If you're a fan of Mad Men and think you'd look good in a tailored suit, American Movie Classics is offering you a chance to get a walk-on part in the show's third season.
You've got to be able to act a little, too. To enter the contest, go to this web page (it's a PDF file) and choose a brief monologue from one of the four main characters. Then film yourself saying the lines, and post the video to AMC's site. The basics are here, and the complete rules are here.
The monologues are pretty true to each role: Don Draper muses on the nature of advertising, Roger Sterling tells a woman she is the "finest piece of ass I ever had," Pete Campbell blathers on about how good his ideas are, and poor Betty Draper nervously expresses her anxieties to a therapist. (Of course, the character you choose may say a lot about you.) While you might want to dress in sharp early-'60s garb and latch on to a scotch and a smoke, have a good time with the role, too -- AMC insists that it's looking for "funny, spontaneous home-grown videos."
The winner will be flown to L.A. and, more important, will get to appear on one of the best shows on TV. As Don Draper says in the clip below, "Nostalgia -- it's delicate, but potent."
