Hi there, I'm Jackie the Jokeman, Marling, and I've had the exquisite pleasure of once again being on Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast.

I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre, and our engineer Frank Ferdorosa.

Our guest this week is a producer, occasional actor, and one of the most prolific, accomplished, and admired directors in the history of popular

entertainment. He's directed thousands of hours of primetime television on landmark shows, such as

the Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Bob Newhart show, Taxi, Frazier, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Will and Grace, and of course a show he also co-created, Cheers.

Occasionally known as the Pilot Whisperer,

he's also directed the pilots for hit series like Two and a Half Men,

Caroline in the City,

Dharma and Greg, Dear John, Veronica's Closet, Mike and Molly, and two broke girls.

Along the way, he's won eight, prime time Emmys, five Directors Guild Awards, and received

life achievement honors from both DGA and R. I'm

from both DGA and the Television Critics Association.

And in 2016, he was honored with the Primetime NBC special entitled MustCTV, an old star tribute to James Burroughs.

In a long and very successful career, he's worked with and directed everyone from John Cleese to Betty White,

from Tony Randall to Sidney Pollock, and Elton John to Andy Kaufman.

Wow.

He's also worked with many of our previous podcast guests, including Rosanna Arquette, Ed Asner, Buck Henry,

Hal Lyndon, Andrea Martin, Michael McKeon, Stephen Weber, Kevin Levine, and...

Ken Levine.

Ken Levine.

And Joe Pantiliano.

Please welcome to the podcast, an industry giant, a living legend, and a man who somehow managed to direct over 1,000 episodes of television without ever working with me.

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