Fake Mustache Studios Launches New Groundbreaking Podcast "Industry Standard" with Barry Katz on Monday July 15th
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2013 -- From the company that produces Mohr Stories, one of the most popular and downloaded podcasts in the world with over 16 million listeners, comes the newest addition to their burgeoning line-up: "Industry Standard" with Barry Katz. One of the most recognizable and respected executives in the comedy profession, Katz will be the first manager/producer to ever launch a podcast. Since being Jay Mohr’s first guest on his premiere show, in the past few years, Katz has been featured in nine podcasts that have garnered over 1.5 million listeners.
“It quickly became evident, that the listeners responded in a huge way to Barry’s sage advice about the business, which relates to people of all walks of life. In all the shows we have done together, there hasn’t been one negative comment and he is consistently the most listened to guest I have featured since I started Mohr Stories. It became clear with every show we did together that I would be remiss if I didn’t offer him the opportunity to host his own show,” said Mohr.
The show premieres today, Monday July 15th, and will feature new original episode each week on Mondays. "Industry Standard" will feature interviews with a plethora of Hollywood’s heaviest hitters, showcasing an array of the most brilliant and influential people in the entertainment world, with the focus on the people in Hollywood who are involved in creating content that inspires people from around the globe through film, television, the internet, and music.
“The response from the shows I did with Jay has been overwhelming. I am very grateful for this opportunity to bring a unique and original spin to the Podcasting audiences,” said Katz.
Barry will explore how these industry trailblazers got started, what inspired them to get into this business, and the decisions they made along the way to overcome adversity. He will discuss all of the judgments they came to that changed the way the world looks at media and all of the astonishing moments in their careers. The show will pull back the curtain on the industry, while always being informative, funny, and motivating to all those who listen.
"Industry Standard" is being produced by Fake Mustache Studios, which is owned and operated by Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox. Sara Elizabeth (Barry Katz Entertainment) & Matty Cox (Jay Mohr Sports/Mohr Stories) will be Producers on the podcast.
About Barry Katz
Barry Katz graduated from Boston University with a degree specializing in working with the disabled. Katz started his "alternative" career as a stand-up comic in Beantown, and it was there that he performed with such established artists as Denis Leary, Bob Goldthwait, and Steven Wright; while also managing various comedy clubs in the New England area for over a decade. In the early 90's, he decided to quit performing and move full time to New York City, opening up the Boston Comedy Club in Greenwich Village, while simultaneously starting his own management company that immediately landed 4 clients on Saturday Night Live (the first being Jay Mohr). This led him to expand his operation to LA where he signed a 4 year overall executive producer deal with Disney to develop television shows, and went on to broker an unprecedented 100 TV development deals.
He is universally known for helping launch the careers of some of the most groundbreaking comedy artists in the business…including Mohr, Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook, Anthony Clark, Nick Swardson, Tracy Morgan, Darrell Hammond, Whitney Cummings, and Louis CK.
In addition, Katz has produced multiple comedy albums that have gone gold, platinum, and double platinum, as well as producing several films including Employee of the Month (with Cook), Good Luck Chuck (with Jessica Alba), and My Best Friend's Girl (with Kate Hudson and Alec Baldwin).
Additionally, he has created three television shows (ABC's The Next Best Thing, NESN'S Comedy All-Stars, and the FOX sketch pilot Naked But Funny), and has executive produced over 30 different TV stand-up specials, documentaries, reality programs, and scripted shows including NBC's Whitney, Fox's Action, HBO's Tourgasm, History Channel's Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery, Comedy Central's Christopher Titus: Neverlution, TBS's Frank TV, E!’s Pretty Wild, Showtime's Bill Bellamy: Crazy, Sexy, Dirty, and 7 seasons of the Emmy nominated NBC series Last Comic Standing.
About Fake Mustache Studios
Fake Mustache Studios are the production company behind the hit podcast Mohr Stories & within three months it was the top downloaded podcast on iTunes and consistently is one of the highest rated internet shows in the world. They are also the podcast network behind four other highly rated podcasts: The Crabfeast with Ryan Sickler & Jay Larson, The Perfect 10 with Ralphie May & Lahna Turner, Talkins’ Hit with Eddie Ifft, & Let Me Tell You Something with Caroline Manzo.
Contacts:
For Industry Standard with Barry Katz:
Barry Katz
bk(at)barrykatz(dot)com
424.238.2300
Sara Elizabeth
Sara(at)barrykatz(dot)com
424.238.2300
For Fake Mustache Studios:
Cori Fry
cori(at)opendoorfilmz(dot)com
323-691-6083
Alexander Ali, The SOCIETY Group, 310-991-6368, [email protected]
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