Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz interviews legendary comedian George Carlin's daughter Kelly Carlin about her experience growing up with a famous father, finding her own path and becoming a successful comedian, writer and producer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Barry Katz continues his conversation with publicist Michael Levine to talk about his pathway to success and listen to his advice. Levine has represented a record-breaking 58 Academy Award winners, 34 Grammy Award winners, 43 New York Times best-sellers. The people he has represented include Michael Jackson, Prince, George Carlin, David Bowie, Sandra Bullock and more. He has authored 19 books, including 5 best-sellers, "Broken Windows, Broken Business" (Warner Books) and "Guerrilla P.R." (HarperCollins Publisher). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Barry Katz invites publicist Michael Levine to talk about his pathway to success and listen to his advice. Levine has represented a record-breaking 58 Academy Award winners, 34 Grammy Award winners, 43 New York Times best-sellers. The people he has represented include Michael Jackson, Prince, George Carlin, David Bowie, Sandra Bullock and more. He has authored 19 books, including 5 best-sellers, "Broken Windows, Broken Business" (Warner Books) and "Guerrilla P.R." (HarperCollins Publisher). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jim Gaffigan worked in the advertising business on award-winning campaigns for Sierra Mist, ESPN, Saturn, and Rolling Rock, earning him Business Week's 1999 salesman of the year award. He got his first big break on Late Show with David Letterman, who handpicked him to develop a CBS sitcom, Welcome to New York, shot in the big apple. He has appeared on numerous TV series and feature films including the Dan Aykroyd series Soul Man and the films Three Kings and Super Troopers. Jim has been nominated for two Grammy awards, his last special was the most watched special on Comedy Central in 2014, the accompanying album was number 11 on the main Billboard charts and # 1 on the comedy charts. In 2015, he performed at Madison Square Garden. Jeannie Gaffigan has a masters degree in directing from Marquette University, and went on to work at a repertory theater in Milwaukee, before she moved to New York, where she performed in sketch comedy groups and theater companies where playwrights developed original plays. Soon after, she founded the not-for-profit theater company Shakespeare on the Playground, dedicated to teaching literacy and production to urban youth through the performance of full Shakespearean plays. Together, Jim and Jeannie wrote and executive produced all 5 of Jim's award winning comedy specials, the animated series Pale Force, starring Jim and Conan O'Brien, for which they received an Emmy nomination, and the TV Land series The Jim Gaffigan Show, where Jeannie received the Christopher and Elouqentia Perfecta awards for her work in television. Together they are one of the most prolific husband and wife teams in the business. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jim Gaffigan worked in the advertising business on award-winning campaigns for Sierra Mist, ESPN, Saturn, and Rolling Rock, earning him Business Week's 1999 salesman of the year award. He got his first big break on Late Show with David Letterman, who handpicked him to develop a CBS sitcom, Welcome to New York, shot in the big apple. He has appeared on numerous TV series and feature films including the Dan Aykroyd series Soul Man and the films Three Kings and Super Troopers. Jim has been nominated for two Grammy awards, his last special was the most watched special on Comedy Central in 2014, the accompanying album was number 11 on the main Billboard charts and # 1 on the comedy charts. In 2015, he performed at Madison Square Garden. Jeannie Gaffigan has a masters degree in directing from Marquette University, and went on to work at a repertory theater in Milwaukee, before she moved to New York, where she performed in sketch comedy groups and theater companies where playwrights developed original plays. Soon after, she founded the not-for-profit theater company Shakespeare on the Playground, dedicated to teaching literacy and production to urban youth through the performance of full Shakespearean plays. Together, Jim and Jeannie wrote and executive produced all 5 of Jim's award winning comedy specials, the animated series Pale Force, starring Jim and Conan O'Brien, for which they received an Emmy nomination, and the TV Land series The Jim Gaffigan Show, where Jeannie received the Christopher and Elouqentia Perfecta awards for her work in television. Together they are one of the most prolific husband and wife teams in the business. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian, writer and game show host BEN GLEIB (Idiotest, Chelsea Lately, Neurotic Gangster) is back for the second part of the re-release of his old episode of Industry Standard with 25min of NEW added content recorded this past week! In it, Gleib talks about his campaign to become president of the United States in 2020, as well as his dreams, aspirations and goals for this country. For more info, go to: www.gleib2020.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian, writer and game show host BEN GLEIB (Idiotest, Chelsea Lately, Neurotic Gangster) is back for a re-release of an old episode of Industry Standard with 25min of NEW added content recorded this past week! In it, Gleib talks about his campaign to become president of the United States in 2020, as well as his dreams, aspirations and goals for this country. For more info, go to: www.gleib2020.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this second part, Murray Langston (a.k.a The Unknown Comic) shares his stories of working and meeting some of the greatest people on earth. From partying with Elvis and meeting Dean Martin to working with Cher, the stories keep getting better and better as he goes along. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this exceptional interview, Murray Langston shares how he came up with the idea of the "Unknown Comic," and takes it way back to his early days in an impoverished family in Canada, his enrolment in the US Navy and his first appearance on "The Gong Show" and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this second episode, producer/director Michael Pressman talks about his beginnings in the business, how he started acting, moved to Los Angeles, went to CalArts and directed his first film, thanks to the support of the legendary Roger Corman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.