JOHN SCHNEIDER Shares the Most Important Lesson He Gave in SMALLVILLE
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Clip from the rewatch of Episode 12: Leech ft. JOHN SCHNEIDER:
Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are joined by Jonathan Kent himself, John Schneider! John joins the guys as they recap Episode #12: Leech. Welling talks about what it was like to play a âpower-lessâ Clark and his confusion of there being two different Ashmores who appeared in Smallville. Rosenbaum remembers uncomfortable Lionel scenes and this final episode with Kelly Brook. Schneider was a treat. John fondly remembers his time on the show that paved the way for superhero shows, while remembering going to bat for Tom with WB, teaching him lessons on and off set, and never getting lost in what the lead character was doing.
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I agree with john schnieder saying smallville was the first superhero show to get it right, smallville is my all time favourite show
Me to bro me to
I'd actually say that it's still one of the few that has gotten it all right.
Same here. Nothing even comes close, to me. I watch that show over and over and over again. It went ten seasons, but I so wish it could have gone much longer. Such an amazing show
Agreed.
I dunno, I feel like Lois and Clark ( 90s ) did a really good job in this regard, especially since it had several seasons so people were clearly enjoying it.
I liked Smallville, but half the show was entirely goofs and situations that you would think a person would have not repeated for the 100th time. Most of the character interactions were not genuine at all, and it felt more like a live action Scooby Doo where Clark just kinda dumbly stumbles into something and it manages to work out in the end. Made it really hard to watch it a second time around.
I think the moments on the Kent farm overshadowed a ton of the rest of the show, as they felt like two entirely different series; and that probably accounts for a lot of people's nostalgia / good memories of the show. One "normal" side of it was heavily holding up the "bizarre" side of it; which gives viewers something new to look forward to each episode ... but doesn't really build up the show in the long run. What does is the cliche "moral of the story" event at the end where they all come together to reflect on what happened. It's the same trope in just about every sitcom, especially ones revolving around family. The goofs just get you to that moment. I don't see many other superhero series fall into that situation of trying to pull viewers back after a 30 min - 1 hour stint in wonderland.
What a great actor John Schneider is. The family dinamics between Jonathan and Clark and Jonathan and Martha was one of the greatest aspects of SMALLVILLE. John gave so much gravitas to Jonathan Kent, so much humanity and played him with so much honesty. Thank you, Mr. Schneider for being a true role model for us.
He's a good man.
And was a good mentor to both of these actors.
I stopped looking up to my dad around my teenage years. And certain tv characters began to be who I looked up to as a father like papa kent
I stopped looking up to my dad around my teenage years. And certain tv characters began to be who I looked up to as a father like papa kent
Thatâs the mark of a great actor. He understands something so rational that most people would never even notice. Those small observations and choices add up.
yeah, it definitly made the farm feel important to him and to clark
You guys need to realize what the show means for many.
I'm 48 and my mom is 68.
I watched the show 20+ years ago when it aired and recently me and mom watched it together binging it.
She loves it and watched each episode with the same awe we all did.
Tom is her all time favorite human being (damn you Tom) and she just loves Michael as lex.
What you guys did to your characters left a deep impression on people. Even a 68 year old woman. You made her life a little bit more fun and she was just as much a teen watching the show ad most of us were back then.
i'm glad you got to do that with your mom, here is my story i bought the bluray box set in Jan. of last year and i finished it in i'd say oh Mid March i think. back when the show was Originally on i watched the entire 1st season and than right around Pete found out well maybe a couple episodes later after He finds out Clark isn't from Earth i lost track of what was going on cause another show i liked was on at the same time or i just missed a week or to and said fuck it and gave up.
so as the years went on i saw season 1 many times but i never got around to finish Season 2 until i bought the box set & i had always wanted to go and watch the entire series. i also have season 1-3 on dvd as well i plan on getting rid of those as a matter of fact.
anyways, when i got back into the show yes i ramble my apologies, i had tried to get my mom to watch it for a couple of years, she got as far as maybe episode 5 i think? before she got distracted well when i got the set she went back to i think the first episode and she started watching it with my dad he i think lost interest after a few episodes and gave up.
she continued and ended up loving it. in fact i finished watching it before her i gave her the dvd's to watch and i watched the bluray. i finished it while she was starting season 8 & i'm 44 she just turned 70. i dunno what her favorite season is though i don't think she ever gave it much though.
you are so lucky to have your mom, loss my mom at 22 and my dad when I was 8
One of the best TV dad's!
