George Shapiro: In Memoriam (Part 2 of 2)

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

On May 26, 2022, one of the greatest managers in the history of the comedy business passed away, George Shapiro. He had a legendary career that included managing three geniuses—Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, and Andy Kaufman. I am re-releasing this episode from 2015 so that you can learn more about the man and what made him so extraordinary. His words of wisdom helped me tremendously throughout my career to help me become a better manager, producer, and person.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to know him, and be touched by his unwavering positive spirit, will miss him greatly.

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1:25.6	and it reaches you on this visceral level. And also, as you know, if you're going to manage a
1:34.0	comedian, you're going to see that comedian a thousand times. You're going to go to a lot of shows.
1:38.6	So you really have to be in love. But I mean, I still cherish going to Jerry Seinfeld's show. I
1:44.4	still laugh. It's such a level of heartbeat and love, you know, because comedy, when you laugh
1:53.2	that much, it's one of the greatest feelings in the history of the world.
2:07.4	Welcome back to industry standard with me, berrycats. I am more than excited because
2:14.1	I am here with George Shapiro, one of the greatest executive producer managers that I could ever
2:20.3	sit across. And, you know, I normally say this reserve for comedians. But if there are a
2:26.3	Mount Rushmore for managers, George Shapiro's face would be on it. So let me introduce him
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