...but not before Megan does, as Don joins her in the living room, dressed no less conservatively than he does for work and given that this is the Stones night, it's no surprise that Megan opines that he looks "so square [he's] got corners." Don tells her he's got to look like The Man (heh), and after some talk about Betty that does not include her medical news, Don heads out...
...and then he and Harry are pushing their way through a crowd of kids in the backstage area. Harry tries to talk his way by a security guy and gets no information other than that the Stones are not yet on the premises, so they settle in to wait, whereupon they're accosted by two pot-smoking girls who look not a day over fifteen. Harry tells them he and Don are in advertising and the girls make a Bewitched comparison, likening Don to Darrin (actually "Derwood") and Harry to Mr. Kravitz and while I don't find those particularly apt, the idea of Harry married to Gladys Kravitz is funny enough to make me giggle without benefit of marijuana. In the interest of fair reporting, however, I must tell you that Don does not share my opinion, although he could just be peeved about the Derwood thing.
Betty's reading in bed when Henry joins her; he seems very loving and she puts down her book and kisses him with intention. After a moment, he asks if she really wants to. Apparently it's been a while, but she's into it, even though he adds that he thought their drought was what she wanted. I don't want to tell you how to live Henry, but maybe that's the sort of thing you should verbally check on every once in a while?
One of the jailbait girls has disappeared and the other one, who I assume drew the short straw, is listening to Harry tell some ridiculous story about Charlton Heston, nudity, and VapoRub. Her friend saves her from a fate worse than death as she comes back and grabs Harry's hand, telling him they're being let in and they're gone in a flash, leaving Don with the first girl, who asks if Don really thinks he's going to get the Stones to do a TV ad. Don informs her they did one for a cereal in England only three years earlier, when "you were probably what, eleven?" She smiles, so I guess she really is only fourteen or so, which thankfully I think is too young for even Don; he backs that idea up by asking, after she removes his tie and puts it around her neck: "You see someone do that in a movie?" Heh. She tells him he needs to relax, which is probably true, but he's never more relaxed than when he's pumping people for free market research, so he asks her what she likes about the Stones. The girl, however, is more interested in getting a business card from Don to use to try to get them past the doorman and when he obliges her, she heads off. We don't see him quizzing other bystanders about their musical tastes, but he didn't get where he is by wasting opportunities.









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