TOTAL SCHMIDT SHOW
**TOTAL SCHMIDT SHOW**
Comedian Lenny Schmidt has spent nearly four decades making a living performing live. Comedy clubs, theaters, cruise ships, television, film—and more than a few rooms that probably should never have had a microphone.
On **Total Schmidt Show**, Lenny sits down with the people who know that life firsthand: comedians, musicians, singers, dancers, magicians, actors, writers, and other professional entertainers he meets while traveling the world.
Some you've heard of. Some you haven't.
That's kind of the point.
**Total Schmidt Show shines a light on the working live entertainer**—the people who built real careers getting onstage, doing the work, entertaining audiences, and figuring out how to make a living in show business.
They talk about the craft, the road, the good gigs, the horrible gigs, travel, money, failure, success, and all the weird shit that happens when performing for strangers becomes your actual job.
The show grew out of Lenny's pandemic podcast, **Quarantine Comedy**, where live performers talked about surviving a world in which live performance suddenly disappeared. Total Schmidt Show continues that conversation by focusing on the people who are still out there doing it.
**Laugh. Travel. Eat. Repeat.**
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TOTAL SCHMIDT SHOW
Total Schmidt Show (4TSS169) Leslie McDonel
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Very lucky to get Leslie McDonel for 4TSS169. Caught up with her on the Celebrity Summit where she rocked out 6 shows this week. Great shows. Love her song selection. A little Bonnie Raitt, a little Pink.... She covers a lot of bases. She leaves here and heads back to Austin TX to perform in "Come from Away." for a 6 week run. She's a busy lady. It was fun to watch her work.
We talked about her career on and off ships, her travels, all the good stuff. It was a pleasure. Great pod.
More Leslie:
IG - @lesliealinemcdonel