Cmon, he's super great but I mean Kevin Costner absolutely destroyed the roll for anyone to come after him or before him. And that was a short movie were talking about here this is Smallville was like eight seasons or something
@@ron.hertzberg 10 season's to be exact!!! And ah I like Costner too, bt think Schneider gave us more depth, and something to root for, or believe in!!!
@@ron.hertzberg You're right when you say Kevin Costner destroyed the role of Jonathon Kent. Or more accurately, the disgraceful writing and directing absolutely destroyed that character in every way as it couldn't have been further from who Jonathon Kent is and always has been. He was more like a Bizarro Jonathon Kent. It's no wonder that ''Clark'' was so fucked up and lacking in any heroic qualities.
I felt a loss when John left the show, he was a big part of why I loved Smallville. Watching Smallville as a teen made me wish Johnathan Kent was my father.
All the same feelings. Jonathan Kent was my TV dad growing up when mine wasn't emotionally available. A bit corny but I learned a lot bout how to be a man watching him.
John Schneider is one of those actors who gain success because they are genuinely nice people and the audience connects with that quality. It does help to be a truly good person.
John Schneider Is Such An Inspiration, I've Always Loved His Portrayal Of Johnathan Kent.. He Was Part Of The Reason I Loved Smallville So Much, It's Almost Like You Learn Something,Every Episode. John Schneider has Not Aged At All Since Smallville.. I Am Grateful That He Excepted The Role After Reading The Pilot
On Smallville complete series for the 3rd time. This time I’m watching this with my daughter and we’re now on Season 7. Jonathan Kent’s character was acted out so well John Schneiender is the goat. Smallville is such an amazing series they sure don’t make shows like they did back in them days. My daughters sad about Jonathan being gone as is everyone who’s seen Smallville I’m sure.
Wowww. I got tears in my eyes!!!!! Man, This was amazing! Being a kid in Detroit, I witness so much pain, I saw so many kids without fathers that I felt guilty having one. Mr. Schneider acting in Smallville help heal and remind me that I was blessed to have a dad. As he said, I had an Easter egg. When he died as Johnathon Kent in Smallville, my five brothers and I went upstairs and hugged our father with so much love that he started to cry. My father had no idea why we did that......Thanks, Guys for this interview.
Their chemistry on the show was amazing, the animosity Jonathan had for Lex was incredible, the softer moments between the two were too few & far between
Game of Thugs- I agree with you. I think John Schneider gave class to the Show like Alec Guiness gave class to Star Wars. I think the Father/Son relationship as well as the Husband/Wife Relationship was very good in Smallville. I just think he played Jonathan Kent is a Working Class Everyman who had to deal with the fact that his son was different and had extraordinary powers. ONce, he left the show, lost interest in it andI basically stopped watching it.
Ya know what sucks? That scene where Jonathan talks about the truck and the money that bought it isn’t even in any of the streaming versions of the Pilot online. Only on the DVD. So many great scenes with Clark and Jonathan are cut from the syndicated release of the Pilot. I feel sorry for anyone watching the show for the first time and not getting to experience the first episode like we did.
Jonathan Kent was the first role I saw John Schneider play, and I became a huge fan of his after that! Jonathan was my favourite character in the show. I liked all the other characters too, but I found him to be so inspirational. My favourite episode with him in it was S03E02, when he took on Clark's powers to save Clark from the dark side... even if that was when Jonathan developed his heart condition.
Seriously. My favourite Johnathon Kent!! Mr. Schneider did such a great job on the show!! I'm glad he took the role. Happy accident or not. Damn good choice!! And.. just FYI if a moderator is reading this.. i'm avoiding an assignment right now. John. I needed to hear this. Thank you Michael for making this happen!! and thank you Michael for dedicating time to this!! You should be well over 100k by now. In fact you should be at 1 million subs on your main channel!! No joke!!
This was the best description of the secret to living a meaningful and self fulfilled life I have seen and I am glad to see my childhood heroes spitting these truth bombs.
seems to me John Schneider has a very strong intuitive attachment to his own inner drives, as well as the ability to see how writing can effect and or influence the audience. It's also very obvious he's connected to "The law of attraction" ... he prepared, knew it would come and it did. Kudos!
