#362 - James Burrows on DIRECTED BY JAMES BURROWS

Eleven-time Emmy winner James Burrows chats with Trey Elling about DIRECTED BY JAMES BURROWS: FIVE DECADES OF STORIES FROM THE LEGENDARY DIRECTOR OF TAXI, CHEERS, FRASIER, FRIENDS, WILL & GRACE, AND MORE. Topics include:

• The best lesson he learned from his dad, Abe (1:15)
• Entering TV during a transformative time (2:34)
• Dying with your boots on (5:54)
• The difficulty of Taxi (10:04)
• Andy Kaufman (12:27)
• Louie De Palma (16:11)
• Having Sam & Diane to hook up in Cheers (17:11)
• The inspiration for Cheers (19:30)
• The challenges of setting a show in a bar (22:06)
• Replacing Coach with Woody Harrelson (24:07)
• Cheers never jumping the shark (27:44)
• The Cheers finale (28:39)
• Why he worked so well with Glen & Les Charles (30:15)
• Kelsey Grammar's brilliance (31:25)
• Will & Grace (35:22)
• The importance of 'butterflies' (40:05)
• Directing the Friends pilot (40:54)
• NewsRadio (46:15)
• Jason Bateman (50:01)
• Drawing the best out of an actor (51:54)
• Why he thinks of himself as lucky (53:38)