The hit TV show Breaking Bad has been getting a lot of love from fans online in honor of its 15th anniversary, and the attention hasn’t gone unnoticed by those behind the show. Created by Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad first premiered on AMC on Jan. 20, 2008. The series, starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul as an unlikely team of meth cooks, would go on to forever change television, still standing tall as one of the most critically-acclaimed and beloved TV shows of all time.

On the show’s official Twitter account, a video was shared of Gilligan addressing the fans. The creative genius says he wanted to shoot a video in honor of the anniversary as a way of letting fans know, joking that the federal government has “made a national holiday” of the occasion. Gilligan goes on to unbox a Breaking Bad item for the fans, revealing one of the show’s most iconic props that was given to him on teh final day of shooting by costume designer Jennifer Bryan. He puts it on a shelf along with several other Breaking Bad mementos that serve as a part of his collection.

“I just want to say thank you to everybody who got us here, who have been fans of the show for all these years,” Gilligan says in the video. “Big shout out to Bryan Cranston, the real one. Bryan and Aaron and the rest of our wonderful cast. We wouldn’t have been anywhere without them, and we wouldn’t have been anywhere without you, the fans. Thank you guys very much, thanks for watching.”

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A subsequent video shared has two of the show’s stars similarly thanking the fans. Giancarlo Esposito, who played antagonist Gus Fring, spoke about what the role means for him in his thank you video. Fellow series star RJ Mitte, who played Walter White’s son Walter Jr., also expressed his thanks.

“This show changed my life,” Esposito says, “Vince Gilligan, the true genius behind the writing, and putting together such a great writers’ room for this show, created something that we can all relate to and that will live on forever. I love Gustavo Fring.”

Mitte adds, “We loved what we did, and it echoes today. It really means so much to me to be able to play Walter White Jr., and to have that impact.”

Writer-producer Peter Gould, who co-created the spinoff series Better Call Saul with Gilligan, also thanked the fans along with the cast and crew of the show.

“This show changed my life,” Gould notes, calling the experience the “ride of a lifetime” in reflection. “Happy 15th birthday Breaking Bad.”

You can watch that video below.