He may be well-known but the comedian turned broadcaster has Fringe in his DNA.
Diaries from Sammy J’s childhood are full of notes to his future self. “They are littered with messages trying to engage with my future self, going, ‘Hey, how old are you now, what are you doing?’”50 Year Show
As its name suggests, the show has a lifespan of five decades. This year sees its fourth instalment, complete with a cast of top-tier comedy talent returning, including Charlie Pickering and, he hopes, Celia Pacquola. “When I first started it, I was bumbling along trying to make a career out of comedy. I’d had a few wins and losses but I was still figuring out what I do,” says the comedian turned ABC broadcaster. “It’s always been looking forward and now it’s the fourth one, 15 years worth of shows, for the first time properly reckoning with looking back, watching hours of footage. I’ve been watching myself as this young, nervous, ambitious 25-year-old and that’s way more confronting than I expected it to be.
Does his work with the ABC conflict with his work as a comedian? In short, no. “I don’t feel constrained at all, and I guess the day may come when I’m called into Ita Buttrose’s office because I’ve said something ... I think I started the radio trying to combine the two, and that was neither needed nor successful because then we had the pandemic... in my mind now they are very different hats to wear.
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