This one was actually more like 75, which places it right up there with Peter Gallagher as far as length goes, but I gave him an out somewhere around the halfway point that he opted not to take, and he was absolutely amiable the entire time, wrapping up by saying with good humor but at least a bit of legitimate…

This one was actually more like 75, which places it right up there with Peter Gallagher as far as length goes, but I gave him an out somewhere around the halfway point that he opted not to take, and he was absolutely amiable the entire time, wrapping up by saying with good humor but at least a bit of legitimate…

Speaking of great Random Roles nominees…

Speaking of great Random Roles nominees…

Consider the request for Kyle MacLachan to be in the works. (Don't get a swelled head, it was already in the works.)

Funny you should say that: a buddy of mine is getting ready to post an interview with me on his blog, an experience which felt very, very weird.

Funny you should say that: a buddy of mine is getting ready to post an interview with me on his blog, an experience which felt very, very weird.

BTW, just to give credit where credit is due, the idea to talk to Mr. Lauter came from one of your own - Gozer the Gozarian - so don't think I'm not paying attention to suggestions…

BTW, just to give credit where credit is due, the idea to talk to Mr. Lauter came from one of your own - Gozer the Gozarian - so don't think I'm not paying attention to suggestions…

Yeah, in that link I posted above, they were joking about Jesse being killed off, with Cranston putting a positive spin on the scenario. "Just picture Justin Timberlake," he said. "Jesse’s replacement is Justin Timberlake. Talk about ratings, man, we’ll bust through. I think that’s what we really need. That’s what we…

Yeah, in that link I posted above, they were joking about Jesse being killed off, with Cranston putting a positive spin on the scenario. "Just picture Justin Timberlake," he said. "Jesse’s replacement is Justin Timberlake. Talk about ratings, man, we’ll bust through. I think that’s what we really need. That’s what we…

No, but we do have to drink every time one of us says something the other was thinking.

No, but we do have to drink every time one of us says something the other was thinking.

Over the years, I've interviewed Cranston more than I have any other actor, and he really is just as nice and cool as you think he is. Immediately before I talked to him this time, he'd just done an interview with my Canadian counterpart, Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun, and Bill asked Cranston to feign confusion when…

Over the years, I've interviewed Cranston more than I have any other actor, and he really is just as nice and cool as you think he is. Immediately before I talked to him this time, he'd just done an interview with my Canadian counterpart, Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun, and Bill asked Cranston to feign confusion when…

Alas, no. But I'll be at the TCA Awards (along with Todd and Erik), which Mr. Cranston is hosting.

Alas, no. But I'll be at the TCA Awards (along with Todd and Erik), which Mr. Cranston is hosting.

Bryan Cranston is awesome. I don't want to make your head explode, but this link will take you to my all-time favorite conversation with Cranston…and Aaron Paul, too, for that matter.

Bryan Cranston is awesome. I don't want to make your head explode, but this link will take you to my all-time favorite conversation with Cranston…and Aaron Paul, too, for that matter.

I only based the review on the pilot, but I got so caught up in struggling with how to write the piece while dancing around the character(s) that end up not being real - I didn't want to give away too much because I knew it was going to run before the show had even aired - that the end result was a piece that, yeah, I…