Thats right. Sometimes I wonder if I ignored or took for granted moments, opportunities and people in my life. We hope we can see them before its too late.
John looks just like my father, so naturally my connection to Smallville was much more powerful thanks to him and his performance. It's powerful to say this, but he really made Smallville centered and as powerful as it was in my opinion, despite the overall great cast of characters.
Love the sign in the background...."Keep Out...Yes You!" All kidding aside, I've had a crush on Bo Duke since I was a kid. He deserves my admiration as an adult even more now.
I wonder what he thought when he read the script for the episode where Tom Wopat shows up in a '69 Dodge Charger? "What show is this? The Dukes of Smallville?" lol
I'm not a Superman fan. Even as a kid, I wasn't interest in hero's with superpowers. Batman, hell yeah! The Phantom? I could read him for days, because they were common men trained to extraordinary levels. I was eight (?) when the Christopher Reeves movie came out. Yeah, It wasn't bad. Smallville had been on the air about 3 years when I caught the last half of an episode with Chris Reeves. That 20 minutes had me hooked. There was something about the writing and the chemistry of the actors that made it so damn compelling. Thanks Michael, thanks John, you made the characters complex and the stories a joy.
I have bouts of cognition too ( a result of dying and coming back in 1984 ). One can live from one vision to another and find success. I truly believe that.
Is voice has always been incredible! That's a voice you could want to have. Lester Holt. Pastor James Elliot. Allen Thicke. Al. B. Sure. They all have incredible voices. He could do really great voiceover.
This is exactly how I feel right now. I feel like right now is the time for me to start dating and I finally found my confidence and I have the opportunity and everything is just perfectly lining up and I just feel like I am going to find the woman I'm going to marry soon so I'm looking for those Easter eggs.
I totally relate to John's dream. When I was little I would have dreams about hanging out with the kid from Problem Child, and Macaulay Culkin. Like they went to my school, and were my friends. haha
In my opinion they should have ended Smallville in Season 7 and created a completely new show - with the seasons 8 and on cast. Whether it was called Metropolis or Superman (where they let Tom Welling wear the cape etc) The whole “blur” storyline was overplayed and it felt like such a different show - BUT a show that was held back by “Smallville.”
The show was about how Superman became who he was.. We may not agree with the show and how it evolved.. But I do think it was a great show.. As for the characters leaving.. It happens sometimes actors want something different or they decide to act on another show and can't return..
@@JabezGill I totally agree with you,it was like the show totally Changed.. Especially since Lex Luther got basically written off. Technically,his time on Smallville should of Ended After Johnathan Kent died, KAL-EL left Smallville to begin his lesson at the Fortress of Solitude,till he turned 33
Jonathan in most media is very surface level giving platitudes about how great clark is and what he means to the world. In smallville he's a real person with questions and faults and a strict idea of what makes a man a man. It didn't matter in smallville that clark was the most powerful person on the planet. Jonathan treated him just like a normal kid. When clark got in trouble he got a scolding. When clark did good he was praised. And when clark needed to get his ass kicked Jonathan had no hesitation giving him an asskicking! Jonathan is a man from the heartland. He understood working hard and he instilled that in clark early on making clarks journey to be this beacon of hope believable
I'm definitely one of those "what's going to happen now" types, and I definitely need to stop. I've been this way my whole life. For awhile, trying to deal with lifelong depression in new ways, I tried to just tell myself "it doesn't matter" when something didn't go right. I didn't expect it to sink in the way it did, but that sort of reinforcement absolutely does. There's a chemical component I can't really do much about (antidepressants have made it so much worse across my life), but he's right. There's a mental component, too, and we are (I am) responsible for how choose to see and interact with the world.
I'm so glad he hadn't turned down Snellville. Unfortunately, his version of Jonathan Kent wouldn't be a long lasting one. Nor would Tom Welling's version...
