Total Schmidt Show
Comedian Lenny Schmidt travels the world and chats with other live performers who have also built a successful career entertaining audiences globally. Lenny Schmidt has been a traveling Stand-up Comedian for over thirty years. In "Total Schmidt Show", Lenny sits and chats with other entertainers he runs in to as he travels. Comedians, singers, dancers, singers, song writers, magicians.... everyone who has built a career traveling and performing live on stages, cruise ships, theaters, TV, film, comedy clubs, concert halls, bar mitzvahs, strip clubs, or alleys. Some you will know. Some you will not. We shine a light on the working (not famous) live entertainer. TSS was inspired by Lenny's previous podcast, "Quarantine Comedy", During the pandemic, Lenny spoke with other live performers about how they got through that difficult time. Everything from Zoom shows, Parking lot comedy, and streaming concerts. For the video versions - Subscribe to "The Lenny Schmidt Comedy Network" on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5oPionBKOSfdCh8zEsA8hg?view_as=subscriber Follow us on social media: @MrLennySchmidt on all platforms By the way, We could use your support. All the content on the “Lenny Schmidt Comedy Network” is free, but PAYIFUCAN GO TO https://lennyschmidt.com/payifucan/ for numerous options or do the mobil thing: (Venmo - @MRLennySchmidt) (Cash app - $MRLennySchmidt) If you're really into what we're doing....... why not become a Patreon member? Get tons of bonuses, pluses, behind the scenes footage, exclusives. merch, free show tix, even get togethers, live and thru the intra web. https://www.patreon.com/mrlennyschmidt?fan_landing=true&view_as=public
Episodes
A show from LA this week. Brenda Pontiff is a comic from Houston. A city witha great history of comedy. Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Billy Dee Washington, T. Sean and Charlie Shannon.... I could go on and on. Brenda took a break from stand-up for several years. Then, she got sucked backed in. That's how comedy gets you. It's a passion. Brenda knows it. She busts her ass all over the LA area doing spots and working on her act....
Is one hour late considered late...? Is it. How about I blame the Candian exchange...? OKAY then.
Matt Disero. Canadian. Magician. Father. Beer lover. Ny guest for 3TSS128. Great show on the Celebrity Solstice. We have the same agent. Huge shoutout to Steve Smith at Artists West Entertainment. He's gonna want some sort of credit here. So, let's give it to him.
More Matt - @MattDisero
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Worked with Ajai on the CCL Elation. She's old school man! Always fun talking to a pro that's been around a minute. From TV, Sitcoms, Def Jam.... Ajai has had some awesome experiences. We talk about a few here.
More Ajai
IG - @theStandupgurl
"Total Schmidt Show" podcast streams every week and is available on all podcast platforms. Lenny takes you around the world to clubs, cruise ships, and count...
A great 90 minutes with Patrick Maliha. A very funny dude from Vancouver Canada. Great shows all week working with him. Comic, writer, canadian... I honestly haven't laughed so hard during a podcast. Listen, enjoy, check him out.
More Patrick:
https://patrickmaliha.com/
"Total Schmidt Show" podcast streams every week and is available on all podcast platforms. Lenny takes you around the world to clubs, cru...
The triumphant return of Mike Schmidt
This one was a live stream. Lenny and Mike talk about AI, why it's bad, and why we have to use it. .... The "Schmidt Brother" attitude.... The old "network national commercial" world and how the entertainment industry has changed.... numerous stories from the sets for several of their projects... Working with Jack Nicholson, Katy Heigl, David Spade, Bryan Cranston m...
A Carnival legend. Right here on TSS. Got to work with Cee Jay again after quite some time. We talked.. we laughed... you should listen.
Cee Jay everywhere -
@ceejayjones13
"Total Schmidt Show" podcast streams every week and is available on all podcast platforms. Lenny takes you around the world to clubs, cruise ships, and countries and chats with other artists and entertainment professionals who do the sa...
3TSS123 - Mike Lukas
On this episode of Total Schmidt Show, Lenny sits down with Mike Lukas—a stand-up comic sharpening his skills at Second City and bringing a fresh voice to the world of children’s literature. His debut childrens book, "Tiny Wilds", is a heartfelt and imaginative read, now available on Amazon.
But Mike’s not just telling stories to kids—he’s also helping comedians step up their game th...
The "Dancing Trombone Man", Jonathan Arons joins me for 3TSS122. Tons of TV shows, clips, viral videos, and "Americas Got Talent" and Jon and turned it all into a fine career. This is my second time working with him. Really great live show. Lot of energy and loaded with some of the best band featuring horns asround. Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire... even back to the "Big Band" days when Glenn Miller was ...
