“Get Me A Slice Of Some Hamm’s”

A regrettable hole in my critic résumé is Mad Men coverage; I never got a chance, not a one, to write about this show, one of the greatest to air in my lifetime, and one of the few I’d happily revisit instead of just watching a movie. 

I filled that hole recently by talking about, of all things, Hamm’s, that Minnesota sudsy standby, a beer I’ve never had and which I’d never even heard of until my editor slid this assignment in front of me. Turns out Mad Men‘s creator and writers put their own in-joke into an early episode referencing the brand’s logo, which is just the most beautiful intersection between the show’s material and the show’s sense of humor.

You can read the full piece over at Hop Culture.