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  • Tone Bell is a comedian and writer known for his infectious energy and relatable style of humor. When he started performing stand-up comedy he immediately gained recognition for his hilarious and engaging shows. When he first came to Los Angeles he quickly booked a recurring role on the show Whitney as RJ. After Whitney he then booked a role on the show Bad Judge and continued booking more and more series’ one after the other. In addition to his television roles, Bell has also appeared in critically acclaimed films like United States vs. Billie Holiday.

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  • Russell Peters began performing comedy in Toronto in 1989 and is arguably the most popular stand-up comedian in the world
 As his monumental reach--throughout several sold out tours--extends to several countries all around the globe, as he has performed in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Afghanistan, Sweden, South Africa, India, the Caribbean countries, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon, Oman, The Netherlands and Malaysia, among others all over the world.

    In 2007, peters was the first comedian to sell out Toronto's Air Canada Centre, with more than 16,000 tickets sold in two days for the single show, while ending up selling over 30,000 tickets nationally over a two-day sales period. Additionally, he broke a UK comedy sales record at London's o2 arena when he sold over 16,000 tickets to his show in 2009, performed the largest stand-up comedy show in Australian history in 2010 with an audience of just under 14,000, and shattered attendance records for a single stand-up comedy show at the Singapore indoor stadium.

    Peters has also participated in multiple USO tours of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Africa and Greenland. He has released multiple record breaking albums and DVDs (“Outsourced,” “Red White and Brown,” and “Green Card Tour: Live From the O2 Arena”) as well as a best selling book (“Call Me Russell”). He won a Gemini award in 2008 for the "best performance/host in a variety program/series and was also awarded the 2013 trailblazer award by the association of South Asians in Media, marketing and entertainment, being one of the first south Asians to enter the field and becoming one of the most successful comedians in the industry.

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  • Morgan Jay is a Musical Comedian for a Younger Generation. With over 2.9 Mil on TikTok & 760K on Insta his Funny Songs like "Friend Zone" & "Emotional Damage" draw inspiration from Bo Burnham & Adam Sandler's "Hanukkah" Song but not as far back as the Smothers Brothers. Morgan describes his 12 Year journey to Success in Comedy to Barry Katz & what he's learned along the way.

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  • Michael Mendehlson studied business at the University of Pennsylvania. He started his career in the entertainment industry from the mail room of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and working himself all the way up to becoming a major producer and CEO of Patriot Pictures. He has produced hit major motion pictures such as The Matrix directed by the Wachowski sisters, What Women Want from director Nancy Meyers, Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut Reservoir Dogs, and served as financier for David Fincher’s Fight Club.

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  • Steph Tolev is a comedian and actress. She was the winner of the Best Female Comedian award at the 2015 Canadian Comedy Awards. Her 2019 album I'm Not Well was nominated the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the year. In 2022 she was hand-picked by Bill Burr to open for his tour. She can also bee seen in the feature films Drugstore June and Old Dads.

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  • Earlier this month, the entertainment world suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Norman Lear. At 101 years old, he never stopped working and creating. Known for creating popular series such as All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Norman Lear has been one of my biggest inspirations in this business. I am so tremendously honored to have known him and been able to interview him on Industry Standard. I hope his words and stories inspire you the way they did for me.

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  • Earlier this month, the entertainment world suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Norman Lear. At 101 years old, he never stopped working and creating. Known for creating popular series such as All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Norman Lear has been one of my biggest inspirations in this business. I am so tremendously honored to have known him and been able to interview him on Industry Standard. I hope his words and stories inspire you the way they did for me.

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  • Judy Gold has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central, and appeared on Netflix’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a book all about free speech and cancel culture. She has also made numerous appearances on MSNBC, CNN, and News Nation as a free speech advocate. The book was turned into a solo show directed by B.D. Wong in March of 2023 and has received rave reviews and will begin touring in 2024. Judy also is the host of her own podcast Kill Me Now with Judy Gold. She has numerous guest appearances and recurring roles on countless series. She has also won two Emmy awards for her work writing on The Rosie O’Donnell Show.

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  • Judy Gold has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central, and appeared on Netflix’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a book all about free speech and cancel culture. She has also made numerous appearances on MSNBC, CNN, and News Nation as a free speech advocate. The book was turned into a solo show directed by B.D. Wong in March of 2023 and has received rave reviews and will begin touring in 2024. Judy also is the host of her own podcast Kill Me Now with Judy Gold. She has numerous guest appearances and recurring roles on countless series. She has also won two Emmy awards for her work writing on The Rosie O’Donnell Show.

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  • Nimesh Patel was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents. When he are up he moved to New York City and attended NYU where he got his degree in finance before pursuing comedy. He started his comedy career performing stand-up at the Stress Factory. In 2015 he was discovered by Chris Rock while performing inBrooklyn and was a part of Rock’s writing team for the 88th Academy Awards which earned him a Writers Guild Award nomination. He also wrote material for Hasan Minaj’s White House Correspondents dinner. In 2016 he became a finalist in Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network Pitch Panel at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. In 2017 he received his biggest break at that point when he became a full-time writer for Saturday Night Live, primarily contributing to the Weekend Update segments, work which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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  • Nimesh Patel was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents. When he are up he moved to New York City and attended NYU where he got his degree in finance before pursuing comedy. He started his comedy career performing stand-up at the Stress Factory. In 2015 he was discovered by Chris Rock while performing inBrooklyn and was a part of Rock’s writing team for the 88th Academy Awards which earned him a Writers Guild Award nomination. He also wrote material for Hasan Minaj’s White House Correspondents dinner. In 2016 he became a finalist in Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network Pitch Panel at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. In 2017 he received his biggest break at that point when he became a full-time writer for Saturday Night Live, primarily contributing to the Weekend Update segments, work which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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  • Dave Sirus is a writer, comedian, and actor who has worked on Saturday Night Live, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, co-wrote The King of Staten Island, and co-created Peacock’s original series Bupkis which released earlier this year to rave reviews. He started as a stand-up comedian in high school and eventually found success with the YouTube channel Brick Stone. Dave is a frequent collaborator with Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson. He has worked with even more legendary names in the business such as Ron Bennington, Jon Stewart, and George Carlin. One of the most respected and hardest working artists I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and working with in this business.

