And speaking of comedians: I found a clip online of Lenny Schultz appearing on David Letterman's TV show back in 1982. Don't know who Lenny Schultz is? Well, last time I had a clip of him to offer you, I explained him thusly…
In the mid-to-late seventies, there were a lot of memorable comedians to be seen up at the Comedy Store in Hollywood: Pryor, Letterman, Leno, Dangerfield, etc. The one some patrons will never forget was Lenny Schultz. He was big in New York comedy clubs, too…and I guess he was more often found in them. Stand-up comedy was Lenny's secondary profession. Ask him what his main line of work was and he'd tell you — truthfully — "I teach socially-maladjusted students to drive." He also taught Physical Education in the New York School System. That was when he wasn't ripping off his clothes on stage and covering his body with yogurt.
I only saw him perform a few times and one thing I remember is that when he was on the bill, patrons asked not to have the good seats up front. Or if they were in them, they made a point of moving to a rear table just before Lenny came on. His reputation was that he was liable to do just about anything up there and much of it involved spraying food in every direction. Other comics would tell tales that began, "Did you hear what Lenny did on stage last night?" And then they'd tell some story that you couldn't believe had actually happened…
…until you recalled things he had done and then you'd think, "Well, if anyone would do that, it would be Lenny."
Here's Lenny on with Dave. He actually went wilder (and bluer) at the Comedy Store and…well, let's just say no other comedian wanted to follow him…
