Lehmo
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Anthony Lehmann, better known by his nickname Lehmo, is an Australian comedian, radio personality, television personality and movie actor. He is probably best known as co-hosting Before the Game
for Channel Ten, and co-hosting Triple M
's drive time show with Wil Anderson
. In 2010, Lehmann joined Brigitte Duclos
on Mix 1011 presenting Mix Mornings, replacing Tom Gleeson
.
He has also performed sell out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe Festival
(2000, 2002 and 2004), the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
(1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1996 and 1997).
His live credits in the U.K include the 1996 and 1997 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, The Comedy Store, London
and Jongleurs
– the largest chain of comedy clubs in Britain. Lehmo has also performed regular gigs at the Boston Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club
, both in New York City.
Overseas demand for Lehmo has seen him appear on England's BBC TV Comedy Showcase
and as a regular compere on Britain's longest-running television stand up show Stand up Live. Lehmo also played himself in a series of ads for XXXX
beer which were shot in India and screened in the UK.
s told in an hour with 549, beating the previous record of 499. It was previously held by UK comedian Tim Vine
.
with Milly
.
From April 2007 until November 2008, Lehmo was a co-host on Triple M
's drive-time program Wil & Lehmo
which also starred fellow comedian co-host Wil Anderson
.
In 2010, Lehmann joined Brigitte Duclos
on Mix 1011 presenting Mix Mornings, replacing Tom Gleeson
.
, Samantha Lane
, Andy Maher and Mick Molloy
. He used to work with Peter Helliar
and Anthony Hudson
. He has his own segment on the show as well called Lehmo's Footy Clinic. The show is based on AFL
, and Lehmo has stated that he is a die-hard supporter of the Hawthorn Football Club
. Other television appearances include Rove Live
, The Glass House
and Neighbours
.
. He appears as the character 'Leechy', a former Junior Socceroo, a soccer star – a role he says is not at odds with his public identity as an active supporter of Aussie Rules
football club Hawthorn
.
In order to play the role of Leechy, Lehmo flew to Adelaide for six hours on 6 February 2008. Once shooting was completed, he broadcast his afternoon drive-time radio show from a sister Adelaide radio station, before flying back to Sydney.
Lehmo is presently developing another script with writer/director Carlo Petraccaro
. The project is at pre-production draft stage.
held in Sydney. He is also the face of adverts for the new Vegemite
spread iSnack 2.0 which commenced airing on 21 September 2009 and during the AFL Grand Final
broadcast.
Before the Game
Before The Game is an Australian rules football/comedy television show in Australia on Network Ten. The show is hosted by Andrew Maher, with regular panelists including Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Sam Lane, and Lehmo. The format of the show is a light-hearted discussion of issues relating to the...
for Channel Ten, and co-hosting Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
's drive time show with Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson
William James "Wil" Anderson is an Australian comedian, writer, performing stand-up, and television and radio presenter and personality.- Early life :...
. In 2010, Lehmann joined Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos is an Australian television and radio presenter.Currently she is a co-host of the breakfast radio program on Mix 1011 in Melbourne titled Mix Mornings alongside Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann.-Media career:...
on Mix 1011 presenting Mix Mornings, replacing Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson is an Australian stand-up comedian and radio presenter.Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales before moving to Sydney at a young age. He attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, graduating from the Catholic GPS school in 1991...
.
Stand up
Lehmo has travelled to East Timor and the Middle East to entertain the troops and on his return used his experiences as part of his comedy routine.He has also performed sell out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival
The Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world, second in size only to the Edinburgh Fringe...
(2000, 2002 and 2004), the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
(1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1996 and 1997).
His live credits in the U.K include the 1996 and 1997 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, The Comedy Store, London
The Comedy Store, London
The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England, opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.It was named after The Comedy Store club in the United States, which Rosengard had visited the previous year...
and Jongleurs
Jongleurs
Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...
– the largest chain of comedy clubs in Britain. Lehmo has also performed regular gigs at the Boston Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club
Gotham Comedy Club
Gotham Comedy Club is a venue for stand-up comedy in New York City. The comedy club is located on 208 West 23rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea.Several movies and television shows have been filmed at the club...
, both in New York City.
Overseas demand for Lehmo has seen him appear on England's BBC TV Comedy Showcase
Comedy Showcase
Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse....
and as a regular compere on Britain's longest-running television stand up show Stand up Live. Lehmo also played himself in a series of ads for XXXX
XXXX
XXXX is a brand of Australian beer brewed in Milton, Brisbane by Queensland brewers, Castlemaine Perkins. It enjoys wide popularity in the state of Queensland, where it is commonly found on-tap in pubs and bars....
beer which were shot in India and screened in the UK.
World record
In May 2005, Lehmann broke the Guinness World Record for the most jokeJoke
A joke is a phrase or a paragraph with a humorous twist. It can be in many different forms, such as a question or short story. To achieve this end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and other devices...
s told in an hour with 549, beating the previous record of 499. It was previously held by UK comedian Tim Vine
Tim Vine
Timothy "Tim" Mark Vine is an English actor, writer and comedian. He has released a number of DVDs of his stand-up comedy, as well as starring in the successful series Not Going Out with Lee Mack on the BBC...
