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George Shapiro
American talent manager and television producerWikipedia
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Sep 4, 2026
Graham BensingerHOST
Hope you enjoy.
Graham BensingerHOST
George Shapiro.
Graham BensingerHOST
You've called it like a marriage before.
Graham BensingerHOST
Somebody close to you told me it was more like a fatherly figure.
Stephen JacksonHOST
Get the fuck out of here
Danny DeVitoGUEST
... 'cause, you know, on the one hand, Andy loved me in the movie 'cause I was George Shapiro, God rest his soul.
Danny DeVitoGUEST
And, and, uh-
Stephen JacksonHOST
Tony didn't like you so much
Danny DeVitoGUEST
... and Tony didn't like me.
Danny DeVitoGUEST
Well, Tony didn't like me 'cause I produced the movie.
Danny DeVitoGUEST
So he was conflict- conflating the, the, the, you know, the reality that I was Danny, the producer, but I also played George Shapiro, his manager, who he loved.
Stephen JacksonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Blake HarrisGUEST
I got to interview all these people that unfortunately passed away during the writing of the book.
Blake HarrisGUEST
Richard Lewis being the most important, Larry's longtime best friend, Richard Balzer, George Shapiro, who was a producer on Seinfeld and Jerry's manager.
Blake HarrisGUEST
Well, do you know how Richard Lewis and Larry met?
Adam FerraraHOST
I don't.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
Because he wasn't going to be able to come back every single week, so we wanted to have plenty of promos in the can.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
And I swear, after the first three weeks of showing his promos, the TV station manager called up and said, Jerry...
Jerry LawlerGUEST
You guys, we can't show these Kauffman promos anymore.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
And I said, why? He said, oh, my God, the people with the phone calls, they're threatening to burn the station down.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
They're all there.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
And he's laying there like he's dead.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
And his manager, George Shapiro from California, was there.
Jerry LawlerGUEST
And his writer, Bob Zamuda, were there by his side and his girlfriend and And, you know, and so finally in comes the ambulance.
Pat HazellHOST
That's amazing.
Pat HazellHOST
Now, is the George you mentioned George Wallace or George Shapiro?
Jonathan WolffGUEST
And so I knew about Jerry also because Jerry and George are best friends in real life.
Pat HazellHOST
I'm going to catch the listener up.
Pat HazellHOST
You're going to buy a Cadillac from this guy as soon as he walks on stage.
Pat HazellHOST
He can really elevate his storytelling.
Pat HazellHOST
And George Shapiro was the representative, the manager for Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Kaufman and Carl Reiner and so many others.
Pat HazellHOST
iconic Hollywood folks.
Tony ChulaHOST
Jerry's always got to smell like a rose in every episode.
Tony ChulaHOST
George Shapiro, I think, wanted that.
Tony ChulaHOST
So Jerry never – even when he's mad, he's funny.
Tony ChulaHOST
Not be funny.