Jenny Nicholson is an American video essayist and

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. Her videos are often longform reviews of media or documentary style videos about theme parks. Nicholson's videos include costumes and humour, and have twice been nominated for the

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Early life

At one time, Nicholson worked at a

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YouTube career

Nicholson posted her first videos in 2011. Nicholson was first known for creating ''

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'', a parody dubbing of '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', under the

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"Sherclop Pones". The videos were slightly more than a minute long. Her videos increased in length over time, with her first 30 minute video (''I hate The Greatest Showman more every moment'') being posted in 2018. In 2018, Nicholson also hosted ''Millennial Falcon'' on the Screen Junkies channel, a talk show that discussed ''

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''. Nicholson's videos have received media attention since 2017, with Nicholson's ''Top 10 Reasons I Won't Do ASMR''

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video receiving praise for its humour. In 2018, ''

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'' recommended Nicholson's ''Suicide Squad Sales Pitch'' video, amongst other videos by Nicholson, describing it as her 'breakout hit'. The video now sits at 3.3 million views. In 2019, Nicholson's ''Oh no! The Rise of Skywalker was real bad :('' video garnered media coverage. In 2020, Nicholson spoke out about the possibility that she caught coronavirus at Disneyland. As of 2021, Nicholson had over 13,000 patrons each paying her at least 1$ a month. In the same year, Nicholson posted an over two hour long video titled ''THE Vampire Diaries Video'' which garnered media attention to her entire body of works, notably an article by the ''International Policy Digest'' which praised her for authenticity and passion on the topics she covers, and highlighting her 'script doctor' series where she performs humorous reviews of movies and media from the point of view of 'fixing' it. The article also highlights her collaborative work with other youtubers, such as her cameos in Lindsay Ellis's videos. The Vampire Diaries video also featured in various recommendation lists of 2022. Nicholson's video ''The Last Bronycon: A Fandom Autopsy'' was a finalist at the 2021

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for Best Related Work. In 2022, Nicholson released a documentary on the now-closed Evermore theme park in

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titled ''Evermore: The Theme Park That Wasn't'', which was called 'the funniest documentary of the year' by ''Collider''. After posting ''The Church Play Cinematic Universe'', Nicholson revealed that she had received a 'bad faith' copyright claim, impacting her channel's ability to earn income. Nicholson received media attention for her backlog of long videos, a format that has become increasingly popular, with many citing her as a pioneer of the longform video essay genre on Youtube. On May 19, 2024, after two years of work, Jenny Nicholson posted ''The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel'', a four-hour and five minute long review of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. The video garnered over 3 million views after 3 days and widespread media coverage, with ''

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'' praising her as having made 'more effort into her research than most postgrads do their dissertations'. The video also received pushback from staff working at the hotel, as well as Disney fans, though the hotel closed its doors in September 2023, reporting an expected 250 million USD loss. Others claiming to be former Disney employees have noted their agreement with Nicholson's assessment of the hotel and its failings. Some sources report that Nicholson claimed that Disney filed a copyright claim against her video due to the music playing in one of the clips she included in her videos, preventing her from earning adsense money on the video for a period of time. The video was named ''

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''s ''Best epic film'' of 2024, and included amongst '' Vanity Fair''s ''Best TV Shows of 2024'' list. In the same year, Nicholson's ''There's something wrong with Hallmark's youtube channel'' was also included in one of ''

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''s ''10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)'' lists. Nicholson's video channel is largely financed by her

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, where she posts monthly exclusive content, which as of January 2025 has over 40,000 paying members. In April 2025, Nicholson was nominated as a finalist of the 2025

for Best Related Work for her video ''The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel'', marking her second Hugo nomination.

Awards and nominations

References

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