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Actor Bob Odenkirk: The King of (Dark) Comedy

2023/3/26
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Today, we sit with legendary actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk! At the top, we discuss his new AMC series Lucky Hank (6:10), the parallels between his character Hank Devereaux and Saul Goodman of *Better Call Saul *(8:15), and how *Monty Python *shaped his early ideas of comedy (9:40). Then, Odenkirk reflects on his coming of age in Naperville, Illinois (10:43), the influence of cult comedy legend Del Close (19:21), his years writing at SNL (22:56), and performing at The Second City (27:50).

On the back-half, we talk about his singular collaboration with David Cross that created *Mr. Show *(32:20), a memorable sketch) from season 3 (41:30), his entry to Breaking Bad (49:02), becoming a dramatic actor late in life (51:31), and how he hopes to live in years to come (59:23).

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