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Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Steve Sweeney (Part 1 of 2)

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.7951 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

STEVE SWEENEY is a comedian and actor known for "Back to School," "Me, Myself & Irene" and "The Equalizer." He is a legendary Boston comedian known as a master of dialects and character voices.  He has been a featured on major television shows including "David Letterman," "Evening at the Improv," "Comics Come Home," and Comedy Central, and starred in his own Boston-based sitcom, "Park Street Under." In this episode, Barry and Steve exchange stories from the past and talk about growing up and exploring the comedy scene in Boston. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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.

0:04.0

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

0:09.0

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

0:15.2

to hear what they think about comedy.

0:17.2

This is why I'm now launching my new digital academy, Blueprint for Success.

0:23.1

With exclusive interviews and comedy philosophies of stars and industry veterans, personalized

0:28.2

versions of the Industry Standard Podcast, commercial-free, and one-on-one coaching time with me.

0:35.0

Blueprint for Success will give you the powerful tools that will take you up the elevator

0:40.0

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

0:46.6

Whether it be stand-up sketch, improv, acting, writing, producing, directing, hosting, radio podcasting, social media influencing, or even if you want a career

0:56.8

behind the scenes as a manager or an agent.

1:00.3

Now I'm here to help, personally.

1:03.0

We'll go on an express train of comedy

1:06.0

and entertainment like nobody else has before.

1:09.0

You can find out more about Blueprint for Success

1:12.0

and the comedy business on my website at Barrycats.com.

1:16.5

Together will take your career where you want it to go.

1:21.4

If I'm doing a movie, the point of a movie in a conversation like a

1:29.2

Woody Allen movie is believability, right? So it's conversational. But then when I watch Stand Up it's different.

1:38.0

It's a rhythm of like set it up and then boom, you know, boom, boom, boom, I had to learn all that. Hey everybody welcome back to another episode of industry standard with Barrycats, I'm really, really excited about the show today

2:07.1

because an inspirational guy from Boston where I started is here in town with a new movie by his own name

2:19.0

Sweeney killing Sweeney and I was lucky enough to catch up with him at the W Hotel and we had a

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