J.D. Shapiro, an award-winning writer, director, and actor, performed his successful one-man show, I'm with Stupid, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023, where he shared insights from his 30+ years in the movie business. In this hour-long performance, Shapiro reflected on his diverse career, which includes writing the original screenplay for Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth - a film that infamously won multiple Golden Raspberry Awards, an honor Shapiro accepted in person.

He discussed collaborations with industry icons like Stan Lee, with whom he was a creative partner from 2002 to 2016, Mel Brooks, John Travolta, and his early encouragement from Robin Williams to pursue stand-up comedy, which led to his status as a paid regular at The Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip after just a year and a half in the scene.