World a Coke" in the groundbreaking 1971 "Hilltop" television commercial for Coca-Cola. "Buy the World a Coke" was produced by Billy Davis and portrayed a positive message of hope and love, featuring a multicultural collection of teenagers on top of a hill appearing to sing the song. "Buy the World a Coke" repeated "It's the real thing" as Coca-Cola's marketing theme at the time. The popularity of the jingle led to it being re-recorded by The New Seekers and by The Hillside Singers as a full-length song, dropping references to Coca-Cola. The song became a hit record in the US and the UK. Origins The idea originally came to Bill Backer, an advertising executive working for McCann Erickson, the agency responsible for Coca-Cola. Backer, Roger Cook and Billy Davis were delayed at Shannon Airport in Ireland. After a forced layover with many hot tempers, they noticed their fellow travelers the next morning were talking and joking while drinking Coca-Cola. Backer wrote the line "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" on a napkin and shared it with British hit songwriters Cook and Roger Greenaway. The melody was derived from a jingle by Cook and Greenaway, originally called "True Love and Apple Pie". The commercial ended with the statement: "On a hilltop in Italy, we assembled young people from all over the world to bring you the message from Coca-Cola bottlers all over the world. It's the real thing. Coke." The song became so popular that it was recorded by The New Seekers and by The Hillside Singers as a full-length song-without the mention of Coke-and both versions became huge hits. A version of the song was rerecorded by Susan Shirley and released in 1971. Cook, Greenaway, Backer, and Billy Davis reworked the song and recorded it as a Coca-Cola radio commercial.**

Google ”glädjens herre var en gäst” it’s the same Chorus

Yep. That would've been a great series finale. The episode itself wasn't that great tho but that ending? With that song? "Are you alone?" Perfect. Had the season 5 ending been the series finale, Mad Men would be right beside the Sopranos as greatest of all time. But the last two seasons just didn't have what the first 4 had.

GuyX 1 Coca Cola ending captures the whole essence of the whole show. That’s why Weiner chose exactly that ending. I think it totally makes sense

My favorite season finale was season 6, when Don takes his kids to the dilapidated house where he grew up, and Sally looked at her dad with new eyes, and "Both Sides Now" begins to play. It still gives me chills! ☺️

The funny thing is, you obviously don’t get it 🙄

Jordan Ulbrich impossible, the show began around 64

It started in late 50's. It showed Cuban Missile crisis and Kennedy's election..and the events leading up to it.

I think it starts in 1960. In the first episode and Peggy goes to the doctor, his calender says 1960.

Just shut up people like you are extremely annoying.

Enrique Godinez Ok Enrique. Im really sorry.

HotGeneration200 Coke may be the best advertised brand ever, It made total sense

Masterpsflood Exactly!

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