I’m not a fan of the show Glee, but I can appreciate when things are well done… and this video was very well done.  It also featured some cameos from some of my favorite actors in roles that you don’t normally see them play.  For example, watching Don Draper dance with Betty White.  If this were Mad Men, Don Draper would be doing a lot more than dancing… he’d be making a drunken pass at poor Betty.

The premise of this video is that Jimmy Fallon runs into the cast of Glee before the Emmy’s.  He asks if they are coming to the show, but they can’t afford tickets to get in.  So, Jimmy decides to help them ‘Glee’ their way in for a cash prize that meets the price of admission.

They need to recruit more members in their club in order to have the proper number of competitors, and that’s where Tina Fey, Jon Hamm (Don Draper), Jane Lynch, Hurley from Lost and Joel McHale come to save the day.

Their song?  Born to Run by Bruce Springstein.   Watch the video to see a very well done homage to the Boss, and some good quality Glee club action.

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I have a feeling that over the past year Jon Hamm’s popularity has gone from Unknown to Vastly Underrated to Underrated to his present status of simply “rated.”  He’s still under the radar of most main stream entertainment consumers, but he’s now getting enough exposure that people are starting to recognize him.  In fact, he’s all over the place!  I first saw him on Mad Men as the main character, Don Draper.  Next, he hosted SNL and had some hilarious sketches, then he was on Bill Simmons’ podcast, then 30 Rock, and now he’s starring in videos on Funny or Die.   He’s doing a great job of dealing with newfound fame and notoriety by taking on roles on main stream, yet still funny productions.  Hopefully he doesn’t start making stupid movies and ruin his underrated status.

The reason why I like Jon Hamm is that he has been around in Hollywood for a long time, it just took his role on AMC’s Mad Men to propel him into notoriety.  In listening to his interviews, it sounds like he spent a lot of time waiting tables in Hollywood and taking on bit roles in movies before this happened.  I saw him in one of those bit roles last week, when We Were Soldiers was on TV.  He was one of the soldiers.

Now that he is successful, he has the opportunity to gain even more notoriety by starring in sketch comedy and other roles.  This video may be a little old, but it’s still relevant.  In the video, he plays super villain and arch nemesis to Superman, Lex Luther.  He is humbly asking for a bailout from the government… and is quite honest with his intentions.  He’s trying to get Superman!  You can tell that this Lex Luther seriously laments Superman.

“I’m sorry, but I work super hard on these things… and this f***ing guy comes in and he’s like “yeah, I’m the guy”

“I mean come on… I’m going to use the money to kill Superman.  I’m Lex Luther… that’s what I do.  I try to kill Superman”

“I hate Superman… I f***ing hate him”