Mad Men and Sesame Street

I am not sure you familiar people are with the show Mad Men. It is one of the most critically acclaimed shows in recent memory. The show is about Don Draper, a creative director in an ad agency and all the happenings that go along with him in his interesting and twisting life. It is my favorite show, and I try to emulate Don Draper's style, hence the side part, but enough about that. I saw an interesting short blurb in Ad Age not to long ago about how the very successful show was being used for a segment on Sesame Street, minus the smoking, drinking, and sex. Sesame Street characters were portrayed in the board room, in their dark suits, and skinny ties, deliberating. Even though Mad Men is not a show appropriate for children, it does provide an interesting insight, that being, the need for creativity. In both Mad Men and Sesame Street, creativity is the way to success. Having a great idea, and being good at it shows reward, which I feel is a valuable lesson. But how does this apply to our PR writing class? Well for us as PR students, what we might be taught to us now, might not hold true five years down the road, due to the ever-changing world, but with all that changes, there is one thing that remains constant. That creativity will get you a long way, being able to think and react and come up with something original can get you places, even if all around you seems uncertain. So take a lesson from Don Draper and Sesame Street and create.

here is the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvKCfZqxrQ