Jon Hamm

Based on this pose, he could run for president. Everyone else seems to be.

Jon Hamm

... Yeah, still kind of a Presidential Debate face, actually. For the "WTF" section of events where nobody can believe their ears.

Jon Hamm

This Hamm hosts game shows, and his contract stipulates no fewer than three puns a minute.

Jon Hamm

This one is going to steal Jimmy Fallon's job.

Jon Hamm

This one is motioning for his assistant to put "Steal Jimmy Fallon's Job" into his iPad calendar.

Jon Hamm

And this Jon Hamm is basically like, "We are ALREADY at the point where you're going to receive me with open arms." And he's probably right. His Don Draper was pleasingly complex, and he ended on a high note with that phone conversation between him and Betty. He fully commits to all his comedy roles, however small, which is clearly why a lot of funny and smart people seek him out for their projects. Hamm has, over the years, slowly built out a really well-rounded resume even while he was married to that one very iconic show, and I think that's going to give him nice versatility AND the flexibility to wait a beforend be cautious he commits to anything really huge again. This whole exercise wasn't ever because I was WORRIED for Jon Hamm; I'm just curious where the public who's consumed his work would advise him to tread next.

Your Afternoon Manchat: Jon Hamm

Jon here -- or The Hammer, Hammbone, the Hammwich, Hammela Ewing, I Am Hamm, Hamm-Wow, Can of Spamm, none of which have ever been used to refer to him -- won a TCA award for the departed Mad Men. And while I looked at pictures of him hamming it up at the podium, it got me thinking: What should he DO now? He's coming off a well-regarded dramatic TV role for which everyone laments that he hasn't won an Emmy (although most years, except for Jeff Daniels' Newsroom travesty, I agree with the actual winner -- and that year I'd have given it to Cranston again), and he's beloved for his various comedic turns, most of which are at the hands of people in the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler circle of regulars. In films, other than his small but satisfyingly douchey turn in Bridesmaids, he hasn't resonated yet. If you were Team Hamm -- the Hamma Rays, Hammily Matters, Gothamm City -- would you tell him to stick with TV, or focus on films? Hunt for drama, or fixate on comedy? Wait for the perfect project, taking just long enough that when you come back everyone will drool over it no matter what it is? How, dear reader who knows better than to expect this sentence to end in a non-hacky way, would you honey-roast this Hamm? [Photos: Getty]