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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to Katie Cunningham

Three things with Sammy J: ‘I’m a 40-year-old man who uses a four-colour pen – and I’m not ashamed’

A radio host in a blue long sleeve shirt, with a curious expression, holding his hands in a steeple shape, sitting at a sound desk.
‘If Guardian readers want to get to know the real me, here I am’: Australian comedian, author and ABC Radio Melbourne breakfast host Sammy J on three significant objects in his life. Photograph: ABC

By day, you’ll hear Sammy J on the air as the host of ABC Radio Melbourne’s breakfast program. But away from that early morning gig, the musical comedian – real name Samuel Jonathan McMillan – has appeared on everything from Hey Hey It’s Saturday to Spicks and Specks, authored a YA novel and performed a political satire sketch series for the ABC (which he also wrote). Together with purple puppet Randy Feltface, he’s also half of the comedic double act Sammy J & Randy.

McMillan’s musical endeavours began when he was in primary school, and all these years later, he still has souvenirs from first forays into song. Here, the lyrical whiz tells us about the sheets of music he’d save from his house in a fire, and shares the stories of two other important belongings.

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