# Better Call Saul: 1.09 Pimento

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-09-pimento/716395>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 31, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-09-pimento/716395 "2015-03-31T03:59:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-09-pimento/716395/261 "2015-04-13T03:57:13Z")

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> [@CurtC](#):
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> I also have seen _Spinal Tap_, at least two times (and I’ve seen many of the deleted scenes). But like JohnT, I didn’t see Chuck McGill and think “Oh, that’s the same guy.” I would have to go back and watch _Spinal Tap_ again to see if I could pick out which one he was.

The genius of [Michael](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTx5ZwJiS0) [McKean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bf1jocbm2M).

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-09-pimento/716395/262 "2015-04-13T22:44:20Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> The genius of [Michael](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTx5ZwJiS0) [McKean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bf1jocbm2M).

Dang, it’s hard to find a regular clip from Spinal Tap on Youtube. [This will have to do.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRY8wp_Y0L4) Aha! [I found Big Bottom on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/40137162)!

And of course, [Michael McKean was in Best in Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25afKNzOFM). Note that the guy who was playing the drums in the Gimme Some Money clip is the same guy checking them into the hotel. (Ed Begley Jr.) Which isn’t surprising at all, given[the Christopher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGmNqzbsuiY) [Guest connection.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o)

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-09-pimento/716395/263 "2016-02-15T15:56:19Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Maybe he wasn’t exactly expecting some little old man that’s standing around with a pimento sandwich, shuffling his feet, not even smart enough to bring a gun to a protection job to actually try and do that.  
> On top of that, Mike knows\* this guy isn’t going to shoot him in a parking garage so what’s the worst that’s going to happen, he get’s a little roughed up if things go wrong and this guy is as big of a badass as he is?  
> \*Mike knows? Mike assumes? I don’t know.

Mike correctly sized that fellow up as a geardo dufus right from the moment he started questioning Mike about what kind of gun he was carrying. The Deagle in his waistband just emphasized that Mike had been correct in his judgement. IRL, the Desert Eagle is a range toy. Nobody who actually knows what he is doing, on either side of the law, carries one in harm’s way. For me, the most hilarious part of that scene ws Mike nonchalantly dropping all the guns in the trash.

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