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Episode 12 of Map Men - 24 hours early!

It's here! After what feels like a longer than usual 14 months, here, finally is the next instalment of Map Men. Thank you ever so much for your patience!

This episode is all about the very famous 1854 map of Soho that proved the existence of germs. (Well, that's a massively gross generalisation squeezed into one sentence. The episode is more like a mild generalisation squeezed into an eight minute video.)

Because every single individual one of you is my absolute favourite, you...

Map Men Series 3... coming VERY soon....

Someone commented on a video the other day saying “Where are you? What happened to you? Why no new videos for ages? Are you dead?” I phoned and told her she can pick up the phone to her son whenever she likes (a ha ha ha ha ha) but, if we can be serious for a moment, the time has now come for a very long overdue update on how Map Men series 3 is coming along.

The writing stage is now over, and we’ve moved onto the filming stage. So far we’ve done three full days (which equates t...

MAP MEN SERIES 3 - update (Plus an advert we did)

HELLO!!! Long time no Patreon Post!

How've you been? How's lockdown been treating you?

I thought now was as good a time as any to give you a bit of an update on how things are going up my end.

Mark and I are, these days, having regular (more than weekly) Zoom meetings during which we sit down and work on scripts for series 3 of Map Men. We're aiming big this time - if all goes to plan (it never does) there might be as many as ELEVEN episodes.

As for when the first...

Unfinished London - episode 10 (Watch it NOW!)

I had a thought the other day... you guys are technically my bosses. You pay my salary, it's my job to do what you've paid me to do, and if I don't do it properly, you can have me fired. I imagine you like Mr. Spacely from the Jetsons jumping up and down behind your desk and shouting "YOU'RE FIRED!!" with your moustache going all bristly.

I'm getting massively side-tracked. The point is, episode 10 of Unfinished London is HERE and it's NOW, and because you're my boss, you're seeing it ...

Unfinished London episode 10 coming this week!

Set your toasters to excited… cos episode 10 of Unfinished London is very very VERY nearly finished!

It’ll be uploaded in the next few days. I can’t say exactly when, cos there’s still about 12 little things to do, and I don’t know how long they’ll take me, but keep checking here on Patreon every 10 seconds for the next week to see if it’s arrived yet. And of course, when that happens, it’ll be at least 24 hours before it gets published publicly on YouTube, because you�...

Watch episode 9 of Unfinished London NOW!

It’s here... the brand new episode of Unfinished London!

Remember last year, in the video about Greater London, the bit that says “London was also divided into 32 new boroughs, but that’s a story for another time.”? Well, that time, if you’re reading this right now, is right now! This episode is all about London’s 32 boroughs, specifically how they came into being, why there are 32 of them, and how they got those names. 

No one else gets to see this for at least 2...

FOUR things......

Darling Patron,

(No. “Darling” is too strong… erm…)

Hi Patron,

(No, that’s boring… errr….)

OHHHHHHHHH Patron,

(Perfect!)

I thought since it’s both Christmas AND a long while since we last spoke, now was a good time to send y’alls a message with some updates and some things. There are FOUR of them. Here they are in numerical order...

1. FUTURE VIDEO NEWS
As we speak, Paul and I are working on episodes 9 and 10 at the same...

News! And podcast!

Hello. It's been more than a month since I last uploaded a video, so I thought, just in case some of you were going "where's the latest video?" now was a good time to fill you in on what's going on, and what you can expect from my channel over the coming months.

Paul and I are working on...

I've just realised, I keep mentioning Paul in these posts, and I haven't actually taken the time to explain who Paul is. Paul Kendler is the other half of Unfinished London. We write every ep...

Final episode of Map Men - WATCH IT NOW!!!

Awwwwwwwwww hello!

Because I love each and every one of you so much (not in that way), here is an exclusive link to the last ever episode of Map Men from series 2, days before anyone else can see it.

Will there ever be a series 3?

Yes.

What maps will you be talking about in series 3?

We’ve got a few ideas, but you can never have too many ideas. If you’ve got any good ones, can you send them to us in a stamped addressed envel...

Episode 10 of Map Men - Patreon exclusive!

I want to say something very serious... I'm doing my very serious face... because this is so very serious.

Yesterday, when I made the credits sequence for this episode of Map Men, where I list all of you lovely lovely people, I realised an important thing. Each and every individual single one of you is just absolutely wonderful! It is quite literally because of you and your really generous (and, in some cases, longstanding) contributions that I have been able to quit my job as a do thi...

Map Men ep9 - AVAILABLE NOW FOR PATREON!

