Gothamist: Don Draper Still Sells Laughs on SNL Minus Big Names

JMH

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:53:03 -0500

I liked the fact that they wove the "Two A-Holes" sketch into the "Mad Men" sketch like that. I wasn't impressed with the amount of time Jon Hamm spent playing either himself or his "Mad Men" character - playing yourself in a lot of sketches is what athletes and politicians and musicians and other non-actors do. That being said, "Jon Hamm's John Ham" was pretty funny.

WorksInDUMBO

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:53:56 -0500

Mad Men is amazing...guess it's not everyone's cup of tea. SNL, however? Really lame this week. I thought John Hamm looked EMBARRASSED to be a part of it.

babyhitler

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:39:31 -0500

the only good tv show i've seen in the last 3 years is Chuck.

midnightbreakfast

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:21:47 -0500

Hmm...Maybe I'll give it a second or even full-assed look. The motivation comment was interesting. Love The Shield even though it's probably a good thing that (I think) this is last season. Vic Mackie is a guy I love to hate. The other characters are good too.

josh lyman

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:45:32 -0500

that is ridiculously stupid

jterry121

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:53:55 -0500

Mad Men will be Cancelled by next season

matty

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:33:28 -0500

I love mad men. Each episode is its own miniseries. That said I think its biggest fault is a really slow plot line and no conflict/resolution that you might find more of in biggers shows. And yes I have a man-crush on don draper.

virgil

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:16:38 -0500

well one man's meat is another man's poison, so there's particular no reason why you should like it, but I'll tell you why I do; I do like the period recreation, but the reason I watch the episodes a second time (which I don't do with any other drama) is the way the show allows you to try to figure out people's motivation instead of spelling it out. The same line could mean two or more very different things, and you just have to be patient and see what happens. Of course, that ambiguity wouldn't be interesting to me without a really good set of writers, actors and directors. I feel like it's a really rich and subtle psychological portrait of a particular section of society during a particular period of time. Also, I love the two A-holes sketch, and was just wondering why they hadn't done one in a while when the sketch appeared. That guy on the subway was right: Jesus realy does love me.

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:49:09 -0500

I tried watching mad men, didn't like it but hey to each their own. whatevs. wasn't the John slattery guy on Girlfriend's? same with The Shield. no like. I enjoyed Breaking Bad and It's always sunny in Philly. what I really like are the serious actors doing something crazy like chris meloni in The Gym Teacher. (he was also in wet hot american summer)

midnightbreakfast

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:39:09 -0500

Could somebody please explain to me what's so great about Mad Men? I understand the costumes and props are authentic, and that people were once allowed to smoke in the workplace, but am I missing something? It's pretty z-z-z-z-inducing from where I'm sitting.

matty

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:25:11 -0500

The two-aholes sketch isn't funny at all.