When Josh checked in yesterday with our friend the Hammster he was spitting hot fire with the “Comedy Bang Bang” crew. Today he continues on his quest to prove he’s good at everything by rolling out of bed, tossing on his finest Cardinals World Series champs t-shirt, and effortlessly providing near perfect advice to the females of tomorrow.
Clearly someone behind RookieMag.com — “an online publication for teenage girls” — has serious pull and can call in favors from the likes of Jon Hamm — and Paul Rudd before him — to participate in the site’s video Q&A series, “Ask a Grown Man.” The level of access relative to the subject matter is kind of amazing. Where Paul Rudd discussed the appeal of boobs to men, Jon Hamm takes on wardrobe preferences, the fun of making out vs. the complications of going all the way, and — of course — farting. Hamm was a high school drama teacher, so I imagine that’s why he’s so good at this, but still his ability to aloofly yet sincerely answer these questions is kind of remarkable.
There aren’t any teenage girls in my life that I’m aware of, but if there were I’d send this over with a “watch so you can be a better person” note ASAP. And seriously Britney, commit.
Source: Rookie
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Jon Hamm and Paul Rudd have been friends since they were teenagers growing up in Missouri, so there has to be an old friend of theirs working at Rookie or something. [www.vulture.com]
They’ve also had BJ Novak and the lead singer of OK Go so someone has some industry pull with awesome people. [rookiemag.com]
Hamm, Rudd, and Jason Sudeikis grew up in like a 20 mile radius in Missouri. Kinda remarkable, you know, since it’s Missouri. I’ve seen Winter’s Bone.
Wiki says Rudd and Sudeikis lived in Overland Park, KS which is a hop and a skip from MO. Hamm lived in Creve Couer, MO which is a burb of St. Louis which is a 3.5 hour drive from Overland Park. Just saying.
Joe, I imagine a big Debbie Downer “wah wuh” every time you hit post comment.
I must have Hamm confused with the third party in that crew, b/c it’s Rudd, Sudeikis, and one other person I think doesn’t suck.
I like to picture Joe as the kid who sits in the front of class, always raises his hand, and likes to have debates with the teacher, making class run long. Joe, please confirm that neither Rudd nor Hamm ever moved during their formative years. Also Wikipedia is not gospel.
Here, I googled it for you.
[www.interviewmagazine.com]
PR: Now, you were a St. Louis Cardinals fan growing up, obviously, because you’re from St. Louis.
JH: You were living in Kansas City.
PR: That’s how we know each other, essentially, because I would come visit the Clarke family in St. Louis. And then later, when I left Kansas to go to acting school in California, you came out to visit.
I am from Missouri!
*waits patiently by phone
Jon Hamm is hilarious!
I wish they’d announce these in advance.
Granted, all my questions would be variations of “Can we be friends?” and “Why aren’t we friends yet?”, but still.
I can’t be the only one who reads that banner to the tune of REM’s “Everybody Hurts”?
So now I am going to watch this video on mute, expand this vid to full screen on my desktop and pretend that Jon Hamm is staring straight into my soul and whispering sweet nothings to my face.
I would pay tens of dollars to see Jon Hamm and Jim Carrey play a game of Horse, but with facial expressions.
I think it’s important to point out that Jon Hamm wears great t-shirts.
I so wish Jon Hamm were a fan of one of my teams.
rookie mag is run by tavi gevinson, the (at the time) 13yo fashion prodigy from chicago who started a blog that went global pretty fast… she’s now 16 i think and runs in ‘important’ circles, so with that, not surprising she was able to pull these guys.
didn’t know jon/paul/jason were from missouri… i too saw winter’s bone and that place does NOT look like fun
And that’s your daily does of “The Real World” with Jon Hamm…