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They can’t stop! It’s getting like one of those medieval dancing crazes

Manchester United stop appointing managers from second rate leagues to the highest profile job in club football challenge

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These shows began in 2007 and 2008 and for a time were the two dominant “what do you mean you don’t own the box set?” prestige TV shows, and this strikes me as a really pretty remarkable shared feature of their protagonists!

The answer is that both their names – Walter White and Don’s real name, Dick Whitman – are references to multitudes-containing poet Walt Whitman

Quiz: what is the connection between the names of the protagonists of Mad Men and Breaking Bad?

Quiz: what is the connection between the names of the protagonists of Mad Men and Breaking Bad?