>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A
WRITER AND ACTOR WHO IS CURRENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR HIS
STARRING ROLE IN "BETTER CALL SAUL".
>> BETTER GET READY TO BE FAMOUS ALBUQUERQUE!
I CAN MAKE YOU A TV STAR FOR A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD.
CALL ME, SAUL GOODMAN, THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR
BUSINESS!
CALL ME NOW, NOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> GUY AT THE STATION SAID HE'S
NEVER SEEN SO MANY STAR WEBS IN A ROW.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.
>> SAUL GOODMAN.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE IT'S ALL GOOD, MAN.
THE GUY HAS A LOT OF ENERGY.
>> YEAH.
IT'S JUST A NAME.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BOB ODENKIRK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HEY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
SAUL GOODMAN, WHO, YOU KNOW, YOU OBVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR MANY YEARS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: FAST-TALKING -- HE'S A HUSTLER.
>> YES, HE IS.
HE'S THE OPPOSITE OF ME.
SOMEBODY ONCE ASKED ME, IF I SAW SAUL GOODMAN IN A ROOM WOULD I
WANT TO HANG OUT WITH HIM?
I SAID, NO WAY.
I WOULDN'T GO NEAR THAT GUY.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SAUL GOODMAN?
>> OH, YEAH, HIS HANDS WOULD BE MOVING AND HE WOULD HAVE A LOT
OF ENERGY AND HE'D SPIN EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN
WAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I THINK I JUST
TALKED TO HIM FOR 20 MINUTES, ACTUALLY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SAUL GOODMAN, THAT'S NOT THE
FIRST LAWYER YOU'VE PLAYED, I UNDERSTAND.
>> WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID -- WELL, A YOUNGER KID -- I DID
PRETEND TO BE A LAWYER ONCE, YES.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD?
15.
>> Stephen: 15?
YES, MY FRIEND PETE HAD USED THE GAS STATION AS A SHORT CUT,
AND -- >> Stephen: TO GET AROUND
TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING?
>> YES, AND HE HAD TO GO TO COURT.
A POLICEMAN SAW THAT.
SO I SHOWED UP, AND I HAD CARDS AND I WORE A SUIT AND I SAID,
I'M HIS LAWYER, HANDED OUT THE CARDS.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID BOB ODENKIRK, LAWYER?
>> I SAID BOB ODENKIRK, LAWYER, AND THEN THEY TOLD ME TO SIT
DOWN AND SHUT UP.
AND THEN MY FRIEND CALLED THE JUDGE YOUR HIGHNESS.
( LAUGHTER ) HE DID NOT GET OFF WITH IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR END GAME?
WHAT WERE YOU HOPING TO MAKE HAPPEN?
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE FUN AT MY FRIEND'S EXPENSE.
THIS IS WHAT COMEDY IS.
THIS IS WHY WE DO IT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO YOU WERE LITERALLY JUST -- >> I WAS JUST HAVING A LAUGH,
AND HE WAS IN PAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, I FIRST GOT
TO KNOW YOU IN SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU BACK THEN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SO I KNOW YOU AS A COMEDIAN, YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I MISSED YOUR SHOW -- WILL SHOW.
NOW YOU'RE MR. DRAMA.
>> I'M VERY SERIOUS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE VERY SERIOUS.
( APPLAUSE ) HAVE YOU, LIKE -- YOU'RE, LIKE,
A RENOWNED DRAMATIC ACTOR.
NO, REALLY, YOU ARE.
YOU GET NOMINATED THREE TIMES FOR DOING DRAMA.
YOU ARE A RENOWNED DRAMATIC ACTOR.
DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS?
>> I LEARNED A FEW THINGS.
I FEEL LIKE DRAMA IS HARDER THAN COMEDY.
WITH COMEDY YOU HAVE JOKES AND IF YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE JOKES
AND DID THEM IN A ROOM WITH FRIENDS AND GOT A LAUGH, YOU
FEEL CONFIDENT YOU GOT A LAUGH.
DRAMA, THE RICH STORY, WRITTEN BY THE HEAD WRITERS OF "BETTER
CALL SAUL" AND PEOPLE FROM "BREAKING BAD," YOU KNOW, IT'S A
VERY RICH, LAYERED STORY.
YOU GET IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEASON OF THAT KIND OF STORY AND
YOU'RE JUST HOPING THE AUDIENCE CAN FOLLOW WHERE IT'S ALL GOING,
AND IT SORT OF RESONATES WITH THEM THE WAY YOU'RE PLAYING IT.
SO I'M ALWAYS AMAZED.
I FEEL VERY LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THAT JOB, COMPARED TO
COMEDY.
ALSO, I LEARNED, IN DRAMA, IT'S NOT GOOD TO KIND OF GIVE ADVICE
TO YOUR OTHER ACTORS, WHERE, IN COLDY, PEOPLE ARE MORE, LIKE,
HEY, I'VE GOT A LINE FOR YOU!
