David Lloyd, R.I.P.

The great comedy writer David Lloyd has left us. It is my loss (and the reason I can't write much here about him) that in my entire life in the TV business, I probably spent less than three minutes in the company of David Lloyd. It was in the office over at Cheers and all I really remember is that he walked in and you knew that everyone in the room loved and respected the guy. Fortunately, Ken Levine knew him well enough to write the kind of piece that should be written…so I'll just add that he was a great writer and I think he wrote even better scripts than "Chuckles Bites the Dust." That is meant only as a compliment.