February/March 2006 Still OutStanding By: Marsha Gorodkin

The creative television writing and producing team of Joey Gutierrez and Diane Burroughs have written for a string of successful sitcoms. Their current hit is the show they created, Still Standing, now in its 4th season. Still Standing is a comedy about a blue-collar Chicago couple working to raise their three children without losing sight of the cool couple they used to be. The show stars Mark Addy, Jami Gertz, Jennifer Irwin, Taylor Ball, Renee Olstead, Soleil Borda and Joel Murray. One of CBS Studio Center’s longest-running current productions, Still Standing established its home on Stage 20 and the Mack Sennett Building. Before embarking on their television careers, Burroughs and Gutierrez were involved in Chicago’s stand-up circuit fulfilling a childhood passion for comedy. Gutierrez’ father, a steel worker, drove him to the local comedy clubs for two years until he was old enough to drive himself. From the tender age of 16 and for the next 13 years Gutierrez performed on stage in various clubs including The Improv, Caroline’s Comedy Club, and Catch a Rising Star. He also made a variety of television appearances on shows such as The David Brenner Show, Evening at the Improv and Caroline's Comedy Hour. His first paying gig came from Arsenio Hall. States Gutierrez, “I performed at the Komedy Kove and earned five bucks a set. Back then it was a huge deal to me.” While continuing stand-up at a local Chicago club, Zanies, Gutierrez met Jerry Seinfeld. Shortly thereafter he wrote Jerry Clockwise Mark Addy, Jami Gertz, Still Standing can be seen Seinfeld’s “uncredited” stand-up material Jennifer Irwin, Taylor Ball, Renee Olstead for the first five seasons of the critically and Soleil Borda on Wednesday nights at acclaimed sitcom Seinfeld. 8:00 p.m. (PST) on CBS. (continued on page 3) February/March 2006

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Schedule 37th Annual NAACP Image Award Nominations That 70’s Show Outstanding Comedy Series Carla’s Café ...... 5692 (Carsey-Werner/Fox) The Bernie Mac Show Car Wash ...... 5042 CSI: NY Half and Half (CBS Productions/CBS) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Cellular Phones ...... 5218 Passions Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Client Services ...... 5099 (NBC Universal TV/NBC) Rachel True – Half and Half Computer Training ...... 5218 According To Jim Outstanding Supporting Actor in Comedy (Touchstone TV/ABC) Chico Benymon – Half and Half Emergency Line ...... 5555 Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy Malcolm In The Middle Camille Winbush - The Bernie Mac Show Hair Salon ...... 6157 (Regency TV/Fox) Kellita Smith – The Bernie Mac Show Half and Half Internet Access ...... 6221 Telma Hopkins – Half and Half (CBS Productions/UPN) Valarie Pettiford – Half and Half Joe’s Gym ...... 5458 Twins Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (Warner Brothers TV/WB) Hill Harper – CSI: NY Notary ...... 5837 Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Will & Grace Drama Series Pager Rental ...... 5218 (NBC Universal TV/NBC) Marla Gibbs – Passions Safety Hotline ...... 6078 Rodney Tracey Ross – Passions Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) (Touchstone TV/ABC) Supply Station ...... 5001 BET Awards 2005 - BET Still Standing Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Take 5 Coffee ...... 5979 (Twentieth Century Fox TV/CBS) Millicent Shelton – The Bernie Mac Show

Courting Alex (Touchstone TV/CBS) 12th Annual SAG Award Nominations/Winners Bernie Mac Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a (Regency TV/Fox) Comedy Series Sean Hayes – Will & Grace Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series CALENDAR Megan Mullally – Will & Grace PLEASE REMEMBER TO… February Drive within the 8 mph speed limit. March QUESTION Stop at all Stop Signs.

