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Literally! With Rob Lowe

James Burrows: The Audience Roared

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.812.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

There's lots of TV talk when James Burrows joins Rob Lowe. On today's episode we dive into decades of sitcom history—you'll find out why laugh tracks are used, how Mary Tyler Moore helped James' career, why David Schwimmer almost didn't do Friends, and some interesting facts about Andy Kaufman. Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at (323) 570-4551. Yours could get featured on the show!

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0:00.0

When was the new kind of family?

0:02.0

79 and I know that because it gives me the ability to say that I've worked in one additional decade.

0:07.0

Oh my god.

0:22.0

Okay folks, it's literally with me Roblo.

0:25.0

If you're listening to this, I assume you enjoy television.

0:27.0

I assume you probably have heard of shows like Friends, Willing Grace, Taxi, Big Bang Theory,

0:35.0

Mirateler Moore Show, Et cetera.

0:39.0

I'm about to put you on with the man who directed and was at the center of every single one of those shows and other ones.

0:50.0

In my business, if you have a sitcom, you want James Burrows to direct it.

0:57.0

There is literally no one else.

0:59.0

He's the guy.

1:01.0

He's one ten Emmys.

1:03.0

It's just unbelievable what he does.

1:05.0

And to the point of which, if you have a pilot script and you get him, you're going on the air.

1:12.0

He's that big a deal.

1:14.0

I love bringing people on this show who you guys might not know about, but you need to know about.

1:19.0

Like I said, if you enjoy those shows, they don't exist without this guy.

1:25.0

And he directed me when I was fifteen.

1:28.0

So we got to ask him about that too.

1:30.0

See if you remember.

1:31.0

All right, here we go.

1:38.0

So a new kind of family was my first big job.

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