Those are terrific insights. I hadn't considered how comedians bring such a uniquely individual (one hopes) point of view to the mix that dramatic actors (again, one hopes) camouflage within the character. For either though, this strongly identifiable POV is a large determiner of effective communication toward the…

I don't know that anyone knocks Cross's work ethic relative to Odenkirk's. I just suspect Cross wasn't as enamored of a certain type of success and so maybe he eschewed the career politics often required to attain it. I use the word 'politics', ironically, in the interests of fairness and even-handedness. Maybe Cross…

In a recent interview (Rolling Stone?) Bob laments taking his eye off the ball where these films are concerned. It's actually endearing and revealing how he holds himself accountable for losing focus and commitment.

Ha! To the extent your experiences mirror those of their respective colleagues, it would explain a hell of a lot about Bob and David's relative fortunes. In fairness, Cross himself seems to cultivate this inaccessibility where the audience is concerned. Speaking bitter truths, however sincere and valid they may be,…

Within a business of relationships and an art form dependent on collaboration to one degree or another…David Cross's personality has likely held him back. Also the (frankly) bitter and caustic 'biting the hand' aspect of much of his stand-up material, while often brilliant, it doesn't win him many friends.

Effective comedy depends far more on precision — timing, delivery, essence — and it offers (I think) far fewer roads to a successful performance outcome. Given the right director and sufficient time and effort, anyone can be coached into doing a scene of affecting dramatic work, even if the material has to be…

All great examples. Huell is wonderfully played by Lavell Crawford, a gifted stand-up comic.

I've spoken on this, but comics generally carry within them a world of inner pain that lends a wealth of authentic stuff to play with as a dramatic actor. The converse — great dramatic actors can be effectively comedic — is far from a given however. Liam Neeson and Daniel Day Lewis are not guys who'll break up a room…

Say what you will about Laverne & Shirley…Lenny and Squiggy were amazing comic creations. McKean and David L. Lander were brilliance itself on that series.

And kudos to Patrick Fabian are in order as well. He plays Hamlin with a perfect blend of smarminess and oily charm that keeps him firmly rooted in believability. I hope we are treated to Howard's own personal assessment on Jimmy during this span. I wonder how it might've gone for Jimmy minus Chuck's sabotage,

Michael McKean has been doing such magnificent work for so many years (Laverne & Shirley, FTW) I would love to see him fitfully honored for BCS. I think how many times McKean has appeared in something and my brain does a little happy dance because that something is suddenly a little more watchable. He's just a…

And yet there is that window of mild inebriation in which you enjoy the motor-skills advantage of relaxation, prior to impairment of same.

And let this be a lesson to any actors required to play drunk. In most acting circumstances the trick is to be a drunk playing sober.

As you detail the necessarily intricate trap, I now see Mike as that desert spider.

My bar mitzvah just brought on a warm glow of gratitude within me.

I imagine Travis Bickle to be the cabbie's patron saint of cautionary tales.

Eeeyah… Not like they make a hairnets for that now, do they?

I have found myself, on past occasion, to be a stranger in town looking for a good (as in illegal) time. The question "HOW well do you know this town?" delivered in a wink-wink voice… Does this get it done?

Mike Ehrmantraut: HOW well do you know this town?

My immediate response was "That was a lovely little piece of business. Everybody walks away happy." Plus, let's get real - better that a hardworking cabbie has a way to get into a locked car than a fairly desperate individual possibly suffering substance and mental health issues.