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‘People are like: you’re a crackpot’: how Sam Campbell became comedy’s oddball superstar
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and a character called Super-Breast …
TL;DR
- Make That Movie is a Channel 4 series created by and starring Australian comedian Sam Campbell.
- The show features Campbell as a fictional pompous director who turns the public's unusual movie ideas into actual feature films.
- Campbell is known for his unique, irreverent, and absurdist comedy style, which has led to success on shows like Taskmaster and Last One Laughing UK.
- The series draws inspiration from DIY renovation shows and documentaries about disastrous film productions.
- It incorporates a fictional film crew, including comedian Lara Ricote as his assistant, and various members of the public as actors.
- The films created within the show are intentionally terrible but produced with comedic logic, spanning genres like drama, sci-fi, and animation.
- Campbell's previous work has earned him critical acclaim, including the Edinburgh comedy award.