--- description: And he really puts his heart into it title: Listen to Bryan Cranston Read a Truly Profane Bedtime Story image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d5303383ff7080/6987686955a8593a84a840f6/screen-shot-2014-11-12-at-12-19-19-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to Bryan Cranston Read a Truly Profane Bedtime Story by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 5:53 PM CUT  by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 5:53 PM CUT Audiobook retailer Audible released a clip of _Breaking Bad_ star Bryan Cranston channeling his inner patriarch by reading the inappropriate children’s tale, _You Have to F-cking Eat._ The book is the sequel to Adam Mansbach’s bestselling 2011 story, _Go the F-ck to Sleep._ That cathartic tale was narrated by the great Samuel L. Jackson. And download the audiobook for free [here](http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Free-You-Have-to-F-king-Eat-Audiobook/B00P9JHMDK?source%5Fcode=AUDFPPR1104149BIE "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3581328/bryan-cranston-reads-you-have-to-eat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3581328/bryan-cranston-reads-you-have-to-eat/"},"headline":"Listen to Bryan Cranston Read a Truly Profane Bedtime Story","datePublished":"2014-11-12T17:53:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:34.453Z","description":"And he really puts his heart into it","url":"https://time.com/3581328/bryan-cranston-reads-you-have-to-eat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","viral","Books","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d5303383ff7080/6987686955a8593a84a840f6/screen-shot-2014-11-12-at-12-19-19-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d5303383ff7080/6987686955a8593a84a840f6/screen-shot-2014-11-12-at-12-19-19-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-12 at 12.19.19 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3581328/bryan-cranston-reads-you-have-to-eat/","name":"Listen to Bryan Cranston Read a Truly Profane Bedtime Story"}}]}] ```