My friend and mentor Lee Shallat Chemel posted this this evening: "Way back in the 90s I got a script from my agents for a series called Friends. I got the offer to direct the pilot. I accepted right away! About 8 hours later they retracted the offer. Jimmy Burrows had read it and wanted to do it. If I had been the writers of that script, I would have fired myself and hired Jimmy. Because he was the top. A couple years later I asked a showrunner I was working with what he thought made Jimmy Burrows great. He said, without a second of hesitation,"He adds two laughs every scene, every run-through." If you know multi-cam, that's it right there. RIP Jim Burrows"
--Dave Sikula On Friday, June 19, 2026 at 5:49:30 PM UTC-7 Bob F wrote: > I thought he had checked off in May 2018 > <https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/LPVaLhfvkwU/m/lGXX7vyJAgAJ> > (thread), but he lasted till early today... 85. > > https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/cheers-director-james-burrows-dies-85/story?id=134041491 > (link) > B > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c8881b0b-1696-4fcd-b7dd-d6a9e82f47f2n%40googlegroups.com.
