Starting Five

1. Chaough Fun

So, apparently, Sterling Cooper Pryce Draper has merged with the dude from the AT&T ads (“It’s not complicated”)… “My mother can go to hell, and Ted Chaough can fly her there!” And a Happy Mother’s Day to you, too, Peter Campbell…. Did anyone else notice that not one, but all three Kennedy deaths were referenced in the episode? Bobby’s, obviously. As well as JFK’s, by Pete. But also John John’s. When Ted and Don were bumping through the clouds in Ted’s small plane, the pilot mentioned to Don that you could be flying upside down and not even know it. “You have to rely on your instruments,” said Ted. It is thought that the handsome young Kennedy was flying upside down as he made his way through the soup of an incredibly hazy July evening some 14 years ago….The show would not premiere until the following year, which is why the merger of SCPD and Cutler Gleason Chaough did not have –otherwise it would have been too tempting for Matt Weiner to ignore — a Brady Bunch reference… No one gets more mileage out of less screen time than Roger Sterling. Take me to Germany with you, Rog…  Really, Joan, with assets such as those, you need Bob Benson to help you get in to see the doctor? I’m disappointed in you.

I don’t know much, but I do know that Harry Crane would be Jan Brady.

2. Tiger’s Back

The planet will not go into full “Tiger’s Back!” mode until he wins a major –it’s one month shy of five years now– and is dating the entire 6 a.m. spin class at the Newport Beach Equinox. Still, yesterday’s victory in the TPC at Sawgrass. Woods has now won four tournaments this year and seven of the last 21 that he entered. On to next month’s U.S. Open at Merion in Ardmore, Pa.

3. Tony Stark Crushes Jay Gatsby

We live in an age in which the public keeps score on opening movie weekends. Ironman 3, in its second weekend, drew $72.5 million while The Great Gatsby, starring Leo DiCaprio, earned $51.1 million. Why is it that sports events go by attendance and films go by revenue? For what it’s worth, the character Ironman was created in 1963 (by Stan Lee) while The Great Gatsby was released in 1925 and, of course, written by native Minnesotan F. Scott Fitzgerald. The latter film, by the way, only scored a 48 on the Rotten Tomatoes meter.

4. S.O.S. for SAS?

It’s one of the NBA’s most enduring, and always compelling, postseason storylines. The fading dynasty versus the enthusiastic upstarts. Think Lakers-Bulls in 1991 or Celtics-Pistons in 1988. The Spurs are making their last run with their trio of future Hall of Famers, while the Warriors have now had three different leading scorers (Stephen Curry, 44; Klay Thompson, 34 and 17; Harrison Barnes, 26) –all of whom have been in the league four or fewer seasons — in the four games. It’s knotted at 2-2 as we return to the city of the Riverwalk.

5. Kristen Wiig is correct: There are never nuts in Eggs Benedict.

Off to the steakateria. Will try to add more later…