You Must Watch Bryan Cranston's MLB One-Man Show Teasing Baseball Postseason—He's a Regular All-Star!

Emmy and Tony winner gets us excited for the playoffs in this hilarious-yet-touching clip

By Natalie Finn Sep 17, 2014 12:04 AMTags
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And you thought Bryan Cranston's Tony Award-winning performance as Lyndon Johnson in All the Way on Broadway was impressive!

But it turns out that what the actor has really always wanted to do was a one-man show about...baseball?

"Then it hit me: Why not dramatize the entire MLB postseason," the Breaking Bad star muses in the long-form teaser he shot for TBS' upcoming coverage of the MLB postseason, in which Cranston dons the uniform of nearly every team expected to make the playoffs (and some that won't, sorry Red Sox).

Sure, he hit a few creative roadblocks along the way, Cranston recalls in the hilarious-yet-touching video, but then inspiration struck in the form of Bugs Bunny.

"Mr. B. Any actor who tells you that he is not inspired by Bugs Bunny is a liar, frankly, or just a hack," he insists. 

Moreover, in addition to Cranston telling the story of his one-man show came to be, there he is pitching, hitting, running the bases, making emotional speeches, getting a victory pie in the face, calling his shot, announcing a game from the press box and more.

"I wanted the theater itself to become the entire ballpark experience," he explains his raison d'être. "So we were also able to get some professional concessionaires to bring in their expertise."

Flash to a vendor hawking hot dogs in the audience mid-Cranston monologue.

All in all, this is a must-watch, and if you weren't excited for the MLB postseason before...you are now. Hope there's room for another Tony on Cranston's mantel.