Sam Skopp - Looper | Page 10

Location

Los Angeles, California

School

University Of California, Santa Cruz

Expertise

Shonen Anime, Improv Comedy, HBO Dramas

• Sam has written about pop culture for more than eight years, covering topics ranging from punk rock music to cartoons and video games.
• The most popular video Sam wrote for The Leaderboard on YouTube has been viewed over 8 million times.
• For a time, he performed improv comedy in Los Angeles, where he hopefully made at least one or two people laugh.

Experience

Sam is constantly developing new niche interests. In the past, he has written comedic videos for Channel Frederator, covered video game news for The Gamer, written up local events for the Santa Monica Mirror, edited music reviews for mxdwn, and analyzed occult references in "Adventure Time" for Ultraculture. Sam also studied comedy in Los Angeles, producing an original web series and writing for the 2018 CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase. With his natural sense of curiosity and background in a diverse range of subjects, Sam hopes to connect with new readers and experts alike.

Education

At the University of California, Santa Cruz, Sam graduated from the selective creative writing emphasis of its literature program.

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Stories By Sam Skopp

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• Lando Calrissian Update Drops Bombshell About Donald Glover's Star Wars Return

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• Netflix's One Piece Just Topped Wednesday & Stranger Things In One Major Way

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• One Piece Spoilers: Does Luffy Beat Kaido With Gear 5?

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• Naruto: One Powerful Attack Ignited A Controversial Theory (That Totally Failed)

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• One Piece: The Two Major Characters Who Don't Survive Netflix's Adaptation

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