KPCS: Bob Odenkirk

[@micahj894]

Crazy hearing Bob Odenkrik not be sure if Better Call Saul will become a thing or not. Not knowing that Breaking Bad will end, and Better Call Saul will begin, and both will be two of the best TV shows to ever be made.

[@lance134679]

Bob makes such a good point about how writers don't get nearly enough credit for the painstaking process of creating and writing dialog for the characters they create. He wasn't talking about himself, but the Saul character on Breaking Bad, and how he feels bad taking credit for the character as an actor.

[@tHeXeKuter]

Lawrence Gillespie yep

[@kevinw712]

While it seems an inescapable running gag of the Hollywood machine that the writer will never get appropriate credit, even back in the time of 2012 when he said this, I think it speaks more to Bob's genuine high level of humility and aversion to direct compliments. He without question deserves a significant amount of credit for the end result, bad acting can still fuck up good writing. This is certainly more so the case with TV than film, but since a series is the example being dealt with, over the last decade plenty of showrunners/writers (especially of more serialized-heavy shows) have become a sort of celebrity themselves way more than the time before. Very much including Vince Gilligan himself. He even wound up having a very funny acting gig in a "Community" episode inbetween BB and BCS. As the internet spread wider dedicated fans knew the name and face of a show creator as much as its leads. TV has for a long time now been where the writer is basically considered the one "in power", whereas in features it's the director. It's very logical, since a series by design needs loads of different directors over its life. Too many directors asserting full control on their episodes will have a show be all over the place. I totally hear what Bob was saying, but even back at that moment things were already heading a much better direction.

[@vivianamuntean146]

@Lawrence Gillespie Yes, absolutely, and beyond even dialogue, writers write EVERYTHING that happens on tv and in movies, and certainly deserve appreciation for it.

[@joemckim1183]

And whenever a character has a really great line fans act like the actor improvised it on set.

[@kfrerix9777]

I had no idea Bob wrote for Get a Life! I LOVED that show.

[@micahj894]

Also, Mr. Show is so awesome!

[@kevinw712]

1:25:15 I think a huge element to what Odenkirk is alluding to here is just a natural extension of the whole entertainment business. It's both widened and become far more niche-oriented over the last decade+. There's such a broader array of places where performers can do their thing and break out in various ways that it gets more accurately refined in a more fitting context. Not unlike how in the early 80's to early 90's if you were a comic who had a fantastic first appearance with Johnny Carson, you were a major star almost literally overnight with a TV show in development, but that one-way street is arcane. Plus there's no shortage of examples now where an SNL sketch killed in its 4 minutes of screen time so was so quickly turned into a feature length movie to then realize there's a reason it worked in a 4 minute dose.

[@jkjerome1]

Thanks for a great show.

[@joshuajansen7125]

Bob starts at around 14:30

[@WittyScoop]

Thank you

[@alistairwallace77]

Carrot Top is in “chairman of the board” with courtney thorn smith, who is in “summer school”with mark harmon, who is in “stealing home” with harold ramis, who is in “ghostbusters” with dan aykroyd, who is in “trading places” with ralph bellamy, who is in “amazon women on the moon” with rip taylor :)

[@SophieLucy]

1:31:47 HIS LAUGH

[@cocob0l0]

SophieLucy I live for that little chuckle

[@samdustinchris]

Underrated comment

[@michaelmattice4986]

1:10:00 OMG! Odenkirk describing 'stalling' during poker to make the payout was SO FUNNY!!!:)

[@eddieloius4592]

hE'S THINKING LIKE Saul Goodman

[@johnklinger943]

Surprising there are less than 100K views on this and 70K or so were live over a decade ago

[@crashburn3292]

I literally 2 minutes ago thought, "ONLY 78k?!? WTF??"

[@alistairwallace77]

Rip taylor is in “amazon...” with kelly preston, who is in “jerry macguire” with tom cruise, who is in “top gun” with val kilmer, who is in “island of dr moreau” with brando 🙌🏻

[@michaelmattice4986]

!:15:00 That "Hal Clap...' clip was SO FUNNY!!!:)

[@MrHalfjack]

odenkirk reminds me of costner.

[@ArtDuszynski]

MrHalfjack It's funny you say that, considering the season-ending Better Call Saul episode.

[@MrHalfjack]

Art Duszynski i haven't seen the show. care to explain?

[@buzzardbeatniks]

MrHalfjack He gets a girl to sleep with him, claiming to be Kevin Costner.

[@michaelmattice4986]

+MrHalfjack Billie Costner, from The Bronx?!...I don't see it!

[@greendogg83]

If you squint, and lean back a bit

[@Ire374]

Her channeling of Portlandia era Carrie Brownstein is startling.

[@khamirbhatia]

I got the feeling Bob was tired and laboring towards the end. He wanted to exit a few times there but couldn't. Almost like he didn't want to be there. It appeared he was looking at the clock from what i can decipher. Wonder if anyone felt that way.

[@joemckim1183]

Its a long interview and he probably had plans afterwards so he just wanted to make sure he didn't miss it. Most likely.

