Craig Shoemaker

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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In this episode of Industry Standard, Barry Katz sits down with comedian and actor Craig Shoemaker for a wide-ranging, hilarious, and deeply personal conversation. Known for his unforgettable “Love Master” character, Craig talks about how that voice and persona grew out of his own awkward teenage years and became a crowd favorite alongside his sharp stand-up and impressions. He and Barry swap stories about working with Dane Cook, Jay Mohr, Whitney Cummings, Bert Kreischer, Carrot Top, Richard Jeni, and more, while digging into the ups and downs of a life in comedy. From early gigs in Philadelphia to headlining across the country, Craig shares the laughter, the struggles, and the resilience that shaped his career and kept audiences coming back for more.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barry Katz, excited about this episode today with my guest, Craig Shoemaker.
0:11.5	I've known this guy a long, long time, and he's done so many things in the business.
0:16.9	And I'm really excited about it. You're going to learn a lot from him.
0:20.4	If you need to reach me,
0:21.5	you can do so at X or Instagram at Barrycats or on my website at Barrycats.com. And if you want to
0:31.6	get to the next level as an artist, then you need that extra edge. You can go to the industry blueprint.com.
0:40.9	And when I think about my guest today, Craig Shoemaker, I think of a guy who has been around
0:47.2	for a long, long time. I mean, this is a guy who I brought into my comedy club in Boston
0:53.3	40 years ago. I can't even believe it when
0:56.6	I was like a teenager in my 20s. And he came in and he got a standing ovation, one of the few people
1:03.0	who ever came into the city and did that. And he just had it right from the beginning. It was
1:10.1	incredible. Throughout his career, he's done so many different things.
1:15.6	It's just crazy.
1:16.6	You don't even understand or think about the level of diversity this guy brings to the table
1:25.6	in terms of how many different things he's done what he's been able to do.
1:32.3	I mean, he's won two Emmy Awards.
1:35.3	He's ranked among the IMDB's top 100 stand-up comics.
1:41.3	He won the comedian of a year award at the American Comedy Awards. I mean, he's,
1:48.7	I think he performed for four U.S. presidents. It's just incredible. And not only that,
1:56.9	part of his life is to heal people through laughter, and he has dedicated his life to a company called laughter heals.
2:07.8	It's just an incredible foundation where he helps people of all different areas of the world and issues they're dealing with, create a more positive
2:19.5	outlook on life through the power of laughter.
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