Jim Drake

During the 1970s, Norman Lear was reigning king of the sitcom, and one of his favored directors was Jim Drake. In '74, Drake was hired as an associate director on "Good Times," and he served the same duty on Lear's "All in the Family" and the pilot episode of "Alice." Drake was eventually given the director's chair for several episodes of "Alice" and Lear's quirky comedy "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman