Simon & Simon

We only had one television in the house back in the 1980s. So that meant the entire family had to watch the same shows.

One of the shows that the whole entire family watched together was Simon & Simon. It was about two brothers that ran a private detective agency together. It starred Gerald McRaney as Rick Simon and Jameson Parker as A.J. Simon.

My husband was watching TV last week when I was getting ready for work. He told me to watch something. He was watching Adult Swim on Cartoon Network and they were running a special program called The Greatest Event in Television History. Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Adam Scott (Parks and Rec), Paul Rudd, Paul Scheer and Jeff Probst all starred in a mockumentary about re-making the opening credit sequence of Simon & Simon, shot-for-shot.

When my husband pressed play on the remote for the DVR. I saw one of the funniest things ever. Hamm and Scott nailed the sequence. I have since watched the video of the opening credits probably 20 times since last week. I still laugh.  My husband only recorded the opening sequence. But I did find the entire mockumentary leading up to the big event of the Simon & Simon opening credits remake online. If you find it, watch it. It is pretty funny.

RIP Jon Hamm. (That sentence will make sense if you watch the mockumentary.)

I posted the mockumentary and parody. The quality of the mockumentary isn't too good.