Jeremy Irons Hated the SNL Monologue Bob Odenkirk Wrote for Him

Bob Odenkirk talks about picketing with WGA and SAG, the time Jeremy Irons hated the Saturday Night Live monologue he wrote for him and his children's book, Zilot & Other Important Rhymes.
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Jeremy Irons Hated the SNL Monologue Bob Odenkirk Wrote for Him - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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[@GreatEgret]

I love that Bob Odenkirk always has a bit when he’s on a late night show. It feels like we’re getting a little extra.

[@LaGuerre19]

He always brings his A-game. He's the best

[@JaushuaGuy]

I was hoping that was his bit at the end. He seemed so enthused by it. And the high pitch talking was the best.

[@worldwideinterests1]

He is so great - totally robbed of the Emmy for best Actor in Better Call Saul - he was amazing.

[@SparkIeMotion]

Seth is so good to play off of. He makes every interview feel so natural and respectful, but serious or funny when it needs to be. Such a gem.

[@markcharcas2293]

Damn! “Toothpaste in a comb” is some serious Shel Silverstein level creativity. I love it!!

[@gregbors8364]

I met Bob along with David Cross at a book signing once, years ago when their biggest claim to fame was still “Mr. Show.” Still, I was starstruck and couldn’t bring myself to say anything to either of them. Bob graciously introduced himself and reached out to shake my hand, whereas David literally rolled his eyes at me and made it clearly plain that he wanted me to leave ASAP (to be fair, I was near the end of a line hundreds of people and I think David was just done with the whole thing at that point)

[@lawrencebernard4324]

If it makes you feel better, I was a massive Mr. Show fan and got drunk at a David Cross show where he did a bunch of bits about having a kid. I loudly complained about it a bar, only to find out he arrived shortly after and his wife was there.

[@kennyglidewell8594]

I get to feeling David Cross might be a "see you next Tuesday"

[@OhHiNebulae]

Cross is a known asshole, hope you didn't take it personally.

[@commaJim]

Lol?

[@jaxlaxsurprise]

Eh, that seems pretty on brand for him, so I wouldn't sweat it!

[@SpaceForceCommander]

After 3 strikes, Bob Odenkirk is not out. Well done, Bob!

[@christopherweise438]

3 Strikes and 1 heart attack. He's lucky to be here.

[@WillWivellAnimator]

Good old Bob. What a lovable guy

[@StefanGBucher]

Huge shoutout to your graphics team! Those are really nicely done books, and they're so nicely put together on what must be a FAST turnaround!

[@davidb6576]

Fast turnaround? I picked up copies a month or so ago. Little Jimmy should be out of the hospital in a week, we're planning on reading the Big Book Of Bombs by JRO next.

[@LaGuerre19]

​@@davidb6576 ikr, David? "Yes Esme, the toilet has teeth" was a stocking stuffer for my son when he was 3. He's 14 now and he's STILL trying to get his aim down. Crazy times.

[@DRChupacabrah]

the book gag is up there with Bob's "celebrity hand stab" gag from Colbert's show, fantastic.

[@brendammit]

Bob Odenkirk is the embodiment of a fine wine.

[@DLSacks]

Those book titles at the end is the most Conan I think Meyers has been, and I really loved it. Great bit that feels like it was definitely written in collaboration with Bob.

[@ithemba]

this and the surprise inspection segment illustrate very well why Seth is prob the greatest amongst the contemporary late night hosts. Its a kind of meta humor without drifting into the absurd a la Ferguson or Letterman. It is light and fun and easy, with references heavily the shared history and inside stories of writing rooms, the people actually writing the jokes (and how a few people who went on to become stars infront of the camera got their start in the writing rooms). It feels like such an antidote to the pompous showbiz attitude of most of the other late night shows, that feels incredibly old-fashioned now. I prefer to watch shows for fun that succeed in transmitting to me the feeling that the people working there are having fun working there, be it by taking the piss out of each other once in a while. But also the show of solidarity and consideration for the peoples labour-rights and struggles.

[@dietotaku]

i like craig ferguson but letterman's not even funny, just wildly inappropriate and offensive. could you imagine letterman coming up with a bit about "things i can't say because i'm a straight white male"?

[@YourTVFriend]

@@dietotakuLetterman wasn’t as sharp in his later years but he was incredibly funny when he was younger, all of the hosts (and comedians) respect him so much for a reason.

[@sat-one]

You sound like a blast. I wish youtube would show how many edits were made. Ugh! Who talks like that!?😂

[@ithemba]

@@sat-one english is not my native language, so excuse the bad style. It was one edit as far as I remember, because I called the surprise inspection "unexpected inspection" in the first version

[@DizzyBusy]

​@@sat-oneMy whole family talks in paragraphs, it's a lot of fun, we don't have to guess how everyone's feeling. And they don't yell it out. Always in a measured tone.

[@nitamckeethen6986]

I love Bob and Seth. They play off each other so well.

[@mikemadzinski4968]

Just wanted to take a moment to congratulate author Seth Meyers! His book, I’m Not Scared, YOU’RE Scared! is now available at Scholastic Book Fairs across the country! This could be the big break he’s been waiting for! Wish him luck! #ExclaimationPoints!

