Fred Topel: Jon Hamm of Mad Men

FRED TOPEL: Jon Hamm of Mad Men

AMC's hit series Mad Men turned the channel into a legitimate network for original programming. Their previous claim to fame was simply showing old films, as their title American Movie Classics indicated. Harkening back to a more "classic" era, Mad Men takes place in the world of 1960s advertising. The smoldering period piece stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, the top ad man at Sterling Cooper. The world of the office features lots of smoking, suits and pre-sexual harassment sexism.



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Mad Men rules. One of my favorite shows... second to Rescue Me.

One day......one day I'll ask you to marry me. You'll say "no"...but I'll still ask.

Seriously....those are the two best shows on TV.

Also...a fine job by the interviewer.

started to read it, but my spoiler sense was tingling, so I stopped. haven't seen all of series 1 yet.

well, loving Mad Men and Rescue Me is definitely a marriage requirement for me

Mad Men is fast becoming one of my favorite shows of all time. As a journalist, I'd love to pick John Hamm's brain. Freddy is now, hands down my favorite interviewer on this site. Your questions were on point, thought provoking and creative.

You know what's up, good job

Nice interview. I have not managed to catch the show yet but I will definitely be making an effort to now.