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Awards Chatter

Bob Odenkirk - 'Better Call Saul'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The comedy vet explains why he should have been fired from 'SNL,' how 'Mr. Show' landed him 'Breaking Bad' and how 'How I Met Your Mother' almost cost him the gig that has netted him two consecutive best actor Emmy noms — for a drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and today I am joined by Bob Odenkirk.

0:48.1

He's a Zellig of the comedy world who has in recent years reinvented himself as a top dramatic actor as well.

0:55.3

He started out as a writer, winning Emmys for his work on both Saturday Night Live and

0:59.2

the Ben Stiller Show, also contributing to the Dennis Miller Show and late night with Conan O'Brien.

1:04.6

He gave occasional but memorable performances on the Larry Sanders show, Roseanne and Seinfeld.

1:10.2

He co-created and co-starred in Mr. with David Cross. He discovered Tim and Eric, and the list goes on.

1:17.0

But everything changed in a sense in 2009 when he was tapped by Vince Gillian to make a guest appearance as the lawyer Saul Goodman, aka Jimmy

1:25.3

McGill, on AMC's critically acclaimed and soon to be cult favorite, Breaking Bad.

1:31.0

His involvement with that show grew by the year, even when it came to an end his work with Gilligan did not.

1:37.0

As it turned out Gilligan and Peter Gould wanted to create a spinoff show, a prequel of sorts, named Better Call Saul, in which the backstory of

1:46.1

Saul Goodman would be explored. Two seasons of the show have now aired on AMC, and for his work on

1:52.2

each of them, Oden Odin Kirk has received an Emmy nomination

1:55.3

for Best Actor and a Drama Series. Over the course of our conversation the 53 year old

2:00.1

opens up about his love of comedy which first manifested itself at the age of 10 when he began writing sketches,

2:06.0

grew at 12 when he first discovered Second City,

2:09.0

and led to his first major gig in the comedy world at SNL where he experienced a series of tumultuous years.

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