Total Schmidt Show

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 "Upright Citizens Brigade" with Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, and Mat...

01-29

59:50

"Total Schmidt Show" (3TSS108) with Peter Cumins. All the way from Australia! Worked together on a Trans-Atlantic crossing. Here we talk about that and show planning for a long cruise with several other entertainers. It's a little more involved than you think. Peter was in "You've got a friend" with last week's guest, evan Jay Newman. Peter is a seasoned pro. Fully embraces his time on ships. Takes full advantage of being on stage, and it shows. Very clever and knowledgeable when it co...

01-21

44:20

We're back to full power. 3TSS107 features Evan Jay Newman. We met on the Celebrity Constellation during a crossing. Evan is a singer with amazing vocal range. Saw him in his own solo, as well as the show "You've got a friend." He's also played Frankie Valli in "Jersey Boys"... featured in Les Miserables as a child..... and hundreds of other live performance. His solo show was great. "You've got a friend." was great, our discussion was great. It was a pleasure sitting down and ta...

01-15

55:26

"Total Schmidt Show" Season Three / Episode One is an Audio only episode with Lucas Simpson this week. However, there's is a video of him performing "Thunderstruck" on the NCL Bliss. It's a pretty cool story. A group of New Yorkers asked him to play it every night of the seven day cruise. He had never payed it. he learned it and played it the last night. See the video here: https://youtu.be/Q-nNdaX_yqI Lucas is an amazing musician. He plays everything. A great example of a working musician. ...

01-08

57:43

Finally... The season Two Finale... Started this podcast to talk to other live entertainers about whta they do, why, how, =I love the behind thew scenes stuff. What goes into a show; The prep, the writing, thought process, structure... I kind of geek on on it. No matter what kind of live entertainment you bring to the table. My favorite, of course, is comics. Building an act, a career, the show, writing, dissecting a joke... real professional comedians. Enter Jeff Harms Jeff is a forty year...

11-20

01:11:40

Total Schmidt Show - 2TSS104 - Jimmy Shubert This was supposed to be on time. Why? Jimmy Shubert, myself and Rick D'Elia are all in Vegas working at Brad Garretts Comedy Club this week. Tonight through the weekend. So, Jimmys on this week, Rick next week..... Bottom line, you're in Vegas, coem on by and watch three headliners knock it out of the park. Shubert and I go way back. Thirty years. One of the first guys I met when I was starting out. He was already on the road doing arenas opening...

10-30

01:18:52

We're on time, take that!! EP 2TSS103 comes in with Jason Andors / El Tiguere Vacano. Jason is a comice from NY. Buddy of mine for about 10-11 years. Guy makes me laugh my ass off. On and off stage. You'll see here. Whether it's our travels, careers, or his numerous physical ailments.... nobody puts it all in perspective like he does. El Tiguere Vacano is his alter ego. A Social media superstar in the Dominican. He pops up all over Puerta Plata, New York, anywhere with a strong Dominican pr...

10-23

01:02:41

2TSS102 with Will Marfori. We know it's late, let's just move on. I've known Will for over ten years. He's easily one of the most intelligetnt comics I've ever known. His live show is a brilliant balance of dick jokes and clever humor. He's literally a genius. Great guy to hang with, spend sometime on a ship of off. He's also a great father of two teenage boys. He's one of those comics that you can see his life as it evolves into his act. He's an inspiring dude. Eberything Will Marfori IG ...

10-19

01:10:33

Jason Bird (Magician) Magic time. Ran across @MagicofJasonBird on the Celebrity Reflection. Great show. Saw hi. twice. Funny. Love a magician who is funny. We hung out, had a few laughs, talked about balacing family and ship life... as he says "We are survivors of teenage daughters" That's not only from his show, but why got alomng so well for the whole week. Listen to the show. It's great. All things Jason Bird: IG - https://www.instagram.com/jasonbirdmagic/ FB - https://www.fa...

10-10

01:08:06

2TSS100 Our 100th episode... YAY... No one better than my buddy Patrick Duffy for episode 100. Performing regularly in Vegas, traveling the world as a piano bar king.... he did my theme song for christ sake!! Patrick played in Ventura a while back. I caught up with him.. even sang a song with him. (clip is in the show, sorry) We discuss his travels, Vegas, and the movie he's currently scoring. Always awesome to spend the evening with Patrick. This one ended with us sober.... we...

10-02

52:40

Ran in to Lucas Bohn on the NCL Bliss. One of my favorite runs through Alaska. Lucas is an old pro. Working stand-up from all sides. 90 minutes of some real solid insight to the business side of things. Talked about his own production company / record label Bojo Entertainment. Balancing the social media posts, live shows, and really promoting yourself as a brand. Everything Lucsa Bohn: IG - https://www.instagram.com/comiclucasbohn/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/ComicLucasBohn ...and h...

09-18

01:31:26

Jimmy Denning Rocks! Really, he just rocks. A great musician and powerful vocalist. He's traveled the world and played Vegas with "Tenors of Rock." Currently touring with "Rebel." I caught up with him on the @celebritycruises Reflection by accident.... we were double booked! I win... and my win is your win. Jimmy's got stories man. Like cool "Rock and Roll" stories. Not, "We were bored on the ship so we play Canasta" stories. I'm talking "We got drunk in Germany, stole a golf ca...

09-04

01:06:15

Magician Austin Brooks and I go back about thirty years. One of my bestfriends I've been dying to get him on the pod. We toured together on the early stand-up circuit. Worked together on numerous projects, shot dozens of of hours on internet content.... almost got our own video content company off the ground, By almost I mean nothing happened of course. Austin has gone on to create and run a very succesful media content (981 Media) on his own and does magic on the side as much as he can...

Louis is and old Pro. Works the road, ships, he's produced numerous tours and theater shows, been over seas to perform for the troops.. He has seen comedy from every angle. This is my favorite kind of show. Louis and I talked shop for most of it. Our writing process, others we know of.. (Chris Rock, George Carlin) Everything from notecards, to pens, to email lists... Thhis episode is a total behind the scenes of what comedians do and how we do it. Louis everywhere: IG - https://www.instag...

TSS is back. A three week hiatus to support the release of "Fire Sign" the full comedy special. (info below) But, ne we are back at full speed. Tony Esposito is one of those comics that I've known for several years, but have never worked with. Many ships only book one comic at a time. So, we can go years without working together. But, weird scheduling, a couple extra shows and a double booking.... and Tony and I are working together. Tony's been on ships for years. Most of his career....