'Better Call Saul' actor Michael McKean doesn't care how you watch

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Michael McKean, who plays Chuck McGill on AMC's "Better Call Saul" and has previously appeared in films such as "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Clue," talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about the process of acting and comedy. McKean is currently appearing in a dramatic play on Broadway (a new production of Lillian Hellman’s "The Little Foxes") and he says he’s glad the audience usually leaves their phones off. He also chats about improvising with Christopher Guest, his brief stint on "Saturday Night Live" and why he doesn't think much about how people are watching his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That's me. It's part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm here with Michael McKean, who is on his day off, and I'm very excited he came and blessed us with his presence. Thanks, Michael. Thank you. You're just down the block from me. I'm glad I could make it convenient. We're here in the digital media bar studio with old vinyl records.
0:22.0	That makes it sound like a ranch, the bar studio.
0:24.5	Everyone here in this room is excited to see you.
0:27.2	In case people don't know who you are, let's explain.
0:30.3	You're on television right now.
0:31.7	You're in theater, long career in movies.
0:34.5	You star in Better Call Salt, which is on air now. I am in that show. That's correct. You're in a Broadway show called Little Foxes? I'm in Little Foxes at the Friedman, yeah. You've been in many movies. I have. One of which everyone knows is this is Spinal Tap, many of the other Christopher guest movies, a season of Saturday Night Live. We're not going to do the entire Wikipedia or entire NDB. Good, yeah. Just to set context here. Okay. And Clue. Clue. Obviously clue. So let's do an hour on clue. Obviously clue. Clue was a big flop when it came out. But it became a, it's a movie that almost everyone references with me now when I run into people. Oh, my God. Is it a millennial thing?
1:11.5	There are Clusies, yeah.
1:12.7	Okay, I'm unaware.
1:13.8	So that'll be a second episode of this podcast.
1:15.8	Okay.
1:16.2	For this one, I'm not exactly sure when this is going to air,
1:18.9	but I know that I just saw the last episode that aired a better call Saul.
1:23.5	Chicanery is the name of the episode.
1:25.3	And this is the big Michael McKean this is the episode this is
1:28.8	the episode where Michael McKin got no naps so so I don't want to spoil it it's a weird thing to
1:35.3	do for 2017 because people are watching on demand but this is a courtroom episode not technically
1:41.3	a courtroom essentially a courtroom you make a reference to it saying this is not Perry Mason, but it's kind of Perry Mason.
1:47.5	But you've been doing this show now three seasons.
1:49.8	Right.
1:50.4	I assume this is sort of the big episode for you.
1:53.3	Well, yeah.
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