'Supermensch' Shep Gordon's Unlikely Rise to Hollywood Success

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 23, 2016

Manager, producer and Hollywood talent agent Shep Gordon talk about his book, They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll. Gordon shares stories from decades in the entertainment business, and talks about his humble beginnings as a "shy, no self-esteem, Jewish nebbisher kid with no ambition" in Oceanside, Long Island. He’s worked with everyone from Alice Cooper to Bette Davis, Raquel Welch to Groucho Marx, Blondie to Jimi Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone to Salvador Dali.

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