Analyzing The Businesses of Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul

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[@johngaltline9933]

With the Zafiro might be worth considering that Better call Saul takes place at least a while before the scene from Breaking Bad. It's possible, like many real world brands, it went out of production and became much more rare. Additionally, it's also possible/likely that it was a smaller, more localized, brand. Liquor distribution is a cluster in the US and it could easily be that a bottle that is common place in one state may be a highly prized and rare thing even a state over, nevermind across national borders.

[@ivanm3342]

So for don eladio its like if you brought a Coke flavor that is out of production at a get together?😂😂 Oooh Gustavo a can of Peppermint Coca Cola, Let us celebrate

[@johngaltline9933]

@@ivanm3342 sort of, but sealed bottles of alcohol don’t go bad. More like bringing a bottle of Jim Beam Black, with the 8 year labeling. It was a $20 bottle that was available everywhere that sells for about $180 a bottle today, if you can find it. It’s not amazing, it’s just a $20 bottle, but because you can’t get it anymore it becomes more valuable. The same could be true on a bottle that sold for $500 when it was being made, and would be perfectly reasonable for that same much more rare to begin with bottle to be worth $20,000 a couple years later.

[@the_zygote_three5193]

My thoughts exactly

[@ZachCG]

i was thinking maybe it's the other way around, maybe the bottle gus brought him is actually an older, rarer, "original" zafiro añejo, and the stuff they produce nowadays is like a watered down bastardized version for mass consumption. sure it's still $500 but it probably doesn't hold a candle to "classic" zafiro. maybe don eladio is picky, maybe he's complained before that he misses the old stuff and there's just no way to get it anymore. idk, just spitballin'

[@johngaltline9933]

@@ZachCG entirely possible that the “recipe” was changed an an old bottle is better… but that’s not generally how tequila, gin, vodka, or other purified liquor works. Whiskey and wines get unique flavors from the particular barrels they are made/aged in as well as the climate while in the barrels, so there can be pretty noticeable changes in the flavor from one year to another, or even one barrel to another. With clear liquor the goal, on the other hand, and sign of a quality product, is having perfect consistency from one bottle to another, even when bottled years apart.

[@davidsmyth4184]

Tequila & Fried chicken. What more could a man want

[@robertcooper4935]

Meth. Lots and Lots of Meth

[@davidsmyth4184]

@@robertcooper4935 🤣🤣🤣, apologies. I forgot.

[@jamegumm474]

Rhetorical question?

[@benkersten1705]

Nothing better than going down to Albuquerque to sit in a crib, eat some chicken and pizza, drink tequila and take meth.

[@adamchirico7724]

"any fellow meth enjoyers want to enjoy meth and have chem sex!?"

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

There isn't necessarily a continuity error with Zafiro Añejo. It's possible that the bottle that Gus brought Eladio is much more expensive and rare because it is a discontinued vintage, perhaps even decades old, whereas the bottles that Saul bought were new enough to be expensive but not in "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" territory. The Zafiro Añejo bottle that Gus gives Eladio does look different and much older than the bottles that appear in Better Call Saul, even though the events in the Better Call Saul time line are chronologically before the mass poisoning perpetrated by Gus.

[@VideoGameAutopsy]

I worked for Venezia’s. We actually do slice the pizzas. That was just something that was made up for the show. The company started out in New Mexico, but shifted over to Arizona once the owner handed over the business to his nephew. It’s still going strong, and the owner is an awesome dude. He’s like Gus, minus the drug empire. He cares for his employees, he knows everyone’s name, and he’ll even drive down to different restaurants to help them out during their rushes.

[@alexteacher8100]

You have a great owner! I'm sure he definitely doesn't have a hidden drug empire

[@VideoGameAutopsy]

@@alexteacher8100 He’s really an awesome dude. I’ve had some bosses who start out nice, and slowly reveal themselves to be disgusting human beings. I never got that with him. He never felt anything less than genuine.

