--- title: Jon Hamm Minions Jon Stewart Daily Show: Hamm Explains Minions description: It's probably not the explanation you would expect canonical: https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-01T11:38:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:21:39.776Z og:title: Watch Jon Hamm Explain Why Adults Like 'Minions' og:description: It's probably not the explanation you would expect og:url: https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8211ce8440a3a943/698859420a4a224c5b9c4fb5/jon-stewart-jon-hamm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jon Stewart Jon Hamm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jon Hamm Explain Why Adults Like 'Minions' twitter:description: It's probably not the explanation you would expect twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8211ce8440a3a943/698859420a4a224c5b9c4fb5/jon-stewart-jon-hamm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jon Hamm Explain Why Adults Like _Minions_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 1, 2015 11:38 AM UTC  The Daily Show  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 1, 2015 11:38 AM UTC Minions, the small yellow creatures from the _Despicable Me_ film series, have captured the attention of children everywhere with minion toys flooding toy stores. Now, actor Jon Hamm, a voice in the upcoming _Minions_ movie, explains why they’re also appealing to adults — and it’s probably not the reason you would expect. “I think these guys, these little minions are scientifically designed to be appealing to children, and not only children but adults,” the _Mad Men_ star told Jon Stewart on _The Daily Show_ Tuesday. “I think the reason they’re appealing to adults is because they look like capsules, they look like pills.” “You know what movie I want to see?” Stewart replied humorously. “That Xanax movie.” Check out the rest of the interview below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Hamm Explain Why Adults Like Minions","datePublished":"2015-07-01T11:38:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:39.776Z","description":"It's probably not the explanation you would expect","url":"https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8211ce8440a3a943/698859420a4a224c5b9c4fb5/jon-stewart-jon-hamm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8211ce8440a3a943/698859420a4a224c5b9c4fb5/jon-stewart-jon-hamm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jon Stewart Jon Hamm","caption":"Jon Stewart Jon Hamm","creditText":"The Daily Show","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3942880/jon-hamm-minions/","name":"Watch Jon Hamm Explain Why Adults Like Minions"}}]}] ```