I agree wholeheartedly with you. Definitely one of my top 5.
Absolutely!!
Thats why Jonathan Kent on Smallville was so wholesome, believable and loveable character.
I had the privilege of meeting John Schneider at a Dukes Of Hazard fest in Nashville. He was so down to earth. There was a long line waiting to meet him, longer than the line of any other actor from Dukes of Hazard. At one point, he walked through the line (not around it) to go to the restroom. On his way back after using the restroom, he saw a disabled kid (probably early teens) in a wheelchair.
He stopped, gave her a hug, talked with her for a solid 2 or 3 minutes, got a picture with her then kissed her on the cheek. It really was touching. He didnât have to do that, and it warmed my heart to see it and to see how excited that girl was afterward.
When I met him, I told him that i appreciates him doing that, and he said there would be something wrong if he didnât take time for people, especially people who have disadvantages. I gained much more respect for him. I also told him that I cried like a baby when his character died on Smallville (which wasnât a lie). Lol. I seriously broke down, and Iâm not ashamed to admit it. Hahahaha.
Thatâs a great story.
That's awesome. I got to meet him as well, in 2014. He signed a "Smallville" 8x10 for me, we chatted briefly, and then I asked him for an audio interview. The next words out of his mouth were, "Who are you with?", and I had to explain I was just doing it for my CZcams channel. He graciously agreed, and the interview wound up being about 12 minutes long. He spoke about his early career, "Dukes of Hazzard, his early involvement with "Smallville", and a movie he was working on at the time, called "Smothered". You can still find the clip on my channel - I haven't erased it.
Jonathan Kents and Lionel Luther were such good archetypes for how fathers should (and shouldn't) raise their children.
Smallville was definitely way before itâs time especially with the special effects and the extensive content of each episode, it stands up just as well today as it did in 2001 itâs a âclassicâđ€đ
Man I miss Smallville , good times .
For me, the most important lesson John ( as Jonathan ) had ever instilled;
âWe canât make excuses for the dark stains on our heartsâ
Jonathan Kent probably the second dad we had growing up with Smallville
Everytime I see John Schneider, I think, "just the good ol boys".
"Never meaning no harm."
OMG when Lex said that to him in the episode Tom Wopat was in, hilarious!đđ
Yeehaw
@@oldhollywoodfan8009 My favorite part of that episode, was when Tom Wopat crawls into his Charger through the window, and Schneider's reaction is a puzzled one. The next line was hilarious: "What? The damn thing's been busted since I got her."
The talks on the show between Johnathan, Martha and Clark were great life lessons that show how they didn't treat him like anything but their son. Jonathan was willing to go out on a limb to protect him at all costs. And boy did John Schneider played it well in every scene
Best Jonathan Kent ever. His death was the most emotional moment in Smallville
It also made it realistic causeno one sits around waiting for someone to talk to them
John Schneider was such a good Jonathan Kent and great TV Dad.
I learned more about history in this show than I did at school. This show was THE show of the 2000s and you guys were all household names.I would give my left hand to see Michael shave his head and beard and bring back that Lex look.
John Schneider=the BEST Jonathan Kent everrrrr
This is perhaps the best Jonathan till date , stern, compassionate, worried,wise , he was perfect as a young Jonathan
He did an awesome job in that role!