[@adamchirico7724]

WHAT IF.... gus was influenced by your king pin boss, I mean.. bosss

[@yasyadefen1135]

"Minus the drug empire" That's what he wants you to think.

[@Whiteboykun]

I've ordered pizza from them a few times and yeah they cut it. I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about in the show with regards to not cutting the pizza. That's the dumbest decision you could possibly make

[@VampireNewl]

The Zafiro thing might be diffrent grades/vintages either that or the buissness went bust between BB and BCS so it's impossible to get

[@Void7.4.14]

So there actually is an easy explanation for the seemingly incongruent story surrounding the Tequila. I don't drink anymore but I have friends and acquaintances that are straight up fine liquor aficionados and it's actually extremely common for a new brand, blend, whatever, to hit the market at X amount and over time explode into a massive brand that's highly sought after which drives the price up and makes finding it very difficult. A huge reason is the secondary market sellers will buy it up and inflate the price and make availability next to nil. A bottle can hit the market at $50 and within a matter of months or years shoot up into the hundreds with the secondary market price even higher than that. It literally happens all the time with all kinds of booze. That would explain why it was readily available and expensive but not as much as some in BCS and had a cartel boss saying "impossible" when he sees it in BB.

[@LilyLinko]

One thing I never see mentioned is how huge the pizza that Walt brings is. That thing was absolutely gigantic, it could feed an entire party's worth of people. Even with leftovers, that would take like a week for the family to finally finish eating.

[@2girls1up]

Dude I could eat half that on my own, growing boys are hungry, especially young guys

[@lightningbolt4419]

if you are a six year old, sure.

[@joeking6804]

Europeans be like:

[@cmbeadle2228]

Apparently that's a genuine Albuquerque thing

[@adamchirico7724]

I could eat that pizza by myself in one sitting with some franks red hot sauce

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

Don’t think anyone has analysed this, brilliant stuff man

[@CFNOSE]

the simpsons did it

[@Evocati25]

Having lived in Albuquerque I feel pretty sure Taco Cabeza is supposed to be a stand in for Taco Cabana. Not a lot of franchised Taco restaurants open 24 hours a day.

[@jeambeam3173]

It's sad that hours were reduced for a lot of good late night places to eat due to COVID and also grocery stores not being 24/7 either sucks

[@ldeanjr2]

Taco Cabeza is right down the road from Saul's office. It's taco cabana, used to be a popular spot for high schoolers to meet up and Cruise back in the day. Some deals definitely went down there lol

[@Chikn2532]

taco cabeza is just around the corner

[@ndogg20]

Madrigal Electromotive the largest business in the BB/BCS universe didn't get a mention. Still amazing how both series created their own world with real and fictional recurring businesses and a great topic. So many in fact that, that just naming them all and the background of each would make this video an hour longer.

[@David_The_Texan_youtuber382]

My head canon for the Zafiro Anejo is that in universe during the vent of better call saul, the Zafiro Anejo tequila was expensive but still commonly availiable, however by the time of breaking bad the drink had become rare due to artifical scarcity or something else. Therefore in the breaking bad timeline Don Eladio is impressed because Zafiro Anejo is not only expensive but it is hard to come by.

[@bartisreallykewl]

The tequila could have risen in price and rarity between the shows. Could even be they went out of business making the remaining bottles rare novelties.

[@chrise8275]

1:53 It’s Declan.

[@PureKino]

Yup my mistake

[@haunttted]

Great video. In particular with the tequila it could also be explained why Don Eladio was so excited about the bottle and the issue of continuity. The bottle given to him by Gus perhaps although looking the same was a “reserve” or numbered, early production of the tequila especially considering the decorative lined wooden box it comes in. All simply speculation but I do really enjoy the level of detail the businesses go to in the universe and have always been fascinated by Madrigal and their long corporate reach, the fact that they owned so many subsidiaries and even had their own Gulfstream for executives!

