jacksfilms

John Patrick Douglass[‡ 1] (born June 30, 1988[‡ 2]), better known as jacksfilms, is an American YouTuber. Douglass began his online career in 2006. His YouTube channel initially consisted of infomercial parodies, sketches, and comedic music videos.

"Jack Douglass" redirects here. For people with similar names, see Jack Douglas (disambiguation).

jacksfilms
Douglass on the Cold Ones podcast in 2019
Personal information
Born
John Patrick Douglass

(1988-06-30) June 30, 1988
Columbia, Maryland, U.S.
EducationAmerican University
Occupations
Spouse
Erin Breslin
​
(m. 2018)​
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers4.74 million (main channel)
5.42 million (combined)[lower-alpha 1][1]
Total views2.7 billion (main channel)
2.76 billion (combined)[lower-alpha 2][1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2010, 2013, 2022
1,000,000 subscribers2013
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2018–present
Followers363.58 thousand
Last updated: January 8, 2023

Personal and early life

Douglass was born in Columbia, Maryland, on June 30, 1988,[‡ 2][‡ 3] and is primarily of Irish ancestry.[‡ 4] He has two older sisters. During high school he started to develop a love for music, and he learned to play the French horn and the piano.[2] In May 2006, during his senior year of high school, he created short video sketches for a school assignment, leading him to decide to create films. The next month, he started using YouTube and uploading videos.[3][‡ 5] After graduating from high school, Douglass attended American University, where he majored in film and minored in music theory.[4]

On January 1, 2017, Douglass became engaged to his longtime partner Erin Breslin.[5] The couple married on April 21, 2018.[‡ 6] Douglass owns three American Eskimo dogs; their names are Klondike, Sundae, and Chipwich.[‡ 7][6]

YouTube career
Douglass at VidCon 2012

Douglass launched his main YouTube channel jacksfilms on June 26, 2006.[‡ 8] He uploaded "The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)" on January 22, 2009,[4][7][8][9] which is his most-viewed video as of September 2022, amassing 25.6 million views.[10][11][12] Many of Douglass' early videos were parodies, often about infomercials, and Apple or Samsung phones.[13][14][15] In June 2011, Douglass began the series Your Grammar Sucks, mocking internet comments with excessive grammatical and spelling errors. On June 27, 2013, the jacksfilms channel reached 1 million subscribers; this sits at a combined 5.33 million across his YouTube channels as of September 2022.[16] In 2014, Douglass' channel jacksfilms was listed on NewMediaRockstars' list of the top 100 YouTube channels, ranked at #54.[17]

On January 8, 2014, Douglass launched JackAsk, a series in which he satirically answers viewers' questions.[18] On February 3, 2015, Douglass launched Yesterday I Asked You (YIAY), a daily series in which he reads his favorite answers from the viewers of questions he previously asked.

In 2016 and 2017, Douglass released a series of phone commercial parodies, on the first-generation iPhone SE,[19] Galaxy S8,[20] and iPhone X.[21][22] These parodies received media attention from CNET[22][19] and Kotaku.[19] On April 15, 2018, Douglass won the 2018 Shorty Award for YouTuber of the Year.[23]

After Douglass made videos poking fun at The Emoji Movie, he received a package from the film's marketing team on July 20, 2017, thanking him for being "the [No. 1] fan of The Emoji Movie".[24] They invited him to the world premiere on July 23, and sent Emoji Movie–related merchandise.[24]

Douglass published The YIAY Book on January 2017, collecting 50 previously asked questions on YIAY with his own answer.[25] He later launched a Kickstarter campaign for "YIAY: The Board Game" on October 28th 2020,[26][27] transforming the YIAY video formats into a board game which combined the Cards Against Humanity format with YIAY themed questions.[28][29][30][31]

YIAY LIVE is a live version of the popular YIAY series on Douglass's YouTube channel streaming on Twitch. The first episode aired on August 31, 2018. The latest episode, episode 18, aired on November 7, 2018. In mid 2019, he started "Are You Funnier than a YouTuber?" Starting November 2021, Douglass started the YIAY LIVE! LIVE! tour. The tour was originally scheduled to be held throughout May 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic forced to have the tour rescheduled.

On January 4, 2021, Douglass announced YIAY TIME: The Game Show, a new YouTube Originals show.[32] It premiered the next day on January 5, 2021, for free on Douglass's YouTube channel.[33]

Filmography
Douglass performing with Toby Turner at VidCon 2012
Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin Pippen [34]
Web
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012–2014 MyMusic Intern 2 Main role [35]
2014 16-Bit High Jimmy Sparton Main role [36]
2016–2017 YouTube Rewind Himself Appears in 2016 and 2017 rewinds [37]
2017 Darkiplier vs Antisepticeye JacksKills Cameo appearance [38]

Gameography
Year Game Type Platforms Developer Ref.
2021 YIAY: The Board Game Comedy Boardgame YIAY team, Juniper [26][27][39][29][30][31]
2022 Be Funny Now! Comedy Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS Galvanic Games, New Beings [40]

Awards
Year Nominated Award Result Ref(s)
2018 Shorty Awards YouTuber of the Year Won [23]
2018 Streamy Awards Overall Comedy Nominated [41]
2019 Streamy Awards Comedy Won [42]

Notes
  1. Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    4.74 million (jacksfilms)
    520 thousand (jackisanerd)
    40.3 thousand (SHUTUPDENNIS)
    3.68 thousand (featuredfridays)
    121K thousand (JJJacksfilms)
  2. Views, broken down by channel:
    2.7 billion (jacksfilms)
    62.74 million (jackisanerd)
    6.18 million (SHUTUPDENNIS)
    57.12 thousand (featuredfridays)
    1.21 million (JJJacksfilms)

