r/BeAmazed • u/kennny41 • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Conversation Pits Were a Popular Home Feature from the 1950s to 1970s, Designed for Social Interaction

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u/Due-Doctor5930 15d ago

Don Draper had this in his city apartment.

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u/Duel_Option 15d ago

Zou Bisou Bisou

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u/whingingcackle 15d ago

Why don’t you sing like that?

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u/postdromesucks 15d ago

Why don’t you look like him?

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u/whingingcackle 15d ago

One of the sickest burns in the show lol

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u/Duel_Option 15d ago

Roger is so defeated at the start of that season lol

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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 14d ago

And by the end of the season he’s tripping balls on LSD and staring out his window naked, and probably getting ready to have sex with Megan’s mom lol

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

One episode he calls Don’s place to get Marie on the phone pretending to be her Dad, gets her to dinner and then “don’t be demure, you’re already on the bed”.

I’d argue Roger has just as much claim to best character on the show as anyone else

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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 14d ago

I’m in the middle of a rewatch for the first time in years. I always knew the show was funny, but I’m noticing this time that it’s almost as much of a comedy as it is a drama. Roger is obviously hilarious but there are so many jokes in every episode. It’s actually really impressive how the writers were able to make that work. Peggy saying to Ted “I… Abe got stabbed” had me rolling. Her delivery of the line is just so perfect.

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

Abe breaking up with her after getting stabbed was hilarious to me lol

Nothing beats Duck taking a deuce on Don’s chair though lol

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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 14d ago

The best part to me is it wasn’t even Don’s chair lol. He’s in Roger’s office and doesn’t realize it because he’s so hammered.

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u/Pallortrillion 14d ago

Yes! Currently rewatching after years and noticing more of the comedy I missed.

Like when they are trying to move his dead secretary while they’re having a client meeting and you can see Pete struggling to lift her behind the clients.

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u/Deurstoppel 14d ago

Even more funny that that is the only time you see Pete in that episode

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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 14d ago

My god that whole scene is just physical comedy gold. Part of what makes the show so great is it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

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u/Anotherspelunker 13d ago

The lawnmower accident scene, Pryce’s secretary messing up and getting fired… there’s comedy gold in this brilliantly written drama

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u/shodan13 14d ago

Roger is also the GOAT.

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

Perfect balance to watching someone like Don mope about (even though he’s my dark hero)

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u/shodan13 13d ago

Also perfect foil because his arc is the opposite of Don's.

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u/justplanestupid69 14d ago

That show was brilliantly written.

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u/HumpyFroggy 14d ago

I had to go back and rewatch the scene.

My poor hearth, I forgot how beautiful Jessica Paré is in the series. I melt away every time.

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u/Dairy_Ashford 14d ago

you don't get to have this. all you get to do is watch.

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

Good lord…is it getting hot in here or is it just me

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u/Kal-ElEarth69 15d ago

Jessica Pare. Bon Magnifique!

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u/Hot-Audience2325 14d ago

god she was hot in that show

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u/Megan_Draper 14d ago

I sure was

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u/Duel_Option 15d ago

je suis d’accord

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u/deepfriedpimples 14d ago

Zu bezou bezouuuu

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u/Euphoric-Student1006 14d ago

Her scene is Hot Tub Time Machine ....

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u/inky95 14d ago

Me just now realising it's not 'zooby zooby zoo' 🤯🫣

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

Well you got the pronunciation right, so let’s go with that lol

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u/CoolHeadedLogician 14d ago

bisou is french for kiss

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u/drunkentuckian 14d ago

Oh man. I’ve never seen that spelled out. I always thought it was just a noise you make like “do do doo”. Something new every day ‘eh.

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

les Français ont un don avec les mots

It’s a French song, Jessica Pare is from Quebec. I recognized it from some ancient records my Mom had growing up.

The way she pronounces things is very French Canadian to my ear, that’s why it can definitely sound like do do lol

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u/AgentCirceLuna 14d ago

That song drives me crazy but it’s an earworm. It’s stuck in my head now and I’m angry.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 14d ago

Laissez tomber mes oreilles

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u/dakness69 14d ago

dies internally

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u/Duel_Option 14d ago

The man is a moron, Megan can sing French to me any old time

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u/AgentCirceLuna 14d ago

Got that stuck in my head now. Saloupe.

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u/Fit-Issue1926 14d ago

I call my cat Bisou as a nickname because of that scene/song

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u/Optimusprima 14d ago

How timely! The 13 year anniversary of Zou Bisou Bisou is coming in just 3 days!!

(I send a link of it to my husband each year, so it’s on calendar)

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u/trueimage 14d ago

Frere Jacques