I did love you as Jonathon Kent. Also loved you in Dr. Quin in your reoccurring roles as Sullys friend. You first came on as the guy with the half breed baby. They must have e liked you. Dukes was good too. My younger brother was real in to it. He built a General Lee car. I think you met him at some shows on several occasions. He kind of looks like Luke.. He's from a town near Knoxville TN. I can't say his name on here he wouldn't like it.
the chris reeve superman movies are great, but he might be right when he says smallville might be the best part of the mythos (at least on screen.), it's at least not something i have arguments against without pulling animation into it
I watched Smallville with my kids & recently introduced my grandkids to it. My granddaughter comes home from school wanting to watch the next episode. Good lessons for this crazy time.
i still remember when john was doing a pyramid scheme and using his youtube for some bizarre things but i am glad he seems better now and he is making a lot of money from cameo good for him
Do you fans see the similarities between Bo & Uncle Jesse / Clark & Johnathan.. Many of the other actors on Dukes have said Uncle Jesse held the show together... Johnathan did the same thing 😂
John turned down offers to be on Smallville but accepted a role as a porn star on Nip and Tuck. I think I'd rather play Lex Luthor that play a porn star. Imagine the horrifying things vivid dreaming kids will dream about that! I am glad John took the role. He was a great Jonathon Kent. Smallville amplified the Superman Legend. Bigtime. And Johns positive attitude towards life is VERY inspiring a so true. Michael too.
This is such an inspirational interview. I am so glad John Schneider accepted the role in Smallville. He is the best Jonathan Kent.
Cmon, he's super great but I mean Kevin Costner absolutely destroyed the roll for anyone to come after him or before him. And that was a short movie were talking about here this is Smallville was like eight seasons or something
@@ron.hertzberg 10 season's to be exact!!! And ah I like Costner too, bt think Schneider gave us more depth, and something to root for, or believe in!!!
@@ron.hertzberg yeah kevin costner was amazing
Totally agree with you, definitely one of my top 5 list of TV dads.
@@ron.hertzberg You're right when you say Kevin Costner destroyed the role of Jonathon Kent. Or more accurately, the disgraceful writing and directing absolutely destroyed that character in every way as it couldn't have been further from who Jonathon Kent is and always has been. He was more like a Bizarro Jonathon Kent. It's no wonder that ''Clark'' was so fucked up and lacking in any heroic qualities.
I felt a loss when John left the show, he was a big part of why I loved Smallville. Watching Smallville as a teen made me wish Johnathan Kent was my father.
All the same feelings. Jonathan Kent was my TV dad growing up when mine wasn't emotionally available. A bit corny but I learned a lot bout how to be a man watching him.
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John Schneider is one of those actors who gain success because they are genuinely nice people and the audience connects with that quality. It does help to be a truly good person.
Don’t be naive. I’m not saying those things don’t matter but his early success and what made him famous was being extremely good-looking.
The show actually helped me out on my deployment in Iraq. Thank you for being part of the show and being a grounding presence.
Me too I watched the shit out of that show while I was deployed to Iraq in 06
Thank you for your service.
@@IceEmpress Thank you for your support!
John Schneider Is Such An Inspiration, I've Always
Loved His Portrayal Of
Johnathan Kent..
He Was Part Of The Reason I Loved
Smallville So Much, It's
Almost Like You Learn
Something,Every Episode.
John Schneider has Not
Aged At All Since Smallville..
I Am Grateful That He Excepted The Role After
Reading The Pilot
John Schneider is always the perfect casting for Jonathan Kent on Smallville period
@@Adam11133 FACT
Y’all are corny
On Smallville complete series for the 3rd time. This time I’m watching this with my daughter and we’re now on Season 7. Jonathan Kent’s character was acted out so well John Schneiender is the goat. Smallville is such an amazing series they sure don’t make shows like they did back in them days. My daughters sad about Jonathan being gone as is everyone who’s seen Smallville I’m sure.
Grew up fatherless myself. My Grandad was solid, tho. Always wished I had a Dad like John's version of Jonathon.
We all wish that,he was a
Father,in more ways than one,two every single one of us that were watching
Wowww. I got tears in my eyes!!!!! Man, This was amazing! Being a kid in Detroit, I witness so much pain, I saw so many kids without fathers that I felt guilty having one. Mr. Schneider acting in Smallville help heal and remind me that I was blessed to have a dad. As he said, I had an Easter egg. When he died as Johnathon Kent in Smallville, my five brothers and I went upstairs and hugged our father with so much love that he started to cry. My father had no idea why we did that......Thanks, Guys for this interview.
