Crazy Joe Davola

May 1, 2002, 10:17 AM ET4 posts by 4 postersalt.tv.seinfeld
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Algomeysaalt.tv.seinfeld

On several SEINFELD episodes there's a character called "Crazy Joe Davola".... always referred to with the prefix "Crazy", as if you can't say his name without adding it.

In real life, there's a Hollywood producer named Joe Davola, he's the producer of, most recently, the tv series SMALLVILLE.

I just wondered if there's a connection; were the SEINFELD writers friends of his, and stuck his name in there as a joke?

Anyone, anyone?

Yep. Legend has it that Joe Davola kept bugging them to use his name, so they finally used it for the psychotic character "Crazy Joe Davola".

John Twernbold jtwernbold (at) yahoo.com

"John Twernbold" wrote in message news:[email]...

Interestingly, I believe "Crazy Joe" Gallo is a famous seventies New York gangster, that's probably where they got the "crazy" tag from.

On Wed, 1 May 2002 10:17:45 -0400, "Algomeysa" wrote:

You also have to wonder about Lloyd Braun. Interestingly enough, it was Lloyd Braun who canceled Bob Patterson...

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