--- title: "James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "James invented the idea of proper stand-up for children in 2001. For the last ten years he has mainly been concentrating on writing funny books and parenting his own children. Now he is bored of that and returns to the world of festivals to reboot comedy for kids with a face full of wrinkles and a reconstructed show that may include exploding penguins; seventeen ways to eat jam; and songs to sing to the worms in your dog's bottom." "og:title": "James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids" "twitter:description": "James invented the idea of proper stand-up for children in 2001. For the last ten years he has mainly been concentrating on writing funny books and parenting his own children. Now he is bored of that and returns to the world of festivals to reboot comedy for kids with a face full of wrinkles and a reconstructed show that may include exploding penguins; seventeen ways to eat jam; and songs to sing to the worms in your dog's bottom." "twitter:title": "James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids" description: "James invented the idea of proper stand-up for children in 2001. For the last ten years he has mainly been concentrating on writing funny books and parenting his own children. Now he is bored of that and returns to the world of festivals to reboot comedy for kids with a face full of wrinkles and a reconstructed show that may include exploding penguins; seventeen ways to eat jam; and songs to sing to the worms in your dog's bottom." --- # James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F6ea2c3a7-fd9f-4f2c-82a8-a714cd76c5b8?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids James invented the idea of proper stand-up for children in 2001. For the last ten years he has mainly been concentrating on writing funny books and parenting his own children. 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