Jay Foreman (comedian)
Jay Foreman (born 4 October 1984) is an English YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and comedian.
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| Born | 4 October 1984 Stanmore, London, England | |||||||||
| Genres | Musical comedy | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2005–present | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.35 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 174.58 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 27 December 2022 | ||||||||||
Early life and education
Foreman was born on 4 October 1984.[2] He was raised in a Jewish household in Stanmore, London, with his brother and sister.[3] His brother Darren is beatboxer and musician Beardyman.[4]
From 1996 to 2003, Foreman was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School,[5] a state grammar school for boys in Barnet, north London, followed by the University of York, where he began performing comedy songs on acoustic guitar in 2005.[6]
Career
Foreman was featured as the BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe 2007, won Best Newcomer at the Tuborg Musical Comedy awards 2009,[7] and came third at the Musical Comedy Awards 2010.[8]
In 2009, Foreman contributed jingles to the weekly comedy podcast Answer Me This!,[9] and in 2011 and 2012, supported comedian Dave Gorman on Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation tour.[10]
Foreman presented The General Election Xplained, a film sent to every secondary school in the UK in 2010, which won gold at the New York Festival for Best PR Film.[11]
For several years, he has also performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which include Disgusting Songs For Revolting Children (And Other Funny Stories), and No More Colours and Mixtape.[12]
Jay Foreman's songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, and London Live TV.[13]
YouTube
Foreman created his YouTube channel in April 2006, originally under the username "jayforeman51".[14] It contains various clips from his comedy shows, tongue-in-cheek educational series such as Map Men (presented with Mark Cooper-Jones), Politics Unboringed, Unfinished London, and music videos for his songs; at times some of his original comedy is integrated into his in-video sponsor advertisements. As of 4 October 2022, Foreman has over 1.32 million subscribers and has amassed nearly 166 million views across all his public videos.[15]
Map Men
Map Men is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of five to ten minute long videos about specific maps and abnormalities contained in them.[16]
Politics Unboringed
Politics Unboringed was a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2015 and the last in 2017.[17] Each episode is roughly five minutes long and handles various topics relating to British politics. In 2021, Foreman indicated in his Stereo podcasts that he intends to not continue the series as he claims that politics does not need to be "unboringed" anymore.[citation needed]
Unfinished London
Unfinished London is a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2009. Each Unfinished London episode is roughly ten minutes long and handles a specific area of the evolution of London's infrastructure, urban planning, and local government. Foreman describes it on its YouTube description page as "A show about London's quirky, unexplained unbuilt infrastructure, exploring bridges over nothing, tunnels to nowhere, and borders that don't make any sense".
Personal life
In June 2019, Foreman and his partner, Jade Nagi, announced their engagement via Twitter.[18] The couple married in 2021.[19][20] The two have a son born in July 2022.[21]
Foreman supported Green Party candidate Siân Berry during the 2016 London mayoral election, and created a political ad voicing his support for her proposed policy to close London City Airport and convert it into a new residential neighborhood.[22]
Foreman is ethnically Jewish, and in a statement written for the London Jewish News in 2018, he described his fondness for his family's Jewish traditions, even though Foreman himself is an atheist.[23]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2009 | Musical Comedy Awards | Best Newcomer | Won | [24] | |
| 2010 | Musical Comedy Awards | Main Award | Third place | [25] | |
| 2021 | 11th Streamy Awards | Learning and Education | Map Men | Nominated | [26] |
References
- ^ a b "About Jay Foreman". YouTube.
- ^ @jayforeman (4 October 2020). "I am now the same age as Homer Simpson" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Unfinished London – A Documentary by Jay Foreman (beardyman's brother) and Paul Kendler. Beardyman. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Comedian and musician Jay Foreman winning plaudits after building his career online". Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ . jayforeman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Musical Comedy Awards". 20 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "The Answer Me This! Players". answermethispodcast.com. 2 January 2007.
- ^ "Jay Foreman on tour with Dave Gorman! |". www.dittoproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Jay Foreman, comedian tour dates : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Jay Foreman: 'One of the most fun things about performing for kids is that it's impossible to out-gross them'". The List. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ . YouTube. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Jay Foreman's YouTube Channel About page". youtube.com.
- ^ Fitch, Chris (9 August 2016). "Map Men: teaching geography through comedy". Geographical. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ How do you become a Lord?. Jay Foreman. 31 July 2017. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Foreman, Jade [@Jade_Nagi] (14 June 2019). "Two big announcements!!! 💕 🔑 🏠 🥂 🍾 💍 👰🏻 💕 t.co/ZOGZOIKwUz" (Tweet). from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Foreman, Jay [@jayforeman] (8 August 2021). "Wife! t.co/HPBGiVGGPb" (Tweet). from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Foreman, Jade [@Jade_Nagi] (9 August 2021). "Thank you so much to Mark and Rachel of @expressionwed They made us photophobes feel so comfortable. Can't wait to see the rest of the results!! 🥰 @ Fanhams Hall t.co/xLIwXzHLJA" (Tweet). from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Foreman, Jay [@jayforeman] (21 July 2022). "I have a son!!!" (Tweet). from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Let's Close London City Airport, retrieved 22 June 2022
- ^ "TwitLonger — when you talk too much for Twitter". TwitLonger. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022.
- ^ "About the Musical Comedy Awards". Musical Comedy Awards. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "About the Musical Comedy Awards". Musical Comedy Awards. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "11th Annual Winners". The Streamy Awards. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
External links
- Official website