Current:Home > InvestRekubit Exchange:Spoilers! How Jerry Seinfeld pulled off that 'fantastic' TV reunion for his Pop-Tart movie -AssetScope
Rekubit Exchange:Spoilers! How Jerry Seinfeld pulled off that 'fantastic' TV reunion for his Pop-Tart movie
EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-10 05:09:08
Spoiler alert! We're discussing surprise actor cameos in the Netflix movie "Unfrosted" (streaming now),Rekubit Exchange so beware if you haven't seen it yet.
Directing and starring in the new Netflix comedy “Unfrosted,” Jerry Seinfeld revisits some of his favorite things (cereal, Pop-Tarts, NASA and the 1960s) with some of his favorite people.
A slew of actors and fellow comedians are sprinkled throughout the outrageous, semi-true origin story of Pop-Tarts, from Cedric the Entertainer, Bill Burr and Dan Levy to Amy Schumer, Peter Dinklage and Hugh Grant, plus “Saturday Night Live” alums like Fred Armisen and Bobby Moynihan. The best cameos, however, come in Seinfeld’s unexpected – and downright hilarious – “Mad Men” reunion.
Seinfeld tells USA TODAY that he’s “a gigantic fan” of the Emmy-winning drama (which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015) and is “friendly” with the show’s stars Jon Hamm and John Slattery, who reprise their respective roles as Don Draper and Roger Sterling in “Unfrosted.”
In the movie, Kellogg’s employees Bob Cabana (Seinfeld) and Donna Stankowski (Melissa McCarthy) are ready to mass-market their toaster pastry, but they need a snazzy name to sell it. Head honcho Edsel Kellogg III (Jim Gaffigan) calls in two “can’t-miss Madison Avenue ad men” to help.
Enter Jon and Roger, who pitch the idea for “Jelle Jolie” as the name with art of a wife in a negligee holding an oversized Pop-Tart – which is a little sexier than the Kellogg’s folks are expecting. “I’ve been in your town for six hours, you know what I see? Dead trees and sad lonely women,” Roger quips, while Don gives them a choice: “Raisin Bran and irrelevant, or provocative and revolutionary.”
Edsel wants more time to think about it and the ad men get, well, mad. “I’ll be retired on a bluff overlooking Stinson Beach while you’re still genuflecting before the god of mediocrity,” Don says in his flurry of barbs aimed at Bob, though he takes the time to flirt with McCarthy's Stan before leaving. (The two “Mad Men” characters are also seen in a later scene after the Pop-Tart finally gets its official name. “That’s gonna sell,” Roger says as Don rips up the Jelle Jolie mockup back in their New York office.)
Jerry Seinfeld at 70:Comic gives keys to 24-year marriage at Netflix Is A Joke Festival
Seinfeld had the idea to bring the “Mad Men” personalities into his movie's narrative because he figured they’d be around then. (“Unfrosted” is set in 1963, which falls within the show’s timeline.)
“Maybe these Michigan guys were thinking, ‘Hey, why don't we get some slick New York guys in here to help us with this?’ And our favorite thing of ‘Mad Men’ was how hostile the agency would be to the potential clients,” Seinfeld says. “Like, 'If you don't like this idea, you're an idiot.' Insult them in the meetings. We just thought that was so funny.
“We wanted to re-create that hostility: 'You'll never swim the English Channel and drown in champagne.' All these kind of lyrical putdowns. ‘Mad Men’ is just the best. So that was a dream come true to be in a scene with those guys. To travel to that time and place for me was fantastic.”
veryGood! (31)
Related
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- The Malmö Oat Milkers are MiLB’s newest team: What to know about the Sweden-based baseball team
- Brave until the end: University of Kentucky dancer Kate Kaufling dies at 20 from cancer
- How to View the April 2024 Solar Eclipse Safely: Glasses, Phone Filters and More
- From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says we don't fully know conditions for Baltimore bridge repair
- Motorists creep along 1 lane after part of California’s iconic Highway 1 collapses
- House fire in Boston kills 1, injures several others and damages multiple buildings
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- US job openings rise modestly to 8.8 million in February in strong labor market
Ranking
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- A section of Highway 1 in California collapsed during a storm, closure remains Monday
- Most of us want to live to 100. Wait until you hear how much that retirement costs.
- Orlando city commissioner charged, accused of using 96-year-old's money on personal expenses
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- What is the best sleep position? An expert weighs in on the healthiest way to ensure rest
- Jennifer Garner Mourns Death of Kind and Brilliant Dad William Garner
- Looking for the best places to see the April 8 solar eclipse in the totality path? You may have to dodge clouds.
Recommendation
Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace
Is Apple's new Journal feature a cause for privacy alarms?
YMcoin Exchange: leader in the IDO market
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Orlando city commissioner charged, accused of using 96-year-old's money on personal expenses
Inmate’s lawsuit seeks to block Alabama’s bid to arrange 2nd execution using nitrogen gas
I Shop Every Single SKIMS Drop, Here Are the Styles I Think Will Sell Out This Month