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 "markdown": "# Slippin' Jimmy\n\n**Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy** is a six-episode animated comedy series released on AMC+ on May 23, 2022, acting as a prequel to the drama *Better Call Saul*. It follows a young Jimmy McGill, decades before he becomes the lawyer [Saul Goodman](https://www.edgepedia.org/saul-goodman), as he schemes his way through [Catholic school](https://www.edgepedia.org/catholic-school) in 1970s Chicago with his best friend Marco. Each short, about nine minutes long, is styled after 1970s Saturday morning cartoons and pays homage to a specific film genre.<sup>[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/slippin-jimmy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.toramp.com/shows/6357/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Six animated shorts of about 9 minutes each, one season, released May 23, 2022 on AMC+<sup>[2](https://www.toramp.com/shows/6357/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup> |\n| Premise | Young Jimmy McGill tries to get through Catholic school without landing himself and his best pal Marco in detention again<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup> |\n| Style | Created in the retro style of *Fat Albert*, with each episode an ode to a movie genre from spaghetti westerns to Buster Keaton to *After Hours*<sup>[5](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/better-call-saul-animated-spin-off-slippin-jimmy-in-development/1100-6489140/)</sup> |\n| Writers | Kathleen Williams-Foshee and Ariel Levine<sup>[5](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/better-call-saul-animated-spin-off-slippin-jimmy-in-development/1100-6489140/)</sup> |\n| Lead voices | Sean Giambrone as Jimmy McGill, Kyle S. More as Marco Pasternak<sup>[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54200/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup> |\n| Reception | IMDb score of 2.8 from about 1,800 users; Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter at 32%<sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/better_call_saul_presents_slippin_jimmy)</sup> |\n| Status | Ended after one season; no second season<sup>[8](https://whichott.com/tv/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy-2022-158704)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Episodes\n\nEach episode runs about nine minutes and adopts the conventions of a different film genre.<sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup>\n\n1. **Fistful of Snowballs**, a spaghetti western parody in which a snowball thrown at Jimmy McGill had better hit the heart<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n2. **The Exor-sister**, a horror parody in which something haunts Sister Beth and two boys in detention must save her<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n3. **After Bedtime**, in which trouble finds Jimmy and Marco on the streets of Chicago after hours<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n4. **City Flights**, a silent comedy in which Jimmy braves enormous dogs, angry policemen, and dangerous trains to get a gift for his big brother Chuck<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n5. **Speed Date**, in which Jimmy must ask out his crush Dawn Marie before his nemesis Trent gets to her first<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n6. **Cool Hand Jimmy**, in which Jimmy and Marco's friendship begins at Camp Reformation<sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n\n## Origin of the nickname\n\nIn *Better Call Saul*, the name Slippin' Jimmy is the childhood nickname of Jimmy McGill (played by [Bob Odenkirk](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-odenkirk)), a talented grifter who later reinvents himself as the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.<sup>[9](https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/04/22/better-call-saul-season-two-ballad-slippin-jimmy/)</sup> The nickname comes from a time when Jimmy would scam money by taking advantage of \"slip n' fall season\" during Chicago winters, staging falls on icy pavement.<sup>[10](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/better-call-saul-animated-show-slippin-jimmy-amc-breaking-bad-fat-albert-style/)</sup> In the live-action series, his brother Chuck says that \"Slippin' Jimmy\" had been conning ever since he was nine and \"couldn't keep his fingers out of the cash drawer.\"<sup>[11](https://nur.nu.edu.kz/bitstreams/4ef4339d-dfb5-4f96-b979-41cbd156c1cf/download)</sup>\n\n## Development and release\n\n[AMC Networks](https://www.edgepedia.org/amc-networks) announced the series in March 2021, while the sixth and final season of *Better Call Saul* was in production. It was reported as inspired by 1970s Saturday morning cartoon classics like *Fat Albert*, and as following the adventures of young Jimmy and [Chuck McGill](https://www.edgepedia.org/chuck-mcgill) and friends back home in [Cicero, Illinois](https://www.edgepedia.org/cicero-illinois).<sup>[5](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/better-call-saul-animated-spin-off-slippin-jimmy-in-development/1100-6489140/)</sup> The show was co-written by *Better Call Saul* script coordinator Kathleen Williams-Foshee and Ariel Levine, who had written earlier supplemental digital shorts for the series such as *Ethics Training with Kim Wexler* and *Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training*.