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David Mandel (born ) is writer, actor, director, and producer. He was 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, 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 ''
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''. He is one of the creators of '' Clerks: The Animated Series'', and he was a writer for ''
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''. 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
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. 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
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, published in 2016 by Abrams Books. Since October 2020, Mandel has hosted the podcast ''The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of'' detailing movie props and collectables with writer Ryan Condel. He is Jewish.


Filmography


''Seinfeld''-related credits

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.


Writer

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" * " The Friar's Club" * " The Bizarro Jerry" * " The Abstinence" * " The Susie" * " The Butter Shave" * "
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" * " The Betrayal" * " The Maid" * " The Puerto Rican Day"


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