Sammy J (real name: Samuel Jonathan McMillan) is an Australian musical comedian, satirist, writer and radio presenter. Sammy J has frequently collaborated with fellow Australian puppet comedian Randy Feltface, and from 2018 to 2023 produced a weekly political sketch for the ABC.
Tropes associated with Sammy J and his work:
- Butt-Dialing Mordor: From "Faustian Pact":It seems our whistling has accidentally summoned the Prince of Darkness.
- The "Fun" in "Funeral": "There'll Be Someone at My Funeral Who Doesn't Want to Be There" describes the unusual collection of individuals Sammy J expects to be attending his funeral, and their disparate reasons for being there. Also quiche.
- Heroic Fire Rescue: Sammy claims this in "Back When I Was Your Age":And I once saved a group of puppies from a burning orphanage,
Then I went back inside and saved the orphans too - Invisible President: Averted in Sammy's 2023 show Good Hustle, then current Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears via video insert to offer Coach the job of Australian Ambassador to the United States.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: From the song "Back When I Was Your Age":And if you hear that I once drank too much and threw up in a rubbish bin
On Swanston Street in two-thousand and three
Whilst only wearing underpants, 'cause that’s just how I rolled
I promise you that person wasn't me
