James Burroughs

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437 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

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Fresh Air · Remembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, laughter is communal, so it really helps to have an audience because movies are so much better.

I try to go see comedies in a theater rather than try to watch them at home in the movies because it's really tough to laugh at home.

Or I'll get the family in to watch, and then you can all laugh.

But it's infectious and it's communal.

So those were true laughs, and you can tell they're true laughs because you can see the actors laughing.

eyes glint on Cheers.

You can see the glint in their eyes, the excitement and hearing such a big reaction to something they've said.

And they had to wait to be heard.

And sometimes they wouldn't wait and have to back up and say, you know, let's go back a little bit.

And so they would be heard.

But those are true laughs.

That show was a truly funny show.

OK, say you had to back up because they weren't heard or say you want another take because it didn't work.

What happens when the audience is hearing the joke the second time and their laughter is not going to be the same the second time around?

They've already heard the joke.

They've already laughed at it.

But you're – yeah, they've laughed at that joke.

But then you go the second time so that you can get the reaction of the other person to that joke.

And then you can hear the other line from the person because they have previously said it into a laugh and you didn't hear it.

So that's why you have to do that.

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