-Come on! -It is so good to see you.
They love you. We love you. Jon Hamm is in the house.
-I feel the love. -You feel it, right?
-I feel the love. -You have to feel the love.
-I very much do.
-I have so much to talk to you about.
I know -- The St. Louis Blues, okay?
You're a St. Louis sports fan. -Game 5 tonight -- exciting.
Exciting stuff. We'll see what happens.
-But I have to talk to you about their game a few weeks ago.
They were down 2-0, right?
-Yeah, yeah. It happens.
-Yeah. And you entered the broadcast booth.
-I came up to see some friends in the broadcast booth,
John Kelly and Darren Pang.
They invited me up to come switch a little mojo around.
-Yeah. They're down 2-zip, okay?
Let's take a look at what happened.
-The shot. And they score!
Jon Hamm is in our booth,
and just like that, his boy, Barbashev, sets up the goal.
And it's in! My goodness!
The magic of Jon Hamm in the booth strikes again.
And he just scored! [ Laughter ]
You have done it again!
-You can't write this.
-And another goal by Perron and the Blues!
-I literally can't leave at this point.
-You can't.
-They scored four goals! -Four!
-In six minutes.
Four goals in six minutes, which is unheard of.
-That was crazy.
Yeah, it was a very -- It was so weird.
Like, you couldn't write that. It was just crazy.
-Was it -- Every name you were saying, they were --
-That person would then score.
It was like -- It was the weirdest experience
I've ever had in a hockey rink.
-Ever, right? -Yeah.
-Well, now the Blues are in the playoffs.
They want you for every game?
-Yeah. There's a game tonight.
I actually have to leave here, and fly right --
I fly right to the booth.
-Yeah. Congrats on that.
That was just such a cool -- -That was very fun.
-Only in Jon Hamm's world. That's so cool.
But you were in the -- You were just in one of
the coolest things a human could do.
You were in George Harrison's video for "My Sweet Lord."
-That was very cool, yes.
-How did you get involved with that?
-Lance Bangs, who's a really wonderful director --
He's directed "Jackass" and a bunch of music videos
here and there.
Kind of one of those guys had asked me --
told me that Dhani Harrison, George's son,
was a fan of mine, and would I be interested in
being in the music video they're making for
the 50th anniversary of the release of that song?
And I was like, "Well, just so happens
George Harrison's my favorite Beatle,
and 'My Sweet Lord' is one of my favorite songs of all time."
And I was like, "Yes, absolutely.
I'd love to do that."
And I, you know, shot it on my phone.
It was during, like, lockdown and COVID and everything,
so we all kind of had to do it ourselves,
but it was -- It was amazing.
-I mean, I don't know.
I know you're a big Beatles fan,
but now you're in the official music video.
-I know. It's crazy. -Yeah.
-It's crazy.
-Is there a rumor that I heard that Paul McCartney
was going to be in "Mad Men"?
Did I make that up?
-It would have been hard to have
the actual Paul McCartney in "Mad Men,"
'cause the real Paul McCartney was like 26 years old
during "Mad Men," so it would have been an odd --
-[ As McCartney ] Well, I wouldn't be playing meself.
-[ As McCartney ] I'd have to play some sort of
advertising genius.
-A genius. I know. -Something like that.
What are you doing, Don Draper?"
More, man. -Don Draper, put it on record.
-Let your mind go.
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-[ Normal voice ] Come on!
That would've been great!
Is there any truth to that story or not?
-Not that I know of. -Not that you know of.
-I mean, maybe he was considering it.
And certainly not after that impression.
-No, no, no. Of course not.
Let's talk about "Top Gun: Maverick."
-Let's! -Last time you were here --
[ Cheers and applause ]
Last time you were here, you described it as
"the movie version of a high five."
-Yeah, a visual high five. -Yeah.
-It really is. -And it --
-In fact, we might break the record this weekend
for most high fives in a weekend.
-We had a screening,
we went to it here,
and everyone was screaming, standing up, crying, laughing.
It's just a giant, awesome summer movie that you want.
It's a popcorn movie. It is a family movie.
It is friends movie. It is everything you could want.
And you miss going to theaters. -That's it.
It's a welcome back to the movies.
You know, and it's, like, you get to see it --
It's only released in theaters.
It's not on a streaming platform.
You can't watch it on your phone -- legally.
-Of course not. Yeah, no one brought --
-You know, it's in Dolby and 4K and all of the stuff.
-The sound is intense.
The seats vibrate when the jets take off.
And you know what it is, too? -You pay for a whole seat.
-Yes, that's true.
-But you're only going to use the edge of it.
-Oh!
Whew!
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, someone picks up that line and puts that somewhere,
that'll be the best thing that ever happened to you.
-Well...
-But you know what I was going to say,
is how much respect you have for our
service-men and -women.
-It was impressive.
Getting the chance to make this movie,
we shot the majority of it in
North Island Naval Base in San Diego, California,
Coronado Island, and we shot a lot of it on
the USS Theodore Roosevelt, "America's Big Stick,"
which is a working aircraft carrier,
which is 10 stories high and about a city block long.
