Peter Engel Classic Rerelease
Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz
Barry Katz
4.8 • 946 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
In Memory of Peter Engel June 30, 1936 - March 4, 2025In this classic rerelease episode, Legendary TV producer Peter Engel joins Barry Katz to share wild stories from his career, spanning his early days around Saturday Night Live to creating the iconic TV hits like Saved by the Bell, California Dreams, and City Guys. Engel reveals how he discovered stars like Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, and Mario Lopez, and talks about working with Jay Mohr on Last Comic Standing, where he scored a deal that made him more money than the network. He also recalls hilarious casting mishaps, including Kathy Ireland’s guest role, and the near-launch of The Imposter. Plus, Engel shares personal memories of growing up in New York with Bernie Brillstein and a surprising elevator ride with John F. Kennedy.Blueprint for Successhttps://barrykatz.com/blueprintAre you a comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, manager, host, podcaster or agent? Would you like personalized help to reach all of your goals in the entertainment business? Click the link to learn more & join our FREE industry networking group full of decades of experience!Barry Katz Entertainmenthttps://barrykatz.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Barry. I thought I'd leave you a little message before I share this classic episode with the late great Peter Engel, the man who created Saved by the Bell and multiple other Saturday morning television shows that pioneered and changed the game. |
| 0:25.2 | And a man I also got to execute a produce with Jay Moore, |
| 0:31.7 | last comic standing, which was a great experience for me. certainly a great experience for Jay Moore, and a great |
| 0:43.7 | experience for everybody who ever got the chance to spend time and watch the magic of how |
| 0:53.4 | Peter Engel ran a show. |
| 0:58.0 | A true original, an amazing man. |
| 1:02.0 | And I'm so, so grateful and humbled |
| 1:06.0 | that I had the honor of working with him. |
| 1:13.6 | This was one of my first interviews I ever did, |
| 1:16.6 | probably the first five, |
| 1:20.2 | and it was magical, |
| 1:23.6 | truly, truly so insightful, |
| 1:26.6 | and had so much to offer. |
| 1:33.3 | And I know you're going to love this episode as much as I did. |
| 1:45.4 | So without further ado, in tribute in memoriam, Peter Engel welcome back to another episode of industry standard with me |
| 1:52.2 | Barry Katz |
| 1:53.7 | as I like to do in every |
| 1:57.5 | one of these podcasts I like to tell sort of a story that sort of relates to the person that I'm sitting across. |
| 2:06.4 | And this story involves myself and our guest today, Peter Engel. |
| 2:12.9 | We work together, which we'll talk about on a show called Last Comic Standing, that was an incredible |
| 2:19.3 | experience for both of us in many ways, had a lot of ups and downs. And this story sort of goes about |
| 2:27.7 | how it is when you're in the business, and sometimes you have those moments where you feel like |
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