Jon Hamm, who portrays ad agency creative director Don Draper on the hit series Mad Men, will be featured in a guest spot on The Simpsons this December. (AMC/CTV)
Starring in Mad Men undoubtedly stretches Jon Hamm's dramatic muscles, but the actor tests out his comedic chops in an upcoming cameo on the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons.
Hamm, who stars as the cable show's cool and ruthless adman Don Draper, has recorded a segment for an upcoming Simpsons episode set to air in December.
In the mafia-themed episode, entitled Donnie Fatso, Hamm portrays an FBI supervisor to whom Homer Simpson must regularly report after infiltrating local mobster Fat Tony's crew.
Actor Joe Mantegna reprises his recurring role as Fat Tony.
"There's no Mad Men reference [in the episode]," Simpsons executive producer Al Jean told pop culture magazine Entertainment Weekly.
"Jon's a gruff FBI man ... He has no patience for Homer."
Jean also praised Hamm's versatility — previously noted by fans in the actor's well-received guest spots on 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live.
"You gave him one note and he immediately did 12 great things with it," Jean told EW. "He was really funny. And handsome. He had it all."
In 2008, the Simpsons team created a spoof of Mad Men's stylish intro segment for its own annual Treehouse of Horror episode, substituting Homer Simpson and images from the fictional town of Springfield for the original's Don Draper amid images of Manhattan ad campaigns.
From: http://www.cbc.ca/
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