Here's a rather exciting notion.... you get to watch this BRAND NEW episode of Map Men before anyone else..... INCLUDING MARK COOPER-JONES!!!!

That's right! Mark hasn't seen this yet. I've sent this off to him now for his approval. You never know... he might not like it, and he might make me change bits... and if he does, you'll see what they are in a day or two. But he won't see it for ages, because he's got a proper job. And no one else (apart from you brilliant brilliant people) wil...

Deleted Scene from Map Men 8

As an extra special treat to say thank you for being a Patreon patron patrn, here is an extra special treat… a DELETED SCENE from this week’s episode of Map Men.

This scene contained A LOT of mistakes. Can you spot them all? Correct! They are....

1. I got the year wrong. It wasn't 1936. It was 1978. Visibly so.

2. I got the fact wrong. He wasn't a sports fan, he was a university graduate. OSU isn't a sports team, it's a university. Hence the U.

3. These aren'...

Patreon only - watch MAP MEN ep8 now!

EEEEEEEK!!!!

It's a brand, brand, brand new episode of Map Men! And you get to see it first! Before anyone else!!! 

This one's all about trap streets.... the hidden deliberate mistakes publishers put in their maps to make sure no one copies them.

See if you can spot not one, but TWO references in this video to one of my favourite YouTube channels, Geography Now. The first one, you should be able to spot quite easily, because I stare straight down the lens and say "th...

NEW EPISODE of MAP MEN!

I've got two really important things to say. They're both really important, and I want to say both of them now.

1. This is the new episode of Map Men. I hope you like it. Mark and I worked very very hard on it. Watch and enjoy! But, and here's the really important bit.... SSSSSSHHHHHH!!! It's a secret. Don't share it with anyone. This is just our secret. The more you share it with people who aren't on Patreon, the less special Patreon is. And that brings me onto the second thing.
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New episode of Unfinished London - 3 days early for Patreon People!

You guys are my favourite! Thank you so so so so much for being my Patreon patrons. Because of you, I'm literally able to do this job, and if it weren't for you, I'd literally be not able to do this job. You guys really are the absolute best!

As a way of saying thank you, what I'd like to do is offer you the next episode of Unfinished London RIGHT NOW!!! Other people who aren't signed up to my Patreon don't get to see this until Friday the 1st of March, because I hate them. But you guy...

Oops... I've had to reupload the tram video!

This is a completely true thing that happened just now... I was sitting in a cafe with my headphones on, adding the subtitles to yesterday's video, when suddenly I thought of a really brilliant pun that I should have used. I liked it so much, that I snapped my laptop shut, rushed home, got my microphone out of the cupboard, rerecorded the voiceover, and uploaded it again with the new pun.

"But Steve! What was the pun? And where is the line that you changed?"

I'm not telling you. Yo...

New episode of Unfinished London!

It's here, and it's all about trams! I hope you like trams, cos that's what this episode of Unfinished London is all about. If you don't like trams, you really won't like this. It's chock full of them.  

Actually, that's a bit unfair. We deliberately made this series so it appeals to people who don't care about the subject matter, and come to think of it, this video contains surprisingly few photos/videos of trams for a show that's entirely about trams. You could basically look away from ...

New video with Bec Hill again! (plus updates)

Remember Bec Hill, off of the recent video I did with Bec Hill? She's back again! She's done the same thing as last time... turned one of my songs into something way way better by adding her trademark paper puppetry. This one's about the Robot Olympics!

(This is based on a real news story by the way, from one of the years between 2012 and 2016... can't remember which, but it was thereabouts. I was a guest on Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show on Absolute Radio and I had to do a song about somet...

Me on BBC Radio 5 Live

Hello Patreon Patron! How've you been? I've missed you. What have you been up to? Oh great! Really? Uh huh... uh huh... Oooooh! That sounds nice.... right.... I see.... Oh.... Oh... Sorry to hear that.... Haha! Still! Well..... Yeah I know, something similar happened to me, it turned out fine in the end... Haha! Great.

Me? Oh, LOADS!!....

I'm working on lots of new videos, some are more Unfinished Londons, some are other similar things, some are collaborations with other YouTubers...

Unfinished London episode 6 - before anyone else!

Well I mean, there's not much more I can say here really... the title of this post tells you everything you need to know... this is episode 6 of Unfinished London, and you get to see it before anyone else.

Although, a couple of things...

