Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barry Katz.

If you need to reach me, you can do so at Barry Katz at X or Instagram or baricats.com.

Or if you want kind of a leg up on the industry or learn about how to take your career to the next level in the comedy business,

just go to the industry blueprint.com.

Today we have a great episode with agent, longtime agent, Danny Robinson, who probably has had

a four-decade career in representation at the agency

for the performing arts, or as they like to call it, APA, really special place, really special

guy.

I know you're going to learn a lot from him, as I did today.

Really, really, truly extraordinary stories.

And if you're anybody trying to get to the next level in this business,

this is definitely a interview that you should take note of.

And when I think of Dandy, I think of a guy who stayed at the agency for the

performing arts for decades and not just stayed, persevered, you know, working with artists

such as Harry Anderson, Stephen Wright, Paul Rubens, Tiffany Haddish, Sandler. Just a remarkable longevity at that company.

And I think it's really, really impressive. And in its most simplistic form, there's many ways to look at how we do things in this crazy world.

There's people who are revered for moving forward in many different ways and many different

initiatives and many different companies.

And we all have respect for those people who do that, who keep reinventing themselves.

But there also is an incredible level of respect for the people who are at one company,

forge a career at that company, and continue to make their mark every year through changing times and difficult situations

and many unique challenges.

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