Jenny Nicholson
Jenny Nicholson is an American video essayist and YouTuber. 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 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
Early life
At one time, Nicholson worked at a Disney theme park.YouTube career
Nicholson posted her first videos in 2011. Nicholson was first known for creating Friendship Is Witchcraft, a parody dubbing of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, under the pseudonym "Sherclop Pones". The videos were slightly more than a minute long. Her videos increased in length over time, with her first 30-minute video being posted in 2018. In 2018, Nicholson also hosted Millennial Falcon on the Screen Junkies channel, a talk show that discussed Star Wars.Nicholson's videos have received media attention since 2017, with Nicholson's Top 10 Reasons I Won't Do ASMR ASMR video receiving praise for its humour. In 2018, The Washington Post 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 :.jpg|thumb|Nicholson's review of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was acclaimed by audiences and earned her a second Hugo nomination for Best Related Work
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 The Independent praising her as having made 'more effort into her research than most postgrads do their dissertations'. The video also received pushback from a staff member that worked at the hotel, as well as from Disney fans, though the hotel closed its doors in September 2023, reporting an expected US$250 million 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. In 2025, the video was nominated as a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work, marking Nicholson's second Hugo nomination. The video was named CNNs Best epic film of 2024, and included amongst Vanity Fairs 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 The Guardians 10 funniest things I have ever seen '' lists.
Nicholson's video channel is largely financed by her Patreon.