Mac Sledge is no Don Draper

Hey Dude, I come to terms with the fact I'll never be Don Draper, but the truth is I'd rather be Mac Sledge.QUOTE: "Obviously I don't look like Don Draper..."AUDIO LINKCAST: Ming Ming (cameo), Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Mac Sledge, Sanford Meisner, Jeff Goldblum, Lawrence Fishburne LOCATIONS: Ming Ming's Barn, New York City, Neighborhood PlayhousePROPS: toupee, Country Western, litmus test, Meisner Technique, WesternsMOVIES/TV: Mad Men, The Godfather, The Great Santini, Apocalypse Now, True Confessions, Colors, Tender Mercies SOUNDS: Ming Ming, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds, planesPHOTO: "Mac Sledge Googled" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: February 27, 2026 in "Ming Ming's Barn" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 16:12FILE SIZE: ~ 16 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.