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Sam Simmons - once identified as "a very strange fellow" by Conan O'Brien - has made a career out of being weird.
The Triple J graduate has returned from Los Angeles for a series of Australian shows, promising his "best shit, plus some other stuff I don't know yet" when he fronts Fresh Comedy in Launceston this Friday and Saturday.
"I've got no idea man. I don't know. To be honest I've just come from the end of 12 weeks doing the same show," Simmons says.
"Maybe I'll do the difference between cats and dogs? I'll do that.
"Nah, you'll get my good stuff, but I'll muck around too. It feels good to watch a comedian make mistakes. Makes it more immediate."
Simmons has been killing it lately.
He won the 2015 Barry Award for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2014 Helpman Award best comedy performance for Death of a Sailsman: the story of a muesli-bar purveyor who has a mid-life crisis and takes to the sea.
Simmons had a crack at TV a couple of years ago with the sketch show Problems on the ABC, but came to the conclusion that Australian TV might not be for him.
"The show was axed because it might offend some nannas or something.
"There's only room for one weirdo on television in Australia, and it's not me. You've got to have your hot new weirdo of the moment - who would be Shaun Micallef for sure, maybe even Luke McGregor.
"But I come back to Australia every year and see the same f---ing heads on television. And I go: Really? The same f---ing heads. Over and over again."
Simmons said he doesn't seek out a lot of comedy mates in his down time ("David Quirk is probably the only one") but does have a fondness for fellow Fresh Comedy alumni Celia Pacquola.
"Good old Celia Pacquola! She's like a trusty loaf of bread. You know she's going to deliver. A good loaf of bread that would go well with any spread."
He also loves the gigs in Launceston.
"Not just saying that either. Launnie blew me away last time. I like the town as well. It's really pretty but it seems to have a young spirit.
"The crowds are genuinely happy that you make the effort to come down."