Australia’s best stand-up comedian is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Sam Campbell is killing it. Pacing the stage of a sold-out venue near London’s cavernous 02 Arena, the Queensland-born stand-up juggles the mic between his palms and begins to riff about an uncle who drank six coffees a day. “Coffee breath? He had TERRIBLE coffee breath,” he yells. “We went camping and he blew up my mattress.
His discomfort appears genuine. Maybe, I suggest, interviews are just a necessary evil, an inevitable part of a performer’s life. “I don’t think they’re evil,” he shoots back. “It’s just not where I’m at. I’m doing this because my Australian manager, Craig, said you guys really want to do it.” In short, the man who is now being courted by Netflix and counts Jimmy Carr, one of the big beasts of UK comedy, as a close friend and mentor, is a little bit of a mystery.
So, what was your childhood like? “Yeah. I wouldn’t say it was electric. I didn’t wear shoes until we moved nearer to Brisbane. Shoes just weren’t part of your life. I loved the rainforest.”“Yeah, you can say that. I used to walk around on a bunch of rocks near my house just thinking about things. That was my hobby. There were a lot of worlds I created back then that I still think about to get to sleep.
His wandering mind isn’t always an asset when he performs live, he insists. “I was talking about lighthouse keepers recently and how people think they love their lighthouse, but really they love ships and want to keep ships safe. It was interesting, but not funny. I just get things stuck in my head and it feels good to get them out.”
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