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Rob Burnett On Television, Letterman, And The Fundamentals Of Caring

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published December 27, 2016 at 11:30 AM EST
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Rob Burnett

  Rob Burnett spent 30 years working for David Letterman, rising from intern to executive producer, before directing Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez in the new Netflix release The Fundamentals of Caring.

Rob Burnett joins us this morning to talk about the film, his life at Letterman’s side and other adventures in television.

Originally aired in August 2016.
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