Breaking Bad probably didn't get as much credit as it should've for being gut-bustingly funny at times remember that crack about the dude's eyebrows in the pilot, or the infamous pizza toss onto the White family home's roof? but that's probably due to the overly dour and dramatic tone it adopted towards the end of its run. A constant source for humour throughout the series, however, was Saul Goodman. Walter White's inscrutable lawyer was always on hand for a bit of much-needed levity, suggesting that the nascent drug kingpin launder his money for a laser tag business and the like. Much of that will be down to Bob Odenkirk's background as a comedic actor, having starred and written much of iconic nineties sketch series Mr Show alongside David Cross. Whilst Better Call Saul isn't quite the half-hour comedy it was originally conceived as, Odenkirk reckons it's 15% comedy, 85% drama. So more yuks than Breaking Bad for sure!
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
