If you are not familiar with Sam Adams, here is your introduction.
Sports journalist-turned-standup comedian. Keynote speaker. Author. And … commercial actor.
At age 49, the long-time sports journalist took on comedy as his full-time profession. He received high praise at the 2009 Great American Comedy Festival for his entertaining, profanity-free comedy performances.
In 2018 Sam’s popularity catapulted when the “True Color” clip from his 2017 Dry Bar Comedy special went viral — receiving more than 10 million social media views in less than 72 hours.
Since, the clip has amassed more than 35 million views on Facebook alone.
https://www.facebook.com/DryBarComedy/videos/1801454193273331/
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offered this glowing review of Sam’s comedy performance in 2019: “Known for his prize-winning comedy and casual delivery devoid of profanity and vulgarity, (Adams) spent two hours entertaining a full house that belly-laughed and applauded too many times to count.
“If it’s true that laughter is the best medicine, he administered his healing brand intravenously for two solid hours.”
As a sports journalist Sam Adams spent parts of five different decades working for newspapers and electronic media outlets based in Denver, Colorado.
In 2003 Sam’s media peers elected him Colorado’s Print Journalist of the Year. In 2019 Sam Adams became the first African-American sports journalist to be inducted to the Denver Press Club’s Hall of Fame — the oldest press club in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOT7Ai70MUQ
For Sam’s first published book titled, “If You Don’t Believe Me: Lessons Learned From Listened To The Greats,” Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway offered the following tribute . . .
“Through the ups and downs of an NFL career, I developed great trust, respect and appreciation for Sam. Blending an uncanny ability to mix humor with keen insight and knowledge, Sam is a one-of-a-kind storyteller.”
From pages to stages . . .
Now you know Sam Adams.
