Sesame Street presents: Mad Men

Sesame Street will be doing a Mad Men parody next season, and over on Jezebel they were fantasy-casting the Muppets in various Mad Men roles. Hate to break it to the Mad Men fans looking for a bit more actual parody in their Sesame Street, but here's how it will actually go:

Grover has a clipboard and a megaphone. Prairie Dawn, a camera.

GROVER
Alright, gather round people, gather round! Now today I, Grover, will be making my deee-rec-torial debut. So don't mess up! Places!

Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Oscar, and others take places.

GROVER
"Mad Men," take one. Roll film, Prairie Dawn. Action!

The cast weeps. Big Bird blows his beak into a giant handkerchief.

GROVER
Stop! Stop! This is terrible!

ERNIE
Gee, I thought I was being real sad.

BERT
I was very touched, Ernie.

ERNIE
Why thanks, Bert.

GROVER
Quiiieeett! I don't want you to be SAD men. I want MAD! Sad is what you feel when the top scoop falls off your ice cream cone, or when your favorite toy breaks. Show me MAD!

EVERYONE
Oh okay -- We understand -- Yeah sure boss.

GROVER
Alright? Places! Mad Men, take 2. Action!

Everyone grins. Ernie giggles. Elmo dances around.

GROVER
No no no no no!

ERNIE
Was that better, Grover?

GROVER
That wasn't Mad Men! That was Glad Men! Way too happy, yes, far far too happy and glad. No happiness!

EVERYONE
Okay Grover -- Will do -- Not a problem.

GROVER
Okay. Good. Do you understand what I mean by mad? Like how you feel when you get woken up too early, or when you can't find your baseball, or when you have to eat a plate full of brussel sprouts.

EVERYONE
Ew.

BERT
Ooh ooh, brussel sprouts, I want, me!

GROVER
That is mad. Do you all know how to feel mad?

ERNIE
We sure do!

GROVER
Great! Wonderful! Fantastic! Show me the mad! Not sad, not glad - mad. Mad Men, take three. Action!

He looks at his cast, and suddenly they are all wearing plaid shirts.

GROVER
What is-- . Oh. I see. Plaid Men. You're wearing plaid. WHY ARE YOU WEARING PLAID I TOLD YOU TO BE MAD HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU--

ERNIE
Mad Men, take four! Action!

Prairie Dawn spins the camera around on Grover and films him going ballistic.

GROVER
--HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO JUST ACT MAD WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND GROVER'S ARTISTIC INTENTIONS WHAT IS THE--

ERNIE
Now *that's* mad! Heeheehee!

Aaand scene.

Sesame Street's Liz Lemon