Bob Odenkirk Says ‘They Shouldn’t Have Put Me on ‘Breaking Bad’’

Plus: 24 Wild Reasons People Quit a Job on Their First Day                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 May 24, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=Bob%20Odenkirk%20Says%20%E2%80%98They%20Shouldn%E2%80%99t%20Have%20Put%20Me%20on%20%E2%80%98Breaking%20Bad%E2%80%99%E2%80%99%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fbob-odenkirk-says-shouldnt-put-breaking-bad) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about failed franchises, funny tweets, wild Teddy Roosevelt stories, cool science facts, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [Chloe Fineman Says She Was the ‘Pervert’ Behind Sydney Sweeney’s Hooters Sketch on ‘SNL’]( Monday pitch sessions at Saturday Night Live aren’t always the fast-paced, comedy-rich idea factories you might imagine. After partying into the wee hours of a Sunday morning, cast members don’t always have a bag full of fresh sketch ideas to share. That’s how you get comics offering desperate bullshit while searching for an actual idea. “I realized a couple months in there was the art of the fake pitch,” [Jay Mohr once said.]( “[Kevin Nealon]( and [Norm Macdonald](, it was like a contest every week to see who could come up with the fuckin’ weirdest fake pitch that the host believed was actually happening.” [READ MORE]( [Bob Odenkirk Says ‘They Shouldn’t Have Put Me on ‘Breaking Bad’’]( Pop culture historian [Tony Hawk]( just couldn’t figure something out as he figuratively skateboarded past Bob Odenkirk [on his]([Hawk Vs. Wolf]([podcast](. Odenkirk’s early career was stuffed with [Second City](, [Saturday Night Live](, [The Ben Stiller Show]( and [Mr. Show](. “You’re doing all this, and it’s all comedy all the time,” Hawk said. “And I don’t know what the transitional phase (to drama) is.” That’s because there was no transition, insisted [Odenkirk](. None of it made sense! “They shouldn't have put me on Breaking Bad. I did nothing to earn it.” [READ MORE]( 35 Unfortunate TV Shows That Were Doomed to Fail 36 Toys, Games and Hobbies That Would Be Lucrative Careers in a Just Society 21 Movies That Were Supposed to Start Franchises But Failed 24 of the Wildest Things People Found Out by Hiring a Private Investigator 14 Highly Uncomfortable Facts About Mario 6 Completely Insane Teddy Roosevelt Stories That Are Somehow Completely True 31 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, May 23, 2024 20 Unbelievably Cool Science Facts 24 Wild Reasons People Quit a Job on Their First Day TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2023 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St. Brooklyn, New York 11222, United States of America