[@117neither]

love the idea quaint businesses should have at least as much gravity as fantastical settings

[@conormallon8488]

everywhere I've been in Italy serves pizza that is unsliced, it's completely normal

[@BookshelfQBattler]

But what if you dont have a slicer? You have to rip it an apart with your hands like an animal? Barbaric i say!

[@windowswastaken]

@@BookshelfQBattler knife

[@BookshelfQBattler]

Oh sure, the owner of Venezia's Pizzeria saved a bundle when he converted to non-sliced pizza, but what about the cost to humanity? Fredo Abbondanza, the pizzeria's longstanding pizza slicer for over 30 years, was put out into the cold of the street and forced to give hand jobs for pocket change just to make a living, so the next time you enjoy an unsliced pizza and the extra ten cents you save, think of poor Fredo. You people and your cost cutting by not pizza cutting make me sick.

[@locoardilla8084]

yeah but he gives top-notch hand jobs though. 30 years of slicing pizzas gave him excellent hand strength.

[@Jonny_Martell]

That Game of Thrones reference at the end better be you teasing that you’re gonna do Game of Thrones logs next

[@Whiteboykun]

KZbin is oversaturated with channels covering game of thrones and House of the dragon

[@MrRipper557]

Thought on the tequila... maybe the edition or quality gus provided was a limited or rare print of it... you can get neapolitan xo for anywhere between 50 to 6k... maybe it is also exclusive to new Mexico and its common there but hard to get in mexico... 9r the Don was just surprised gus brought a drink and took it as a kind of peace offer since they where at war before this meeting

[@acquiredfilms5400]

You forgot the most important brand… SchraderBrau!

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

Love videos like these covering more niche topics about a popular series, excellent work Kino.

[@murrynathan]

I once got curly fries and a coke from Los Pollos. They built one in a downtown Austin parking lot for SXSW to promote BCS. The blue rock candy was tight tight tight!

[@PaulTheadra]

the opening jingle is the same as another KZbin channel "Sexplanations" had me rush to turn down the volume at work. But it's probably a stock jingle on YT.

[@jeremyweems4916]

Los Pollos Hermanos does have curly fries. That's a huge plus for the business.

[@quinntoohey406]

Amazing Kino

[@eliasibrahim1957]

Love your videos

[@AlBundy319]

Great content Kino, always enjoyed these details that breath so much life into the show unique world, I love it! My thinking about the Zafiro tequila is I always imagined that the one Gus gifted is like an old, original recipe and taste of a later standardized / mainstreamed brand. Or a special early edition that is rare and expensive.

[@Danbotology]

As a non-American, my initial introduction to the existence of Albuquerque came from Homer Simpson.

[@melissaizaguirre9995]

dope vid 👌🏼

[@heroic7774]

Damn this is top tier analyzation 😊

[@gene8842]

When it comes to the safirio angejo, the price may have been lower when it is first released as a limited supply, but then rapidly increasing in the secondary market after supplies run out. It's a fairly common thing when it comes to modern day bourbon. Secondary prices can skyrocket when the run is over and bottles of certain vintage become harder to find.

[@johnnymoondog9474]

Ah yes, Albuquerque. That small town of 500,000 people.

[@mikedawolf95]

Like Kino said, compared to other shows set in more well known cities NY, LA, Chicago, even the Ozarks, when will you hear anything about Albuquerque?

[@locoardilla8084]

I think the point was that a city of over a half a million doesn't qualify as a "smaller town".

[@seanlandonclarke]

The reaction from Eladio may be less about the tequila value and just a personality thing. Eladio always seemed to exaggerate his mood one way, then quickly snap the other way…

[@KMcNally117]

The bottle could be rare and sold only in the USA. Or maybe they went out of business after BCS so Gus bringing a bottle of tequila from a company no longer manufacturing that tequila makes it rare

[@CornerstoneLegalGroup]

At 1:52 you called him Duncan his name is actually Decklin, still an amazing video and keep up the good work, I spend hours each week consuming your content

[@nialler78]

Declan, not Decklin

[@whaletastic9200]

​@@nialler78this is the exact moment declan became decklin

[@user-qr5hp4ok3e]

Kid named comsuming

[@orangewarm1]

😂damn, you are going deep son. Its true, the world building was amazing. The other day i was thinking about that Tampico Furniture advert like it was real.

