Larry weighs in on his acting role in the upcoming movie 'Jerry and Marge Go Large', guns, and the January 6th hearings. He's then joined by Emmy-award winning director James Burrows to talk about his new memoir 'Directed by James Burrows'. They begin their conversation by discussing James' early life growing up in show business, his legendary father, and how a stint in regional theatre production prepared him for and open doors to directing in television.(16:51) Burrows then shares some amazing anecdotes from his time working on some of the most important shows in TV history including 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show',(32:58) 'Taxi',(42:14), 'Cheers',(57:32) and 'Will and Grace'(1:09:31). Within the discussion James and Larry spend some time praising the genius of the great Andy Kaufman (44:29) and they end the podcast by examining the technical aspects of creating a sitcom pilot and giving advice to people who aspire to be directors for television.(1:14:34)
Host: Larry Wilmore
Guest: James Burrows
Producer: Chris Sutton



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