[@greenspringvalley]

For us it would be fun, but Bob sits in comedy meetings all day every day as a job with other comedians.

[@831lance]

the interview starts at 15:00. Thank me later

[@juancpgo]

came back to thank you

[@BIGMONEYPLAYER1]

Thank you now

[@56packmanable]

I enjoy Kevin’s preamble to the interview.

[@michaelmattice4986]

Thanks boys!:)

[@kmcg6444]

If a man is talking in a forrest....: Kevin is right. Tussin is the generic. Guaifenesin is the medication.

[@zetetick395]

Wow Kevin is just stepping *all over* the entire interview responses, what the hell dude shut UP! Let Bob finish speaking!

[@VanLestat]

is better call saul

[@ThePowersThatBeef]

Can you put up a link to the poker game with Daniel?

[@DebDavis1]

Geez was this episode Kevin interviews kevin?? I would have liked to hear more about Bob ... and you told him there wasn't time to show his "clip" about the guy getting hit more than 3 times.

[@WittyScoop]

The interviewer took a lot of footage for a simple question. Bob is awesome though.

[@benjaminjones1139]

"The interviewer" is a great actor and comedian. Jesus christ kids imdb him.

[@WittyScoop]

@@benjaminjones1139 doesn't matter, he is an "interviewer" here.

[@pretorious700]

Don't ask Pollak about poker.

[@onepcwhiz]

Link no workee! Error 522 Ray ID: 27d93b7eb14223c6 • 2016-03-03 01:14:49 UTC Connection timed out

[@Terp311]

Some of you are looking for for 15:24

[@robertomazzini2513]

RIP Saul Goodman.

[@royalsiths2836]

Why dd Jaime all of a sudden decide to adopt the army bowl cut look? She was attractive here.....

[@greenspringvalley]

In the Mount Everest sketch on the last take that bombed the audience was probably starting to be concerned for Jay Johnston, who took too many hard falls and was falling backwards against a wall. It's funny to watch somebody pretend to be hurt but it's not funny if he actually gets hurt. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uoommEj5lnftUfeature=shared

[@nathanwhite617]

A lil' too much blush, there...

[@onepcwhiz]

So sorry, but I can't watch these in order.. I MUST watch the guests I like first! :-o

[@FungusMossGnosis]

You've been Reported for violating Section 3 of Article XI-A of KPCS-viewing protocol.

[@juancpgo]

shame on you

[@AllUrUtubeRbelong2me]

Fail audio quality.

[@Avasive]

A Manchion In Wiscansen

[@jimijackson]

I loved Saul's character. Totally agree he added a light balance to the show. Some shows can be a little too dreary. The one scene I think was wrong was Walt letting that girl overdose.

[@AUTOPSY666]

She threatened to burn him down, he is gonna save her and let that happen??? No. The proper decision was made.

[@dr.banana2828]

thats what i need 1 more guy talking 15 minutes about how great lorne michaels is.. whats next telling me seinfeld is underrated? ha. i love the odenkirk though

[@joblo3940]

KPCS:

[@Djm8520]

Of course, the writing works both ways. Breaking Bad should have ended at the end of the magnificent Season 4, after Skyler asks Walter: “What does this mean.” And WW, responds: “I won!” Similarly, the final season on of BB was horrendous-simply awful. Similarly, the reboot of Dexter, the recently completely Billions, which should have ended with Season 5’s finale and instead gave us two more miserable seasons. Boardwalk Empire, had a lousy final season. The Wire had one bad season and an OK final season. Only The Sopranos maintained absolute excellence for 7 Seasons. So, that’s the writers, too‼️

[@WomenThrowinLeather]

Anybody else think Jaime's hot?

[@pszitalian10]

i do, take the glasses off and she is a solid 8 maybe 9

[@camerongordon5914]

Up until she talks.

Bob is my uncle. He always wants to play cave explorer with me at thanksgiving & christmas. he's not very nice, he's a bad man and a sad dad

[@demongo2007]

Wow. No wonder pollak never got a real talk show. This is terrible. Came here to hear odenkirk but didn't know how awful the pollak wrapper would be.

[@SlappyBonaduce]

just skip the intros and the who tweeted shit... the rest is aight :)

[@kevinw712]

Riiiiiight... Pollak wound up during like 400 of these things with scores of well known and talented entertainers (plenty with repeat appearances) over the course of a decade because he was awful at it. was this the only one you ever looked at? I mean yeah by law of averages some won't be fantastic, but it endured for a reason. I've never understood why he's never seemed to get much recognition for being, definitely not first, but ONE of the earlier people doing what's a podcast.

[@incargeek]

15 minutes of friggin nonsense BS to get to the interview

[@smittylikesto]

tussin isnt what rappers drink. god, they sounded so blindly white.

[@JonAdamich]

ra bA It's not quite something you brag about...

[@troyevitt2437]

Too much insider chat. I get they know behind-the-scenes people on a first-name basis, but it's too esoteric for the rest of us.

[@zinquips2887]

David Koechner strikes again and ruins the episode. He emits the most annoying noises I have ever heard.