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Jon Hamm does Scott Brown, Sergio and Don Draper on 'Saturday Night Live'
Jon Hamm made waves as Scott Brown and hosted a pleasantly funny, if uneven, episode of "Saturday Night Live" on Jan. 30.The skits that worked the best either played off of Hamm's good looks or his stern "Mad Men" character.
The latter could be seen in his opening monologue, in which he reminisced about some of his earlier, unknown showbiz gigs such as a "Saved by the Bell"-type sitcom, a stint on QVC and doing stand-up for Def Comedy Jam. In each flashback, we see Hamm in Don Draper mode, snapping out brusque lines, slapping his co-host or drinking/smoking up a storm.
Both an Andy Samberg digital short and a political skit conspired to get Hamm shirtless. In the short, Samberg plays a businessman who is "cursed" -- a suspenders-wearing, saxophone-playing man named Sergio (Hamm) burts upon the scene at the most inopportune moments. Be sure to watch through the end of the short for the gross finish.
Hamm then played Massachusetts senator-elect Scott Brown (he of the nude Cosmo centerfold), who has the oddest effect on Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank. Some of his best lines were to Speaker Pelosi, "I want to introduce something to the floor. It's called ... your panties," and to Congressman Frank, "You worried about a filibuster? 'Cause I'm about to filibust out of these jean shorts."
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Finally, musical guest Michael Buble does himself proud, joining Hamm for a silly sketch in which the two shoot ads for the restaurant Hamm & Buble, which is pronounced "BUH-blee" in the skit, not "boo-BLAY." Apparently, the restaurant specializes in pork products that are enhanced by sparkling wine or vice versa.
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Probably the two best looking guests SNL has ever had on at one time. Way to go!!
I wish Andy Samberg would get fired. And I could stand to lose Kenan, as well.
This was definitely one of the more consistently funny shows SNL has done in a long time. They used Jon Hamm very well and seemed to hit his mark in every skit. My favorite part? Hamm dressed as a 1920s flapper in Robert Byrd's fantasy.
In Weekend Update Bobby Moynihan looked more like an Oompa-lumpa instead of Snookie. The make-up artist put way too much orange on Bobby.
The Hamm & Buble skit was probably the best skit I've seen in a while. Who knew Michael Buble was so young and so good looking?
SNL is rarely funny and predictable.
But Hamm doing Brown priceless.
r u kidding Andrew? he wasn't orange enough to be Snooks.
OMG ... that Scott Brown skit was hilarious!!
Ham and Bubbly was laugh out loud funny. The best guests don't care if they make fun of themselves and Hamm (and who knew, Buble?) gets that.
It was a really funny show, if uneven. They need to clean house there. Agreed with top. Samberg falls back on his I'm the Cute One schtick too much.
I HATE Bobby Moynihan. FIRE HIM....FIRE HIM NOW. He has NEVER been funny, and his Snookie was just annoying rather than amusing. He's awful.
The opening monologue, Scott Brown skit, and the Hamm & Buble skit were the funniest.
The ones that were awful and completely UN-funny were the skits where Kristen Wiig played an obnoxious skank who couldn't tell when to start singing in a song, and the courtroom sketch with Fred Armisen as the annoying court stenographer. Neither of those skits had anything remotely laugh-worthy.
Makes me wonder what skits they had to choose from that were cut in favor of those two losers.