Daily Dialogue — May 29, 2020

“What kind of example do we want to set here? I mean, can’t we just sit down and eat a piece of pizza together?”

— Breaking Bad (Episode 302), written by Peter Gould

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Pizza. Today’s suggestion by Stephen Dudley.

Trivia: The shot in which Bryan Cranston throws the pizza on the roof of the house was done in one take, with no special effects. Cranston was unable to replicate this accuracy in any subsequent takes. To make the throw possible, the pizza has not been pre-sliced, which is not the norm for pizza delivery in US. In episode “Thirty-Eight Snub” of season 4, Badger buys pizzas from the same pizzeria (Venezia’s Pizzeria). Jesse does not understand why the pizza is not pre-sliced and Badger explains that it is the “gimmick” of this pizzeria: pizzas are not pre-sliced to save customers money.

Dialogue On Dialogue: I don’t normally feature television scenes in the Daily Dialogue series, but come on… it’s Breaking Bad!