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It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. John Hamm can do serious and he can do funny. He was hilarious in bridesmaids.

Help for some roadside assistance.

Thanks, officer.

I can handle it from here on out.

I didn't have anyone else to call.

I didn't know you were going to show up.

That's the problem with cops, Annie.

We're just never there when you need us.

A cop talks weird.

And breathtaking on Madman.

Advertising is based on one thing.

Happiness.

And you know what happiness is?

Happiness is the smell of a new car.

It's freedom from fear.

It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams with reassurance

that whatever you're doing, it's okay. In his latest project, the TV anthology series Fargo,

he's a little bit of each, with a subsin of menacing sprinkled over the top for good measure.

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