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The incarnation of Seinfeld creator Larry David with which audiences are probably most familiar is his Curb Your Enthusiasm self: clean-shaven, mostly bald and always in the midst of an uncomfortable situation. This perception is so ingrained in our collective cultural memory that most people probably won’t even recognize Mr. David in his latest role, the upcoming HBO film Clear History. In the new trailer for the movie, David appears as a grizzled old man with a yacht-rock-meets-hippie vibe, driving a convertible and belting out Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4.” Cool.

Mad Men's Jon Hamm—who has made it easy for a legion of for bloggers who can just sigh and say, "I dunno, just write something with 'Jon Hamm's Penis' in the headline"—isn't so thrilled with the attention that the internet has given to his private parts. "They're called privates," Hamm says in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. "I mean, it's not like I'm a fucking lead miner. There are harder jobs in the world. But when people feel the freedom to create Tumblr accounts about my cock, I feel like that wasn't part of the deal." Yes, let the man live and let his balls breathe! They don't want to be confined to claustrophobic underwear, not even silk boxers. But I get it: Jon Hamm wants to be taken seriously for things other than his penis. Perhaps he can get lunch with co-star Christina Hendricks and her gigantic breasts as a bit of group therapy?

For those of you still reeling from last year's Season Five finale of Mad Men, don't worry—the premiere is but a month away. On April 7th, we will all grab some hard alcohol and sit around our televisions to watch the two-hour premiere is Season Six and from the looks of it, tensions will continue to grow and the atmosphere will become increasingly dark. We've been eagerly waiting to know if Don will survive the blow to his ego by the newly independent Megan and Peggy, if Joan will uphold the strength that keeps her at the core of the show, and just what sort of psychological turmoil Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce will find themselves in this.

Mad Men is about to come roaring back with its—holy shit, sixth season? I dropped out after the season four finale, which, if I recall correctly, ended with a freaky coma dream where Don marries one of Tony Soprano’s mistresses on Dexter’s kill table while zombie Walt and Jesse watch in horror. What a cliffhanger.

The last season of Mad Men ended with a dull ache rather than swift punch. The final note was a contemplative one, not entirely somber but with so much change in the air it was difficult to tell just where the character's could go from here. We've been waiting for months now to see how Peggy will fare outside of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, how Don will deal with his wife's newly found independence, and just how Joan will maintain the strength that's always pushed her forward. But the wait will soon be over. AMC has officially announced that the show will have its return on April 7th with a special two-hour season premiere.

If you still want to help out East Coasters affected by Hurricane Sandy and do so in an environment with adult beverages and high-caliber entertainment, this week, a couple more enticing Sandy benefits have been announced. So if you’re looking for something to do next week and live in the greater New York, Atlantic City, or Los Angeles areas, here you go.

The  UK gets all the good shows: Sherlock, The Hour, The I.T. Crowd, Skins before it got bastardized by American MTV, and now A Young Doctor's Notebook, which stars Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. 

Season six of Mad Men is currently filming, and at least a few of the cast gets to "work" on the beaches of Hawaii, which I can't say is a tough break at all. Thanks to our pals over at The Frisky, we got a peek at Jon Hamm and Jessica Pare lounging in some classic swimwear on those white-sand beaches. You know, just relaxin' and doin' '60s beachy things like reading The Inferno, because that's definitely what people read on vacation back then. Ahh, I miss the olden days when people weren't so stupid and definitely didn't read smut like, say, Valley of the Dolls. (C'mon, you think Don Draper is too good for Jacqueline Susann?)

First of all, Tom Scharpling of The Best Show on WFMU fame is the best music video director ever. Yes, even better than whoever made the video for Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream." (What, that isn't the bar at which you base the entertainment value of all things?) In recent years he’s been responsible for clips for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ “Bottled in Cork,” The New Pornographers’ “Moves,” and Wild Flag’s “Romance.” Naturally, Aimee Mann tapped the auteur to direct the video for “Labrador,” the second single off her new album, TK.

● Jon Hamm doesn't see handsome -- "truly handsome, like (George) Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ryan Reynolds, Brad Cooper" -- when he looks into the mirror. Instead, he says, “When I look in the mirror, I see my goofy-a-- self from when I was a kid.” We don't buy it. [NYDN]