Michael Glazer
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Mikey "The CHIMP" Glazer is a television producer and event planner known for his work on reality television programming. Glazer produced NBC reality/game show Fear Factor from 2001-2006. After Fear Factor ended its run, Glazer was Supervising Producer of the CBS Primetime Special “Dr. Phil’s Romance Rescue.” Currently, Glazer resides in Los Angeles, California and continues to work in various television projects, as well as event planning.
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[edit] Biography
Glazer attended the prestigious boarding school Deerfield Academy, in Deerfield Massachusetts, graduating in 1994. Following that, he graduated from Georgetown University with a degre in Government.
[edit] Television career
Glazer began his career as an intern at The McLaughlin Group, a political talk show in Washington, DC. He later relocated to Los Angeles and worked for Bunim–Murray Productions, creators of the MTV's “The Real World” and “Road Rules.” While at BMP, Glazer was the assistant to frequent collaborator and mentor, Matt Kunitz.
Glazer produced NBC's "Fear Factor" from 2001-2006. While promoting Fear Factor, Glazer appeared on NBC' Today show and VH1's "VH1 News Presents: Reality Secrets Revealed." During this time, he also was Supervising Producer of the CBS Primetime Special “Dr. Phil’s Romance Rescue.” In 2006, Glazer was producer of Telemundo's "Vas O No Vas."
[edit] Event Planning
Glazer is also known for event planning. Most notably, his creation of a nation wide event tour for Columbia Pictures “Identity,” as well as TV Guide's SeenOn.com launch party, and other prominent media and press events in Los Angeles.
[edit] Blog
Glazer is the owner and head writer of gossip blog “TheCHIMP.net”, named after his alter-ego. On his website, Glazer posts gossip items about a variety of his prominent friends and celebrities. Articles are delivered with an irreverent and satirical style, best known for highlighting peoples' educational institutional and professional affiliations (ie: Duke ’02, Harvard Business School ’05, Merrill Lynch ‘current)
