The Breaking Bad Episode
6/23/20261 hr 13 min
Today at our house, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are the ones who knock. If you’ve seen Breaking Bad you get that reference. If you haven’t seen Breaking Bad, I think you’ll still enjoy this because Bryan & Aaron are the best men you could ever meet, but just be forewarned that we do end up spoiling a lot of Breaking Bad, and a little bit of The Wire if I’m being honest. These guys are two best friends who made one of the best shows ever together. Are they better best friends than Dave and Benny? Let's look at the facts at hand. They spent years together on Breaking Bad and then started a mezcal business because they missed each other. Also Bryan is getting his shoulder replaced and he's giving the old one to Aaron. It's not a competition but we can all agree this is a best friendship operating at a very high level. We talk to them about life after being on the biggest show ever, how Bryan approached his iconic crawl space laugh, Aaron dreaming as Jesse, and Bryan & Aaron’s marriage tips. It’s one of our favorite afternoons we’ve ever had. Thanks for watching. We respect you!
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What happens:
0:00 intro
0:25 honoring something that deserves to be honored
1:25 staying good
2:13 the ones who knock
2:54 do you hate this or is this ok
3:14 tighty whities
4:00 some treats
4:58 nuts
5:18 benny saw the finale first
7:26 the best written pilot script ever
8:27 green light to move to ABQ
9:30 how netflix changed breaking bad
11:55 motion smoothing
12:44 starting dos hombres
15:41 breaking glass
19:23 bryan’s marriage advice
21:44 aaron’s marriage advice
22:59 making aaron think he was dying
25:08 el camino
26:33 bryan’s shoulder
27:43 living in a closet before breaking bad
30:38 salud
31:41 textural phobias
32:40 peak life
33:19 malcolm in the middle
33:45 saved by the writers’ strike
36:24 killing off beloved characters (MAJOR BB & WIRE SPOILERS HERE)
37:23 respecting the ultimatum
38:18 dave & kristin
38:51 benny & selena
40:17 an innate level of incompetence
41:47 dormant parenting instincts
45:24 now that breaking bad's over
47:36 one more question
48:32 social media
49:52 shaving your head
51:12 shaving everything
51:31 theater vs tv & film
53:58 breaking down the acting process
54:53 the crawl space laugh
57:28 instinct vs preparation
1:00:33 how taylor caught the acting bug
1:02:29 the art within you
1:03:38 no half measures
1:06:46 fun comedy
1:07:15 the breaking bad theme song
1:07:55 limited mobility
1:09:15 shohei
1:09:44 breaking bad’s greatest gift
1:11:45 you can have it all
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsbenny blanco· Host0:00
[singing] Breaking Bad.
Dave Burd· Host0:02
[singing] Breaking Bad.
benny blanco· Host0:04
[singing] Jesse and Walt became meth heads at last.
Dave Burd· Host0:10
[laughing] Jesse and Walt, Pinkman and, uh, Walt. Walt's last... Walter White. What the fuck?
benny blanco· Host0:19
See you next week and this week.
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:22
[laughing] Do, do you guys think that they're gonna be shocked to see a twin?
Dave Burd· Host0:29
[laughs] Who's the twin?
benny blanco· Host0:32
It smells so good in here.
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:33
I'm the twin.
Dave Burd· Host0:33
Of Jesse Pinkman?
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:35
Yeah, I'm Jesse's twin.
Dave Burd· Host0:36
The sister? So, yeah, so- So here we are ... you guys feel, you guys feel excited about- Do you feel embarrassed in this outfit? I don't feel emba- No, I feel good.
benny blanco· Host0:44
You look kinda normal.
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:45
I feel a little light- I feel like we're honoring, we're honoring something that deserves to be honored.
benny blanco· Host0:48
She looks like Billie Eilish.
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:48
I feel a little lightheaded, just with all the heat.
Dave Burd· Host0:51
I feel lightheaded too.
Kristin Batalucco· Host0:51
And just- I feel so...
benny blanco· Host0:53
Chuck, you look so [laughs] This is the best you've ever looked.
Dave Burd· Host0:55
I think it's 'cause I'm a little tanned.
benny blanco· Host0:56
You're so tanned.
Dave Burd· Host0:58
Yeah. I like this outfit. I wish I could wear this outfit- My outfit's pretty chill too ... socially.
benny blanco· Host1:01
Do you guys like mine?
Kristin Batalucco· Host1:02
Yeah.
Dave Burd· Host1:02
[laughs] I love your outfit.
benny blanco· Host1:03
It's kind of- I love all of our outfits. I know.
Kristin Batalucco· Host1:05
I'm kind of, I feel a little, I'm try- Well, do you think that they, do you think that they're...
Dave Burd· Host1:07
Sorry, what were you saying?
Kristin Batalucco· Host1:08
No, no.
benny blanco· Host1:08
I, I don't think they're gonna like what we're doing.
Dave Burd· Host1:10
You don't think they're gonna like what we're doing?
benny blanco· Host1:12
Yo.
Dave Burd· Host1:12
Here's my- Bitch. Yeah. Let me do a Jesse Pinkman impression. Get off me, yo. Like [laughs] Uh, Mr. White, uh... I can't. [laughs] That wasn't ba- It wasn't bad.
benny blanco· Host1:24
It wasn't terrible.
Dave Burd· Host1:25
I'm not gonna break bad.
benny blanco· Host1:26
I'm nervous.
Dave Burd· Host1:28
I'm gonna stay good.