Mad Men again... AMC's online casting contest produces gems

The You Could Be On Mad Men Contest: make the best 1-minute video and get flown out to L.A. for a walk-on role in a future episode of the show. Great use of user-generated video.

But also, some of these entries are freaking crazy! It's like, either the actors takes themselves way too seriously (umm, what's up with all the camera cuts here?), or they just kinda suck,

OR they make a mockery of the whole thing. Like this one (clip below), by Victor Fischbarg. He only has 2 votes so far, so he probably won't get very far. But dude. Come on. The hand? That's awesome. You'll win my eternal admiration if you can find a more craptacular character rendition.

Comments

[Manny Stevens]

Yes it's very funny, but that dude is a good actor!

[Dan O'Leary]

I'm actually in the contest myself. Here's quick link to the vids. This is a fascinating marketing idea by AMC but i'm feeling competitive and i'm out there on the web fishing for ideas to get the votes up. interested? Here's a short blog that links to the vids. Just having fun.

http://madmenvid.wordpress.com/

[Alaia]

I LOVE this show. I watched all of Season 1 in two nights (yeah, I was low functioning at work the following days) and now I'm caught up with Season 2. One of the best new shows I've seen in a while. I'll have to check out these video clips.