Bob Odenkirk and Daughter Erin Talk Working Together on New Book

Bob Odenkirk. Two years ago, Bob nearly died of a heart attack on the set of Better Call Saul. His daughter Erin was by his side during his recovery. And now, they're talking all about that life-changing moment. You had a heart attack a few years ago. I did. How do you think it changed our family relationship, our dynamic, or your experience of it? Boy, well, I had a great time not being dead. I didn't remember any of that, as you know. I made that little chart for you. You made a chart for me of what happened the last week. Every day. Every day. It was her version of the movie Memento, where I could look up and see, you had a heart attack, these people visited, then you came to, you had the surgery, da-da-da-da. But the good part was, I didn't remember all the things I'm supposed to worry about. I would argue that you did, because almost every morning you would wake up and try to get out of bed to go walk to set, to finish shooting your scenes. Bob returned to Better Call Saul six weeks later and ended up with his sixth Emmy nod for the part. But now the 60-year-old wants to be known for a new role, author. What made you want to enter the world of published poetry? Oh, I'd like to do one thing well. Oh, finally? His new book, Zillit and Other Important Rhymes, out now is a collection of poems he wrote with his kids when they were little. I just wanted to write a poetry book with my two kids. I thought, I should keep this around, maybe we could turn it into a book. What's a zillit, and why was it the perfect name for our book? A zillit is an indoor fort, it's like a blanket fort. And it's the perfect name for this book because it's a word that my brother invented back in the era when we were writing the original poems. And Bob's favorite part? Aaron illustrated all 80 poems. You are such a good illustrator, there is a pen and paper next to you. Can you draw me? I can draw you, but can you read me your favorite poem from Zillit as I do? Let's do this. It's called Lollygagging. There's not enough lollygagging going on around here, and daydreams are in short supply. The whole week is jammed with to dos and to don'ts. No one's gazing at clouds in the sky. Let's not focus nor work on what's necessary or needed. Let's get down to beeswax and get our lollygagging completed. Uh-oh, she drew that quick a drawing? Show us what you got, hun. It's a little bit interpretive. Look at me go!