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Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris are a British comedy writing duo. Their work includes a collection of parody Ladybird books, and they have written scripts for many British comedy series and films, including That Mitchell and Webb Look, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and the Paddington films.

Early lives edit

Hazeley (then known as Jason Smith) and Morris met at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, Essex.[1][2] Whilst at school they produced a parody newsletter, and at sixth form received their first paid work after selling a joke to the Russ Abbott show.[3]

Career edit

Television and film edit

Hazeley and Morris have written for a number of British TV shows and films. These include That Mitchell and Webb Look, A Touch of Cloth, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Electionwipe and Newswipe programmes, and several Philomena Cunk series. The pair are regular contributors to the British adult comic Viz. The 2016 Electionwipe won the BAFTA award for best Comedy and entertainment programme.[4]

The pair also wrote for Paddington[5] and Paddington 2.[6]

Books edit

Hazeley and Morris have co-written books including Bollocks to Alton Towers,[7] and a series of parody Ladybird books which re-caption original illustrations from the Ladybird series with jokes aimed at an adult audience.[8] Topics have included Donald Trump,[9] hipsters and hangovers[10] and Brexit.[11] The books were so successful that in 2015 only JK Rowling, David Walliams and Julia Donaldson sold more copies in the UK.[12]

In October 2015, it was announced that Morris had co-written a series of Ladybird books for adults with Jason Hazeley. The books, which parody the style of the company's classic books for children, re-caption original illustrations from the Ladybird series with new text, offering sardonic commentary on many areas of modern life. The initial run included titles such as The Hangover, Mindfulness, Dating and The Hipster and were published on 18 November 2015.[8][13] The series was later expanded to include public figures such as Donald Trump.[9]

The pair were writers on The Framley Examiner, a local news parody website which later became a book, with Robin Halstead and Alex Morris.

Podcast edit

Hazeley and Morris hosted the comedy podcast Rule of Three until 2020.[14] Rule of Three was named in the best podcasts of 2018 by The Guardian.[15] On the show they invite a comedy performer on to discuss their career and a comedy performance or programme, a TV show, a film, a book, an album or a comic that means a lot to them.[16] Guests have included Eddie Izzard, John Finnemore, Danielle Ward, Jon Holmes,[17] and Aisling Bea[18] Topics have included Bill Hicks, films such as Trading Places and Time Bandits, and the LP version of The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.[19] The podcast has branched out into live shows with special guests such as Sue Perkins.[20] Hazeley has also appeared as a guest on the Griefcast podcast with Cariad Lloyd.[21] At the 2020 British Podcast Awards it was named best Arts and Culture Podcast.[22]

Music edit

From 1998 to 2003 Hazeley was part of the folk-pop duo Ben & Jason.[23]

Morris is lead singer in the band Candidate[24][25] who released their fourth album in 2004.[26] His harmonies with his brother were compared in The Guardian to Simon and Garfunkel.[27]

