Some people might turn their noses up at Taskmaster generally, or grumble that it's gone downhill since making the switch from Dave to Channel 4 - but for the out-of-touch comedy fan, it remains a reliable way to discover new faces.
This series, it was Sam Campbell who was initially met with a "Who?!" but soon got me investigating further. His stand-up show Companion comes highly recommended. There's an observational humour element to what he does, for sure, but the observations are generally made from a very odd, unique perspective, and he has some of the nervous oddball energy of Mitch Hedberg. I was struggling to breathe during the section about the judge's lunch...
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