61 posts tagged “mad men”

From a panel we did at The Paley Center for Media last year. Pre-Season 2.

Hadn't seen it since then; thought it was kinda neat.

Although I'd shudder to read a transcribed version of my answer. I, uh, like, stammer, and, um, try to, you know, put together ideas of, you know, stuff. A lot.

In a recent interview, Michael Gladis, ex-friend and current jerk, had this to say about me:

You already know what a geek Rich Sommer is. Do you know that he is one of the foremost experts in the world on Uno? He’s literally been quoted in books about like games because he has one of the most extensive Uno collections in the world, and sold it with a friend of his. That is how big a geek Rich Sommer is. ... I think there’s very definite geek compartmentalization and specialization. And he’s definitely gone towards the board game end.

Well, la-di-dah Mr. High-and-Mighty. At least I wasn't interviewed in Chess Life.

And in response to your accusation, I give you this: My two-hour interview with BoardGameGeek.

That'll show you how big a nerd I'm not. Not.

Wait.

Crap.

I think I may have proved his point.

Ah, screw it. Michael's still a jerk. Even if he's right.

Also, in more me-news, did you see that I was in The Enquirer in December? No? Well, here's the hot and dirty scoop:

Scandalous!

I finally figured out how to do Vegas.

1. Attend the SAG Awards the night before you go. And try to take home a statue.

2. Get up early to hop on your plane.

3. Leave the baby with your over-generous and under-informed dad.

4. Spend much of the day rehearsing and playing craps.

5. Have a lovely dinner with your Lovely Wife.

6. See Penn & Teller at The Rio.

7. Spend about an hour and a half backstage with Penn & Teller, not saying much, but smiling and nodding, and realizing that if your 13-year-old self knew that this would ever happen, your tiny brain would have melted out of your tiny skull.

P, me, and T.

8. Spend the next day freaking out about the night before, and preparing for your show that night.

9. Decide to take Penn's adamant advice and see Tom Jones.

10. Learn what a "man" is, and know that you will never fully be one.

11. Perform your tiny part in your tiny show and have a ball.

Sound check.

12. Stay up late and hug your friends.

13. Head home and realize that it just doesn't get much better than this.

Hi, all.

Mad Men is nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (Jon Hamm) and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss).

Also Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Blog (me).

(hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhahahaaahahahahahahah i've still got it!)

Please to watch and root for us!

Sunday, January 24, at 8/7 Central, on both TNT and TBS.

Fingers crossed!

The Actor

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So, like I said, we did The Soup.

Here's the bit, in case you missed it:

I have loved The Soup since it was Talk Soup, and it was a thrill to get to be there in person.

I like Joel McHale. That guy? He's funny.

Here're the boys and Matt Weiner, celebrating after the stint.

So. Much. Fun.

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Oh, and speaking of Matt Weiner:

HE HAS A CONTRACT AND IT'S GOOD NEWS AND I'M GOING BACK TO WORK AND THANK GOD AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM AND US AND THANK GOD AGAIN.

And we won another Golden Globe.

Two for two!

It's been an ooooooookay week.

I ran into Robert Morse at the post office. We had a nice chat and a hug.

I miss my co-workers when we are not working.

But I will see them a lot this month, which is a good thing.

...my favorite of the interviews I've done.

Go here.

Thanks, Basket of Kisses!

It's a good thing that imitation is something-something, because we're getting it all over the place.

First off, here's a little side-by-side of me from last year's Mad Men finale, and Bobby Moynihan from last week's SNL.

Which is which?

So, a week ago today, The Lovely Virginia and I packed up The Bean and embarked on a family trip to The Big Apple.

Wednesday night, we stayed in Midtown. It was noisy and wonderful. Drunkle PJ and I went to a fancy-shmancy Hugo Boss event. Here's us before we left.

My Two Dads

On Thursday, The Lovely Virginia and I went to the opening of Lizzie's show on Broadway. She. Was. Fantastic! So much fun.

BB, PC, RS and MG

Friday was fun. I had to get up reeeeal early-like to do an interview. Go here to see me at my most sleepy.

We had most of the day to cart Bea around town (mostly to Beard Papa's), and then we headed to a fancy Mad Men soiree.

Union Square

Then came Saturday.

Boy, oh boy. Saturday.

I have been a fan of SNL since I was about, um, born. And I have been very impressed with this season so far, due in no small part to my friend Bobby Moynihan.

So attending the show as an audience member was, to put it succinctly, amazing.

Throw in that a friend and co-worker was hosting, which made it a thousand times better.

Put on top of that two friends and co-workers guest-starring, and my head started to get a little warm.

Oh, and as we sat down, we noticed a clear rendition of the Sterling Cooper set directly in front of us.

Uh-oh.

Once you realize that your-friend-the-SNL-cast-member is playing YOU in a sketch... Well, that's about when your brain starts to melt and seep out your EARS.

OMG

No way to put it into words, except to say that other than my wedding night, this was easily the best night of my life.

I am not exaggerating.

It was the culmination of about fifty dreams at once.

Un-f'ing-believable.

Oh, and then on Sunday, we took Bea to the dog run in Union Square Park. She apparently loves the crap outta puppies. You'll notice her puppy hat.

Many thanks to Meg and Kris for babysitting. Youse guys made it all work.

And it was fun.