JIM BURROWS

I’ve never been a huge TV series watcher. And yet, “Frasier” always grabbed me as a funny, well-written and enjoyable show to watch.
So, I’m intrigued by the re-booting of this series, a couple of decades after the original shut down. And I’m even more keen when I realize James Burrows is directing the first couple of episodes. Burrows, you may know, co-created “Cheers” and has helmed more than 1,000 TV episodes. The guy’s a legend. A hero.
 
Now, imagine my surprise when James Burrows, asked at age 83 if there is anything left he wants to accomplish, responds with this: “I want to be able to laugh. Genuine laughter is so important. I believe the old Norman Cousins thing: when he had a bad disease, he put on Marx Brothers movies and W.C. Fields movies and laughed his head off and lived a lot longer. That’s what I want to do. I’ve had a great career, I’ve been rewarded, I love the people I work with, I still have wonderful friends, and a laugh every so often will keep me happy.”
 
Wow! How cool is that. A laugh keeps the legendary James Burrows happy. Gotta tell you how happy that makes me!!

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