[@travisgeorge1285]

In the drinking world expensive doesn’t necessarily mean it’s always available. The tequila could’ve been more accessible in BCS while becoming more popular and less available while more sought after in BB. Suntory Yamazaki is a bottle that is about $150 but very hard to find out of season, but very exciting when you do.

[@zuffin1864]

Could we have a sopranologs soecial where you analyze the cinematography? I feel like it made so many episodes stand out and its amazing

[@r.achel044]

i really like how you mentioned the zafiro añejo being a symbol for corruption. with context of what it's used for in breaking bad, i think for kim and jimmy it best symbolizes poison. kim herself even says, when she breaks up with him "apart we're alright but together we're poison." their relationship is poison, like two chemicals mixed together to cause harm. tragic love and all that

[@tobinharris8107]

Great observations and research Kino! I sure do miss these shows. But I will always be able to watch them again and again without even a hint of burnout. 👍

[@klatubaradanikto]

I was hoping for an explanation of the relationship between Madrigal & Pollos. Madrigal shows it as one of their brands but Gus owns & operates all of the stores & they are only in 3 states.

[@TheAres1999]

Jimmy inadveratly jacked up the price of Zafiro Añejo by buying so many bottles. That, or it was part of Gus's massive plan to manipulate the rarity of the drink, so years later it would make a great gift.

[@localfatty4364]

God damn I wish I could watch these series for the first time again

[@HF-dv5vv]

Nothing like Kinos soft buttery voice to help me sleep

[@jlee2k572]

It was really cool for them to show the real business from the location in El Camino aftwr

[@chrisxavier3147]

Going to the real Twisters restaurant in ABQ (Where the Pollos scenes were filmed) is on my bucket list

[@renaigh]

Albuquerque is my favourite fictional world that definitely has no connection to any real life city in a real state in the southwest of a real country that would never force anyone to go into immense debt to pay off medical bills that could never be a death sentence for the poor.

[@SpectrumAnalysis]

This video is great, and while I came into it expecting you to analyse the business practices and whether they'd hide a meth business, this is also an awesome idea. I do have to mention a few things though. Every reviewer and reactor I've seen describes Pollos as a "Restaurant" when it's clearly a chain. Gus has one location in Mexico to begin with, and now he's moved it to ABQ, sure, but a single restaurant in one city wouldn't have a corporation behind it like Madrigal, which isn't even mentioned here. Not to mention, burning down the location in BCS would be a massive blow to his business and put it as risk of being exposed to the cops if it was only the one location. You had your livelihood burned down and still live like this? Wikipedia also calls it a chain of restaurants. Take that as you will. A few other businesses that aren't mentioned that are super integral to the story, besides Madrigal include; Vamanos Pest Control, which was hiding a meth business and a bunch of criminal neo-nazis, who also have ties with Kandy Welding from El Camino and also Madrigal. There's also Lavandería Brillante, the laundromat Gus uses to hide the meth lab. You could even discuss Dog House, where a lot of Jesse's deals go down and Kim and Jimmy hang out, which is a real place in ABQ!

[@dr.pepper7190]

7:51 funny thing was I didn't realize that Domingo was Crazy 8 before Lalo gave him his nickname.

[@la4two]

Unopened bottles of the tequila might have gotten rare over the years

[@user-uc3xj9ob1m]

Liquor prices vary heavily depending on age. If a new bottle is 500$ than a sought after vintage could easily cost 10,000 or more.

[@burhanbudak6041]

You dont waste New Jersey pizza, so Tony wouldnt throw a tantrum by wasting good pizza.

[@scottieman2]

Great shows.

[@williamhaynes7089]

In real life Venezias for sure DOES slice their pizza, i wonder how many of their customers asked them NOT to when the show came out... Great pizza by the slice place too

[@desiredditor]

10:46 inflation + maybe the brand expanded into a bigger name later on so price markup plus liquior gets expensive as it ages

[@spandytube]

The University of American Samoa is another notable one, even though it's a real school.

