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"James Burrows"

SmartLess

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4.651.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

James a.k.a. “Jimmy” Burrows (co-creator of Cheers and prolific television director of shows such as Taxi, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, the list goes on and on…) surprises us this week to share endless stories from his early career through numerous hit TV shows. So drop some ice in the White Zin and settle-in for another crisp new episode of SmartLess.


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0:00.0

Hello, listener. I'm glad you found it. Yes, my name is Jason. Hey, listen. I'm joined by

0:07.7

hello, Liz

0:09.7

This is where you announce yourself on Hayes

0:12.4

Sean be more assertive about it make them get them excited to meet you. I'm Sean Hayes

0:17.9

We'll tell them who you are my name is Will Arnett and I'm originally from Toronto, Taurus

0:22.0

And we're doing a podcast and we're having a lot of fun with my friends. So come on and join us with your year

0:27.7

Oh God welcome to smartlet

0:48.3

Hey, um, you know, I was like to start out with a little story. Oh, sorry. Oh,

0:52.6

I share did you prepare today you must have a ticket. I didn't really prepare. I just he's got chatter

0:57.7

No, well, first of all, I missed last night that I missed anything major. We missed you. I that's sweet listener

1:05.0

Usually the three of us get together on Sunday nights over to friends house and Sean has family in town this weekend

1:11.6

So he did not join us when you were missed that is correct. So they yeah, they left this morning

1:16.0

That was sad to see them go, but yeah, that's why I couldn't go last

1:19.1

That was just too many people was too chaotic and it was no everybody just wanted like chill out here

1:23.2

So nobody wanted to get up and how did that chill out go? Yeah, it was a nice. Was that a good chill out good?

1:28.5

Well, I tried to get I and I introduced to my nieces to one of my favorite movies tootsie

1:33.1

And they have wanted nothing to do with it really yeah, you know what?

1:36.4

It's really depressing. I show some stuff to franny my for my 15 year old and she just

1:42.4

It's just not nothing's nothing's any good. I know because it's got to be like louder faster funny

1:46.5

I tried to I tried flesh last year and they were coming yeah

1:51.3

It was like oh really? This is an all-time. Yeah, I know I get it like try try stripes or something like that or meatballs

1:58.7

And it's just it's just doesn't work anymore. I don't know why it's still funny. I mean Sean

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