1. I haven't done the subtitles or the buttons, or the end screen yet. I'll do those in a bit...

and, more importantly,

2. The video hasn't finished processing yet. So, depending on when you read this, it's either still got 2 hours ...

NEW VIDEO - Dinosaurs

You know Bec Hill? As in the comedian Bec Hill who does paper-slidey animations? Well, animations isn’t the right word, they’re more like pop up books on flip charts. Anyway. Her. You know her?

She’s done a flip chart for my song ‘Dinosaurs’ and it’s really good.

Actually she did it ages ago way back in 1978, but it was filmed with a dodgy camera in the dark with the wrong aspect ratio and bad sound and it wasn’t on my channel. But now we’ve fixed all those things s...

NEW SONG!!

Hello Patron! That’s you, that is. Yes, you. I’m speaking to only one of you... YOU!!! Hello. Smiley face emoji.

What I’ve done is I’ve uploaded a new video. But I haven’t done the thumbnail yet, or sorted out the subtitles, or done that thing at the end where it says “click here to see other, different videos etc”. But I’ll do it later. I’m on holiday. (I literally am. I’m in the car right now in France. Not driving, don’t worry. Tom’s driving. I’m in the passe...

New Episode of Unfinished London

It's been about 3 years since the last episode of Unfinished London... which means.... it's time for a new episode of Unfinished London!

This one's about bikes.

I just want to say, to each and every one of you*  thank you! Thank you SO SO much!! Thank you thank you thank you for your donations. Without you, I wouldn't be able to spend the time making these videos. They take so very long, and you make it so very possible, so thank you very very much!

Because I like you, ...

New song: "I went into a gentleman's club"

I went into a gentleman's club,
And wasn't I delighted,
I'd sneaked myself into the building,
Totally uninvited.

The gentlemen were sat in their
ch... I saw as ... loo... grrr.. b.......
fffffffffvvfvfvfvfvffvvvvvvv....vvvgnnnnnnnn...ñnnnn..................


(If you want to hear the rest of the song sung PROPERLY, then watch this video! No one else gets to see it for another 24 hours)

"Where's the new Unfinished London?!"

It's COMING, alright!!?!! W...

Be in the next Unfinished London!

In the next episode of Unfinished London (which I'm hoping to upload one month from now) there's going to be a bit where loads of cyclists cycle past and my voiceover says...

"These people aren't cyclists.... they're teachers, doctors, lawyers, students, systems analysts, chartered quantity surveyors and porn stars."

But we can do better than that! What's your job? I want that list to include some really specific and really modern jobs. The more vague and 2018-sounding the job tit...

Patreon Exclusive - Full 20 Minute Live Set

Hi. How are you? You’re looking well!

This is a super-secret-special private video ONLY for you, my wonderful (thank you!) Patreon supporters. This, unlike what usually happens around here, isn’t going to be private for 24 hours and then go public… this will NEVER go public… it’s an **EXCLUSIVE** video only for you that only you can watch ever.

It’s a full 20 minute set from The Distraction Club, London on 9th January 2018 in which I play………
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Interview for music nerds

Look what I found....

http://thecuspmagazine.com/features/jay-foreman-profile/

I completely forgot about this. This is an interview for a music magazine I did last year. 

Look at all those big words I apparently used. I don’t remember using any of those big words. This interviewer put really big words in my mouth. But it makes me look really clever, so that’s fine ...

Super secret special video!

Hello Patreon Patrons Patrnssss,

This happened last night.

It's a monthly musical comedy night in London called 'The Distraction Club' where the UK's musical comedians gather for what more closely resembles a party that an audience happens to be watching than a gig. It's always immense fun, and we're always encouraged to try new things and collaborate with each other on stage. (Musical comedians are usually kept apart from each other at regular gigs, because who wants two musical comed...

Disgusting Songs for Kids: UK Tour

I'm off... I'm off... I'm off in a motorcar... Sixty bobbies are after me and I don't know where I am...

By which I mean, I'm taking my twice sell-out Edinburgh Fringe family-friendly show 'Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children' on a tour of the UK!

It's not just for kids, it's for massive kids too (grown-ups). I'm hoping to see quite literally every single one of you at all of those shows.

Here, for your eyes only, at first, is the video advertising the tou...

Pretend You're Happy

Here is an unlisted video that only you really nice Patreon people* can see. Other people who aren't Patreon people** don't get to see this for another 24 hours.

It's one of the depressingest song I've ever written: 'Pretend You're Happy'. 

Thanks to the good people at ComComedy for letting me put this on my channel. :)

Hope you're enjoying the bit between Christmas and New Year that we're currently experiencing!***

Jay

* Well, you might not ALL be really nice ...