It was the namedropping heard 'round the Internet on Sunday night: Lost in the dizzying fury of his (first) anti-Japan tirade, Roger Sterling responded to the reminder that WWII was over with the bellowing rejoinder: "Why don't we just bring Dr. Lyle Evans in here?" That suggestion didn't make Bert Cooper very happy, baffled Pete, Don and Joanb, and sent a number of viewers straight to Google afterward wondering: "Who the hell is Dr. Lyle Evans, and why does he have these guys so upset?" Finally, it appears the Internet has revealed an answer.
To wit: He's nobody! Just a fabrication, it appears (if that's even the right spelling of his/her name). A few folks point to a former teacher and supervisor of school library services in Saskatchewan -- from the mid-1940s (!) -- but judging from the pejorative nature of Roger's reference, I doubt it. Was this just a great prank to get at someone behind the scenes at Lionsgate or AMC, the way showrunner Matthew Weiner used to do at The Sopranos by putting enemies' names on gravestones and the like? Wild speculation of your own is welcome below...
[via Slate and The Awl]
