James Burrows

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson are finally joined by their “papa,” Cheers co-creator and legendary director James Burrows! They’re talking about Jimmy’s theater beginnings, how he taught Ted how to play Sam Malone with swagger, what Woody joining Cheers did for the show, Jimmy's approach to directing comedy, and more. To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0	I like to say in Thanksgiving, we were the 72nd show out of 71.
0:07.7	But true.
0:08.8	True.
0:09.5	Yeah.
0:19.5	Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.
0:22.3	Today, Woody and I are talking to someone who means the world to us, the legendary director, James Burroughs.
0:29.6	You know him as the co-creator and executive producer of Cheers.
0:33.8	Of the 275 episodes that we shot over 11 years, he directed all but 35. Beyond Cheers, he directed
0:43.0	hundreds of episodes over his storied career, among them the pilots for taxi, friends, Frasier,
0:50.1	Will and Grace, and the Big Bang Theory. And in the process, he made the multi-cam sitcom an art form.
0:57.8	It's hard to describe the impact he's had on pop culture and on the way we laugh.
1:02.3	So I'll let you hear from him yourself.
1:05.2	Meet Jimmy Burroughs.
1:10.0	So this is who we're talking to.
1:12.1	Jimmy.
1:12.7	Hi, Jimmy.
1:13.7	Hi, boys.
1:14.9	I want to talk about you, but I want to start from early on.
1:18.9	I read your book, which I fucking love your book.
1:22.7	I love it.
1:24.2	And what it's called...
1:26.0	Directed by.
	...

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