In Mad Men‘s first episode Joan tells Peggy, “now, try not to be overwhelmed by all this technology” while unveiling a typewriter. Even though Mad Men is now over, Christina Hendricks is still doling out technological wisdom alongside Elmo for Sesame Street.
Maybe Mad Men is just on the brain, but the show’s DNA is all over the clip. “If I need to record myself playing the ukelele, this is the tool of choice: the tablet,” Hendricks says. Doesn’t she doesn’t mean the accordion?
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