Elisabeth Moss has said she's proud of
Jane Lynch hitting on her Mad Men character in the opening
skit of the 2011 Emmy Awards.
In the musical opening, Leonard Nimoy
tells Lynch that he is convinced she is the “logical choice” to
host the Emmys this year, then warns her against letting the audience
know that “we all live in this one building.”
Ignoring the warning, Lynch races
through the building dropping in on television shows.
On the set of cabler AMC's Mad Men
(winner of Outstanding Drama Series), she is asked to fetch some
coffee.
“You're hilarious,” she tells Don
Draper (played by Jon Hamm). “I'm not a secretary. I'm the host
of the Emmys.”
“The Emmys?” Pete Campbell (Vincent
Kartheiser) scoffs. “What you should be doing is learning how to
type and firing the guy who gave you that man's haircut.”
“Well, a lot has changed since 1965.
In fact, women can marry other women,” Lynch responds. Turning to
Peggy Olson (Moss) she adds with a wink and a smile: “Hey, Peggy.”
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“That was so cool for me,” Moss,
29, told gay glossy The
Advocate, “because I love Jane Lynch. Honestly, I'm such a
huge fan of hers that I couldn't even speak around her that day when
she was on set. When I got that script and found out that I was
going to be hit on by Jane Lynch, I could not have felt prouder or
more honored.”