5,500 sailors on it, 75 to 80 aircraft at any one time,
two working nuclear reactors.
And to see the -- I asked the guy --
the captain of the ship -- I said, "What's the range?"
He goes, "We can go forever." -Yeah.
-And I was like, "Oh, okay."
-You're like, "I'm an actor," yeah.
-"Good to know," yeah.
"Where's the off, and how do I not touch anything
that's going to explode?"
-Yeah.
-But it is impressive to see the sacrifices that
the service-men and -women go through every day,
and just to keep us safe.
It's an impressive thing,
and the movie is very much a love letter to that, too.
-Yeah, so thankful to everyone out there in our armed forces.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Fleet Week. It's Fleet Week.
-And it's Fleet Week here in New York.
I know you did press everywhere for this movie.
It's a giant movie. It's a global --
-Global. -It's a global movie.
Everyone everywhere is watching it this weekend.
You went and you met the royals.
-Some royals. -And have you ever met --
-Not the Kansas City Royals.
-No, this is -- -A very different kind.
-You actually went to England. -England. London, England.
We met Kate and William, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
-Yes.
-There are some guidelines that are not so much guidelines,
but hard-and-fast rules that you are made to follow
when you meet the royalty.
-Like you bow. -There's a bow involved.
If you're a lady, you may bow or curtsy.
-Yep. I'm sure Tom Cruise knows how to do all this.
-Tom's, like, got it all on lock, of course.
-He's like, "Yeah, I've done this.
Yeah, I've met the queen before, yeah.
Let me text her before we go."
It's like, "I'm coming over." Yeah, yeah, exactly.
-"HMH. How you doin'?
Elizabeth Regina Deuce."
But it was a very cool experience.
They couldn't be nicer.
Prince William had --
It was black tie, so we're all in tuxedos.
And Prince William had on his tuxedo shoes, embroidered F-18s.
-Wow!
-Very cool "Top Gun" tuxedo shoes.
-That's very cool. -That means you've made it.
So I no longer worry about the prince.
I feel like he's made it. He's got it.
-Yeah, he's made it, yeah.
Did everyone follow the directions?
-Pretty much.
I mean, I think there might have been
a few breaches of etiquette.
Did you have something in mind?
-I heard a story that maybe Miles Teller
was kind of freaking out, because --
-He geeked out a little on Prince William's eyes.
I remember coming back afterwards.
He was like, "They're so blue.
I got lost in his eyes."
I was like, "Okay.
I didn't think we were allowed to look at him in the eye,
but alright."
-You just bow and you move on. -You bow and you move on, man.
-But he told him that he loved his eyes?
-Yeah. I was like, "You told the guy
you feel in love, like, you got lost in his eyes?"
He goes, "I think. I don't know. I've lost my mind."
-I heard this story, and then we found the photo.
And I'm not kidding, I think this is the moment that
Miles Teller got lost in Prince William's eyes.
Take a look at this.
I'm getting lost in his eyes, as well.
-So's Jen Connelly, too. Everybody.
-Everyone's into his eyes. -Everyone wants a piece.
-Oh, gosh, she was great in the movie, as well.
Can you tell everyone who you play in the film?
-I play kind of the boss.
In fact, my official title is
Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson.
-Cyclone. -Cyclone is my call sign.
Former Top Gun graduate, current air boss of the Pacific Fleet.
And so I kind of run all of the aircraft on the big carrier
when the big mission comes down.
And I have to set some rules and regulations, Jimmy,
and I don't like people that break rules.
-That's right.
-So when I run up against a guy
whose name is literally Maverick...
-Wow. He's gonna get the Cyclone.
-...a little of this. -He's gonna get the Cyclone.
-A little buttin' heads.
He's gonna have to answer to Cyclone.
-Yeah. Get ready for everyone to be, like,
yelling at you, "Cyclone!"
-"Cyclone, baby!" -I mean, come on.
You were so good in this, bud.
-The really cool thing about my call sign is that
I actually have an emoji.
There's an emoji that's a little tornado,
so I can now sign off with an emoji.
-Yeah! That's what I'm talking about.
You told me it was good. It came out. It is beyond good.
You were very humble. You didn't oversell it at all.
You were fantastic. -I'm so glad you liked it.
-The movie is great. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Jon Hamm and Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick."
Take a look at this.
-Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.
Your reputation precedes you.
-Thank you, sir.
-Wasn't a compliment.
I'm Admiral Beau Simpson.
I'm the air boss.
I believe you know Admiral Bates.
-Warlock, sir.
I must admit, I wasn't expecting an invitation back.
-They're called orders, Maverick.
You two have something in common.
Cyclone here was first in his class back in '88.
-Actually, sir, I finished second.
Just want to manage the expectations.
-Yeah, exactly right. Come on.
That's Jon Hamm, everybody.
"Top Gun: Maverick" hits theaters, Dolby Cinema,
and IMAX this Friday.
Go see it in IMAX.