[@Hurts1983]

Fun fact. in Sint Maarten where I am from there is a restaurant called Pollos Hermanos next to my house 😁

[@twixtwix2915]

1:54 ah yes that is DUNCAN for sure

[@JamesHerington]

I love your perspective on this

[@joneveritt4950]

Had to like the video for the curly fry edit

[@Topheraura]

I wish he mentioned the place that Hector got his pills switched at

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

Albakirki is actually pretty easy to spell

[@ComerDormirJogar]

Here in Brazil most Pizzerias places never slice their pizzas.

[@photons23]

I think that maybe it could be possible that a single tequila brand could make both highish end liquor and high end liquor under different lines

[@renj6531]

2:33 Duncan ? Declan the guy that looked like wolverine who couldn’t cut 70%

[@AmazingJayB51]

It was a place in Philly in the 80s that didn’t slice their pizza and it was cheap too! My Uncle bought it because he was cheap, the pizza wasn’t that good either.

[@TheCoolestGeekEver]

@03:21 "Taste the Family" is the absolute worst slogan I've ever heard. Is Los Pollos Hermanos's slogan really "Taste the Family?"😮 Is that canon?

[@circleinforthecube5170]

Albequrqe is not a small town, its a major city with larger 90s era skyscrapers and a international airport and two interstates, albequrque is pretty big you can live your entire life there without meeting someone who lives in your district, albequrque's metro population including the suburban sprawl where walt lives is almost one million people, AL is one of the bigger cities in the country, maybe not LA or chicago but detroit or pittsburgh is comparable

[@omarbaba9892]

Maybe the company that made the tequila went bankrupt or something so it became rare by the time of breaking bad

[@kingoneil4644]

If walt through that pizza at phil leotardo when he turned into a house oof fugetabbit

[@BookshelfQBattler]

"I wanted to be a house. I compromised. I became a pizza tray."

[@omarbaba9892]

What about the winking Greek?

[@bigyeet5857]

Bro forgot El Michoacan 😞

[@michaelmckenna2179]

Liquor can change in price and availability over a short time 10 plus years ago pappy whiskey was no where near the price or scarcity it is now

[@Varianne_Grey]

What about schraderbrau???

[@DanielGutierrez-zu9fv]

Here is a Truth Boom. Los Pollos Hermanos is not the correct way to say it. Los Hermanos Pollo. It says “The Brothers Chickens” it should say, The Chicken Brothers.

[@yungsodaman]

Cover Saul's wives.

[@mikefloyd3152]

Whats up with the video yo? Theres no kid named finger

[@stephena4614]

Pass what savings how do they save money by not cutting it like what I’d be pissed

[@matzeknodel11]

The pollos hermanos are just a glorified Business

[@orale_]

Los Culos Hermanos Hahaha queer 😂

[@RobbaKeef]

Less annoying characters = Better Call Saul > Breaking Bad

[@timwalkerfukyt]

Does Gus's curly fries commercial best meme EVER!!!!!!!!!

[@jadesoda5305]

Theres also the fact breaking bad takes place after better call saul so they could’ve stopped making zafiro and its just a personal favorite of don eladio

[@timwalkerfukyt]

The author of this video either knows someone or has worked in the pizza game cuz I've been in the pizza game for 25 years as a delivery driver manager you name it I've done it and everything but own it and over the last few years they quit doing it but up until then all the way from the 80s to like I said the last few years ago they never called it pizzas in the store they called them pies like how many pies did you sell today when you're doing your inventory for the end of the day on the sales for you cash out the whole store and make your cash drop

[@hiduck8247]

Great stuff. I like how you don't know what to talk about for 10+ mins, so you default to explaining the show and character motivations. G, this video making thing you think you got going on....maybe it aint for you

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoffIV]

Chicken and Meth: Thats what New Mexico does!