.
Radio
He had been the host of the breakfast show on SAFMSAFM
SAFM is a commercial FM radio station in Adelaide, Australia, primarily targeted at those in the 16-35 age group on a frequency of 107.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network.-Station History:...
with Milly
Milly
Milly is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France...
.
From April 2007 until November 2008, Lehmo was a co-host on Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
's drive-time program Wil & Lehmo
Wil & Lehmo
Wil & Lehmo was an afternoon drive time radio program broadcast nationally on Triple M and was hosted by Wil Anderson and Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann. It began broadcasting on 2 April 2007....
which also starred fellow comedian co-host Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson
William James "Wil" Anderson is an Australian comedian, writer, performing stand-up, and television and radio presenter and personality.- Early life :...
.
In 2010, Lehmann joined Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos is an Australian television and radio presenter.Currently she is a co-host of the breakfast radio program on Mix 1011 in Melbourne titled Mix Mornings alongside Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann.-Media career:...
on Mix 1011 presenting Mix Mornings, replacing Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson is an Australian stand-up comedian and radio presenter.Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales before moving to Sydney at a young age. He attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, graduating from the Catholic GPS school in 1991...
.
Television
Lehmo is a co-host of Before The Game (AFL). He works alongside Dave HughesDave Hughes
David William "Hughesy" Hughes is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter. He is currently co-host on the Network Ten's The Project and Before the Game as well as the breakfast radio show Hughesy and Kate.-Television:Hughes co-hosted the ABC comedy talk show The Glass House...
, Samantha Lane
Samantha Lane
Samantha Jane Lane is an Australian television personality, sports reporter and daughter of football journalist and commentator Tim Lane....
, Andy Maher and Mick Molloy
Mick Molloy
Michael "Mick" Molloy is an Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film.-Biography:...
. He used to work with Peter Helliar
Peter Helliar
Peter Jason Matthew Helliar is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. Most famous for his work on television as Rove McManus' sidekick on The Loft Live from 1997 to 1998 and on Rove from 1999 and 2009...
and Anthony Hudson
Anthony Hudson
For the footballer of the same name see Anthony Hudson Anthony Hudson is an Australian rules football commentator on both television and radio.-Early career:...
. He has his own segment on the show as well called Lehmo's Footy Clinic. The show is based on AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, and Lehmo has stated that he is a die-hard supporter of the Hawthorn Football Club
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. Other television appearances include Rove Live
Rove Live
Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television talk show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented...
, The Glass House
The Glass House
The Glass House may refer to:*The Glass House , a 2001 film starring Leelee Sobieski and Diane Lane*The Good Mother , a sequel also known as Glass House: The Good Mother*The Glass House , an Australian TV series...
and Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
.
Film
In 2009 Lehmo played a cameo role in the Australian movie OffsideOffside (2009 film)
Offside is a 2009 Australian romantic comedy written and directed by Gian Carlo Petraccaro , and produced by Matthew Salleh at Urtext Film Productions.-Plot:...
. He appears as the character 'Leechy', a former Junior Socceroo, a soccer star – a role he says is not at odds with his public identity as an active supporter of Aussie Rules
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
football club Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
.
In order to play the role of Leechy, Lehmo flew to Adelaide for six hours on 6 February 2008. Once shooting was completed, he broadcast his afternoon drive-time radio show from a sister Adelaide radio station, before flying back to Sydney.
Lehmo is presently developing another script with writer/director Carlo Petraccaro
Gian Carlo Petraccaro
Gian Carlo Petraccaro is a film director from South Australia. He is usually called "Carlo Petraccaro", though he has received film credits as "Gian Carlo". He is best known as the screenwriter and director of the independent film Offside.-Life and career:Carlo Petraccaro was born in Adelaide, the...
. The project is at pre-production draft stage.
Other work
In 2007, he was the face of the advertising campaigns for the Australian International Motor ShowAustralian International Motor Show
The Australian International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in Australia, alternating between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Prior to the Sydney event in 2010, both cities previously hosted separate annual exhibitions...
held in Sydney. He is also the face of adverts for the new Vegemite
Vegemite
Vegemite is a dark brown Australian food paste made from yeast extract. It is a spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits, and filling for pastries...
spread iSnack 2.0 which commenced airing on 21 September 2009 and during the AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
broadcast.
External links
- Official site
- An Adelaide boy weighs in on Sydney VS Melbourne
- Before the Game
- Comedy Career adds up for Lehmo
- Hawthorn Membership Campaign
- Lehmo can't say 'no'.
- Lehmo's Comedy CV
- Lehmo goes to a wedding
- Lehmo faces the Redbacks
- Lehmo at Hawthorn Football Club
- Lehmo at the Sit Down Comedy Club
- Lehmo at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- Losing to England – "the deepest cut of all"
- VideoSurf – Lehmo's Most Popular Videos