15 Annoying Mistakes You Never Noticed In Mad Men
1. Lanes Dictionary
Arriving in season 3 to oversee the finances of Sterling Cooper, Lane Pryce brought a few things from Britain over to the States with him. One of those was a futuristic dictionary. In one of the most infamous anachronisms of the shows run, the bookshelf in Lanes office displays the three-volume Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. This edition wasnt published until 1987, meaning it appeared on Lanes shelves 24-years too early. How did this come to be? The Twitter account of Lane Pryce may give us some answersWhich other mistakes and historical inaccuracies did you notice in Mad Men? Share your finds below in the comments thread below.Regarding my office library, I was asked to hold onto those books by a nervous young man named McFly. http://bit.ly/WiTRG #madprops
Lane Pryce (@lanepryce) August 25, 2009