Two weeks ago, we phoned Mad Men’s Michael Gladis, owner of Sterling Cooper’s finest beard, and had him judge the off-season facial hair of his co-stars. Sizing up John Slattery’s impressive fuzz collection, he told us, “It’s a handsome beard on a handsome man.” So when we ran into Slattery at the Second Stage Theatre’s 23rd Annual All-Star Bowling Classic at Lucky Strike, we asked him to review Gladis’s beard — and he did!

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Jon Hamm doesn’t have one now.
Lorne Michaels made him shave it. Well, Lorne Michaels has that kind of power. I think he got bullied into it, and I think he shouldn’t have pussed out and shaved the beard. It didn’t make him any funnier. No, I think he did it because he can grow it back in five minutes.

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Hamm?
His beard is full of testosterone. It’s almost like he’s taking steroids. I think that beard is evidence that Jon Hamm has been using. It’s too much! It goes over his nose! It’s like a Fred Flinstone beard.

Full interview here