[@franciet99]

How cool! Scholastics is wonderful! I loved ordering books from them when I was a kid.

[@DizzyBusy]

The sequel will be, 'You're not scared, I'm scared.' Followed by, 'Everyone's scared. We're in this together.'

[@florete2310]

Bob's kids must excel at being sarcastic😂

[@bothellkenmore]

He was on The View with his daughter in the AM and she was delightful.

[@billyeveryteen7328]

His daughter was a guest with Bob on Wait Wait Don't Tell me, and she is incredibly sarcastic. He told that story about how his daughter called his silly voice "bad," but his daughter was chiming in and riffing with Bob and the host.

[@erasmusherzen]

My god he is probably one of the sweetest entertainers of all time

[@bethhubbs9937]

I"ve always thought that Bob Odenkirk doesn't seem like a hugger. AWKWARDLY CONFIRMED: 0:17

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

I wrote a kids book once. "Everybody poops but you. You sh*t." For some reason, just didn't go down smoothly.

[@raypelling6440]

"Another Li'l Never Poop Book." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@truthhurts3524]

Bob is an absolute gem.

[@RSBurgener]

I've been a big fan of Bob's since about 1998. He disappeared for several years in the 2000's and I was very worried, outraged to be honest. I'm so glad to see him on such a big show with his gray hair. I'm proud of him, and myself for be able to spot real talent.

[@dietotaku]

i just realized i have been confusing bob odenkirk with steve oedekerk for YEARS. how do they have such similar last names and comedy careers when they're not even related?!

[@marymissmary]

Bob Odenkirk is so delightful!

[@1her3ma]

The Toilet has Teeth. Just amazing.

[@TheDigitalDecade]

I almost thought there was no bit this time haha

[@JohnSmith-pl4sf]

Better call bob!

[@deniroswife]

LOL put writers in a line and give them something to hate SO TRUE

[@bizzmoneyb]

he was so good in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul!!

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I watched Better Call Saul in its entirety before seeing a single scene of Breaking Bad. Definitely made Breaking Bad weirder to watch.

[@SpaceForceCommander]

Nobody makes movies like Bob Odenkirk, and Bob Odenkirk makes movies like Nobody!

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

he makes movies like a garbage man

[@ChipCain]

Actual legend.

[@TrumpIsAmericasSKIDMARK]

Love him. Wonderful conversation. Great kids being silly.😂 my kids weren’t born magically delicious

[@General_Nothing]

Li’l Oppenheimer and his Big Booming Bomb actually seems like a great book for kids. Teach them about science and history and their own mortality. All things that kids will need to learn.

[@kindabluejazz]

FYI - Budd Schulberg wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront.

[@wallacerose8663]

It really felt like no one in the crowd knew who he was. It doesn't help that his best known work was seventy years ago.

[@kindabluejazz]

@@wallacerose8663 I bet most of the people in the crowd have never even heard of or seen the movie. But film buffs and writers might appreciate the info.

[@alexstewart839]

AND he wrote A Face In The Crowd, AND William A Wellman screwed him out of the screenwriting credit for the original 1930s A Star Is Born, AND the screenplay for Bogart's last movie The Harder They Fall was based on Schulberg's novel. He was a titan of a writer, but he is a deeper cut screenwriter reference for most people.

[@scottcolburn2870]

Also like to put in a good word for Schulberg's novel What Makes Sammy Run? one of the great novels about Hollywood.

[@ztrackday]

I love the 'competition' kids books at the end, but my absolute favorite book growing up was the Butter Side Battle book by Dr. Seuss and it is a THINLY veiled cold war analogy that ends with both sides of a completely ridiculous war staring down mutually assured destruction. So that Oppenheimer book could be pretty good.

[@raradis]

Gotta love Bob!

[@adamkis3569]

Thanks a lot, Seth and Bob. Now I'm afraid to use the toilet!

[@mollytheda9273]

Bob Odenkirk’s falsetto, delish.

[@PeepshowMenagerie]

I literally want all those other books to be real. Don't make me have to self publish my own clearly legally different enough versions of them to make it so.

[@bobdobbs6969]

AI already ripped this off.

[@JohnLee-ue6gy]

Strong 'Mainway Toys' energy in the kids' book comparison bit.

[@greenspider1621]

when you know Bob used to write for Conan's show, when you remember this book skit lol

[@tjfreno69]

🎉❤😂great segment 🎉❤

[@mbryson2899]

I imagined Jeremy Irons responding as Profion from the _Dungeons & Dragons_ movie.

[@falstaff80]

I NEED MORE BOOKS FROM THE Li'l Never Poop SERIES!!

[@vincebrannon3353]

lol! the other kids books :D

[@somefreshbread]

I knew it was going to be an Oppenheimer book, and yet it still delivered. A+

[@peterbathum2775]

props to props. really wanting a few of these ... my grands are almost aged into seeing the humor

[@reneekad]

Xmas 2019 was amazing!

[@A66ys]

BOB Odenkirk!!! Chicago's best!

[@davincisghost9228]

Good bit...loved the saw.

