Sam Campbell | 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 

What a performance

That program has gone down hill. Series 8 was the best. S16 line-up looks crap

Same here. This guy has massive John Kearns energy...except that he actually has some energy. He's my pick for funniest + most psychotically random.

@@nicky_nike Aaron Chen would have been a better Aussie choice for TM, I haven't laughed once at any of this lad's material.

​@@nicky_nikeSeason 7 was better.

@@teeman8999 ok 7 and 8.

What’s the difference ?

why?

i came to see if he was funny after watching 2 episodes of Taskmaster with him on them, I thought that as i found him only mildly irritating and nothing else that i must be missing something, but no. i watched this and i didn't get annoyed, nor irritated and certainly didn't raise a smile. it's seems to be a chap out of place, as if he's turned up for the wrong job interview, tries to blag it anyway but doesn't get the job. can you perhaps point to something in his set that was funny? perhaps with some help I'll "get it".

​@@dannygolightly865 I think "as if he's turned up for the wrong job interview and tries to blag it anyway" is actually a decent description and it gets at why I find him funny! A lot of his schtick is kinda like he's an old school observational comedian who doesn't really know anything about the real world or how to construct a joke properly. As someone who finds most "typical" standup unfunny, his particular style of subverting the structures is really funny to me. Like jumping to "Someone was telling me the West is collapsing" out of nowhere is already hilarious to me because it's so jarring that he'd just suddenly bring up this huge political topic with zero transition. And the way he says "Is that [breath] true?" as though he's randomly out of breath and has no idea where he's even going with it. Then where a normal comedian would probably go on to make some satirical political commentary about the topic, it's like all he can come up with is "there's too many clocks". And it's like he's trying to go into this classic "What's the deal with / in my day" routine complaining about society but he's talking about clocks and he's also not confident at all in it. "Back in my day - well not in my day, but wasn't there a time - I don't know actually - surely there was -" So by the time he does actually pin down his argument against there being "too many clocks" it's totally absurd. I always find it so funny the way he builds up to getting outraged about something that makes no sense like using the microwave to check the time, implying he's some kind of clock conservative who believes society has gone soft because we don't check the time on the town clock tower anymore. "Midnight would travel through your body! It'd put ya right!" On top of that I just find his mannerisms and use of language really funny. There's this out-of-place eloquence and old-timeyness to the way he relates some things which obviously contrasts with the absurdity of the content and his general awkwardness. I feel like detractors seem to think the awkwardness and clumsiness is actual incompetence lol but it's clearly intentional and he uses it very cleverly.

@@sione_etcthis is such an excellent analysis of what makes Sam so funny. It’s breathtakingly perfect nonsense (and it’s obvious why other comedians love him)

Haha! thankyou for constructing this little deeper dive. I already love cambo but reading this analysis of the jokes I already love made me giggle some more. + a little deeper insight is always fun. It's always satisfying when something is just great silly absurd comedy on the surface but upon reflection you realize there is really precise reasons why it is funny. @@sione_etc

​@@dannygolightly865he made me laugh harder than anyone else on Taskmaster. He seemed to make the other comedians laugh the most too, especially Alex Horne.

I hope he took his 27 empties from the bushes.

@@dwaynedibley6339 They weren't his, though :P

​@@KangarooKommandoI'm sure that it's true because he's eggerson KEEV-NEE

What an ending 😂

That's what brought me here. He was so funny on it. Gonna RU-vid binge him now.

And me

that's exactly what I was thinking

i can sort of see that, but Acaster does also say some funny things and his awkwardness is better placed@@caseycryan4277

Next to this guy Acaster is a put together rational chartered accountant

Acaster is the worst

What's anti-comedy about it?

@@bravetherainbow it’s like he’s doing satire on what a comedy special is. I just can’t imagine anyone else doing this kind of material and making it funny 😂

@@SirBonsley I dunno a lot of these jokes seem like pretty straightforward comedy jokes. An "anti-joke" is when you're expecting some funny twist but then they just say something completely literal and commonplace instead. Not really what's happening here.

​@@bravetherainbow can you explain how the west is collapsing joke with too many clocks is straightforward comedy? What about climbing into the chimney at the Vatican?

@@SirBonsley They're both pretty absurd, but especially the Vatican chimney one seems like using a piece of trivia to make a funny image/silly situation? That seems pretty common in standup comedy to me? I dunno. I should make it clear I think this guy's great, either way.

Yeah lots, he’s a very good stand up comedian

He decent

Yeah the start middle and end just like my favourite erotic novel

So terrible

@@joshodavo what stand up comedians are you a fan of, I'm always on the look out for new stuff

Cussing? Fr?

Until you know and understand the difference between they're (they are) and their (possession, ownership) you don't get to have an opinion.

@@Jagabot_Esq. No free speech? Will U forcefully vaccine & chip me as well?

What an idiotic thing to say.

Show me someone who never cusses, and I'll show you a fuckin' liar 😉

That’s his style and part of what makes him unique and hilarious