Jon Hamm Reacts to His Viral Dance Meme, Reminisces on His Old Haircut with a Wig (Extended)

The one and only Jon Hamm right there. Come on. They love you. Thank you. Feel the love. Thank you. My goodness. Welcome back to our program. Oh man. It always feels like I never left. Happy to have you here. Did I read that you were an acting teacher in St. Louis? Yeah. I went back to my old high school and taught acting for one year. No way. Had some famous students. Ellie Kemper. No. Really? Yeah. Really. She's fantastic. I got to walk the red carpet with one of my students on Bridesmaids and also the Unbreakable Chemistry. Come on. That's fantastic. That's awesome. Yeah. No. I was decent. Did you do auditions in St. Louis when you were starting out? Well, people don't know this. St. Louis hotbed. A hotbed of the entertainment industry. Wow. We did not know that. I did not know that. You know why I didn't know that, Jimmy? Because it's not. It's not true. No. But yes, I did audition for my fair share of things there. What were they? Like local commercials? Local ads. I think I did an ad for the Missouri Lottery. Ooh. It was very exciting. A lot of sort of, you know, they used to call them, what do they call them, like PSA kind of things. You know. Yeah. Because I think that we might have found. You so. Your first. Your first on-camera job. This is an educational health and fitness video called. Get ready. Called Flip for Fitness. Oh. Remember that? I hear it. Yeah. This is real. This is Jon Hamm talking to kids about. This is so real. Take a look at this. Hi. Now, I'm not here to lecture you like you need another lecture. But the governor of Missouri is so concerned with your health that he wants to spread the word on fitness, which is why he started the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health. Now, I know what you're thinking. Fitness is here. Yeah. Come on. Oh, my. Was it? Yeah. That was my wardrobe. I brought that in. Really? That was my wardrobe. That was also my hair. That was not a wig, boy. Wow. Did you think that you could pull that hair off these days? I. Yes. Oh, God. Because. If I may. I think you may. I mean. I mean, this is it. This is. It's got a good flip to it. This is. All right. It's a proto-Bieber. You could almost do the Bieber flip. Yeah. But it's. The curtains are parted right in the middle so you can give everybody a little bit of We actually have another. We actually have another clip of you. Oh, God. It's really fun. What's this? Yeah. And who says a healthy breakfast has to be cereal and dry toast? I mean. Be original. Think egg burritos and salsa. Think peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Think yogurt sundaes. Whatever gets you going. I mean. Those are all good ideas. Yogurt sundae. Have a yogurt sundae. Peanut butter and banana sandwich. Have a breakfast burrito. Come on. Yeah. It doesn't have to be the same. No. Come on. Flip for fitness. Come on. Flip for fitness, man. Flip that fitness. Flip that. In this. In this past year. It's really hard for me not to fall in love with you right now. In this past year, by the way, people. I can take that. Oh, well, okay. I mean. Sorry. No. Yeah. People have loved your. Loved your dance moves lately. Oh. Have been going viral. Yeah. I've gone viral a couple times. One for Bad Bunny. I should get a shot. No. You're so viral. You at Bad Bunny, which is great. Love that. And then. Yeah. We love Bad Bunny. Thank you. And then. Correct answer. Do you have a go-to concert dance move? No. You don't. You know, I feel the. I feel the vibrations. Yes. I feel the move. I feel the music. Yes. And I try to express myself in a physical way as much as I can. Yes. I'm also 55 years old. Okay. Not super flexible. Okay. So I don't. I don't. You know, I don't. I don't try to do too much. But you do it just enough. Just enough. Yes. I've danced with you many times. We have danced. Do you remember? I had a party in L.A. once. And it was. Oh my God. It was okay. It was kind of happening. It wasn't really. It was. It needed a spark. It needed something. It needed a spark. You came over to me. You go, dude. Let's. We need to get up on a table and start this party. And we did. We jumped on a table. We started dancing. And onto a table. We got the party started. Yes, sir! Come on. That's what we do. We had to get it going. Good stuff. Here's. Here's you from your friends and neighbors. That's a good looking dude. Dancing. Woo. Yes, sir. Now. People don't realize I have a. I have several active injuries on my face. Yes, you do. Yeah. As well. I've just been beaten up in the show. But I was having a moment in the club. And the first person to send