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472 - Turning No's Into Yes's with Hollywood Manager Barry Katz

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood manager Barry Katz (Industry Standard) managed comedian Tracy Morgan and helped him get on Saturday Night Live...barely. Plus, later in the show we talk about Louis C.K. and sexual harassment in Hollywood. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.

0:08.2

Today on the show, Hollywood manager Barry Katz tells a story about how he helped Tracy Morgan

0:14.0

get on Saturday Night Live by turning nose into yeses.

0:19.0

And we made a decision who we feel is the least likely to have a shot at getting Saturday

0:27.4

Day Live and we're going to remove them from the showcase.

0:31.6

And unfortunately that's one of your artists.

0:34.6

I said, I can't do this. Please don't do this. You know, we've been working so

0:40.6

hard. It's just an extra five minutes. Who is the person? Tracy Morgan.

0:50.8

Don't miss this incredible and inspirational story by Barry Katz about perseverance, tenacity, and how to turn nose into yeses.

1:00.5

Today on Storyworthy. Stay close.

1:04.3

Hey, it's Barry Katz, and you're listening to a great podcast, Storyworthy.

1:08.9

Thank you. to a great podcast, Story Worth.

1:22.6

Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

1:27.1

I'm so glad you guys tuned in today. Whether you're a long-time fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. Now, I hope you guys enjoyed the story last week with Phil Rosenthal. Phil, obviously, like one of the nicest guys in the world, and his series, which used to be called I'll have what phil's having is now different now it's

1:45.8

called and maybe you don't even know this i'm going to tell you right now barry cats it's called

1:49.8

someone feed phil and it's on netflix so this is very exciting it's a brand new announcement

1:55.9

the show is just starting now in january on netflix we're in January, so I can tell you that. I love

2:01.8

Phil Rosenthal. So do I. And if you guys haven't heard Phil on Storyworthy yet, please go back

2:06.7

and listen to that, but not right now, because today I am here and I am honored to be with the

2:11.8

one and only Barry Katz, who's been on the show before. Isn't that true of everybody? Isn't

2:16.3

everybody the one and only?

2:17.8

No, no, not really. A lot. I'd like to introduce the three and maybe. Yeah, it's just some

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