In the '60s... Guys Thought The Feminine Mystique Was a Dating Handbook
Published in the winter of 1963, Betty Friedan's timely treatise on the sorry state of contemporary American womanhood became an instant bestseller and inspired intense controversy amongst (mostly male) readers and cultural commentators. Drawing on interviews the author had conducted with housewives from around the country and her observations about the depiction of femininity in the mass media, Freidan's book touched on such thorny subjects as depression, women in the workplace and infidelity. All in all, it was a serious, weighty tome. Still, why are we not surprised that happy-go-lucky Ted treated it as a way to pick up girls? "Best opening line I've had in months," he bragged to Dean, adding that "understanding women is the best way to get women." Uh huh. Because he's had so much luck "getting" Laura, the obvious apple of his eye.

In the '60s... Truckers Were a Good Source For Free Rides and Career Advice
Maggie got her start as a tough-talking waitress in a greasy spoon diner somewhere outside of Tacoma, WA. To escape her mindless job and "crazy father in a trailer with two flat tires," she vanishes into books, particularly F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It takes an encounter with a cheap-tipper of a trucker to set her on the right path. After informing her that his measly 3-cent tip was meant to encourage her not to waste her life serving up plates of burgers and fries, she hopped aboard his rig and lit out for new territory. We're hoping he didn't make her pay for gas, at least.

In the '60s... UC Berkeley Was A Hotbed Of Identity Theft
After a jaunty ride south down the West Coast, Maggie turned up in sunny Cali in 1961 and got a job at the Berkeley branch of the University of California helping students add and drop classes. She also seized the opportunity to get herself some schooling, assuming the identity of Pan Am stewardess/part-time student Roxanne Gibson to audit a World Literature course taught by the "wonderful" Professor Kolker, who has a penchant for making fun of his students' taste in literature (way to motivate them, Prof). She wound up pulling this stunt to take part in several classes, adopting such aliases as Susan and Marjorie before inevitably getting busted by ol' Kolker. Incidentally, as the '60s progressed, Berkeley famously became a hotbed of liberalism, so it's safe to assume that Maggie adopted some of her ideas there.

In the '60s... Martin Luther King Jr.'s Words Inspired Everyone, Even Yugoslavians
Delivered to a packed crowed on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech remains one of the most famous pieces of oratory in history. His words clearly have an impact on Kate and Niko, who are watching the address in a New York bar before the bartender flicks the TV off, over their strenuous objections. "Great man," Niko says, adding in a clumsy bit of foreshadowing, "Men like that don't live too long in my country." The lovers than decide to try and lighten the mood by playing a little Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, but King's beautiful words understandably keep ringing in his ears. (Plus the show's producers apparently couldn't afford the licensing fee for "Walk Like a Man.")

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