The 4K Mad Men Puke Debacle

When you're online every day, you see a lot of things. I do my best to consume small amounts, not drink from the firehose. But this GIF of Roger Sterling puking with and without hidden crew members is one of those things I'm utterly delighted exists.

If you missed it, HBO released 4K restorations of Mad Men. Except they didn't really watch it for quality control and let some scenes slip through with visible crew members. Honestly, I thought this image was AI when I saw it. Surely HBO and Mad Men and AMC and Matthew Weiner's people wouldn't be so sloppy? And the comments on that Bluesky post are very.. very funny. It's fake, right?

This Todd Vaziri breakdown on the 4K Mad Men Debacle shows it is decidedly not fake. They just messed up. It's not the only example of where they messed up, nor is it the only show that's ever done such a thing. But it's the latest and that comparison GIF is an absolute treasure upon the world.