David Mandel
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David Hiram Mandel (born 1970) is an executive producer and showrunner of Veep, and was also an executive producer and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld. He is also a comedian,[1] and one of the producer-directors of the teen-comedy Eurotrip. He was a writer for Seinfeld during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons and also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2003 film adaptation of The Cat In The Hat. He is one of the creators of Clerks: The Animated Series, and he was a writer for Saturday Night Live. He had a brief stint as a host of Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion, a comedy video game review show that aired late nights on TBS as part of the Burly Bear Network. The show only lasted a few episodes before the entire block was canceled.
Mandel is also one of the authors of Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie, a comprehensive collection of Star Wars artwork by Ralph McQuarrie, published in 2016 by Abrams Books.[2]
Since October of 2020, Mandel has hosted the podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of detailing movie props and collectables with writer Ryan Condel.[3]
He is Jewish.[4]
Seinfeld episodes[]
Mandel wrote the Seinfeld episode "The Bizarro Jerry", and on the commentary track to the DVD, has stated that this was his favorite Seinfeld of the episodes he wrote.
Season 7: 1995–1996[]
# | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Production Code |
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118 | "The Pool Guy" | Andy Ackerman | David Mandel | 16 November 1995 | 708 |
Elaine befriends Susan. Jerry meets his pool guy outside a movie, and then he cannot get rid of him. George is worried by Elaine wanting to get to know Susan. Kramer's new phone number is similar to a film information line. When Kramer keeps getting wrong numbers, he begins giving out the information for movie show times a la "Moviefone". | |||||
128 | "The Friars Club" | Andy Ackerman | David Mandel | 7 March 1996 | 718 |
George successfully delays his wedding. Jerry goes out with Susan's best friend. Jerry loses a jacket he "borrowed" for dinner at the Friars Club. Kramer tries to duplicate the sleeping patterns of Da Vinci. Peterman hires a deaf employee (Rob Schneider) and Elaine suffers the consequences, when she gets loaded with most of his work. |
Season 8: 1996–1997[]
# | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Production Code |
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137 | "The Bizarro Jerry" | Andy Ackerman | David Mandel | 3 October 1996 | 803 |
Elaine's new friends are direct opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer. Jerry dates a woman with "man hands". George uses a picture of Jerry's date to meet supermodels. Kramer uses a bathroom in an office building and starts working there. | |||||
143 | "The Abstinence" | Andy Ackerman | David Mandel | 21 November 1996 | 809 |
George's girlfriend has infectious mononucleosis and they will not be able to have sex for at least 6 weeks. Jerry agrees to make an appearance at his former junior high school's career day. Elaine meets a doctor who does not have a license yet. Kramer smokes in the coffee shop and is asked to leave. | |||||
149 | "The Susie" | Andy Ackerman | David Mandel | 13 February 1997 | 815 |
Elaine creates an alter ego named "Susie" who co-workers believe is actually real. Jerry's ex-friend who once labeled him a "phony" becomes a bookie. George's girlfriend wants to break up with him but he avoids it by screening his phone calls. Kramer places a bet. |
Season 9: 1997–1998[]
# | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Production Code |
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157 | "The Butter Shave" | Andy Ackerman | Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel | 25 September 1997 | 901 |
Kramer starts using butter as an aftershave. George uses a cane when he applies for an interview at a sporting goods firm, where they think he is disabled. Jerry is annoyed that Kenny Bania is a "time slot hit." Elaine goes to Europe with David Puddy. | |||||
158 | "The Voice" | Andy Ackerman | Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel | 2 October 1997 | 902 |
George's employer learns that George is not actually handicapped. Jerry creates a voice in response to the sounds his girlfriend's stomach makes. Kramer hires a New York University intern to be his assistant. Elaine begins seeing Puddy again. | |||||
164 | "The Betrayal" | Andy Ackerman | Peter Mehlman & David Mandel | 20 November 1997 | 908 |
Elaine drags Jerry and George to India where they attend the wedding of Sue Ellen Mischke. Jerry's ex-girlfriend, Nina, begins dating George. Kramer learns that a friend wishes he would drop dead. (All of the events in the episode occur backwards with the end at the beginning and vice versa). | |||||
175 | "The Maid" | Andy Ackerman | Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel & & Peter Mehlman | 30 April 1998 | 919 |
Jerry hires a maid who he then starts sleeping with. Elaine discovers she has 57 messages on her answering machine when Kramer's food-order service tries to fax her. George tries to get a nickname but a co-worker gets the one he chose instead. | |||||
176 | "The Puerto Rican Day" | Andy Ackerman | Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike Feresten, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Dan O'Keefe, Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin | 7 May 1998 | 920 |
The gang leaves a New York Mets game early in order to beat the traffic but are blocked by a Puerto Rican day parade. Each go their separate ways in order to get home. |
References[]
- ^ Sipher, Devan (14 January 2007). "Rebecca Whitney and David Mandel". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Floyd, James (20 September 2016). "CELEBRATING A MASTER: INSIDE STAR WARS ART: RALPH MCQUARRIE". Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of - Roosterteeth, retrieved 4 February 2021
- ^ Bloom, Nate (14 September 2017). "Jewish entertainers well-represented at Emmy Awards". St. Louis Jewish Light. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
External links[]
- David Mandel at IMDb
- 1970 births
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- Jewish American writers
- The Harvard Lampoon alumni
- Living people
- American television biography stubs