<sup>[5](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/better-call-saul-animated-spin-off-slippin-jimmy-in-development/1100-6489140/)</sup>\n\nAll six episodes were released on AMC+ on May 23, 2022, shortly before the final episodes of *Better Call Saul* aired.<sup>[2](https://www.toramp.com/shows/6357/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[12](https://as.com/meristation/series/la-desconocida-miniserie-animada-conectada-al-universo-breaking-bad-considerada-como-el-peor-spin-off-de-la-historia-n/)</sup>\n\n## Cast\n\n[Sean Giambrone](https://www.edgepedia.org/sean-giambrone) voices Jimmy McGill and Kyle S. More voices Marco Pasternak. The voice cast also includes Will Vought as Trent Titweiller, Beth Grant as Ms. Retch, [Gary Anthony Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/gary-anthony-williams) as a demon, Jasmine T.R. Gatewood as Bobbi, Chi McBride as Father Karras, David Herman, Laraine Newman, and [Carlos Alazraqui](https://www.edgepedia.org/carlos-alazraqui).<sup>[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54200/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nThe series was received poorly. Its IMDb score stands at 2.8 from about 1,800 users, and its Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter score is 32% from fewer than 50 ratings.<sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/better_call_saul_presents_slippin_jimmy)</sup> Spanish-language press described it as widely considered among the worst spin-offs, noting its low scores on IMDb and FilmAffinity (2.8 and 4.1 respectively) and that its episodes sit outside the main plot with characters shown differently.<sup>[12](https://as.com/meristation/series/la-desconocida-miniserie-animada-conectada-al-universo-breaking-bad-considerada-como-el-peor-spin-off-de-la-historia-n/)</sup> [TV Tropes](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-tropes) characterizes it as ditching the serious tone of its parent series in favor of outlandish plots and [Looney Tunes](https://www.edgepedia.org/looney-tunes)-style visual gags.<sup>[13](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/SlippinJimmy)</sup>\n\n## Place in the Breaking Bad universe\n\nThe series is officially part of the *Breaking Bad* franchise as a prequel to *Better Call Saul*, but its canonicity is disputed among viewers because its supernatural and cartoonish content, such as demonic possession, departs from the realism of the parent shows.<sup>[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54200/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[14](https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_McGill_%28Slippin%27_Jimmy%29)</sup> It ended after one season, and no second season was produced.<sup>[8](https://whichott.com/tv/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy-2022-158704)</sup> As of late 2026 it streams in the United States on AMC+, Philo, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV, and AMC+ channel feeds, and is not on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.<sup>[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Slippin' Jimmy | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/slippin-jimmy)\n2. [Slippin' Jimmy (Series) - Episodes Release Dates, Toramp](https://www.toramp.com/shows/6357/)\n3. [Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy (2022) - streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)\n4. [Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy, AMC+](https://www.amcplus.com/shows/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy--1053975)\n5. [Better Call Saul Animated Spin-Off Slippin' Jimmy In Development, GameSpot](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/better-call-saul-animated-spin-off-slippin-jimmy-in-development/1100-6489140/)\n6. [Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/54200/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy)\n7. [Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/better_call_saul_presents_slippin_jimmy)\n8. [Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy (2022) - WhichOTT](https://whichott.com/tv/better-call-saul-presents-slippin-jimmy-2022-158704)\n9. [The Ballad of Slippin' Jimmy, The New York Review of Books](https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/04/22/better-call-saul-season-two-ballad-slippin-jimmy/)\n10. [Better Call Saul: Fat Albert-Style Animated Show 'Slippin' Jimmy' in Development at AMC, ComicBook.com](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/better-call-saul-animated-show-slippin-jimmy-amc-breaking-bad-fat-albert-style/)\n11. [What Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Teach Us about How We Talk about Criminals, NU](https://nur.nu.edu.kz/bitstreams/4ef4339d-dfb5-4f96-b979-41cbd156c1cf/download)\n12. [La desconocida miniserie animada conectada al universo 'Breaking Bad', MeriStation](https://as.com/meristation/series/la-desconocida-miniserie-animada-conectada-al-universo-breaking-bad-considerada-como-el-peor-spin-off-de-la-historia-n/)\n13. [Slippin' Jimmy (Web Animation), TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/SlippinJimmy)\n14. [Jimmy McGill (Slippin' Jimmy), VS Battles Wiki](https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_McGill_%28Slippin%27_Jimmy%29)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Adult animated comedy series*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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