Les Charles


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James L. Brooks

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James L. Brooks on working with Les Charles and Glen Charles, creators of Cheers
00:37

James Burrows

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James Burrows on forming a production company with Les and Glen Charles
00:48
James Burrows on meeting up again with Les and Glen Charles, co-creators of Cheers
05:10
James Burrows on the writers room on Cheers
01:15
James Burrows on the origin of Cheers and the characters "Sam Malone" and "Diane Chambers"
03:40
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
James Burrows on the Cheers spin-off, Frasier
02:15

Glenn Gordon Caron

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Glenn Gordon Caron on moving to California to write for Taxi and not understanding how a writers' room worked
02:13

David Isaacs

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Ken Levine and David Isaacs on the writers' room with Glen and Les Charles at Cheers and how it differed from M*A*S*H
04:10

David Lee

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David Lee on how he and Peter Casey came to write for Cheers
03:31
David Lee on his role as Supervising Producer on Cheers and his relationship with the creative staff of Cheers
05:32

Ken Levine

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Ken Levine and David Isaacs on the writers' room with Glen and Les Charles at Cheers  and how it differed from M*A*S*H
04:10

Warren Littlefield

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Warren Littlefield on the development of Cheers
08:00

Grant Tinker

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Grant Tinker on Les Charles and Glen Charles
01:48

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