Publications edit

  • Halstead, Robin; Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Alex; Morris, Joel (2005). Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out. Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 0-14-102120-9.
  • Halstead, Robin; Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Alex; Morris, Joel (3 April 2008). More Bollocks to Alton Towers: More Uncommonly British Days Out. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-102785-2.
  • Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Joel P. (29 October 2015). How it Works: The Husband. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8356-1.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). How it Works: The Wife. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8354-7.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of Dating. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8357-8.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8352-3.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Hangover. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8351-6.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Hipster. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8359-2.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Mid-Life Crisis. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8353-0.
  • ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Shed. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8358-5.
  • ——; —— (11 February 2016). How it Works: The Mum. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8421-6.
  • ——; —— (19 May 2016). How it Works: The Dad. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8426-1.
  • ——; —— (25 August 2016). How it Works: The Student. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8428-5.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Cat. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8433-9.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Dog. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8435-3.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Grandparent. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8430-8.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of Red Tape. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8439-1.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Meeting. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8437-7.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The People Next Door. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8441-4.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Sickie. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8443-8.
  • ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Zombie Apocalypse. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8445-2.
  • ——; —— (1 December 2016). The Ladybird Book of Boxing Day. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8486-5.
  • ——; —— (23 February 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8447-6.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Baby. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8863-4.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Brother. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8869-6.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Sister. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8870-2.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). People at Work: The Rock Star. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8865-8.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of Balls. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8871-9.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Big Night Out. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8867-2.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Ex. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8866-5.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Nerd. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8864-1.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The New You. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8885-6.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Quiet Night In. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8868-9.
  • ——; —— (5 October 2017). A Ladybird First Grown-Up Picture Book. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8884-9.
  • ——; —— (25 October 2018). The Story of Brexit. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-241-38656-9.
  • ——; —— (15 November 2018). The Wonderful World of Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-241-36404-8.
  • ——; —— (3 October 2019). A Ladybird Book about Donald Trump. Loughborough: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-241-42272-4.

References edit

  1. ^ "Notable Alumni". wKegs.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Meet the men who revived Ladybird and reinvented the toilet book". Inews.co.uk. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ladybird Book duo Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley are now spoofing Scandi noir on Radio 4". Radio Times.
  4. ^ "Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme - CHARLIE BROOKer's 2016 WIPE". Bafta.org. 11 April 2017.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 2 - Jo Whiley & Simon Mayo, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, Ladybird Book Confession, The link between Ladybird, Paddington and Bins!". BBC. 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley | United Agents". Unitedagents.co.uk.
  7. ^ Hazeley, Jason; Halstead, Robin; Morris, Alex; Morris, Joel (March 2, 2006). Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out. Penguin Adult. ISBN 9780141021201 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "Spoof Ladybird books target adult market". BBC News Online. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris on writing A Ladybird Book About Trump". Inews.co.uk. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Ladybird Books' mid-life crisis: New books take on hangovers and hipsters". Irishtimes.com.
  11. ^ "Ladybird book authors make light work of Brexit". The Guardian. 25 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Meet the Ladybird authors knocking everyone off the best-sellers list - including me". Telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Are You Alright in There? - Radio 4 Documentary". Comedy.co.uk.
  14. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (23 June 2019). "The week in radio and podcasts: Football Daily; Giant; Athletico Mince". The Observer. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  15. ^ Davies, Hannah J.; Verdier, Hannah; Gibsone, Harriet; Haynes, Gavin (June 30, 2018). "The 50 best podcasts of 2018". Theguardian.com.
  16. ^ [1] [dead link]
  17. ^ Gent, James (June 8, 2018). "Podcast of the Week: Rule Of Three » We Are Cult". Wearecult.rocks.
  18. ^ Bea, Aisling. "AISLING BEA - Actor, Writer, Stand-Up, MC. People have woken up to worse. Rule Of Three – Father Ted". Aislingbea.com.
  19. ^ "Dissecting comedy classics: Rule of Three". Rnz.co.nz. August 31, 2018.
  20. ^ "Rule of Three with special guest Sue Perkins • Comedy • Kings Place". Kingsplace.co.uk. June 2023.
  21. ^ "Ep. 56 Jason Hazeley - Griefcast (podcast)". Listennotes.com. 23 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Winners 2020". Britishpodcastawards.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Ben & Jason - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC.
  24. ^ allmusic ((( Taking on the Enemy's Sound > Overview )))
  25. ^ "Joel Morris | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  26. ^ "BBC - Radio 2 - Folk and Acoustic". Bbc.co.uk.
  27. ^ Clarke, Betty (12 January 2002). "Candidate, London". The Guardian.