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  • Dave Sirus is a writer, comedian, and actor who has worked on Saturday Night Live, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, co-wrote The King of Staten Island, and co-created Peacock’s original series Bupkis which released earlier this year to rave reviews. He started as a stand-up comedian in high school and eventually found success with the YouTube channel Brick Stone. Dave is a frequent collaborator with Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson. He has worked with even more legendary names in the business such as Ron Bennington, Jon Stewart, and George Carlin. One of the most respected and hardest working artists I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and working with in this business.

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  • Adam Ferrara is a tremendous actor and comedian whom I’ve had the pleasure to know for a very long time in this business. He is known for co-hosting the BBC’S Top Gear U.S. for six seasons. He also starred on the Emmy-nominated FX drama Rescue Me with Denis Leary. He also featured on a number of episodes in the critically acclaimed Nurse Jackie starring Edie Falco. Some of his film appearances include Paul Blart: Mall Cop alongside Kevin James, Little Italy starring Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen, and Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds. He has also made numerous guest appearances on hit shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, and King of Queens over his long and storied career. He is also a two time nominee for the American Comedy Award for Stand-Up of the Year, has made 5 stand-up specials, and has performed for multiple U.S. senators as well as President Clinton.

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  • Adam Ferrara is a tremendous actor and comedian whom I’ve had the pleasure to know for a very long time in this business. He is known for co-hosting the BBC’S Top Gear U.S. for six seasons. He also starred on the Emmy-nominated FX drama Rescue Me with Denis Leary. He also featured on a number of episodes in the critically acclaimed Nurse Jackie starring Edie Falco. Some of his film appearances include Paul Blart: Mall Cop alongside Kevin James, Little Italy starring Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen, and Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds. He has also made numerous guest appearances on hit shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, and King of Queens over his long and storied career. He is also a two time nominee for the American Comedy Award for Stand-Up of the Year, has made 5 stand-up specials, and has performed for multiple U.S. senators as well as President Clinton.

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  • Keith and Kenny Lucas are brothers, actors, comedians, and writers currently rising as two of the freshest new faces on the comedy scene. Their first stand-up special, Lucas Brothers: On Drugs, premiered on Netflix in 2017. They also made appearances in season one of Netflix’s critically acclaimed Lady Dynamite. They also created their own animated series Lucas Bros Moving Co which aired for two seasons. They have also made appearances in the series Arrested Development and the 2014 summer blockbuster 22 Jump Street. More recently they received a story by credit and co-produced the critically lauded Judas and the Black Messiah, a film which earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

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  • Keith and Kenny Lucas are brothers, actors, comedians, and writers currently rising as two of the freshest new faces on the comedy scene. Their first stand-up special, Lucas Brothers: On Drugs, premiered on Netflix in 2017. They also made appearances in season one of Netflix’s critically acclaimed Lady Dynamite. They also created their own animated series Lucas Bros Moving Co which aired for two seasons. They have also made appearances in the series Arrested Development and the 2014 summer blockbuster 22 Jump Street. More recently they received a story by credit and co-produced the critically lauded Judas and the Black Messiah, a film which earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

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  • Troy Bond is currently one of the fastest rising stars in the New York comedy scene and all around the country. He began his career at 16 years old writing jokes and started performing at 17 where he became addicted to the laughter from the crowds and knew he had found his calling. Before he was even a senior in high school, Bond appeared in the Quick Improv interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, this video went viral and launched his career from there’s. He has made multiple small screen appearances on Hulu, Netflix, NBC and even hosted a game show, Reward the Fan. He gained even more popularity parodying Seinfeld on digital platforms all across social media where his fanbase continues to grow at a rapid trajectory. His stand-up special Heckler Calls Me Racist, has been viewed on his channel more than two million times. I hope you enjoy this special full length episode of Industry Standard.

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  • Kirk Fox is an actor, writer, producer and award-winning stand-up comedian. Fox was the host of the syndicated daytime conflict talk show The Test and had a recurring role on NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation as Sewage Joe. Other acting credits include Nickelodeon’s How to Rock, NBC’s Community, The Carmichael Show, The Mick, and as a series regular on CBS’s hour-long dramedy Rush Hour. Fox’s extensive television background includes multiple guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, as well as his own Comedy Central Presents. More recently, Fox has received critical acclaim for his role on Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty. His experience is not only limited to television, though. Fox has also built an impressive list of film credits including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Postman, Post Grad, The Patriot, and Wyatt Earp.

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  • Kirk Fox is an actor, writer, producer and award-winning stand-up comedian. Fox was the host of the syndicated daytime conflict talk show The Test and had a recurring role on NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation as Sewage Joe. Other acting credits include Nickelodeon’s How to Rock, NBC’s Community, The Carmichael Show, The Mick, and as a series regular on CBS’s hour-long dramedy Rush Hour. Fox’s extensive television background includes multiple guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, as well as his own Comedy Central Presents. More recently, Fox has received critical acclaim for his role on Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty. His experience is not only limited to television, though. Fox has also built an impressive list of film credits including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Postman, Post Grad, The Patriot, and Wyatt Earp.

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