Jon Hamm – Lex Luther Needs a Bailout
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”