Michael McKean 79th birthday Better Call Saul
by Francesco Eunchae: Saul Goodman
That scene in Better Call Saul where Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean go at each other is still one of the greatest dramatic moments the series ever pulled off, and honestly both of them acted their faces off in it. Two comedy geniuses, and the show itself belongs in the conversation for best TV drama ever made. Also Michael McKean just turned 79, so happy birthday to him. The part where he tells Jimmy his degree from University of America in Samoa doesn't make him a real lawyer, that he committed his life to the law while Jimmy took shortcuts, that Slippin' Jimmy with a law degree is a chimp with a machine gun, all of it lands so hard
Transcript (en)
You're not a real lawyer. University of America in Samoa, for Christ's sake? An online course? What a joke! I worked my ass off to get where I am! And you take these shortcuts and you think suddenly you're my peer? You do what I do because you're funny and you can make people laugh? I committed my life to this! You don't slide into it like a cheap pair of slippers and then reap all the rewards? I thought you were proud of me. I was. When you straightened out and got a job in the mailroom, I was very proud. So that's it then, right? Keep old Jimmy down in the mailroom, because he's not good enough to be a lawyer. I know you. I know what you were, what you are. People don't change. You're Slippin' Jimmy. And Slippin' Jimmy I can handle just fine, but Slippin' Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun. The law is sacred. If you abuse that power, people get hurt. This is not a game! You have to know, on some level, I know you know I'm right. You know I'm right!