Itâs funny especially in the beginning 5 seasons, you really get the sense that theyâre running a farm. So much to the point you follow Clarkâs anxiety when he is thinking of going to college, how difficult the decision would be to leave his parents to do it alone. It just added to the believability of the show. This for me is what makes Superman an interesting character. The small things. The relatable things.
Jonathan Kent: Best character of Smallville and one of the BEST characters of all time
This show was the Last,great,Most accurate representation of the characters...what great cast!
LOVE John Schneider!!!!
The Smallville serie is a masterpiece, the music, the dialogues, the symbolism, the actors, the casting, it was a golden era, we've seen that kind of comment a lot of time but it is the truth. Hello from France by the way !
I loved how good John was in Smallville. He will always be the definitive Jonathan Kent for me.
I loved John as Pa Kent. I think he nailed the role perfectly.
John Schneider was 100 percent correct. Smallville was responsible for all the superhero resurgence. Especially the multiverse combining a group of heroes. To this day, I love Smallville and go back and do rewatch it. I only wish Johnathan Kent's character had lived a few more seasons. At least season 7 or 8. It definitely changed the dynamic of the show and a huge hole was left by John Schneider being gone. But I loved how they found ways to bring him back and pay tribute to his character. Because I feel like much like Rosenbaum was the best Lex Luthor ever, on the opposite side of the coin John Schneider was the best Johnathan Kent ever.
Love Smallville. Tom Welling's Clark Kent is the man that I aspire to be.
Boy oh boy what I can say about this show and what it did for me. Jonathan Kent was my father figure growing upâŠhe was a role model for the ages. Smallville was one of a kind and cannot be duplicated.
Loved his portrayal of Jonathan Kent. Flawed but decent man trying to do his best for his family who he knows has a great destiny to fulfill.
I remember the pain when he died. I wanted him to be there forever. I'm so happy to see him now
Loved John Schneider in his movies. But I find he has true to his feeling as he just a ordinary person who has feeling and cares about his country. Praying for his wife who has bresst cancer.
Praise God.
Smallville was just SO DAMN good and I miss it.
Smallville is the best TV show ever and my favorite TV show.
Its true, you always got the sense that Jonathan was always busy working around the farm
I am re-watching for the 12th time right now and i laughed the other day when someone said something about being a âgood ol boyâ regarding Johnathon. It made me smile, refering to his Dukes of Hazard days. Gold đ
I love everything about the show. The colors, the clothing, the cars, the music, absolutely everything is awesome for me. The nostalgia of it all is perfect for me.
Jonathan and Martha are some of the most believable characters ever put on television.
Great show. Great values. Great actors.
Thinking back to the pilot with Jonathan already running the wood chipper when Clark came home to find his new truck and turning it off to tell him that he can't keep it. Then Clark had to turn it back on to put his hand in to show how abnormal he is. That's subtle gold. đ€Ż
John was in the Mother Goose Parade the weekend before Thanksgiving, here in El Cajon 10 or so years ago, he was in a General Lee, the parade route was different that year and there was some glitch, it stopped for two hours, at the time they had no idea how long it would be, he was right at the corner of Main and Magnolia, got out of the car, took pictures with folks, was so sweet, my kids loved meeting him. It was 80° and not pleasant, but he was great. Knowing he would be here I borrowed Dukes of Hazzard from the library so my kids could see what he did before Smallville, he was pleased to learn that, too.
He was on Dr. Quinn as well!
Love these pod cast. I'm currently rewatching Smallville and loving it more then the first time. So much that I missed. We need to bring this back. You guys are all great, I'd love to see it
I'm just now discovering these podcasts, I never really loved Smallville It wasn't bad, but my best friend and my dad both liked it and I used to watch it with them sometimes. I did like a few episodes especially with Alicia, and on the whole I really liked it, I just wasn't too into superheroes back in the day, I'm 35 now and I really cherish what Smallville was about and the fact that it ran for so long. There was a time after it ended where I really tried to be like Clark and felt relativable to him, he was just well the whole show was just so wholesome. Even at the time it was more wholesome than a lot of shows so it had to be a little corny sometimes, but it just has so much staying power because of that.
