Open Thread: May 8, 2026
Your daily source for off topic chatter with the MMA Mania faithful.
Stephanie Klube, Kyle Humphrey, Mary Lynn Ashby, Sarah Parrish, Jon Hamm, Alexa Alemanni, Jennifer Schumaker, Dawn Anderson, Carolyn Pask. Some of the cast of Mad Men including Jon Hamm, standing in background. Set of Mad Men, a new AMC series about ad men in the Fifties in New York, which offers a different look at the era a wild, smokefilled, alcoholfueled, sexist, racist time when white men were on the cusp of losing cultural control.
The set, and costumes, have been minutely detailed, down to full ashtrays, and flabby upper arms for the secretaries. (Photo by Stephen Osman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Hey all, here’s your open thread for Friday. MMA ADJACENT Full contact karate that is not Karate Combat.
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC Not a big Bond guy, but these are interesting. What did we think of Mad Man? GAME TIME A tough one today.
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