I wouldn't say this interview is hilarious at all.  That punk kid interviewer is an **** and if that's what they teach in journalism school, no wonder many athletes want nothing to do with so-called reporters.  I take it back - this kid has nothing to do with journalism or reporting.  He's just an **** with a mike.

I wouldn't say this interview is hilarious at all.  That punk kid interviewer is an **** and if that's what they teach in journalism school, no wonder many athletes want nothing to do with so-called reporters.  I take it back - this kid has nothing to do with journalism or reporting.  He's just an **** with a mike.

Sam's lack of validation he gives the kid is what's hilarious about it - clearly the kid is underprepared, citing wikipedia as his source for info, the way Sam handles it is awesome - then essentially challenging the kid to make a fool of himself at the end - if thats not pure comedy, with sam playing the straight man, I don't know what is

That was so not funny.

the kid's a stupid wannabe. granted sam didn't treat him well back, but who blames him with stupid questions like that.

Seems that the young man was attempting 'Borat' journalism by attempting to keep a straight face while asking questions designed to get under the skin of the interviewee to cause a foolish response. This type of interview invariably leaves someone (either interviewer or interviewee, or both) looking foolish. 

In the Borat movie there were scenes that made me cringe because he was trying to make an ass out of people who were just being kind -- these scenes tended to not make me laugh although his comic ability sometimes made chuckle despite myself.  Of course, when he came upon people who showed themselves to be jerks, his ability to make them look foolish was satisfying both comedically and in the vicaroius joy of watching an ass successfully made a fool of. 

When this is done to unsuspecting nice people and without any comic ability, it fails on all counts and just makes the interviewer look foolish.  This clip is case in point.  Clip just made me uncomfortable.

It's talentless peon humor for Springer fans, the only thing that made me laugh is that Sam knows he is so above that moron that he didn't take the time to acknowledge him in a way that would have truly brought him something real, the interview was a complete failure for the amount of time and preparation he put into it and Sam absolutely punked him, softly.