![]() So Tape Face, Last Things First: Thank you so much for taking the tape off for this podcast. If you’re unfamiliar, then please catch up with this reel of all of his AGT appearances: He took off the tape to speak to me in Times Square to promote one of his mini-tours away from the Vegas Strip. Tape Face was a hit with AGT judges and NBC viewers, and he’s held down a Vegas residency ever since at Harrah’s Las Vegas. on America’s Got Talent in 2016, though, his name was shortened to simply Tape Face. He received a Best Newcomer nomination at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010, and followed that two years later with the Fringe’s coveted Panel Prize. But after an initial foray into stand-up comedy, his friends challenged him to stop talking so much - so he became The Boy With Tape On His Face. When you hear the words Tape Face, what do you picture? Sam Wills began his comedy career in his native New Zealand as a teenage clown in training, complete with a diploma from a circus school in Christchurch. His audience would never forget.Tape Face at the Museum of Broadway, minutes before I interviewed him. He would be the perfect reflection of the Vegas tagline, “What happens here, stays here.” Tape Face would never tell. The pizza delivery man and the creepy psychics would have been better fits as Vegas stage acts (and probably will land contracts). She is cute, writes her own songs and is strangely appealing, but might not be assured to win a talent show at her own school. She gets $1 million and a 3-day show in Las Vegas. Grace Vanderwaal, the 12-year-old with an offbeat voice compared to a young Stevie Nicks, won the competition. Or how they had a child and named him Rafferty Basil Danger Wills. Felicity Redman does a burlesque act under the stage name of Lili La Scala, which explains her appeal to Tape Face, but offers no clue as to how he popped the question. Wills is married and his wife is also a performer. I have little doubt he will definitely stick around. Wills has “expressed” an interest in taping America by storm. He already is a big star in New Zealand and now is a thing in London, where he lives. Somewhere along the line he trade grease paint for tape. Not surprisingly, Wills started out as a clown and graduated from a clown college. That’s talent – to think of a stunt like that and somehow convince four grown men to go along with it. In the show’s finale, Tape Face appeared with four other contestants and, to the tune of “Lean on Me,” turned his competitors into a human coffee table. ![]() The new one I have coming soon is blind rage with a hint of sarcasm. They take a bit to get used to but once they settle on, they feel very natural. Wills: Don’t tell anyone, but I actually order all of my expressions from eBay. Do you practice your expressions in front of a mirror? The inspirations come from… well, that would be telling wouldn’t it? Get your own inspiration! It seemed like he had tape on his pen, too. But in an interview with Parade magazine, Wills scribbled his answers. Wills has been coy about he developed his Tape Face act. In this crowd, a guy who mugs with tape over his mouth sticks out. Wills faced off in the finals against a man in elaborate makeup who juggles, a female contortionist, an NFL player who does card tricks, a pizza deliveryman who channels Frank Siantra, a couple that is somewhere between psychic and creepy and a 12-year-old girl who sings while strumming a ukulele. Sam Wills owns Tape Face.įor me, he was the light of America’s Got Talent, lorded over by Simon Cowell. ![]() Who hasn’t slapped tape on your coffeemaker, luggage, tail light or kid? Now it’s too late. What’s really funny is that anybody could have thought of this. Tape Face has a special gift of making people laugh before he does anything. But lots of us have spent hours in front of a bathroom mirror making faces and nobody laughs at us on national television. This guy slaps tape over his lips, applies thick eye makeup, messes up his hair and becomes a natural crack-up. Some of us have tried all of our lives to be funny. He pulls humor from nondescript bags, entertains with inane puppets and turns everyday objects into gag lines. In a world of noisy gasbags, Tape Face and his prop comedy is a tonic for the ears and dopamine for the funny bone. And everything he doesn’t say is hilarious. He speaks volumes without uttering a word. Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, is an amalgam of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin with a touch of the Minions. He was on a track to win $1 million for his quirky, but irresistible comedy act. ![]() Tape Face, the 38-year-old New Zealand mime who has captivated audiences on America’s Got Talent, has proven a roll of tape, expressive eyebrows and a toilet seat can mesmerize grown adults. It never occurred to me this could be an award-winning act. Once I impetuously slapped duct tape on my talkative daughter.
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