You don’t have to be a Mad Men junkie to have noticed that this week’s SNL‘s funniest parts involved its talented host, Jon Hamm, who proved he can do comedy as well as brooding and mysterious drama. The show seems to have either blown its wad on the political stuff, or just taking a break from being funny with it this week. Probably because we’re used to seeing Jon so serious as Don Draper, the SNL people wrote some extra-silly, extra-immature sketches for him, including not one but two that used the time-tested comedy tradition of bathroom humor. After the jump, the five funniest SNL moments, which all, not surprisingly, involved Jon Hamm.

5. Jon’s Opening Monologue — Mad Men As A Dance Competition

4. Let’s Put The Finger In Butts:

3. Two A-Holes Visit Sterling Cooper:

2. Jon Hamm’s John Ham (The Ham You Eat On The Toilet):

1. Don Draper’s Guide To Picking Up Women:

Aside from being funny to non-MadMen viewers as well as fans, the part about the dancing man is a perfect send-up of Mad Men‘s sillier aspects.

Comments (21)
  1. What? How could you not have included Vincent Price’s Halloween Special? Kristen Wiig AND Jon Hamm together!

    “Arrrrgh…I’m a pirate.”

    The sex offender sketch was pretty good too. I thought the episode was quite good even with Amy squeezing out her kid and not being able to reprise Bronx Beat.

  2. coldplay is the worst

  3. Did anyone else notice how during the Two A-Holes sketch, the audience didn’t seem to care that the real life Peggy was making a guest appearance, but everybody clapped for Sterling? WHEN WILL WE BREAK THIS GLASS CEILING IN CELEBRITY CAMEOS?

  4. Alexa Strong  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

    yeah, but that horrible casey woman got applause presumably because people thought she *was* christina hendricks. i think elisabeth moss is great, so the fact that she wasn’t received really bummed me out.

    also, that guy who did the pete cambell impression — genius!

  5. Hil  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 +1

    “I’m just a woman – I’m not allowed to own a watch.”
    “With good reason.”

    This – and the rest of the episode – was SO AWESOME.

  6. Jason  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

    No Rasta-Man? That one had me in stitches.

  7. Janet  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

    Ovaltine?

  8. Hamm’s James Mason impression was so much fun. I wanted more of that.

  9. i think  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

    the videogum videos aren’t working…

    • It works for me. What machine/browser are you on?

      Extra Coldplay was a poor substitute for Bronx Beat, but this was a great episode save for Kenan Thompson who remains the worst.

      • i think   |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

        windows, ie 6 – i just tried another browser (mozilla) and it works, but still no dice in ie

  10. the end of the mad men sketch was perfection with the nod to the carousel pitch… and their gay sal was pretty funny…. their joan was ok too.

    oh oh – and don draper’s guide to picking up women was funnyish.

  11. Nick  |   Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 0

    I second the Halloween Special call! Liberace was great, and it had the best line of the shows.
    “Guess what I am!”
    “Oh, you must be some variety of homosexual.”

  12. Noble Rot  |   Posted on Oct 28th, 2008 0

    Donald Plesance and musical guest Fear. I’m not saying that was exactly a great period for the show but…. it wasn’t a micromanaged Target commercial either.

  13. rasta man was really good, especially when he walked by the black people. that KILLED me.
    the sex offender skit, as gabe would say, was so smart it should go to college. but again, it oversold the joke.

  14. Ras-Trent and the sex offender sketch were magic.
    Will Forte was just amazing all together actually.

  15. Also, COME ON LINDSAY, the weekend update wasn’t bad. The robot was HI-LARIOUS! “Next week I supposed to tell black people election canceled.” That killed me. Also, the end where they all said they loved Amy was really nice!

  16. dave  |   Posted on Oct 31st, 2008 +1

    wheres the will forre sex offender skit. it was the funniest thing on the show!

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