AND IF IT'S FUNNY, THE PERSON IS, THANK YOU, AWESOME!
I WAS DOING FARGO WITH A GREAT ACTOR AND GOOD FRIEND MARTIN
FREEMAN, AND WE HAD A SCENE TOGETHER AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I
HAVE AN IDEA FOR HIM.
MARTIN, YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE YOUR CHARACTER IS LIKE A LITTLE ENVIOUS OF ME.
I MEAN, SECRETLY.
AND THAT'S WHY HE'S RESENTFUL, AND HE JUST LOOKS AT ME.
HE GOES, NEVER TELL ME HOW TO ACT AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WITH THAT ACCENT.
I LOVED IT SO MUCH.
IT KILLED ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR EMMY NOMINATION.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: BIG DEAL ( APPLAUSE )
>> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED IN
SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP OF ACTORS.
>> STEPHEN: AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE REALLY GUNNING FOR
THE WIN HARD THIS YEAR?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, STEPHEN?
I'M JUST GOING THE REGULAR INTERVIEWS.
BUT THAT'S NOT WEIRD.
>> STEPHEN: WELL SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT, TO ENSURE VICTORY,
YOUR EMMY CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ACTING A LITTLE UNETHICALLY.
>> WHAT!?
THAT'S CRAZY!
WHO IS "SOME PEOPLE?" I'D LIKE TO HAVE NAMES.
>> STEPHEN: WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, ME AND MY STAFF.
IN FACT, WE OBTAINED A VIDEOTAPE OF YOUR SON.
>> MY SON?
YOU MEAN BOB ODENKIRK, JR.?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
HE IS A HIGH-QUALITY BOY.
>> STEPHEN: WELL THE VIDEO SHOWS HIM TAKING A MEETING HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET'S JUST WATCH IT.
>> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, YES!
LET ME SEE IT!
>> Stephen: JIM?
HEY!
COMRADES!
ALL RIGHT!
HOW YOU DOING?
GOOD TO SEE YA!
THANKS FOR COMING BY THE ODENKIRK TOWER.
I'M BOBBY ODENKIRK, JR. I'M MY DADDY'S EMMY CAMPAIGN
STRATEGIST.
HE'S A GOOD MAN, MY BAD.
OH, THERE HE IS!
GOTTA KISS THE PICTURE!
NOW, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR ME TO HELP
MY DADDY WIN AT THE EMMYS.
MAYBE WE COULD DO A LITTLE COLLUSION HERE, MAYBE A FEW
MAJOR CRIMES, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
( LAUGHTER ) FIRST OFF, YOU GUYS GOT ANY DIRT
ON MY DADDY'S EMMY COMPETITION?
>> EMMYS?
WHY YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THIS?
>> HAVE YOURSELF AN ODENKIRK CHEESE BALL.
THEY'RE THE NUMBER ONE CHEESE BALLS IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW
AT THIS POINT.
TELL ME YOU DON'T HAVE SOME DIRT ON THIS GUY, KEVIN SPACEY, HUH?
HE HASN'T DELETED ANY E-MAILS RECENTLY?
HOW ABOUT THIS GUY, HIS AHMED, IS HE NOT A MUSLIM?
>> WE WERE TOLD THIS WOULD BE ABOUT THE RUSSIAN ADOPTION.
>> OKAY, ADOPTION -- HEY, HOW ABOUT AN ODENKIRK PORK CHOP?
THEY'RE THE NUMBER ONE PORK CHOP IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW!
I'VE GOT SOME VERY NICE BOYS WHO I WOULD LIKE ADOPTED TO RUSSIA.
HEY, HOW ABOUT THIS LITTLE FELLOW?
NAME IS MILOSH, I THINK.
>> OH, THIS IS US!
THEY REINVENTED THE FAMILY DRAMA!
>> THEY REINVENTED THE FAMILY DWRA MA, THERE YOU GO!
TAKE THE BOYSICS TAKE THEM BACK TO RUSSIA, GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT
OF LOVE, GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE, SOME CONFIDENCE, MAKE
THEM SENSE OF SELF-WORTH SO THEY DON'T TRY TO WIN THE LOVE OF A
FATHER BY MEETING A BUNCH OF DIRTY RUSSIAN MOBSTERS IN A
BROKEN DOWN MOTEL ROOM.
>> YOU ARE MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
PLEASE STOP.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: BOB, THAT FOOTAGE IS
INCREDIBLY DAMNING AND I THINK-- >> MORE FAKE NEWS FROM STEPHEN
COLBERT!
HASHTAG LYING!
HASHTAG SAD!
HASHTAG ODENKIRK'S BASE GROWING EVERYDAY!
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ON ME.
YOU OWE ME THAT.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK AT THE EMMYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: BOB ODENKIRK, EVERYBODY!