Often imitated the Beatles and their music could never be duplicated. But is use of one of their songs worth a quarter of a million dollars? Plenty would surely argue that it is, and Mad Men creator Matt Weiner would probably be among them. If you caught last Sunday night’s episode of Mad Men (“Lady Lazarus”), you may have heard the Beatles tune playing at the end. Use of the song reportedly cost the series a pretty penny.

Is Don Draper the kind of guy who can lay down all thoughts and surrender to the void? He might have been trying to do just that when he attempted to listen to the last track on the Beatle’s “Revolver” at the end of “Lady Lazarus.” His inability to connect with the band may be just another example of the changing times. Read more…