As I was growing up, I watch a LOT of TV. Lots of sitcoms. Jim Burrows impacted so much of what I watched.
Now I should go finish reading his biography book that I'm only a quarter was through. /Doug [email protected] On Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 02:41 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c8881b0b-1696-4fcd-b7dd-d6a9e82f47f2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAK5Q1Brr0SV0-Qe0%2BgTi%3DSn_SjmXVsqJ%3Ds9LrW8pW9sB21jSYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
