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Originally Posted by Buck
So BrBa and TWD spinoffs. What about a Mad Men spinoff?
I'm not sure what I'd want to see there. Maybe Roger Sterling coming up as a younger man.
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Would watch.
And really, the 'universe' would be almost limitless. You could start all the way back with Bert Cooper starting up Sterling Cooper in the 20s with Sterling Sr.
The problem is that Matthew Weiner wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole and AMC would never give it the budget that Mad Men got. As such, it would end up a cut-rate version of Mad Men with actors that aren't going to be the actors we have come to really like in their respective roles.
So ultimately, that's probably not a very good idea. Maybe your narrower concept is a better one in that you could just go back to maybe 1940 or so and just have Slattery color his hair to give him a younger appearance.
Can Slattery/Sterling carry a show, though? Is there enough depth to the character?
In the end, Mad Men doesn't work without Weiner and AMCs massive budget for it, though. A spinoff can only hurt the brand.