My family has completely disowned me because i am following. John. Schneider
Why if you don’t name Asking did he do something bad?
These conversations are so deep and thought provoking. I just love listening.
Their chemistry on the show was amazing, the animosity Jonathan had for Lex was incredible, the softer moments between the two were too few & far between
"Success is when preparation meets opportunity, that you recognize". I love love love that statement
So glad he took the role can't imagine anyone else playing such a huge role.
I love how he’s just out on his lake house porch, no shirt on, just chilling . Lol. Looks relaxing!
The dad we all wish we had
John's quote about the Easter Egg and expecting greatness, hit me.
What an awesome way to view things.
Thank you for the awesome interviews, Lex!
Smallville was never the same once they Kill off Jonathan Kent
Game of Thugs- I agree with you. I think John Schneider gave class to the Show like Alec Guiness gave class to Star Wars. I think the Father/Son relationship as well as the Husband/Wife Relationship was very good in Smallville. I just think he played Jonathan Kent is a Working Class Everyman who had to deal with the fact that his son was different and had extraordinary powers. ONce, he left the show, lost interest in it andI basically stopped watching it.
Guess at this point its my fault for not knowing that happens in the show. lolololol :(
"Success is preparation that meets opportunity that you recognize."
Ya know what sucks? That scene where Jonathan talks about the truck and the money that bought it isn’t even in any of the streaming versions of the Pilot online. Only on the DVD. So many great scenes with Clark and Jonathan are cut from the syndicated release of the Pilot. I feel sorry for anyone watching the show for the first time and not getting to experience the first episode like we did.
Wow.
I don't believe that cause I saw that scene on hulu
I streamed this online and saw that scene. Not sure what you're referring to.
It's there just not in the pilot episode
@@DKDiva804 it is in the pilot
Jonathan Kent was the first role I saw John Schneider play, and I became a huge fan of his after that! Jonathan was my favourite character in the show. I liked all the other characters too, but I found him to be so inspirational. My favourite episode with him in it was S03E02, when he took on Clark's powers to save Clark from the dark side... even if that was when Jonathan developed his heart condition.
Seriously. My favourite Johnathon Kent!!
Mr. Schneider did such a great job on the show!! I'm glad he took the role.
Happy accident or not. Damn good choice!!
And.. just FYI if a moderator is reading this.. i'm avoiding an assignment right now.
John. I needed to hear this. Thank you Michael for making this happen!! and thank you Michael for dedicating time to this!!
You should be well over 100k by now. In fact you should be at 1 million subs on your main channel!! No joke!!
This was the best description of the secret to living a meaningful and self fulfilled life I have seen and I am glad to see my childhood heroes spitting these truth bombs.
I went from knowing you as one of the Duke Boys, to now being Mr. Kent. What a versatile actor! Amazing! Keep up the good work! More success to you!
seems to me John Schneider has a very strong intuitive attachment to his own inner drives, as well as the ability to see how writing can effect and or influence the audience. It's also very obvious he's connected to "The law of attraction" ... he prepared, knew it would come and it did. Kudos!
Great episode John definitely contributed to Smallville’s success.
Thats right. Sometimes I wonder if I ignored or took for granted moments, opportunities and people in my life. We hope we can see them before its too late.
John looks just like my father, so naturally my connection to Smallville was much more powerful thanks to him and his performance. It's powerful to say this, but he really made Smallville centered and as powerful as it was in my opinion, despite the overall great cast of characters.
Love the sign in the background...."Keep Out...Yes You!" All kidding aside, I've had a crush on Bo Duke since I was a kid. He deserves my admiration as an adult even more now.
Does this guy ever age?
Yes, he ages 1 week every 5 years.
that's what I was thinking.
I guess he must have been younger than we thought during Smallville, if looks like this now after so long.
I look for the Easter eggs in life like a kid. John is right.
I end up with egg on my face
I wonder what he thought when he read the script for the episode where Tom Wopat shows up in a '69 Dodge Charger?
"What show is this? The Dukes of Smallville?" lol
I had no idea they did this. Had to go look it up. How amazing that was.
