Irving Paul Lazar
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Sep 29, 2026
Chazz PalminteriGUEST
15 minutes later, the boss calls me in.
Chazz PalminteriGUEST
The man I didn't let in was Swifty Lazar.
Chazz PalminteriGUEST
Swifty Lazar was the biggest agent in the world.
Chazz PalminteriGUEST
In the world.
Chazz PalminteriGUEST
He represented Liz Taylor, Richard Burton.
Mark SimoneHOST
They never mention that every other president's done exactly the same thing.
Mark SimoneHOST
But Schumer put on his, remember he used to have the Ben Franklin glasses? Now he's got those big, huge Swifty Lazar glasses.
Mark SimoneHOST
And he reads his little index cards and tries to sound mad.
Mark SimoneHOST
I'm
Mark SimoneHOST
They never mention that every other president's done exactly the same thing.
Mark SimoneHOST
But Schumer put on his, remember he used to have the Ben Franklin glasses? Now he's got those big, huge Swifty Lazar glasses.
Mark SimoneHOST
And he reads his little index cards and tries to sound mad.
Mark SimoneHOST
I'm
Patrick HamiltonHOST
But Meredith has a very distinct take on his Ben Green.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
He wanted to model the performance after legendary theater, uh, agent Swifty Lazar.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
That's why he has the shaved head like that, to look more like Lazar.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
The cigars, the suits, the Rolls-Royce man, it's all Swifty Lazar shit.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
Quote, "I tried to get his cool, understated manner, his sharp clothes, and most of all, his way of speaking softly, so that you've got to lean over to hear what he's saying," which is the way he plays it.
Patrick HamiltonHOST
Which a couple years after, like, Rocky, where he is, like, chewing bones actively on screen, um, is a really different take, not what you're expecting from Burgess Meredith, and I think as equally a good performance as what Anthony Hopkins does.
John SiuntresHOST
a publicity photo, man.
John SiuntresHOST
You know, Swifty Lazar gave him that photo.
FrancoPANELIST
The story was that they met in Paris and spent three weeks, so this was probably the surveillance team that was watching him and took these photographs and gave them to Julie.
FrancoPANELIST
That's what I'm assuming.