Thank you John for your masterful performance of Jonathan Kent. Without Jonathan and Martha Kent, there would be no Superman. It would just be Kal El. You embodied that perfectly and truly brought your character to life!
John, you are brilliant! My husband and I are watching the show for the first time right now and stuff like this makes me appreciate all the little things y'all thought of that the viewers take for granted. The whole thing is a work of art, which is why we went from watching on Hulu to just buying the whole series. There aren't many shows that we are willing to own on DVD. Great job to all of you and thank you for providing us with such a great show!!!
Smallville was very well written. I liked the literature and lessons learned and the excellent acting.
Schneider's ex-wife was a crazy client of ours. So happy when the contract ended!
Great to see you all and listening to you talking about Smallville again!! Cheers...
This cast is/was fantastic! You're incredible!
I remember watching a low budget movie that John Directed, and he said on the audio comentary "EVERY scene must have a reason to be there, if you take out that scene and everything is understood is because that scene was not important" when I meet him I reming him of that and he was happy to hear. and this is why, friends, political views don't matter many times, John have very different political vews than me but that don't make him a bad person, much less a bad director or actor. Many times we have to put politics on the side and see the PERSON.
So I just tuned into this PodCast, and now subscribed, but you guys are doing something really special. I know of a million podcasts are doing well and all, but for those of us nerds who tuned in every week, binged watched, bought collector editions of Smallville...still giving back to your fans will NEVER get old...it is timeless. I'm just some "rando" as the slang goes, but if you guys read these, not just "randos" like myself, but YOU guys...just know your on the right track especially after all the stuff going on with the superhero genre lately. One day I hope to shake your hands and be able to tell you this in person with all honesty and sincerity...you guys, Tom and Michael, are true superheroes, as well as everyone who had a part in your epic lives. Truly.
Thank you John, for always going beyond with the art. Inspirational since I first watched you in Dukes.
John Schneider is a good ol boy, so is Tom and Michael
John was fantastic on "Dr. Quinn" with Bond girl, Jane Seymour.
I love this podcast! Smallville WAS a shining light and the world is so different now if such a wonderful comfort to see this podcast and the cast remembering such wonderful times
Absolutely love this show in the 2000s when I was in HSâŠhad a tear in the eye with the funeral scene and Clark wearing his dads watch
This show definitely captured the spirit of how superhero shows should've been today the only show that I feel can really capture what Smallville did was Superman & Lois. I was 22 when this show first started and one of my favorite bonding memories with my parents was sitting down and watching episode Zero when it first broadcasted on tv. It's the one episode I will always remember vividly from the show because of the quality time I had with my family. That's why if I am blessed to one day have a wife with kids of my own someday Smallville will be a show that will be a family event in the household. Smallville was an important series in my 20s and it's something that has the values I would want my future children to experience and bond over as they grow up. That's why the early seasons of Smallville are my favorite the Kent Family scenes were the foundation of what some superhero shows in our time are lacking and Jonathan was my favorite tv dad. He was the kind of man I looked to and said to myself "that's the characteristics I want to have if I get to be a father someday".
John is so good-looking and still so doable. đ
As someone that's seen some of the season 11 comic books of smallville, i think it's real shame we didn't get one more season with tom in the red and blue. Some of those stories seem epic.
Iâve never read them. Did they draw the characters to look like Tom Welling and Erica Durance? Sheâs STILL my all-time favorite Lois Lane so I hope they did her justice in those comics.
There is supposedly gonna be a animated smallville show continuation. thats gonna have alot of the cast come back to voice there characters
great showâ€.. i never get tired of watching this show, i can't count how many times i have rewatched this show. i am actually watching it again now lolđ
What a great show that you could watch with the family and not be indoctrinated or offended by its content
Such a lovely video and I enjoy this podcast very much. Thank you to both Toms for such a wonderful podcast and the guests that you have on these lovely videos :)
1 of the good ol Duke boys, John Schneider đđ
This dude always looks good, been watching him since S&H
Love micheal's shirt. Been fan of John's since Dukes of Hazzard he was my fave
Best Jonathan Kent EVER
Amazing that SUPERMAN the movie came out in 78. 44 years later here we are in 2022/2 Ă22=44, we passed 42 from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy fame.
