John Patrick Douglass (/ˈdʌɡləs/; born June 30, 1988), better known as jacksfilms, is an American YouTuber, videographer, musician, and sketch comedian.
The hundredth installment of Your Grammar Sucks includes contributions from jacksepticeye, Rhett and Link, Ryan Higa, and Vsauce.
[V 3] During high school he started to develop a love for music, learning to play the French horn and the piano.
[3][V 1]: 4:48 After graduating from high school, Douglass attended American University, where he majored in film and minored in music theory.
[5] He uploaded "The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)" on January 22, 2009,[4][6][7][8] and it remains his most-viewed video as of September 2024, amassing over 25.8 million views.
Although Your Grammar Sucks and Yesterday I Asked You later became the main focus of his channel, Douglass continues to upload PMS videos.
On June 20, 2011, Douglass began the series Your Grammar Sucks (YGS), mocking internet comments with excessive grammatical and spelling errors.
[16] A typical episode of Your Grammar Sucks is between 2 and 8 minutes long, and consists of Douglass reading the comments aloud word-for-word.
[citation needed] Around 2017, episodes began to be released less frequently under an inconsistent upload schedule, with plans to end the series due to repetitiveness.
[22] 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.
[31] The first episode was poorly received by viewers, with many criticising the sound design and lack of the series' usual adult humour.
On April 24, 2021, Douglass reworked the series to a blind format, where his team picks the answers for him to react on camera.
[citation needed] Since 2022, Douglass has criticized YouTuber Alia "Lia" Shelesh, better known online as SSSniperWolf, over her reaction video content.
[37] In response, Shelesh made several social media posts accusing Douglass of sexism and content theft.
[38][39][40] About a week later, YouTube temporarily demonetized Shelesh's entire channel, writing on Twitter: "off-platform actions that put others' personal safety at risk harm our community & the behavior on both sides isn't what we want on YT.
"[41][42] On October 20, 2023, Shelesh issued an apology to Douglass, her fanbase, and to the wider YouTube community, in the form of a Twitter post.
He also thanked his fans for the support after the doxing incident, and revealed his plans on repurposing the JJJacksfilms channel with a new series called Creator Bingo.