♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
WOW.
(APPLAUSE) PLAYING THE DRUMS WITH A
TAMBOURINE, IS THAT LEGAL?
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW MY GUEST AS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND ACTOR FROM "MR.
SHW," "NOBODY," AND "BETTER CALL SAUL."
HE'S WRITTEN A NEW MEMOIR, "COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY DRAMA."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, BOB ODENKIRK!
WOW.
WHAT'S UP.
LOOK AT THAT, WELL, THEY KNOW I-- WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM
BEYOND THE GRAVE, YOU GET APPLAUSE.
>> Jon: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW I
DIDN'T KNOW THIS.
BUT WHEN YOU WERE SHOOTING THIS LAST SEASON OF BETTER CALL.
>> FINAL SKI SON.
>> Stephen: BETTER CALL SAUL, YOU HAD A HEART ATTACK ON THE
SET, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> WELL, I'M ALIVE.
MY HEART'S BEATING.
CHECK, DOUBLE CHECK.
>> Stephen: NICE, YEAH, YEAH.
>> DOING GOOD, MAN, EVERY OTHER MINUTE YOU HEAR, YOU SEE SEE A
LITTLE THUNG, EVERY OTHER MINUTE.
I AM DOING GREATK I'M DOING GREAT.
IT IS BECAUSE I WAS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH GREAT PEOPLE
AROUND US.
LUCKILY I DIDN'T GO TO MY TRAILER AND WE WEREN'T ON
LOCATION AND AS A RESULT, WE HAD THE AMAZING, A WOMAN NAMED ROSA
ESTRADA WHO WAS OUR HEALTH OFFICER WHO CAME OUT AND STARTED
CPR AND DID IT RIGHT.
AND ANGIE MEYER WHO JOINED HER AND SOME OTHER MEDICS FROM THE
STUDIO SET AROUND THE LOCATION WE WERE, WHO CAME AND DID CPR,
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BRUSHED UP ON YOUR CPR, DO IT, YOU CAN SAVE A
LIFE.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A HEART
ATTACK, NOT THE MOMENT ITSELF, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE DAY IT HAPPENED.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NEXT WEEK AT ALL.
BUT SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD SUCH TIME AND OF COURSE PURPOSE TO
REFLECT ON THE REACTION I GOT SUCH LOVE FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD AND FROM THE INTERNET, THAT I DON'T DESERVE.
AND I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I WILL BE
THINKING ABOUT THE WARMTH THAT WAS SENT MY WAY WHEN I WENT
THROUGH THAT.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I GOT TO IMAGINE, I GOT TO IMAGINE THE EXPERIENCE
LIKE THAT MAKES YOU CHANGE HOW YOU APPROACH YOUR LIFE.
>> I'M DRINKING A LOT MORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO, I APPRECIATE MY LIFE MORE,
APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE MORE.
WE RACE THROUGH LIFE AND IF YOU ARE A BUSY PERSON, YOU KNOW,
WITH MANY PEOPLE ARE, WE'RE DRIVEN TO MAKE IT, BUT MAN, YOU
GOT TO APPRECIATE EVERY PERSON YOU ARE AROUND AND YOU GOT TO
WORK TO BE PRESENT.
SO THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO.
>> Stephen: I KNOW THAT.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP.
>> Stephen: THEY DO, LEGALLY THEY HAVE TO.
YOU SAY THAT.
>> DON'T PUT UP THE APPLAUSE SIGN.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU ARE PLAYING SAUL
GOODMAN.
>> YES, THIS IS THE LAST SEASON, IT SAY BIG SEASON, 13 EPISODES
AND WE JUST FINISHED TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO THE FINAL SCENE.
AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR-- WELL, LET'S SEE, SIX YEARS OF BETTER
CALL SAUL AND FOUR YEARS OF BREAKING BAD.
SO REALLY ABOUT, A ABOUT 150 OR ST YEARS I HAVE BEEN PLAYING
THIS CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE TIRED OF HIM.