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Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris are a British comedy writing duo Their work includes a collection of parody Ladybird books and they have written scripts for many British comedy series and films including That Mitchell and Webb Look Charlie Brooker s Screenwipe and the Paddington films Contents 1 Early lives 2 Career 2 1 Television and film 2 2 Books 2 3 Podcast 2 4 Music 3 Publications 4 ReferencesEarly lives editHazeley then known as Jason Smith and Morris met at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford Essex 1 2 Whilst at school they produced a parody newsletter and at sixth form received their first paid work after selling a joke to the Russ Abbott show 3 Career editTelevision and film edit Hazeley and Morris have written for a number of British TV shows and films These include That Mitchell and Webb Look A Touch of Cloth Charlie Brooker s Screenwipe Electionwipe and Newswipe programmes and several Philomena Cunk series The pair are regular contributors to the British adult comic Viz The 2016 Electionwipe won the BAFTA award for best Comedy and entertainment programme 4 The pair also wrote for Paddington 5 and Paddington 2 6 Books edit Hazeley and Morris have co written books including Bollocks to Alton Towers 7 and a series of parody Ladybird books which re caption original illustrations from the Ladybird series with jokes aimed at an adult audience 8 Topics have included Donald Trump 9 hipsters and hangovers 10 and Brexit 11 The books were so successful that in 2015 only JK Rowling David Walliams and Julia Donaldson sold more copies in the UK 12 In October 2015 it was announced that Morris had co written a series of Ladybird books for adults with Jason Hazeley The books which parody the style of the company s classic books for children re caption original illustrations from the Ladybird series with new text offering sardonic commentary on many areas of modern life The initial run included titles such as The Hangover Mindfulness Dating and The Hipster and were published on 18 November 2015 8 13 The series was later expanded to include public figures such as Donald Trump 9 The pair were writers on The Framley Examiner a local news parody website which later became a book with Robin Halstead and Alex Morris Podcast edit Hazeley and Morris hosted the comedy podcast Rule of Three until 2020 14 Rule of Three was named in the best podcasts of 2018 by The Guardian 15 On the show they invite a comedy performer on to discuss their career and a comedy performance or programme a TV show a film a book an album or a comic that means a lot to them 16 Guests have included Eddie Izzard John Finnemore Danielle Ward Jon Holmes 17 and Aisling Bea 18 Topics have included Bill Hicks films such as Trading Places and Time Bandits and the LP version of The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail 19 The podcast has branched out into live shows with special guests such as Sue Perkins 20 Hazeley has also appeared as a guest on the Griefcast podcast with Cariad Lloyd 21 At the 2020 British Podcast Awards it was named best Arts and Culture Podcast 22 Music edit From 1998 to 2003 Hazeley was part of the folk pop duo Ben amp Jason 23 Morris is lead singer in the band Candidate 24 25 who released their fourth album in 2004 26 His harmonies with his brother were compared in The Guardian to Simon and Garfunkel 27 Publications editHalstead Robin Hazeley Jason A Morris Alex Morris Joel 2005 Bollocks to Alton Towers Uncommonly British Days Out Michael Joseph Ltd ISBN 0 14 102120 9 Halstead Robin Hazeley Jason A Morris Alex Morris Joel 3 April 2008 More Bollocks to Alton Towers More Uncommonly British Days Out Penguin ISBN 978 0 14 102785 2 Hazeley Jason A Morris Joel P 29 October 2015 How it Works The Husband Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8356 1 29 October 2015 How it Works The Wife Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8354 7 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of Dating Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8357 8 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8352 3 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of The Hangover Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8351 6 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of The Hipster Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8359 2 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of The Mid Life Crisis Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8353 0 29 October 2015 The Ladybird Book of The Shed Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8358 5 11 February 2016 How it Works The Mum Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8421 6 19 May 2016 How it Works The Dad Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8426 1 25 August 2016 How it Works The Student Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8428 5 20 October 2016 How it Works The Cat Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8433 9 20 October 2016 How it Works The Dog Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8435 