@@superkillr Only it was blue, not orange. Very weird having a Dukes moment on a Superman series. lol
Whaaaaat???!!! So glad you were on Smallville
He started out sounding like Christopher Walken.
lol he entirely did
I honestly thought he was doing that on purpose..cause damn he is really good
100%
I'm not a Superman fan. Even as a kid, I wasn't interest in hero's with superpowers. Batman, hell yeah! The Phantom? I could read him for days, because they were common men trained to extraordinary levels. I was eight (?) when the Christopher Reeves movie came out. Yeah, It wasn't bad. Smallville had been on the air about 3 years when I caught the last half of an episode with Chris Reeves. That 20 minutes had me hooked. There was something about the writing and the chemistry of the actors that made it so damn compelling. Thanks Michael, thanks John, you made the characters complex and the stories a joy.
I have bouts of cognition too ( a result of dying and coming back in 1984 ). One can live from one vision to another and find success. I truly believe that.
John is a warm genuine human being
He played a great Jonathan kent!
John is really great person in real life and a good man!
Wish he was my dad!
“When I was a kid…” straight Christopher Walken 😂
Damn I missed that one. Never heard of Smallville. So now I have to find one to watch.
Definitely thought that was a Christopher Walken impression for the first 5 seconds.
I think he actually was doing a bit, maybe full interview will show it 😁😁😁
@@67steinip We can only hope.
Is voice has always been incredible! That's a voice you could want to have. Lester Holt. Pastor James Elliot. Allen Thicke. Al. B. Sure. They all have incredible voices. He could do really great voiceover.
This is exactly how I feel right now. I feel like right now is the time for me to start dating and I finally found my confidence and I have the opportunity and everything is just perfectly lining up and I just feel like I am going to find the woman I'm going to marry soon so I'm looking for those Easter eggs.
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This is Great. Michael is great as Lex and John as Jonathan Kent is the BEST as his father!!!
Those are two great actors having a discussion
I totally relate to John's dream. When I was little I would have dreams about hanging out with the kid from Problem Child, and Macaulay Culkin. Like they went to my school, and were my friends. haha
Anyone else hear Christopher Walken at the start when John said "When I was a kid I loved the television show"?
He was great as Johnathan Kent.
Thank God he said yes for the role.
I was sad that John wasn't in Smallville longer than the first five seasons; the show died after season 7...too many original characters gone.
Not how i see it, superman starts to evolve...
In my opinion they should have ended Smallville in Season 7 and created a completely new show - with the seasons 8 and on cast.
Whether it was called Metropolis or Superman (where they let Tom Welling wear the cape etc)
The whole “blur” storyline was overplayed and it felt like such a different show - BUT a show that was held back by “Smallville.”
The show was about how Superman became who he was.. We may not agree with the show and how it evolved.. But I do think it was a great show.. As for the characters leaving.. It happens sometimes actors want something different or they decide to act on another show and can't return..
@@JabezGill I totally agree with you,it was like the show totally Changed..
Especially since Lex Luther got basically written off.
Technically,his time on
Smallville should of Ended
After Johnathan Kent died, KAL-EL left Smallville to begin his lesson at the Fortress of Solitude,till he turned 33
So glad you didn’t turn it down John. Love Smallville.
Wow he is so wise, perfect Jonathan Kent.
This would be great if he could voiceover for either Superman or Jor-El.
IMO he is the best Jonathan Kent on screen.
This guy could win an Oscar with the right role, and the right director ..... just saying. It wouldn't take much.
Love your SHOW it very different = in a Great way :) :) :)
I absolutely adore John Schneider.
Jonathan in most media is very surface level giving platitudes about how great clark is and what he means to the world. In smallville he's a real person with questions and faults and a strict idea of what makes a man a man. It didn't matter in smallville that clark was the most powerful person on the planet. Jonathan treated him just like a normal kid. When clark got in trouble he got a scolding. When clark did good he was praised. And when clark needed to get his ass kicked Jonathan had no hesitation giving him an asskicking! Jonathan is a man from the heartland. He understood working hard and he instilled that in clark early on making clarks journey to be this beacon of hope believable
I like him. I really like Annette O'Toole too. Nice, down-to-earth people.
he was also in Snow Day ♡♡
The contrast between Jonathan and Lionel seemed as important as the contrast between Clark and Lex in the dynamics of Smallville.