References
  1. "About jacksfilms". YouTube.
  2. jacksfilms [@jacksfilms] (April 6, 2011). "@timheidecker What kind of horn? French? I played a mean French horn" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. Handy Pen. jacksfilms. June 27, 2006. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  4. "Cashing in big on viral videos". The Washington Times. November 11, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  5. Rodriguez, Karla (January 6, 2017). "YouTube Star Jack Douglass Is Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend Erin Elizabeth Breslin". J-14.
  6. 3 DOGS ON A COUCH. jacksfilms. April 12, 2021. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  7. Popken, Ben (January 31, 2009). "You Say Snuggie, I Say WTF Blanket". The Consumerist. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  8. "The WTF Blanket". CollegeHumor. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  9. Nudd, Tim (February 12, 2009). "Be an utter tool, order the WTF Blanket now". Adweek. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  10. May, Brookes (October 25, 2009). "Student strikes YouTube gold". The Eagle. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  11. The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody). jacksfilms. January 22, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  12. "jacksfilms - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  13. Kaiser, Lukas (2010). "The Commercial Parodies of Jacks Films". About.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  14. Miragliotta, Joe (October 5, 2011). "THE NEW IPHONE 4S (PARODY) BY JACKSFILMS". Joe's Daily. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  15. "The Magical iPad(parody)". MMGN. September 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  16. Gutelle, Sam (July 18, 2013). "YouTube Millionaires: Jacksfilms Now Has Over One Million 'Biches'". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  17. "The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 75-51!". NewMediaRockstars. December 30, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  18. JackAsk. jacksfilms. January 8, 2014. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  19. "iPhone SE parody commercial says what everyone's thinking". CNET. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  20. "Samsung Galaxy S8 video trending on YouTube isn't flattering". CNET. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  21. "It's What Steve Jobs Would've Wanted". Kotaku Australia. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  22. "Apple iPhone X parody video snarks at '$1,000 emoji machine'". CNET.
  23. "YouTuber of the Year". Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  24. Dryden, Liam (July 21, 2017). "JacksFilms Got The Best Response After Trolling The Sh*t Out Of 'The Emoji Movie'". We the Unicorns. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  25. jacksfilms [@jacksfilms] (November 27, 2017). "The YIAY Book. 50 questions with all new answers by me. Hardcover, full color, beautiful. Get yours in time for Christmas. More info coming in today's vid t.co/N6qPOn9q6Z t.co/O8XI0xa102" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
  26. YIAY Board Game [@yiayboardgame] (October 28, 2020). "We hit our goal in 24 MINUTES 😳 thank you, we love you, but we still have lots planned over the next month so stick around 😉 t.co/s3CfnK8zrn" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
  27. "Track YIAY: The Board Game's Kickstarter campaign on BackerTracker". BackerKit. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  28. Writer, Alex Meehan Senior Staff (November 30, 2020). "YouTube creator Jacksfilms turns hit YIAY series into a party board game". Dicebreaker. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  29. "YIAY: The Board Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  30. Entertainment, Markley Bros (September 6, 2021), YIAY Board Game!, retrieved April 14, 2023
  31. "Jacksfilms Will Take On Fellow YouTubers In 'YIAY: The Board Game' For Charity Live Stream". Tubefilter. November 19, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  32. "Jack Douglas hosts New YIAY Live Game Show". www.tubefilter.com. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  33. "Jack Douglass Teams With YouTube To Turn Hit 'YIAY' Series Into Live Game Show". Tubefilter. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  34. "Influencer Comedy Film "Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin" Trailer Debuts". Reuters. September 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  35. Amanda Walgrove (September 6, 2013). "Jack Douglass And Adam Busch On "MyMusic" Season 2 And Making YouTube Magic with the Fine Bros". What's Trending?. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  36. Jarvey, Natalie (March 7, 2014). "SXSW Exclusive: Smosh Games Launches Two New YouTube Series (Video)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  37. YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017 | #YouTubeRewind. YouTube. December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  38. DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE. Markiplier. July 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
  39. Writer, Alex Meehan Senior Staff (November 30, 2020). "YouTube creator Jacksfilms turns hit YIAY series into a party board game". Dicebreaker. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  40. "'Be Funny Now!' is a Competitive Party Game from YouTuber Jacksfilms that's Coming to iOS, Android, and Steam May 17th – TouchArcade". Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  41. "8th Annual Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  42. "9th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
Primary video and playlist sources

In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. Douglass, Jack (July 19, 2013). DRAW MY LIFE - Jack Douglass. jacksfilms. Event occurs at 0:23. Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via YouTube.
  2. Douglass, Jack (July 19, 2013). DRAW MY LIFE - Jack Douglass. jacksfilms. Event occurs at 0:08. Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via YouTube.
  3. Douglass, Jack (May 1, 2017). My Apology. jacksfilms. Event occurs at 0:33. Retrieved July 19, 2017 – via YouTube.
  4. Douglass, Jack (January 13, 2017). The CLICKBAIT Game (YIAY #304). jacksfilms. Event occurs at 3:50. Retrieved January 13, 2017 – via YouTube.
  5. Douglass, Jack (July 19, 2013). DRAW MY LIFE - Jack Douglass. jacksfilms. Event occurs at 4:48. Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via YouTube.
  6. "Instagram post by E.E. 🍀 • Jan 27, 2018 at 4:20am UTC". Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2018 – via Instagram.
  7. "Name our new puppy! (YIAY #501)". YouTube. May 29, 2020. Event occurs at 3:15. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  8. "jacksfilms". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
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