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# _Breaking Bad_ Creator: Stop Throwing Pizzas at Walter White's House
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_Breaking Bad_ fans are being, well, bad.
At the beginning of the _Better Call Saul Insider Podcast_, show creator Vince Gilligan pre-empted the discussion about episode six with a PSA: Stop throwing pizzas at Walter White’s Albuquerque, N.M., home — which has become a bit of a tourist attraction.
The inspiration comes from the following iconic scene:
“Let me tell ya, there is nothing original, funny, or cool about throwing pizzas on \[the owner’s\] roof,” Gilligan says. “It’s just not funny. It’s been done before. You’re not the first.”
Uncool, guys.
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