History Trivia / BetterCallSaulS6E9FunAndGames

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually [[https://twitter.com/Mindswideasleep/status/1549220189320929282 real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account]]. One of them was edited to be closer to the ''Better Call Saul'' timeline (from 2007 to 2002). Another required cropping out Tony Dalton, who played Howard's killer.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Thomas Schnauz originally stated that the TimeSkip at the end of the episode was set around 2007, based on discussions from the writers' room, but later admitted it could also be in 2005 based on indications given in the scene itself such as the expiry date on Saul's tax disc. His final word on the matter was that it [[MST3KMantra didn't hugely matter]], as what was important was that Jimmy had completely and irrevocably become Saul Goodman before the events of ''Breaking Bad'' take place.

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually [[https://twitter.com/Mindswideasleep/status/1549220189320929282 real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account]]. One of them was edited to be closer to the ''Better Call Saul'' timeline (from 2007 to 2002). Another required cropping out Creator/TonyDalton, who played Howard's killer.
* FlipFlopOfGod: Thomas Schnauz originally stated that the TimeSkip at the end of the episode was set around 2007, based on discussions from the writers' room, but later admitted it could also be in 2005 based on indications given in the scene itself such as the expiry date on Saul's tax disc. His final word on the matter was that it didn't hugely matter, as what was important was that Jimmy had completely and irrevocably become Saul Goodman before the events of ''Breaking Bad'' take place.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Writer Thomas Schnauz originally stated that the TimeSkip at the end of the episode was set around 2007, based on discussions from the writers' room, but later admitted it could also be in 2005 based on indications given in the scene itself such as the expiry date on Saul's tax disc. His final word on the matter was that it didn't hugely matter, as what was important was that Jimmy had completely and irrevocably become Saul Goodman before the events of ''Breaking Bad'' take place.

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually [[https://twitter.com/Mindswideasleep/status/1549220189320929282 real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account]]. One of them was edited to be closer to the ''Better Call Saul'' timeline (from 2007 to 2002).

* HarsherInHindsight: Bob Odenkirk had a heart attack during filming of the previous episode "Point and Shoot." When Odenkirk returned to action, instead of finishing off scenes from that episode, he began work on scenes from "Fun and Games." So, before being involved in a episode where Saul's heart was being ''metaphorically'' broken by Kim's departure, the actor was recovering from having his heart ''literally'' broken.

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually [[https://twitter.com/Mindswideasleep/status/1549220189320929282 real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account]]. One of them was edited to be more closer to the ''Better Call Saul'' timeline (from 2007 to 2002).

* OnSetInjury: Odenkirk had a heart attack during production of this episode.

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account. One is a crop of a photo taken with Fabian and Tony Dalton, who plays Lalo Salamanca.

* CastingGag: A minor one, but many of the photos of Howard shown at his memorial are actually real photos of Patrick Fabian undertaking various activities and can be found on his Instagram account.

* InMemoriam: The episode is dedicated to Julia Clark Downs, a real life Albuquerque attorney at law who served as a specialist consultant to the series. She passed away in an accident on October 5, 2021, less than a year before the episode aired.