Have you ever seen the legendary meme of a cat playing the piano? With over a billion views, “keyboard cat” is one of Charlie Schmidt’s best-known art pieces. Charlie, who was born and raised in Spokane is an accomplished artist, who studied at WSU and later in Tokyo, Japan. Charlie and Frank discuss the viral “keyboard cat” meme, shooting movies in Hollywood in the 80s-90s, and how his work as an artist has taken him around the world. In the episode, Charlie shares for the first time that there is a documentary in process about his life. Join Charlie and Frank for a captivating conversation for Episode 29 of the Most Interesting Person You’ve Never Heard Of podcast.