Michael Gelman
Michael Gelman | |
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| Born | Michael Seth Gelman August 4, 1961 |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado |
| Occupation | Television producer, actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) | Laurie Gelman (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
Michael Seth Gelman (born August 4, 1961) is the executive producer of Live with Kelly and Ryan. He also occasionally takes small roles on television, appearing in two episodes of Kelly Ripa's ABC sitcom Hope and Faith. He also has a Guinness World Record for the most morning talk show episodes produced by the same producer.
Early life and career[]
Gelman grew up in a Jewish family in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois. While earning a degree in broadcast production management from the University of Colorado School of Journalism, Gelman worked for the U.S. Ski Association covering pre-Olympic trials all over the country as a cameraman, field producer and editor. Gelman's most important internship came during the summer of his junior year at WABC-TV in New York, the station that would later produce Live! with Kelly and Ryan. In the 1980s he became a production assistant on Regis Philbin's local talk show, The Morning Show.[1] Gelman worked his way to Executive Producer on The Morning Show which would eventually become Live!.[1]
Gelman has been parodied on The Dana Carvey Show by Stephen Colbert, and on Saturday Night Live by Tom Davis, David Spade, Chris Kattan and Rachel Dratch as a flamboyant, ambiguously gay character.
Personal life[]
In 2000, he married Laurie Hibberd, a television personality from Canada who also worked in morning television as the co-host of FX's Breakfast Time with Tom Bergeron. She is a convert to Judaism, the faith of her husband.[2][3] They have two daughters, Jamie and Misha, and live in Manhattan.
References[]
- ^ a b Maloney, Michael (12 September 2007). "Supporting cast add to 'Live's' success". Variety. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ Minuk, Susan (January 10, 2018). "The Hilarious Trials of the Class Mom; A Novel About a Peppy Parent". The Canadian Jewish News.
- ^ Winn, Kate. "Laurie Gelman: My Exclusive Momterview". This Mom Loves.
I really wanted us to have a united front, which to me meant taking his name, and agreeing on how to raise the kids. We agreed they should be Jewish, so I made the jump. I think it gives them a strong sense of family when we’re all united this way. It plays the biggest role around the holidays, but the Jewish faith is rooted in cultural things; it’s not just a religion, so you live the Jewish life every day, even if you only go to Synagogue on holidays
External links[]
- Michael Gelman at IMDb
- Michael Gelman's Page at the official website for Live Kelly and Michael
- Michael Gelman at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
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