[@chegeny]

It's Bob!! so awesome!

[@iamnotreal_kayla]

The Oppenheimer book isn't for kids, it's for adults learning to read. IDK about the sharp edges one. Maybe jigsaw had twins or something.

[@lashendawest7509]

We love bob odenkirk and seth meyers

[@simonmandrakejones]

The books were just hilarious.

[@audiblenugz]

Bah Bodenkirk is always brilliant!!!

[@VieenRennes]

Always a great guest. I feel like audiences have been off since the end of the strike...like they forgot how to have fun/laugh more?

[@qwe1231]

I got The Book Of Sharp Edges on Kindle. It loses something in translation.

[@franciet99]

Zilots are the BEST!!!

[@ryanthomas5507]

He rules!

[@jamiebizness1]

Bob is the best.

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

He’s the best!

[@mileslaw]

i want that Lil Oppenheimer book asap.

[@georgejorden6269]

I know that I am late to the comments. But.. I think the last page of the Lil Oppenheimer book should have been a mushroom cloud popup.

[@jonnaylornc]

He’s got triples of the Nova

[@sunshine3914]

Always loved Bob on talk shows, but now I feel bad that I never knew he came from SNL. Never much on show biz ppl & tv, especially once I got my drivers license.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

Every time i see him interviewed, i watch the clip. Even if i've never heard of who's interviewing him, or don't like them. That's how much i love Odenkirk!

[@papaya32]

lil oppenheimer lol

[@andrewaustin9536]

Looks like he came out pretty good from that bus fight.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

Strike 3 but the man aint out! He's never been better : )

[@steveh6612]

I love bob

[@juanitab7076]

I love Seth whenever he’s not taking about politics. Love him!!!

[@bethhubbs9937]

I thought the jello, cello, fellow, toothpaste on your comb poem was solid.

[@mariaaaa1128]

2:35

[@peterbathum2775]

charmed

[@gerbmcnuggets5466]

5:46 I mean, still better than 80% of The Late Show’s writing.

[@elaexplorer]

Correction: The blank page is on the wrong side for that last page of the book.

[@spacemanx9595]

And yet more people know who Bob is vs the guy who he told the story about. I never heard of this "legendary writer" and I'm pretty up on the entertainment history.

[@mayakanitkar1417]

... you mean it's "Zillet" or zilch?

[@shawnholley1206]

Dear Seth, WHOA BOB just did a rhyme with the word cello! My band MYTHOLOGICAL HORSES just happens to feat the cello player from the band Nirvana (unplugged) A COINCIDENCE???? I THINK NOT……… With that said, we would very much like to play Late Night. Pretty please?

[@dfghdfghuytiu8207]

Did he make the props himself?

[@Fantasmister]

My kids would love all of those fake books.

[@NewMessage]

Kids have too many fingers nowadays anyway.

[@reneekad]

Akroyd glass & loud noises in 2020?

[@RainmanCT]

None of that hug nonsense for Bob!

[@LaGuerre19]

Just two silly goofs being two goofy sills. What a writer and actor. B.O. and S&M never don't bring joy straight to my face.

[@Dr_1212]

😆👍

[@wcoasttigger]

Seth. Go back to suits!! You look great in suits!! Welcome back to you and all your writers and staff.

[@spagram1]

Lol - cute

[@reneekad]

Re inventing the wheel

[@starshapedscar]

That interview has a real “Jimmy Fallon” vibe to it, which I hate. Love both Seth and Bob, but please drop the rehearsed stuff.

[@ElSantoLuchador]

I'm surprised Odenkirk wasn't part of SNLs cast as well as a writer. Jeremy Irons is not a comedic actor. He probably feels uncomfortable with comedy in general.

[@WilhelminaWeinessig-bz3wn]

Just watched Jeremy Irons' SNL monologue and Irons was right, it's crappy writing.

[@Jaysin261]

Awkward greeting.

[@colinbooth531]

Having had limited dealings with Jeremy Irons, I can tell you he’s a miserable guy.

[@michaelbayer5094]

I scanned throught the comments before posting, so I know this opinion is an outlier. Because Bob's fans are out in force here. But I never liked him. When he said, "I was such a jerk", that's all I saw in him. A guy playing a jerk. Sorry, Bob loyalists.

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

gosh, is this what happens when you get old you talk about jeremy irons EVERY INTERVIEW YEAH, WE GET IT he hated your bad, "it's-five-a.m.-and-i-have-no-ideas" writing ............let it go, Mr Millionaire

[@sharkulashairstylist5505]

"Nothing But Sharp Edges" is a GREAT book and my children sleep with it every night, they are growing up forced gothic/depressed 1994 style. I hate everything but I hate "corrections" most, rule #1 in this home. Anyone caught watching "corrections" is chained to the basement radiator for 6 months... I know it's only episode 81 coming this week, go cry with my basement children, I'll feed you Weds & Sat!

[@JKReAl]

Gosh bob is so unfunny

[@ShineOnBenevolentSun]

The Toilet Has Teeth was written by Shel Silverstein 😂

[@Riley0509]

The toilet has teeth is just hilarious.