By Bella Jones
You might know Sam Garlepp as a writer for The Hundred and The Cheap Seats (as well as appearing on the latter) but if you work at Coles you’ll definitely know him from the internal training videos.
From Facebook Marketplace to divorced parents, in Scam Garlepp Sam covers it all. This show is really tight and the addition of some tech only adds to what is such a delightful and more than laugh minute almost-hour of comedy.
Garlepp quickly comes across as relatable and seemingly effortlessly moves from straight stand up to tech to song parodies – the crowd takes particular joy in a rework of ‘Please Please Please’ to be about the perils of board game nights.
His style is such that he has no trouble balancing quick quips with callbacks and the occasional move into darker jokes – this show isn’t political by any means but an apt comparison of comedy show flyers to political flyers draws a big laugh.
Sam Garlepp is a seriously talented performer and this show could be his best work yet!
Sam Garlepp performs the rest of his run of Scam Garlepp at QT Melbourne from April 16 – 20
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/scam-garlepp/