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Barry Spilchuk, Best Selling Author on The DavidKamatoy.com ShowSan Diego, CA (For Release) - Motivational Speaker Barry Spilchuk, author of A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul, joins host David Kamatoy on a new episode of The DavidKamatoy.com Show. An entrepreneur, entertainer, and email marketing veteran, David Kamatoy brings decades of experience in a wide variety of fields, including tv/radio production, business development, and juggling. His show examines the intersection of business, entertainment, and marketing and can be found on multiple platforms. For David, it was an honor and pleasure to have long-time personal development colleague Barry Spilchuk on one of his first episodes.
Often called the “Dale Carnegie of Canada,” Barry Spilchuk has spent the better part of three decades following in the personal development footsteps of his mentor Jack Canfield. On the show, Barry relates how he came to write what was then the seventh book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul sold over one million copies and helped launch the expansion of the franchise to include authors from outside Canfield’s immediate organization. During the interview, Barry shares with David his two business strategy keys: “Love” and “Truth.” “Love is the number one business strategy,” he explains. You have to love what you do and why you do it. Just as important, you need to be willing to speak the truth, even if it is not what someone wants to hear - whether that is about a project, an opinion, or yourself. Barry relates how he originally suggested the original Chicken Soup book could be “shrunk” down into a “cup,” and how Canfield then gave the task to him. When Barry showed the first draft to Canfield, he was told that it wasn’t up to the standards of the previous books and needed to be rewritten. “When your mentor has the guts to tell you, ‘This isn’t good enough,’ it can be devastating. Rather than give up, Barry hunkered down and created what would become the best-selling A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soup.
“Next to love, truth is the next key in business we have to have,” Barry explains to David in the interview. “We have to have the truth to tell people, ‘This is my vision, and no, I’m sorry, that doesn’t fit my vision.’” This then becomes a guiding principle in all you do and what you are. “Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and tell the truth about who you are, what you’re doing, and why you’re doing it.” “It was wonderful having my good friend Barry Spilchuk on the show,” says host David Kamatoy. “We go way back to my early days in self-development, and there is no one I would rather have join me as I launch the new DavidKamatoy.com Show. I encourage everyone to check Barry out online and see just how incredible he is.”
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A former U.S. Marine who attended Harvard on a Marine Corps ROTC scholarship, James P. Connolly got his comedy start when he was ordered to write jokes for a Colonel. Since that beginning, he has appeared on America’s Got Talent, Comedy Central, HBO, in the Netflix series, “Larry Charles: Dangerous World of Comedy” and can be heard daily on SiriusXM Comedy Channels. His Dry Bar Comedy Special was released in 2022.
Billed as “The greatest band you’ve never heard of,” Featured Act The SHOW with Adam and Sean has performed at such venues as the Chance Theater in Orange County, The Stage in Burbank, and the Loft Ensemble in Los Angeles. Featuring San Diego native Adam Chambers and Omaha product Sean Durrie, the duo perform as the house band in a monthly show in LA called Another Late Night Comedy Show with Mike Perkins.
A recently divorced former desperate housewife living in beautiful Coronado, CA, Sue Shirey has been doing comedy for 15 years and is lead singer in the band The Suenamis. She is the founder and director of the James Shirey Foundation in memory of her son James who passed away in 2009 and has held many comedy fundraisers to benefit her foundation.
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nce again be supporting GenerateHope with our show at UC San Diego Park and Market,” says Mark Chirstopher Lawrence. “This is an organization that is doing amazing work for a critically underserved population in our community, and I encourage everyone to come out and learn what they do and how you can help. We’ll ‘bring da funny,’ and you bring the energy. You’ll go home feeling good about what your attendance has done for this group, and you’ll have a ‘holarious’ time doing it.”
Headliner Edwonda White is a Def Comedy Jam AllStar and a B.E.T’s Comic View AllStar. In addition to her stand-up comedy, she is a screenwriter and radio personality who regularly appears on Quake’s House, a syndicated radio show on SiriusXM Radio. Edwonda has been featured on several television shows, including Martin Lawrence’s “1st Amendment Stand Up” on STARZ and Jennifer Lopez’s Comedy Show “Stand Up And Deliver.”
Featured act Louie Centanni is known for his poignant observations about the absurdities of childhood, aging, step-parenting, and owning a dog that is too big for this world. Currently he is workshopping an introspective and heartwarming blend of standup comedy and storytelling that reflects on whether any of us is ever truly "ready" for life's biggest moments.
Bijan Mostafavi is best known for his quick wit, hilarious stories and severe asthma. He was most recently the head writer and party correspondent for “Tonight in San Diego” on the CW6.
“I’m excited to be collaborating again with UC San Diego Park and Market for Comedy Night at the Guggenheim Theatre in San Diego,” says Mark Christopher Lawrence, “and to support a wonderful organization like GenerateHope. We’re gonna ‘bring da funny’ to Downtown and send people home laughing, and at the same time help very needy members of our San Diego community. I encourage everyone to get their tickets before they’re all gone.”
Part of the UC San Diego Park & Market complex run by the Collaboratory for Downtown Innovation, The Guggenheim Theatre is one of the most desired stages in San Diego. This partnership between UC San Diego Extension and the Downtown San Diego Partnership is designed to support entrepreneurs and Downtown innovators. Partner agencies in the project include the City of San Diego, Startup San Diego and SEED San Diego. Slated to be the best show in San Diego, Comedy Night at the Guggenheim is not to be missed.
Known as "Mr. Punchline," headliner Scott Wood has performed at such venues as The Ice House, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory, and was named Stand Up Comedy Champion at the Improv Comedy Club. He is also the creator and host of the comedy cooking show "Something Smells Funny," currently streaming on Tubi TV.
Lisa Gilbert is a regular at Mic Drop Comedy Club and is recognized as one of the Best Of at The Comedy Store. Lisa has been featured in Comedy festivals like The Ladies Room Comedy Festival, Cactus Comedy Classic, Black Woman in Comedy Festival, and was a runner-up in the Funniest Housewives Comedy Competition.
A San Diego native, musical guest Ash Foster sings with multiple projects, including The Mondaze and The Gray Kats, as well as performing solo. She also hosts several events with House Concert Series and Make Music Day.
Lester Barrie is not only a headlining comic, but he is also a Christian pastor. He has been the opening act for Ray Charles and been a co-headliner with Mike Epps, Jonnie Witherspoon, and Bruce Bruce. Mr. Barrie holds the distinction of being named best comedian on Star Search over a young Dave Chappelle in 1993, and he continues to appear on stage at the Laugh Factory in both Hollywood and Long Beach.
Jesse Egan is a winner of the San Diego’s Funniest Person contest and performs stand-up in venues around the country. A graduate of UC San Diego, Mr. Egan has won 2 Emmys and an American Advertising Award as a script writer for Raindrop marketing. He also teaches courses in stand-up comedy and public speaking.
With a focus on slice-of-life situations, Jessica Alaniz has performed around Southern California. She has appeared at such venues as the Pasadena Ice House and the Laugh Factory in Long Beach and Hollywood.
After beginning a career in social work with the elderly, Steven David Elliot became interested in marketing after learning sales technique from a cousin. Remembering what his elderly clients had often said to him while in social work about regrets for things they had not done, Elliot decided to follow a dream and open up a bookstore. Eventually he had four successful bookstores, two each in North Carolina and Miami, Florida, which he ran for 15 years. Even in an era of growing online book sales, Elliot’s stores thrived because of his emphasis on networking.