3 20 October 2016 How it Works The Grandparent Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8430 8 20 October 2016 The Ladybird Book of Red Tape Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8439 1 20 October 2016 The Ladybird Book of The Meeting Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8437 7 20 October 2016 The Ladybird Book of The People Next Door Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8441 4 20 October 2016 The Ladybird Book of The Sickie Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8443 8 20 October 2016 The Ladybird Book of The Zombie Apocalypse Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8445 2 1 December 2016 The Ladybird Book of Boxing Day Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8486 5 23 February 2017 The Ladybird Book of The Do Gooder Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8447 6 5 October 2017 How it Works The Baby Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8863 4 5 October 2017 How it Works The Brother Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8869 6 5 October 2017 How it Works The Sister Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8870 2 5 October 2017 People at Work The Rock Star Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8865 8 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of Balls Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8871 9 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of The Big Night Out Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8867 2 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of The Ex Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8866 5 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of The Nerd Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8864 1 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of The New You Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8885 6 5 October 2017 The Ladybird Book of The Quiet Night In Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8868 9 5 October 2017 A Ladybird First Grown Up Picture Book Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 7181 8884 9 25 October 2018 The Story of Brexit Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 241 38656 9 15 November 2018 The Wonderful World of Ladybird Books for Grown Ups London Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 241 36404 8 3 October 2019 A Ladybird Book about Donald Trump Loughborough Ladybird Books ISBN 978 0 241 42272 4 References edit Notable Alumni wKegs org uk Meet the men who revived Ladybird and reinvented the toilet book Inews co uk 6 January 2018 Retrieved 1 August 2020 Ladybird Book duo Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley are now spoofing Scandi noir on Radio 4 Radio Times Comedy amp Comedy Entertainment Programme CHARLIE BROOKer s 2016 WIPE Bafta org 11 April 2017 BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley amp Simon Mayo Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris Ladybird Book Confession The link between Ladybird Paddington and Bins BBC 20 November 2018 Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley United Agents Unitedagents co uk Hazeley Jason Halstead Robin Morris Alex Morris Joel March 2 2006 Bollocks to Alton Towers Uncommonly British Days Out Penguin Adult ISBN 9780141021201 via Google Books a b Spoof Ladybird books target adult market BBC News Online 12 October 2015 Retrieved 12 October 2015 a b Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris on writing A Ladybird Book About Trump Inews co uk 30 September 2019 Retrieved 1 August 2020 Ladybird Books mid life crisis New books take on hangovers and hipsters Irishtimes com Ladybird book authors make light work of Brexit The Guardian 25 October 2018 Meet the Ladybird authors knocking everyone off the best sellers list including me Telegraph co uk Are You Alright in There Radio 4 Documentary Comedy co uk Sawyer Miranda 23 June 2019 The week in radio and podcasts Football Daily Giant Athletico Mince The Observer Retrieved 6 April 2020 Davies Hannah J Verdier Hannah Gibsone Harriet Haynes Gavin June 30 2018 The 50 best podcasts of 2018 Theguardian com 1 dead link Gent James June 8 2018 Podcast of the Week Rule Of Three We Are Cult Wearecult rocks Bea Aisling AISLING BEA Actor Writer Stand Up MC People have woken up to worse Rule Of Three Father Ted Aislingbea com Dissecting comedy classics Rule of Three Rnz co nz August 31 2018 Rule of Three with special guest Sue Perkins Comedy Kings Place Kingsplace co uk June 2023 Ep 56 Jason Hazeley Griefcast podcast Listennotes com 23 October 2018 Winners 2020 Britishpodcastawards com Retrieved 1 August 2020 Ben amp Jason New Songs Playlists amp Latest News BBC Music BBC allmusic Taking on the Enemy s Sound gt Overview Joel Morris Credits AllMusic Retrieved 1 August 2020 BBC Radio 2 Folk and Acoustic Bbc co uk Clarke Betty 12 January 2002 Candidate London The Guardian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris amp oldid 1223034094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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