>> SORRY TO SEE HIM GO.
>> Stephen: IS IT ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I WISH I COULD KEEP
GOING.
>> I MEAN I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS TOO DO A VARIETY OF
THINGS WHICH IS ONE OF THE-- ONE OF THE-- I MEAN THE BOOK IS
ABOUT THE VARIETY OF THINGS I HAVE GOTTEN TO DO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE.
>> ST. BUT-- .
>> Stephen: THE BOOK IS CALLED COME DE COMEDY COMEDY DRAMA.
AND HAVE I KNOWN KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
HAVE I KNOWN THE COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY PART OF YOUR CAREER.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU WAS A SHOW CALLED HALF MY
FACE IS A CLOWN, CHICAGO, IT WAS REALLY GOOD, I LOVED THE BAZOOKA
JOE.
>>-- TOM AND I WROTE THAT.
>> Jon: >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER
BELIEVE THAT IT COO BE PART OF COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY.
>> NEVER, I HAD ONE BRAIN FARTHER ON STAGE AT SECOND CITY,
WE WERE IMPROVIETION-- IMPROVISING AND
IT IT WAS WONDERFUL FUN AND YOU SPEND HOURS ON STAGE WITH SECOND
CITY AND YOU THINK OF YOUR GROSS LEE LIST.
AND I IS IS AM DOING THIS SCENE AND I'M JUST, HI THIS FLASH
NOTION THAT IF I WAS IN THAT AUDIENCE I WOULD BE WATCHING
CHRIS FARLEY AND NOT THAT GUY, ME.
YOU WERE A VERY GOOD PERFORMER BUT YOU COULDN'T TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF OF CHRIS.
>> AND I ALSO HAD THIS STRANGE THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT IF I
WAS ABLE, I TRIED DRAMA I THINK I COULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
IT JUST CAME STO ME IN A FLASH.
AND I NEVER PURSUED IT.
I ONLY AUDITIONED FOR A FEW DRAMA ROLLS IN MY LIFE, AND I
DIDN'T AUDITION FOR BREAKING BAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY GAVE ME THAT.
I FULLY EXPECTED TO BE TOLD WHEN I LANDED IN ALBUQUERQUE, OH,
THIS IS THE DIFFERENT BOB EDEN-- ODENKIRK WHO WENT TO
JULLIARD, YOU PRRNT THE ONE, GET OUT OF HERE, SO THE DRAMA WAS A
REAL SURPRISED FOR ME, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: WELL, IN COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY I'M JUST WONDERING
IN THE COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT
THAT YOU ARE IN A BIG FAMILY.
BECAUSE I FOUND WHEN YOU ARE ONE OF SEVEN KIDS AND I'M ONE OF
ELEVEN.
AND THERE IS A BUILT-IN AUDIENCE.
>> THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.
GET TO THE TABLE, WITH THE MOM THERE, NO DAD BUT SEVEN PEOPLE,
AND YOU CAN GET UP AND WALK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE KITCHEN
AND PUT ON A SHOW AT DINNER.
AND I HAD THAT CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.
IT WAS GREAT FUN.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU FALL.
>> SECOND OLDEST, SO I WAS LUCKY.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD IT BETTER THAN YOU BUT THE BABY OF THE
FAMILY, YOU ARE GOING TO GET LAUGHS, COME ON.
YOU'RE GOING TO.
>> NO, BUT THE OLDER KIDS.
>> THE OLDER KIDS WE YOUNGER ONE THINKS YOU OLDER KIDS HUNG THE
MOON, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT THAT GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE BABY GET EASY LAUGHS.
THAT IS ME, IF I AM AT YOUR HOUSE, I'M BACKSTAGE, DON'T PUT
THE BABY ON BEFORE ME.
I CAN'T COMPETE WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT DON'T GO
ANYWHERE, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE BOB ODENKIRK,
EVERYBODY.