Jacob Samuel

Jacob Samuel is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He is most noted for his 2020 comedy album Horse Power, which won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[2]

He regularly appears on the CBC Radio comedy series The Debaters,[3] and appeared in the 2020 web series The New Wave of Standup.[4]

In addition to his stand-up comedy work Samuel is also a cartoonist, whose work has appeared in various magazines including The New Yorker.[5]

References
  1. Glenn Sumi, "Reviews of this year’s Juno-nominated comedy albums". Now, March 12, 2021.
  2. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  3. Shawn Conner, "Laugh along to the lighter side of quarantine at Presentation House's comedy fundraiser". Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2020.
  4. Tom Zillich, "‘That night was so much fun’: Surrey-raised comedian in ‘New Wave of Standup’ series". Surrey Now-Leader, July 8, 2020.
  5. Jon Cranny, "That Time I Bombed: Jacob Samuel's giant drawing pad couldn't even save him". The Georgia Straight, February 17, 2017.


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