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James Burrows on forming a production company with Les and Glen Charles 00:48
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Les Charles
James Burrows on forming a production company with Les and Glen Charles 00:48
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Glen Charles
James Burrows on meeting up again with Les and Glen Charles, co-creators of Cheers 05:10
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Les Charles
James Burrows on meeting up again with Les and Glen Charles, co-creators of Cheers 05:10
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Glen Charles
James Burrows on Dave Davis wanting to shoot with four cameras on Taxi 01:14
Interview: James Burrows
James Burrows on meeting up again with Les and Glen Charles, co-creators of Cheers 05:10
Interview: James Burrows
James Burrows on getting hired to direct Taxi; on the cast 03:33
Interview: James Burrows | Show: Taxi
James Burrows on the challenges of being the series director of Taxi 02:40
Interview: James Burrows | Show: Taxi
James Burrows on Andy Kaufman's "Latka" and "Tony Clifton" on Taxi 05:49
Interview: James Burrows | Topic: Characters & Catchphrases
James Burrows on Danny DeVito's "Louie De Palma" on Taxi 00:59
Interview: James Burrows | Topic: Characters & Catchphrases
James Burrows on Andy Kaufman's "Latka" and "Tony Clifton" on Taxi 05:49
Interview: James Burrows | Topic: Pop Culture
James Burrows on Danny DeVito's "Louie De Palma" on Taxi 00:59
Interview: James Burrows | Topic: Pop Culture
On the origin of Cheers; on casting the lead roles on Cheers; on NBC Executives being concerned about Cheers being set in a bar; on the look of the bar 12:01
Interview: James Burrows
On "Norm's" position in the bar; on casting George Wendt as "Norm"; on casting "Coach" and "Cliff Clavin" on Cheers; on the theme song and titles to Cheers; on a typical workweek on Cheers; on keeping the energy up; on the writers' room on Cheers; on the ratings the first season; on winning Emmys and feeling like the show was a hit 17:31
Interview: James Burrows
James Burrows on the origin, casting, and typical work week of Cheers 29:32
Interview: James Burrows | Genre: Comedy Series
James Burrows on the origin of Cheers and the characters "Sam Malone" and "Diane Chambers" 01:58
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Ted Danson
James Burrows on NBC Executives agreeing with his casting choices for Cheers 01:04
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Brandon Tartikoff
James Burrows on NBC Executives agreeing with his casting choices for Cheers 01:04
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Grant Tinker
James Burrows on considering Bill Cosby to play "Sam Malone" on Cheers [Editor's note: According to Glen and Les Charles in their 2003 interviews, NBC suggested Bill Cosby, but they preferred to cast a less well-known actor] 00:49
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Bill Cosby
James Burrows on casting George Wendt as "Norm" on Cheers 01:44
Interview: James Burrows | Person: George Wendt
James Burrows on casting "Coach" on Cheers 01:49
Interview: James Burrows | Person: Nicholas Colasanto
James Burrows on casting "Cliff Clavin" on Cheers 00:58
Interview: James Burrows | Person: John Ratzenberger