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Be Here For A While

24: Industry legend Barry Katz on making it in the business

Be Here For A While

Be Here For A While

Education, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Self-improvement

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Rachael sits down with industry legend Barry Katz who is universally known for helping launch the careers of some of the most extraordinary comedy artists int he business - including Dave Chappelle, Anthony Clark, Nick Swardson, Tracy Morgan, Bill Burr, Darrell Hammond, Whitney Cummings, Jay Mohr, Dane Cook, and Louie CK. Rachael soaks up all the advice Barry has to offer about finding your niche, navitaging distraction, and the different definitions of "making it" in the business. Check out Barry's very successful podcast, "Industry Standard", a one-of-a-kind weekly inspirational podcast that features an insiders look at Hollywood from a totally different perspective, featuring behind-the-scenes A-list players who candidly reveal the risky decisions they made that led to the most groundbreaking internet, television, radio, music, and film content in the world.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Be Here for a while. I am the most

0:17.8

excited about my guest today. To me this guy is a legend and if you don't know him you will know why by the end of this

0:26.4

podcast.

0:28.3

He has introduced Hollywood to some of comedy's biggest names like Dane Cook, Bill Burr, Wanda Sykes,

0:35.8

Darryle Hammond, who else who else? Dave Chappelle to name a few just everyone.

0:41.4

And I think you're really gonna love to love him super nice guy gives great advice

0:46.2

the very famous Barry Cats. Thanks for doing this. This is so exciting

0:51.7

sure it is I I am excited.

0:54.0

It's a shame you have absolutely no charisma.

0:58.0

I really?

0:59.0

Thank you.

1:00.0

It's unbelievable.

1:01.0

You could like light up an entire continent. I figured most of my charisma was in person but thank you

1:06.9

It is it is. Oh yeah, well, you know, but they can't see this

1:10.7

But I can see it. You're looking you're in all your splendor you're wearing a Boston shirt. Do you like Boston the town Boston the band which was one of my favorite bands of all time and you're wearing your little

1:22.9

leather dominatrix cast you got on there

1:25.4

with your mini shorts that are, I don't even know

1:28.9

how, where they're going.

1:30.4

They're not that short.

1:31.4

These are practically pants

1:33.4

what do people wear like what do you well it's really hot out it's 90 degrees out I

1:37.2

would know that I've been inside and you're wearing a ski jacket you have two

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