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

I invoked Kaufman and Hark.

I did anything to try to ease it for them, to try to come up with some comic business.

Anything that...

that would help them get through this process.

So I was working the first three days with the actors and cameras, and I guess we finally got the show in some sort of semblance.

And then the cameras came in and that was daunting enough for me.

It was very difficult.

I did it on my own.

I didn't want any help.

And on the fifth day, just before we shot, Mary Tyler Moore came over to me and they said, we feel our investment in you has worked out.

And that was even before I shot the show.

And I couldn't have been higher figuratively.

And we shot the show and it turned out all right.

And Jay Sanders was there and helped me a little bit.

And the minute that show was over, I got two new hearts and I got a Bob Crane and a Paul Sand.

And next year I was on the Phyllis show.

So I was on my way.

Was the show as bad after it was shot as it was when you were doing the reading?

It was – it's a C-plus show.

It's not a very good show.

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