Hey, a Two-fer....
Cruised with both Matt Johnson and Roy Tan on the Celebrity Ascent, a beautiful Edge class ship from Celebrity. I asked them if they wanted to be on the show, they said yes. We decided to all sit down together and make it a threesome....
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Matt Johnson - He was on my first podcast (Quarantine Comedy) An amazing magician, illusionist, escape artist.... He's been viewed online over...
On 3TSS120 I caught up with comedian Julie Scoggins while on the Carnival Celebration. Julie just dropped her stand-up comedy special "It's 3 o'clock somewhere" over at Open Bar. You know Julie Scoggins? New homeowner Julie Scoggins? Recently married Julie Scoggins? Former world video game champion Julie Scoggins....? She covers a lot of bases. Yet another seasoned pro to add to the TSS catalogue. From "Las...
I've known Roman around 15 years. Not sure I have more respect for any comic. Funny, great material, and works his ass off to be so. Writes constantly. Records his shows.... keeps a written journal about EVERY SINGLE SHOW HE HAS EVER DONE. Talk about work ethic. I'm just a lazy guy with tech stuff I don't know how to use that tells dick jokes for a living.... Always a pkeasure to talk shop with Roman.
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3TSS118 Jerome and I worked the CCL Valor together. A stand-up for decades, and with Carnival for almost as long, Jerome has been around the block. We talk about him doing stand-up abroad, the early ships days, and going to grade school with MC Hammer.
Are you subscribed to all Lenny Schmidts socials?? Website? Youtube..? Did you get or see his new special "Fire Sign??" COME ON MAN!!! Get with it.
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Tommy Savitt....the "Tommy Lama"... Comedian, guru, prophet, healer, Entertainer, Actor, Tommy does it all, and all does Tommy.
I've known Tommy for years. Great comic. A hilarious and original approach to his shows. Tommy can make you laugh AND make you better, I love his style. It was great to get nhim on the show. We worked a crusie together in early 2025. This is what we did.
More Tommy:
https://www.tommylama.com/
How lucky am I to get Chas for a third time? How lucky am I that the episode came out good for the second??
Recorded the "Thirsty Cougar" in Cozumel Mexico... Chas and I get deep about performing stand-up. From the advice he got from Jay Leno, to things we've learned ourselves the hard way.... We talk quite a bit about putting together a live theater stand-up show. Structure, pacing, and reading the room. A...
AlmostEltonJohn.com -- Any idea What this show would be about....?
While on the Celebrity Apex I got to see Craig A Meyer do his :remember When Rock was Young" show. A fantastic tribute to Elton John. An amazing show. Fun, energetic.. Craig crushes it. He was nice enough to hang out and talk a bit.
A professional entertainer/performer/actor.... too many words can describe what Craig has been doing for nearly...
All the way from Vegas, Baby!!
Did a crossing with Sam Holder.... who was on board with "December '63", a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute show. This is a shorter episode because, well, we we're having trouble finding a good place to sit down and record. However, we got into alot. Sam is a smart cat and a seasoned professional. Got to get in and breakdown a lot of what going on in the music bi...
From Boston by way of Canada.. Is that right? She's a Boston girl who lives up north. A woman with a powerful voice and great stage presence. When she's not touring the world and the high seas belting out to her sold-out shows, she's writing, producing and working with some of the biggest names in music. She did a cover/remix of a RuPaul's "Sissy that Walk" that got her attention. The rest is history. ...
One of the most positive, motivated, fired-up humans I know. BT will inspire anyone to do anything. I could have talked to him for ever. A great guy and a great comic. Fun to watch. Writes constantly. Takes chances nightly. Extremely passionate about his work and art.
Feeling uninspired..? listen to BT for 10 minutes.
More BT:
IG - https://www.instagram.com/bt_comedy/
BT Dry Bar Special - https://yo...
3TSS110 goes back to comics!!! Mark Sweeney and I worked the Carnival Firenze. St. Louis based comic and one of the funniest I get to work with. A hilarious story teller. A couple of those stories are right here. Three eighteen year-old Marines go to LA for the Superbowl and ... Always a great hanging out with Mark. Caught him right before hernia surgery.
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Terrance L. Johnson is an actor/singer/performer for New York city.... NEW YORK CITY!!!!! Actually caught up with him before he went back to NY for a while. This make sthe third of 3 leads I met and had on the show from crossing on the Celebrity Constellation. All three of these guys were great. Heavy conversations about acting, suditioning.... Terrance and I got in to a liteli talk about Improv, the Chicago scene and the "Up...
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