I'm definitely one of those "what's going to happen now" types, and I definitely need to stop. I've been this way my whole life. For awhile, trying to deal with lifelong depression in new ways, I tried to just tell myself "it doesn't matter" when something didn't go right. I didn't expect it to sink in the way it did, but that sort of reinforcement absolutely does. There's a chemical component I can't really do much about (antidepressants have made it so much worse across my life), but he's right. There's a mental component, too, and we are (I am) responsible for how choose to see and interact with the world.
OMG right now Jonathan Kent and Lex Luthor are friends so cool!!! kkkkkk =]
BEAUTIFUL
I'm glad he didn't because I couldn't think of another better Jonathan Kent, and certainly my favorite actor to do the role..
That's around the time my first TV crush wash Wonder Woman!
That feeling is called destiny folks 😉
'Lexmas' was one of the top five episodes..
never thought about life like that pretty interesting
I'm so glad he hadn't turned down Snellville. Unfortunately, his version of Jonathan Kent wouldn't be a long lasting one. Nor would Tom Welling's version...
I cant see anyone else playing jonathan kent beside John schneider
Christopher Walken for the first 2 seconds.
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He’s the man
I'm so happy he did the show. He is Jonathan Kent. Costner was good but Schnider was great.
Costner got his inspiration from John whom in turn got his inspiration on how to play the character from Kevin's starring role in Field of Dreams.
I did love you as Jonathon Kent. Also loved you in Dr. Quin in your reoccurring roles as Sullys friend. You first came on as the guy with the half breed baby. They must have e liked you. Dukes was good too. My younger brother was real in to it. He built a General Lee car. I think you met him at some shows on several occasions. He kind of looks like Luke.. He's from a town near Knoxville TN. I can't say his name on here he wouldn't like it.
Smallville was the tits of the history of the Superman franchise.
I watched this guy on Dukes when I was a kid. How does look younger than most of the people I went to school with, lol.
John woke up thinking, "how should I dress for the interview today?" an hour later we find out his decision
My guess is that he paused working outside on his real farm, or working in his home studio (behind him) to do this web chat. He's not Hollywood.
That would sucked if he did not play Jonathan Kent ..love his character
the chris reeve superman movies are great, but he might be right when he says smallville might be the best part of the mythos (at least on screen.), it's at least not something i have arguments against without pulling animation into it
Smallville ❤️
John Schneider IS my dad🗣️🗣️
I watched Smallville with my kids & recently introduced my grandkids to it. My granddaughter comes home from school wanting to watch the next episode. Good lessons for this crazy time.
John Schneider did a good job playing Clark Kent's adopted father from the Smallville series
Glad he didn't turn it down won't have been the same
Keep out! Yes you ! 😂😂😂
What is his diet? How does he look so good ?!?
He's just a good ol boy
GENETICS PLEASE REALIZE ITS GENETICS
@@CoDINmyHEART He has good genetics
Hi John how are you
i still remember when john was doing a pyramid scheme and using his youtube for some bizarre things but i am glad he seems better now and he is making a lot of money from cameo good for him
That’s funny
Just a goood ole' boy.
I want to meet someone with jons mindset who didn’t have great things happen to him hmu it’s by believing. Do they still believe?
Do you fans see the similarities between Bo & Uncle Jesse / Clark & Johnathan.. Many of the other actors on Dukes have said Uncle Jesse held the show together... Johnathan did the same thing 😂
You don't know how you know but you know
Woww He's still young, what's the secret?
GENETICS... GENETICS GENETICS
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Kent's farm jajaja
Oh F*CK! Jonathan Schneider swore. Oddly something I could never imagine.
Is he doing a Christopher Walken impression in the first 3 seconds?
Michael is by far the best Lex Luthor...
John turned down offers to be on Smallville but accepted a role as a porn star on Nip and Tuck. I think I'd rather play Lex Luthor that play a porn star. Imagine the horrifying things vivid dreaming kids will dream about that! I am glad John took the role. He was a great Jonathon Kent. Smallville amplified the Superman Legend. Bigtime. And Johns positive attitude towards life is VERY inspiring a so true. Michael too.