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Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Rick Overton (Part 1 of 2)

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8946 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As a 40 year comedy vet, Rick Overton has starred in numerous HBO and Showtime specials and has had countless TV stand up appearances. He played The Drake on “Seinfeld” and Pam’s Dad on “The Office.” He currently recurs on Adult Swim’s “Children Hospital,” ABC’s “Last Man Standing,” TNT’s “Leverage” and recently guest starred on “The League,” “The Middle,” “The Kroll Show,” and “Newsreaders.” Rick has also guested on classic TV series like “Lost,” “E.R.,” “Made About You” and “Married With Children.” On the big screen, he has worked with A-list directors like Ron Howard, Chris Columbus, Harold Ramis, Jay Roach, and Steven Soderbergh, with roles in films like “Bad Teacher,” “The Informant,” “Dinner for Schmucks,” “Cloverfield,” “Groundhog Day,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and “Willow.” He also has an Emmy Award for writing on HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” Rick is currently a semi-regular contributor to the Huffington Post and hosts a popular podcast called “Overview” that is available on iTunes. His latest completely improvised special, "Set List" was released in June of 2021, and is available on Amazon Prime video, Apple TV and Youtube. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, I just want to take a moment to talk about a new thing I'm doing.

0:04.6

Over the years, many of you have reached out to me telling me how much you love the podcast,

0:09.6

but also wish there were more personalized takeaways and more in-depth interactions with our guests

0:15.1

to hear what they think about comedy. This is why I'm now launching my new digital academy,

0:20.3

Blueprint for Success. With exclusive interviews and comedy philosophies of stars and industry veterans,

0:27.4

personalized versions of the industry standard podcast, commercial free, and one-on-one coaching

0:33.2

time with me. Blueprint for Success will give you the powerful tools that will take you up the

0:39.1

elevator beyond the competition and reach the highest possible levels to achieve your dreams.

0:46.4

Whether it be stand-up, sketch, improv, acting, writing, producing, directing, hosting,

0:52.1

radio podcasting, social media influencing, or even if you want a career behind the scenes as a

0:58.0

manager or an agent. Now I'm here to help, personally. We'll go on an express train of comedy

1:06.0

and entertainment like nobody else has before. You can find out more about Blueprint for Success

1:12.1

and the comedy business on my website at berrycats.com. Together, we'll take your career where you want

1:20.0

it to go. But to break it down to be described, it would be, I'm watching the guy ahead of me,

1:27.1

I'm watching the ones before that, I'm seeing the basic topics of the main cover, then I have to

1:30.0

adjust everything and rearrange it so it looks like I have my version of all that and I didn't steal it.

1:33.6

And then on top of that, you have to improvise a little bit of talking to the people in advance

1:37.6

after they've been spoken to the entire evening because you're the headliner. And you have to find

1:41.1

a new way to talk to them and don't ask the same questions again. And rather than say, I'll never

1:48.1

kill this, I'll have a head middle guy's destroy to the point where I'm like, oh god,

1:51.6

I'm going to do that to the middle guy. Just stay in the moment, just stay in the moment, just stay in the moment.

1:55.6

Just stay in that moment.

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