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[[RT]] interviewed him in 2015 and asked "Jonathan Pie is your stage name. What’s next for him?" | [[RT]] interviewed him in 2015 and asked "Jonathan Pie is your stage name. What’s next for him?" | ||
| − | [[Tom Walker]] replied: | + | [[Tom Walker]] replied:{{QB|"I wouldn’t say he’s a stage name, he is a character that I’ve created. He’s new – there is a new clip that has become available on [https://www.youtube.com/jonathanpie Jonathan Pie’s ''YouTube'' channel.] |
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| − | + | "A lot of people were commenting after this, a lot of people were saying: 'Did he lose his job? He must have lost this job!' So I quite like the idea that we see what happens to him next. Of course he will be commenting on the news. In this particular episode he’s talking about the British National Health Service ([[NHS]]), and the reforms that are going on there. But actually it’s more about his relationship with this producer that is in his ear. And we find out that he has kept his job, but it’s safe to say he was given a bit of a talking to after his last outburst."<ref>''[https://www.rt.com/op-ed/318769-uk-comedy-jonathan-pie/ "‘Funny ‘cos it’s true’ – Jonathan Pie"]''</ref>}} | |
===Moving on=== | ===Moving on=== | ||
In July 2016, [[Tom Walker]] told the ''Observer'' he is to cut ties with his controversial television network, [[RT]], formerly Russia Today. The news channel is owned by the Russian state and is often criticised for operating as a propaganda tool for [[Vladimir Putin]]. Walker said that, while he was grateful for the platform [[RT]] had given Jonathan Pie, he was now ready to move on.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jul/17/jonathan-pie-switches-channels-edinburgh-fringe "Mr Angry of TV comedy severs links with Putin network on way to Edinburgh fringe"]''</ref> | In July 2016, [[Tom Walker]] told the ''Observer'' he is to cut ties with his controversial television network, [[RT]], formerly Russia Today. The news channel is owned by the Russian state and is often criticised for operating as a propaganda tool for [[Vladimir Putin]]. Walker said that, while he was grateful for the platform [[RT]] had given Jonathan Pie, he was now ready to move on.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jul/17/jonathan-pie-switches-channels-edinburgh-fringe "Mr Angry of TV comedy severs links with Putin network on way to Edinburgh fringe"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | On 1 December 2021, [https://www.spannerfilms.net/ Spanner Films] posted this short film entitled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nDxPSIoAw "The World's End"] on ''[[YouTube]]'':{{QB|Synopsis: "As all the environment correspondents are sick with [[COVID]], reporter Jonathan Pie gets sent to the [[UN Climate Conference in Glasgow]] (aka [[COP26]]) despite knowing very little about the [[climate crisis]]. But he reckons he can wing it. | ||
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| + | Two embarrassing interviews with [[Ed Miliband]] and [[Caroline Lucas]] later, he bumps into an inebriated [[George Monbiot]] drowning his sorrows at 'The World's End' pub. Six pints later, Pie now fully understands the urgency of the existential crisis facing humanity, and, to the horror of his long-suffering producer Tim, he decides to convey his new-found knowledge live to the nation."<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nDxPSIoAw "Jonathan Pie: The World's End (COP26 short film with George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas & Ed Miliband)"]''</ref>}} | ||
==Million-view videos== | ==Million-view videos== | ||
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Jonathan Pie is a fictional character created and portrayed by English comedian Tom Walker. A political correspondent, Jonathan Pie appears in a series of online videos in which he rants and explodes in anger about the state of British, American and Australian politics, with the videos being presented as though he were a real reporter speaking his personal opinions to the camera before or after filming a regular news segment.[1]
Interviewed by RT
RT interviewed him in 2015 and asked "Jonathan Pie is your stage name. What’s next for him?"
Tom Walker replied:
"I wouldn’t say he’s a stage name, he is a character that I’ve created. He’s new – there is a new clip that has become available on Jonathan Pie’s YouTube channel. "A lot of people were commenting after this, a lot of people were saying: 'Did he lose his job? He must have lost this job!' So I quite like the idea that we see what happens to him next. Of course he will be commenting on the news. In this particular episode he’s talking about the British National Health Service (NHS), and the reforms that are going on there. But actually it’s more about his relationship with this producer that is in his ear. And we find out that he has kept his job, but it’s safe to say he was given a bit of a talking to after his last outburst."[2]
Moving on
In July 2016, Tom Walker told the Observer he is to cut ties with his controversial television network, RT, formerly Russia Today. The news channel is owned by the Russian state and is often criticised for operating as a propaganda tool for Vladimir Putin. Walker said that, while he was grateful for the platform RT had given Jonathan Pie, he was now ready to move on.[3]
COP 26
On 1 December 2021, Spanner Films posted this short film entitled "The World's End" on YouTube:
Synopsis: "As all the environment correspondents are sick with COVID, reporter Jonathan Pie gets sent to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (aka COP26) despite knowing very little about the climate crisis. But he reckons he can wing it. Two embarrassing interviews with Ed Miliband and Caroline Lucas later, he bumps into an inebriated George Monbiot drowning his sorrows at 'The World's End' pub. Six pints later, Pie now fully understands the urgency of the existential crisis facing humanity, and, to the horror of his long-suffering producer Tim, he decides to convey his new-found knowledge live to the nation."[4]
Million-view videos
Of some 225 videos on his YouTube channel,[5] these have been viewed more than a million times:
References
- ↑ "The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith: Episode 233 - Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker and Andrew Doyle)"
- ↑ "‘Funny ‘cos it’s true’ – Jonathan Pie"
- ↑ "Mr Angry of TV comedy severs links with Putin network on way to Edinburgh fringe"
- ↑ "Jonathan Pie: The World's End (COP26 short film with George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas & Ed Miliband)"
- ↑ Jonathan Pie videos
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