Avoid blocking the roads when parking. Which Saturday Night Live cast member The Security Dept. would like to remind 2/14 Valentines Day created the character of the everyone that the Safety Hotline is anonymous 2/20 Presidents Day little girl named “Judy and confidential. If you observe an unsafe situation, please report it by calling extension 2/28 Mardi Gras Miller,” also the name of 6078. There is also a safety suggestion box Jami Gertz’s character on located at Carla’s Café. 3/01 Ash Wednesday Still Standing? 3/05 78th Annual Academy Hint: Jami Gertz portrayed her in the TV Awards 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day CBS NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 3/20 Spring Equinox Marsha Gorodkin ANSWER on page 4 DESIGN & LAYOUT - Elizabeth Gulick

2 February/March 2006 STILL OUTSTANDING (cont’d from page 1) Recent CBS Staff Burroughs pursued a modeling career Appointments & in the 80’s but her talents were more than Promotions skin-deep. She produced a monthly newsletter, Models Network, to help young Marisa Johnson, Adam Hartshorn, models meet legitimate people in the Coordinator, MIS Mailroom Supervisor industry. The newsletter featured interviews Department Adam has been a with photographers and agents, and Marisa is a recent mainstay in the CBS provided advice shared by other models. graduate of California Studio Center mailroom Having successfully met the challenges of Lutheran University in for several years. In this modeling, Burroughs decided to pursue her Thousand Oaks where newly created position he passion for improv comedy and stand-up. she majored in Marketing will primarily be Realizing too soon that opportunities Communications. She responsible for the for women in stand-up were scarce, the comes to us from CBS Television City where training and supervision of delivery personnel, aspiring comedienne, determined to be she assisted the President of CBS and will directly assist with all aspects of the more proactive, created Chicago Women in Entertainment. In her new job Marisa will daily mailroom operation. Adam aspires to Comedy. Burroughs explains, “We got our provide administrative and marketing support music and stunt driving. He plays bass guitar in to the MIS team by assisting with daily desktop a rock band, Shotgun and is currently own venues and rented out clubs so that and internet service requests, documenting recording a demo. Adam has taken talented female comediennes had more trouble tickets and monitoring response time professional stunt driving courses and hopes to opportunities to make a living and work on to all service calls. She will also be responsible one day perfect the skills which would enable their craft.” Her initiative paid off when this for weekly client billing and maintaining all him to be a professional stunt driver. He has gained the attention of the press and many records of work performed by the department. been married to his wife Anna for seven years. of their shows sold out. The genre of the ‘all In her spare time Marisa likes taking day trips female night of entertainment’ created by where she can explore new cities, museums Mike Lyons, Burroughs continued for several years. The and restaurants. She also takes pride in Telecommunications shows would later be incorporated into a spending time with her family as well as her Technical Specialist cabaret with medleys of songs and beloved pets (one large Akita and two spoiled Mike has worked, improvisation. black cats). off and on, as an Gutierrez and Burroughs met at outside contractor for Chicago’s famous Second City, the theatre David Limon, CBS Studio Center that launched the careers of such comic Director of Safety and Telecommunications greats as John Belushi, Mike Myers, Bill Environmental Department since 1993. Murray, Gilda Radner, and more. They Prior to joining CBS in He has been involved in several cabling began writing many scripts together but the December, David was the projects to provide voice and data services as team’s television career began with the help Director of Facility well as cabling for security and wireless of good friend, actor, writer, producer and Operations at UPN. In telephone systems. In his new position Mike is alumni of Second City Chicago, Timothy his new job David will involved in the ongoing implementation of the Kazurinsky. “He sent one of our scripts to be responsible for new Nortel phone system and provides Married With Children and they liked it. So performing job safety analysis for all Studio telephone and premises cabling repair services departments, implementing and maintaining to all our clients. Mike plays guitar, bass guitar we just packed our stuff and drove out to the Studio’s Emergency Preparedness Plan as and drums and has an appreciation of the Los Angeles. Nine months later Married well as Studio’s Injury and Illness Prevention world’s music. He aspires to advance or With Children bought our first script. Plan. He will maintain Studio compliance with ‘forward’ his personal favorite, Reggae, the Following the sale of their first script to all OSHA and Cal-OSHA regulations, oversee music of Jamaica, claiming that the very blood Married With Children, Gutierrez and the Studio’s stage safety inspections and within him flows Red, Gold, and Green. When Burroughs joined the Warner Brothers implement the employee safety training not at work or commuting, Mike can usually be Writer’s Workshop. Their first jobs after program. David has been married to his wife found at home with his pet, a small graduating the program were executive Denise for four years and they have two kids, tortoiseshell cat on his lap or on weekends story editors on the series Martin. David Jr. age 4, and Sophia age 2, and the third spending time with his teenage son, Matt. Additional television credits include co- baby is due any day now. In addition to executive producers on the series Yes, Dear spending time with his wife and kids David for CBS, and The Drew Carey Show. enjoys watching T.V. 3 February/March 2006

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