I so enjoy these podcasts! This one with John is my favorite so far!
Love it show Smallville
I always noticed how busy Martha and Johnathan were.
John was amazing in smallville. He was the perfect dad.
There are three fathers in television that have greatly affected me, and created a basis for my fatherhood. Alan Matthews (Boy Meets World), Tim "the Toolman" Taylor (Home Improvement) and Jonathan Kent. Many people say that I'm doing quite well as a dad, and my kids love me. Thank you.
this should be an hour long pod cast guys
It was a great show
The best Jonathan Kent imo
Excellent writing adviceđđ keep it coming.
Un gran saludo Tom y Michael y que gusto ver a tu padre Jhon y el tiene toda la razĂłn la serie de ustedes abriĂł el camino para flasch arrow Supergirl Clark y lois etc un gran abrazo desde Santiago Chile Marcelo Blum y Smallville por siempre
Smallville started it all! Best show that was on tv.
Best TV dad ever.
Je reardela sĂ©rie Ă actuellement encore une fois et vous ĂȘtes formidable
Amazing, just amazing. Love Smallville. One of my all time favorite shows.
TERRANCE OUT
Im 55, Schneider is my crush since Dukes of Hazzard.
THIS MAN IS SO HANDSOME ! and still
He has aged better than the 2 younger ones xD
I'll tell you what if I had a father growing up,"Was raised by my grandfather and I know he did his absolute best and I loved him for it",but if I had an actual father growing up I would have wanted to be like John Schneider...
Smallville jumped the shark after the 100th episode
Just realized that in the Crisis episode, they did this same thing for Clark, when Cryer's Lex Luthor interrupted him with his chores
The best tv dad ever
*Oh the nostalgia!! I grew on that show during middle school, highschool and some college... I think. Man does time fly!! Wish superman was real so we could fly around the world and go back in time so we can watch it all again... and also put money in Bitcoin and Apple.* đđ€
Awesome
This is something Iâve been patiently waiting for ever since the showsâ finale. The reunion of the central cast of Smallville. Jonathan, Tom and Michael together created an Authentic depiction of our beloved DC characters, and for the first time truly brought the essence of the characters to life. The reality of dealing with life was never overlooked; instead each of these men(and women of the show) were able to bring to us a genuine relatability and vulnerability that not only made us identify with them, but feel as though weâre were actually a part of the storyâŠa story that I donât think can ever be achieved with such brilliance again.
John Schneider and Anette were just the perfect human organic characters. If you watch them, you will certainly carry the memory for all your life.
Idk about the show getting it all right lol but I do agree that it definitely pioneeed this new super wave of tv especially DC shows
Smallville: Way better than the new shows.
my favorite episode was the one about the kid who could read minds
it was a great show..
Looking at Tom and John now:
The son becomes the father, the father becomes the son..
Ouch. Kinda harsh that he called it "Dr Quinning it" when Jane Seymour played such a significant role in Smallville đ
Three of the only good and decent people left in film anymore.
You three should have multi-million dollar offers rather than some of the schmucks that hate their own fanbase.
I have always thought with Doom Patrol and Titans, we've never been introduced to Lex or Superman, what if Tom and Michael were to join the cast in like a couple of episodes, if it does well, spin off
Them appearing in any DC show would be amazing. like toms short appearance on crisis on infinite earths, that was amazing to see him play his character one last time
@@shamzam3012 I just think it would be awesome to see them in one of those shows, no network restrictions, no villain of the week kinda stuff, can have a much darker tone, can swear if they want, we can see just how evil Lex can be, continue the story years after Smallville, see where these two are in this new world of heroes and villains