me this. This meme. Meme? Yeah. The first person to send me this. Yes. Was Brian Williams. Oh, really? Yes. The NBC. The newsman. Yeah. He's a very talented guy. Who sent me a text and was like. I think you should be aware of this. It became a giant meme. Sure did. And I thought it'd be fun to. Maybe he had something to do with it. Show you a couple. Maybe Brian Williams started it. The bri-wi-bum. This meme says. When someone cancels on your plans. You have to spend the night in playing games. Oh, yeah. It's multipurpose. It's good. It's great. Here's this one. When you're petting a dog. And someone says. Wow. He usually doesn't like it. And this one. I like too. This one says. When the kids that I love so much. Fall asleep. Yeah. Sure. I love them so much. Go to bed. Your friends and neighbors. Giant hit. I told you this before. But no one else could do this show. This is your show. That is true. You're very kind. You're fantastic in it. Your monologues are great. You're acting is fantastic. That's right. Correct. Correct response. On the show, your character steals from his neighbor. Yes. But I know you would never do that in real life. No. We were both raised Catholic, I believe. We weren't. No, no. It's in the top five. It's the 11th commandment. I think it's like three, dude. It's like three. Yeah. It's top five. Is it top five? Shall not steal. It's right near kill and covet. Yeah, okay. It's up there. I skip over the first. I never said that. I skip over the first five. Fair enough. Get to the meat. Do not steal. But I have stolen. Yeah? I did. Did you get caught? I did not get caught. You son of a gun. I stole a Snickers. Boy, I got caught. You did? Yeah. I stole a Snickers bar. No, I stole candy. You did candy too? Candy. Cumberland Farms. And then I ate it. I ate it outside of the Cumberland Farms. Well. As soon as I left, I'm like, I'm in the clear. You've got to destroy this evidence. Destroy the evidence. So I just ate it. Live with it. I stole so much candy once from like a Kmart or something. It was like in the aisle. You know, when you're leaving. A little smart. Just real good. Criminal. What'd you do? Put it down the pants? Put it down my pants. And my mom saw the whole thing. So, literally, like, we barely, we didn't even get out. We got past the register where you turn right and go toward the exit. And she was like, you are, what, I saw this. And it just embarrassed me loud. I was crying. I had to take it back to the store manager. It had been in my pants. I was, I was little. I was little. But I had to give him the candy, weeping. I was. And you apologized and say, I, I stole this. I'm sorry I stole the candy. Oh, my God. But that's how creative an actor you are. This one I don't apologize. No. You were a great thief. I mean, no. And I don't get caught. Well, I kind of get caught. It's pretty rough. You'll see. But it started this Friday on Apple TV. Season two. By the way, it's so good. It got picked up for season three. Season three. Come on. That's what I'm talking about. It's a great show. Tell everyone what's happening this season. This Friday. This, this, you'll see a little clip of sort of the, the, the setup of the season. So all of this stuff happened in the first season. And if you haven't seen it yet, listen, I encourage you, go ahead and watch it. It's really fun. It's pretty great. It's really fun. But I'm going to spoil it because it's been out for a year. So what have you been doing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyways, the, the, the fallout of what happened in the first season, we kind of, we kind of recap at the beginning of the second season. And then there's a, a, an event that happens, which I won't, that I won't spoil, but somebody comes in and kind of disrupts the, uh, the neighborhood. Yeah. It was great. Yeah. He is great. Uh, and then, uh, we, we have our pal Olivia Munn. Olivia Munn. Amanda Pete. Amanda Pete is great in this. So many good folks. And it's awesome. Yeah. It's addicting. Uh, I want to show a clip. Here's Jon Hamm in the new season of Your Friends and Neighbors. Take a look. In a town where perception is nine tenths of the law, you want to keep up appearances. Like having an office in Manhattan to go to work in every day, which helps get your co-parenting back on track. Let's go. You're finally feeling comfortable again, in control, safe, optimistic even. And as you already know from painful experience, that's generally when life will serve up a perfectly aimed kick in the crotch. Yeah, come on. Wow. That is Jon Hamm, everybody. The new season of Premieres this Friday on Apple. More Tonight Show after the break. Stick around, everybody.