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Watch 25-Year-Old Jon Hamm Lose On A 1990s Dating Show
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Published Apr 4, 2014
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The Internet never forgets! This gem was recently rediscovered, placed on YouTube, and reveals a 25-year-old Jon Hamm losing the affection of a lady, to an orange-hued guy named Marc, on national television. The 1996 episode of USA's dating game show The Big Date gives us a look at a youthful, shaggy-haired Hamm, who outlines his plans to woo a woman as follows: "Start off with some fabulous food, a little fabulous conversation, end it with a fabulous foot massage for an evening of total fabulosity." Didn't quite have that stern but sexy Don Draper-ness in him yet. Watch the clip below:
Hamm wasn't the only Mad Men star who was workin' it in the late '90s—here's Christina Hendricks in an Everclear video:
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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