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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

it to go. Selling out Madison Square Garden is worthless if it didn't make you think of five other

things that you wanted to do once you sold out Madison Square Garden. How do you know when it's

right? Even if it's that open mic, if it's five people, if it's the Paulo on a Monday night,

if it's whatever, if that thing makes you think of five other exhilarating things, then keep doing it.

Welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Berrycats. Very, very happy today

because in Montreal, interviewing an international comedian who I have never met in my lifetime

and I'm excited to meet him and talk to him and I'm talking about Vera Doss. And before I

start here, I just want to thank all of you for all of your incredible letters and texts and

FedExes and all kinds of communications. It's been incredibly humbling and the fact that you

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