Who is Joe Davola ?

Question

There is a character in Seinfeld call Crazy Joe Davola he´s a writer for NBC, and there is a Joe Davola who is a TV executive in real life. is there any relation?

Answer 1

"Crazy" Joe Davola (played by Peter Crombie) is a minor Seinfeld character who suffers from mental instability and aggressive behavior. The character is named after TV PRODUCER Joe Davola.

Davola is noted for stalking Jerry. The incident started in "The Ticket", where Jerry and George hid away from him in the restaurant. Throughout the fourth season (the season which focused on Jerry's failed pilot), Davola appears frequently including both parts to "The Pilot, Part 1" and "Part 2". In the first part, both Jerry & George attempt to hide, but are seen by him when they were leaving for NBC. In the final part, he is noted for saying "Sic semper tyrannis" (incorrectly translated by Jerry as, "Death to tyrants") and then jumping off the stands into the set in an attempt to attack Jerry (the scene ends when he is on the set and we cut to the night of the pilot's broadcast).

Elaine once dated Davola's doctor; she inadvertently dated Davola while trying to break up with the doctor. She is a target of Davola's stalking and is unable to break up with him due to his "power" over her. When Elaine finds out that Davola is the same "Crazy Joe Davola" that Kramer & Jerry are running from, she becomes a target of Crazy Joe.

He blamed all of his problems on Jerry and even attacked Kramer once (Kramer survives by wearing Newman's helmet).

In one episode, Crazy Joe Davola puts the kibosh on Jerry.

Answer 2

I don't know for sure, but Seinfeld had the tendency to use names of real people for secondary characters, so I'm pretty certain that it's the same guy...

Answer 3

Some queer