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Posted: 7/12/2022 6:35:46 PM EDT
"Breaking Bad" characters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman will soon have a permanent spot in the history of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 2019, the hit AMC show's creator, Vince Gilligan, commissioned sculptor Trevor Grove to make bronze statues of actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul's fictional meth-making duo.

After years of sitting around Gilligan's house, he   along with Sony Pictures Television   are donating the larger-than-life statues to the city where the show takes place.

"Over the course of 15 years, two TV shows and one movie, Albuquerque has been wonderful to us. I wanted to return the favor and give something back," Gilligan said in a press release, according to IGN. "It makes me happy to picture them gracing The Duke City for decades to come, attracting busloads of tourists."

The statues will be displayed inside the Albuquerque Convention Center after an unveiling ceremony on July 29 that Gilligan, Cranston and Paul will all attend. Other special guests are promised, too.

“We also appreciate that the statues will be indoors, and therefore protected from pigeons depositing their critiques on our heads,” Cranston and Paul joked in the release.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/albuquerque-honors-breaking-bad-meth-makers-with-statues/
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Why not, we allow real meth-makers to do as they please
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Say my name!!
Link Posted: 7/12/2022 6:40:14 PM EDT
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Strangely enough, such a monument is appropriate for Albuquerque. Put it right alongside the car theft monument.
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guess they want something else to look at since they tore down one of their historical statues

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/city-of-albuquerque-to-remove-statue-of-juan-de-onate/

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Bad ass show.
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That is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard
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That's NMs how to live guide ....
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Not surprising for a state that changed the name of one of its towns to the name of a game show, then refused to change it back decades after the show was off the air.
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it really was.

we need bronze statutes of Viktor & Giselle Saint Claire as well.
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Now do the Twins and Gus.
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Glad I moved away from that shithole.
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Link Posted: 7/12/2022 6:58:35 PM EDT
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They have tourists Albuquerque? Wtf?
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That Albuquerque Urinal ran a Walter White obituary the next day after he died on the show.
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That show made that city famous again, so I get it.
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You should see the short busses of idiots taking 'Breaking Bad' tours.  The stop by several filming sites each day and bug the shit out of everyone
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its up there, but i'll toss this in for consideration

Dallas mayor pro tem Dwaine Caraway gave the key to the city to Michael Vick, the quarterback for the rival Philadelphia Eagles, causing an uproar among animal rights activists Saturday.

In 2007, Vick was convicted of a felony related to a dogfighting ring and served 19 months in prison.  


Michael Vick gets key to Dallas
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Tucson has a Pancho Villa statue downtown.Attachment Attached File
Link Posted: 7/12/2022 7:19:47 PM EDT
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Enjoy your "Los Pollos Hermanos" and gaze at the statues that made Albuquerque famous...

Hking
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They have a statue of Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia.
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One of my coworkers did a BB tour of places seen in the show.  I liked it, but not enough to go to NM and pay for it.
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Eh, it's been done. Bugs Bunny made a left turn at Albuquerque decades ago. He made them famous.

So in keeping with this move, a Bugs Bunny statue needs to go up.

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To be fair, Albuquerque doesn't have much to be proud of so they gotta take what they can get
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Next to the Alec Baldwin memorial "Dust" statue.
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No way man. This is fucken awesome.

I despise that God forsaken city. However I may have go make a trip down there now.
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They're actors..

Thank you for your service I guess.
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There are statues of legendary singers and well known artists.  How is this any different?
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There are statues of legendary singers and well known artists.  How is this any different?


Legendary vs TV actors on a boring show for one.
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I don't like the Beatles and never "got" the big deal but I know many many people think they are the greatest band ever.  There are lots of statues of the Beatles.  Ok, whatever.

Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made.  Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does.

Different people like different things.  Shocking.
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Fuck yeah. My old office and many old haunts show up in BB and BCS. #persec
Link Posted: 7/12/2022 9:57:11 PM EDT
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These guys are probably genuinely happy about a town that gave them tax incentives to film a massive hit series there, but every fucking meth head for 200 miles will now treat this stupid statue as a shrine
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I don't like the Beatles and never "got" the big deal but I know many many people think they are the greatest band ever.  There are lots of statues of the Beatles.  Ok, whatever.

Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made.  Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does.

Different people like different things.  Shocking.
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I don't like the Beatles and never "got" the big deal but I know many many people think they are the greatest band ever.  There are lots of statues of the Beatles.  Ok, whatever.

Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made.  Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does.

Different people like different things.  Shocking.


And none of them deserve statues.
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I don't like the Beatles and never "got" the big deal but I know many many people think they are the greatest band ever.  There are lots of statues of the Beatles.  Ok, whatever.

Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made.  Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does.

Different people like different things.  Shocking.


And none of them deserve statues.


When are we doing GoT seasons 1-4 statues?  No one needs to speak of the othe seasons.

I want a naked statue of the dragon queen.


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So we can't memorialize Jefferson or Washington without inciting  the wrath of the mob with hooks and ropes, but Walter White will live forever.
Link Posted: 7/12/2022 10:32:55 PM EDT
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Yo Bitch!
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Gun haters making money from violence.  Weird.
Link Posted: 7/12/2022 10:40:11 PM EDT
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Rocky has a statue in Philly. This isn't unprecedented.
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They have a statue of Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia.

They keep moving it around because people bitch about it.
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Have you ever been to Albuquerque? It’s all they’ve got.
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Fuck that shithole town.


Who really gives a fuck?
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Sadly, it's one of the few things common NM folk know of as an "icon". Forget SNL and LANL, the VLA (hell, any observatory).. science is hard and boring. But a TV show (as good as it was, still just tv).TV.. that's where it's at.

Best day of my life was moving out of that shithole state. Wasted 30 years, and have no desire to go back .
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Remember, this is the state with Truth or Consequences.
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You mean "Nah, you can have it"-Texas?
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Sadly, it's one of the few things common NM folk know of as an "icon". Forget SNL and LANL, the VLA (hell, any observatory).. science is hard and boring. But a TV show (as good as it was, still just tv).TV.. that's where it's at.

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Happiness is Albuquerque in the rearview mirror.

Best move I ever made
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