Bob Odenkirk Worries ‘Better Call Saul’ Fans Will Hate His New Memoir
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has written his memoir. It’s called Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama as a reference to his long history in the comedy world before he became a dramatic actor. That also speaks to his fears that new Better Call Saul fans might not like his book.
Odenkirk was a guest on the Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist podcast on March 13 to promote his memoir. He explained to Geist why he’s afraid Better Call Saul fans will hate it.
Bob Odenkirk’s book is not all about ‘Better Call Saul’
Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and the movie Nobody have garnered Odenkirk many new fans. However, long before that, Odenkirk got his start in comedy. He was a writer for Saturday Night Live, created Mr. Show with Bob and David and wrote for other comedy shows, in some of which he also appeared.
“The reason I called the book Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, I was afraid the action movie I did, Nobody, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, these are massive worldwide hits,” Odenkirk said on Sunday Sitdown. “So I was just concerned that someone would pick up my book thinking I want to read this story of this actor I like, or whose shows I like. Then all this crap about comedy, I’ve never heard of any of this. What’s Tenacious D? What’s Tim and Eric? That’s my life. This other stuff is the tag end.”
Bob Odenkirk does mention ‘Better Call Saul’ in his book
Odenkirk is just trying to manage expectations. Better Call Saul gets its chapters in good time, as does its predecessor Breaking Bad. He just wants potential readers to know that the comedy takes up a lot more of his career, and therefore a much higher page count.
“Although I do write about Breaking Bad and I write about Better Call Saul,” Odenkirk said. “This has been an incredible journey and place to go. I hope to get to do more drama but my life was aimed towards comedy and that’s what I spent my time doing.”
Comedy is still his first love
Drama has taken over Odenkirk’s career for over a decade. He also appeared in Little Women, The Post and Fargo. Still, Odenkirk considers comedy his first love, and specifically the story of sketch comedy he got to do on Mr. Show.
“Look, there’s something wrong with me,” Odenkirk said. “I love sketch comedy so much. And I still do even though I’ve been doing drama now for years and it’s been very good to me and I feel like I fit well there as a performer. It’s still, to me, kind of says the most about the human condition to me, sketch comedy does. It’s just super silly and I just love it and I always will.”
