Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

KEITH ROBINSON is a comedian, writer and actor, originally from Philadelphia and currently residing in New York.  He was a finalist on Ed McMahon's "Star Search," and is a frequent emcee at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan.  Robinson's television credits include the announcer and sidekick on "The Wanda Sykes Show," panel on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and "The Chelsea Lately Show," and wrote for "Chappelle's Show."  He also appeared in the films "Diary of a Tired Black Man," "Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault," and Judd Apatow's "Trainwreck" with Amy Schumer.  Last year he released his special "Kevin Hart Presents:  Keith Robinson - Back of the Bus Funny."

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PETER O'FALLON is a writer, director, and producer with a career spanning commercials, film, and television.  His commercials won several Cleo awards, which helped him make the jump to feature film.  O'Fallon directed the cult classic "Suicide Kings," with Christopher Walken and Denis Leary, and he also co-wrote and directed "A Rumor of Angels" starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta.  His television work includes "American Gothic" for CBS, "That Was Then" for ABC, "Eureka" for Syfy, "Blade" for Spike, and "The Riches" and "Legit" for FX, the latter of which he co-created with comedian Jim Jefferies.  O'Fallon's latest project is Lifetime's "Unreal" starring Constance Zimmer.

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Best of Industry Standard 2015 (Part 2 of 2) features the invaluable words of wisdom of 20 more of the best guests on Industry Standard during the past year...including Norman Lear, Brad Williams, Jeff Gaspin, Larry Miller, Randy Jackson, and many more!

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Best of Industry Standard 2015 (Part 1 of 2) features the invaluable words of wisdom of 20 of the best guests on Industry Standard during the past year...including Judd Apatow, Pete Holmes, Chris D'Elia, Bert Kreischer, Warren Littlefield, and many more!

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JIMMY TINGLE is a comedian, actor, and producer from Boston who began his career during the 1980s comedy boom.  He has executive produced multiple comedic and theatrical productions, including "The Promised Land," "Jimmy Tingle's American Dream," "Jimmy Tingle for President," as well as "Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense" which became the longest running one-person show in the history of Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theater.  In 2010, Tingle gave the commencement speech at Harvard.  He also wrote, produced, and starred in his first documentary film, "Jimmy Tingle's American Dream," which aired on PBS.  Tingle's film credits include roles in Larry David's "Clear History," Chris Rock's "Head of State," "Next Stop, Wonderland" and "Boondock Saints."  He has appeared on "The Tonight Show," "Larry King's Weekend," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The American Comedy Awards," and NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross."

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JOHN FERRITER is the Chairman and CEO of The Alternative, a new Management and Entertainment Production Company.  Formerly the Managing Director of Octagon Entertainment and the former Executive Vice President Board Member and Worldwide Head of Non-Scripted Television for the William Morris Agency John has packaged or produced literally 100’s of programs and thousands of hours of television. Among the shows he has been associated with include several Garth Brooks TV Specials, “The Arsenio Hall Show,” “Blue Collar TV,” “Fear Factor,” “The Biggest Loser,” “Project Runway,” “The Man Show,” “Chelsea Lately,” “The Tom Green Show,” “Piers Morgan Tonight,” “Larry King Live,” “Dr. Drew,” “Donny & Marie,” “Name That Tune,” “The Weakest Link,” and many more.  John is also a successful touring and recording musician having played with The Stingrays and The Tearaways for years.

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BRAD WILLIAMS is a comedian, podcaster and actor.  Born with Achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism, Williams has been performing stand up comedy since the age of 19.  He has appeared on "Mind of Mencia," "Legit," "Deadbeat," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Pit Boss".  His first comedy album, "Coming Up Short," was released in 2011, and in his 2015 special "Brad Williams: Fun Size" is Showtime's highest rated special of the year.  Williams is a frequest guest on "The Kevin and Bean Show" on KROQ and has performed multiple times at their annual "April Foolishness" show. Williams also hosts the "About Last Night" podcast with fellow comedian Adam Ray, and was a host of the weekday morning radio show on San Francisco's LIVE 105.

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KENNY HOTZ is a producer, actor, writer, director, and comedian.  Hotz created and starred in "Kenny vs. Spenny" in 2003 for USA Network, which was then picked up by CBC Television in Canada.  The show was nominated for 8 Gemini awards, and eventually made it's way to Comedy Central.  He created the sitcom "Testees" for FX in 2008, and produced and starred in "Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will" for Canada's Action network in 2011.  His film work includes the documentary "Pitch," which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 1997, and 2004's "The Papal Chase," in which Hotz tries to meet Pope John Paul II.  Along with Spencer Rice, Hotz embarked on the "Kenny vs. Spenny vs. Canada Comedy Tour."  Hotz has also written for "South Park", and won in Vice Magazine's first annual Story Awards for his 2006 piece, "I Told My Friend He Had AIDS."

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JEFF GASPIN is a behemoth in the business.  He is best know for being the chairman of NBC Entertainment from 2009-2011, where he was responsible for generating over $10 billion in revenue, and was instrumental in the acquisition of "The Voice," and the growth of cable networks USA, SyFy, Bravo, Oxygen, and Telemundo.  He was also very involved with Universal Media Studios, which did “House," "30 Rock,” "Law & Order: SVU," and many more.  During his time as President and COO of NBC Universal Television Group from February 2007 to June 2009, he was involved in the early efforts to create the wildly successful Hulu media service and was an early proponent of online steaming video, resulting in doubled traffic to the company's various websites.  His efforts helped the company break ratings records and quadrupled growth in revenue and profits.   Gaspin was also responsible for bringing Jay Leno back to late-night television.  In 2012, he formed Gaspin Media, whose clients include AETN Networks, Discovery, Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia), and several private equity firms.  This past year, he has the executive producer for the tv shows “Barmaggedon," "Match Made In Heaven," “Fit2Fat2Fit,” and an updated version of "To Tell The Truth.”  Recently his latest initiative was as the CEO, Chairman, and founder of TAPP, a subscription platform connecting niche personalities with their superfans.

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ANDY KINDLER is a comedian, actor, and writer.  Kindler has been writing and performing for nearly three decades.  In 1992, he appeared on the 15th annual Young Comedians special.  He has appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond, Maron, Dr. Katz, The Wizards of Waverly Place, Home Movies, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Raising Dad.  Andy was a contributor to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and was a regular fixture on The Late Show with David Letterman and appeared four times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  Kindler is well known in the comedy world for delivering his annual state of the industry address at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival.  He is currently the voice of Mort the Mortician on the FOX annimated show, Bob's Burgers.

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