I just discovered you! You are such a lovely free spirit, I love your smile.❤ Stay safe out there. And thanks for the explanation on how you came to use your stage name.
Happy 5th anniversary, found your channel because of the Godzilla reviews and I have stayed with it because of your quirky exuberance. While you say you will never write the story of Jerome Weiselberry, but in fact you have created the story of Jerome through other means (ie this channel). Wishing you well and I look forward to many more years with this channel. 😘🎉
This is so reminiscent of early youtube videos... I love it. I have a nostalgia of the times before there were dedicated 'creator/influencers' types. This is the type of youtube vid I wish was more common.
"Dickensian" - I just learned a new adjective to sound more intelligent with my friends! :) Cool word and LOVE your channel. I am an actor, classic film pundit (also produced/appeared-in a classic, Boston neo-noir film tribute project on my channel) and belong to several social media groups for classic films. Discovered your channel a few days ago and I am definitely going to pass it around! Can't wait for the big 10th anniversary video! :)
I will have to admit that I had a little chuckle over your nom de plume. It is quirky yet quite innocent in a way. "What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."
I watch a lot of movie reviewers and you are to best. Very fair and objective. Kind of in the vein of Roger Ebert without the barbs. Plus, you like Godzilla. ;)
jerome weiselberry is such an fantastic name and i hope you never change it. thank you for these five years. i hope you never stop making videos but i can understand how you must feel a little burned out every now and then. the effort you put into every one of your videos really shows. may this channel continue to grow and bring you good fortune. love ya, weiselberry!!
I wondered a few times if your name was maybe an anagram, but figured it likely wasn't because you've expressed you're kind of a private person and I imagine you'd want to preserve as much of your anonymity as possible (which is smart) and thus it wouldn't be a spin on your given name. It was fun to hear how your channel started! You're in my top three favorite youtube channels. Your work is fantastic. Congrats on your five year mark, and so many well-deserved subs! 🎉🙌
Congratulations ! It's been such a comfort and joy to drop in on occasion and listen to someone who shares our love of books and movies. Thank you so much.
Congrats Jerome! Happy for you and glad your channel is growing. You provide good insight, informative videos and overall great content. Awesome job, keep it real 🤠👌
Love the explanation (and I can relate, since I am known to some people by a cartoon character I created in college). I found your channel looking for "THEM!", really enjoyed it, and will be sharing it to my friend Arkansas Dave's Paranormal/Cryptoid/UFO chat/and Movie Review page (spoiler alert: Arkansas Dave ain't his real name either).
I was wondering where the name came from! What I can't figure out is why it took 9 years for your channel to show up in my recommendations. A lot of my views are older movies and channels that talk about them. I'm glad it finally did though. After watching just a handful of videos, this channel has moved to the top of my list. Our views/opinions on a lot of movies are exactly alike. I think my favorite aspect is that you are never overly negative about movies you didn't care for. You always find something positive to say. That's very refreshing in this day and age.
Interesting story. Two things come to mind. First, better that you chose Jerome Weiselberry and not Anatole Simpkins. One is nicely Dickensian and clearly distinguishable from you, the presenter. The other, not so much. Second, your story reminded me a lot of the great writer Fernando Pessoa. If you haven’t read his works, I highly recommend them. His use of created names and identities is also quite interesting.
u rule ! best time spent worthwhile on the world wide web. for me, i started watching u after i was looking for a hitchcok birds review, but i loved u with arsenic and old lace. keep it up hot stuff !
You're sharp, insightful, plucky, and endearing. Plus you bring me back to my childhood with the movies you review, and often renew my appreciation in a new perspective. Keep it up!
5 is my favorite number for many reasons, so gotta jump in here. Don't remember exactly which video I saw first, but do remember thinking "this is great, she likes Phantom of the Opera and Godzilla, and Bogart." And it's all done in a light-hearted classy style. I will confess for several months I thought It was "Ja-roe-may Vize-ell-burrie" thinking it was some seldom heard European name. Best to You Jerome, many happy more. Dr 5ives , (you can guess where that name came about)
Happy 5 year anniversary ! Jerome Weiselberry you and your content are just simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! Thanks for investing your heart and soul into your RU-vid channel . Thanks to you I have learned quite a bit about film , literature , Et cetera !
I think that Anatole Simkins sounds better. It just show you that any name can work if the content behind it is good. And the uniqueness of the name makes it more memorable for people and easier to find in a search engine.
Happy 5th! Obviously you do not have to answer this, but just for fun, if I were to make a guess at what your real name could be... Hmm... I say you look like a Mary to me, or may be even a Sarah. Ether way what ever you call yourself I'm glad your here and I look forward to more!
Happy 5th anniversary and thanks for explaining the puzzle of your channel name - now I can stop tying my brain in knots trying to work it out! Your channel appeared in my recommended videos about a year ago and I’ve been enjoying your posts ever since.
I want this channel to grow-Rita Repulsa, Power Rangers. And happy anniversary to the channel; haha I figured this wasn't your real name, but love to think it was. LEAVE JEROME WEISELBERRY, it's unique! this shatters my image! just kidding Your voice is very relaxing, your reviews are great...and your passion for movies is evident. Keep on going JW! I always love to be yakking shop about Godzilla with fellow fans as well.
Happy 5th anniversary Jerome! I'll always think of you by that name - lol. There may be channels that have more subscribers but I feel that those of us who do subscribe feel a special attachment to you. You are my favorite RU-vidr and I always look forward to your videos regardless of the subject matter. Keep it going another 5, another 10, another 50! Best regards to you always ))
Just found you through recommended. Nice nickname and I agree with you about not using the real name. We must protect privacy. Also, RU-vid for me started because it's an easy medium to store and share my gaming videos xD Nice to see your channel growing! Keep it up. I hope you get to become a professional reviewer and make a living out of this because you're very good at it.
Congratulations on 5 years! Thank you for the explanation on the name. I'm fairly new to your channel, I discovered you because of Godzilla. And then I saw we share a liking for older movies so I was hooked. Even your videos on subjects I don’t know much about I find very enjoyable. I'm a giant monsters, superheroes and lightsabers movies type of guy so movies like Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are intimidating to me. But you really make them relatable and you are slowly chipping away at the barrier that keeping me from watching them. And your comparison videos are really helping decide which version to watch. Thanks for that. I can understand needing to take a break, you need a moment to recharge. I hope you keep making videos, so take all the time you need. I really enjoy the show
I'm glad I found your channel. One of the best discoveries I've made on RU-vid. "Life" has meant that I've had to focus on other things in recent years, but watching these videos reconnects me to a time in my past where I wanted nothing more than to read books from the library and watch classic movies (and you always give me new things to watch!). You're so random and eclectic too. Never change : ) Oh, and your story about your name bears a remarkable resemblance to my preferred pseudonym -- "Adrian Carlisle" -- which stems from a character in a story a friend and I never finished that we started in middle school 20 years ago. But it wasn't Dickensian...more like Edwardian-American? I hardly remember now. But it's funny how things like that can last years and years. I remember the title of the story and the characters, but our 13 year old selves didn't have the faintest clue about plotting so it was never properly started/written. Henry James we were not....just two idiot boys who watched too much Masterpiece Theater. But the name lives on. :)
Hi....I randomly found your channel looking for reviews on Jane Eyre and other Victorian era dramas...I am now a big fan....from Trinidad in the Caribbean....keep up the good work!
Thanks for great and interesting story. Many people are not so comfortable letting it all hangout, including me. So you doing this is pretty brave if I say so myself. Especially love your G reviews and will definitely check out the rest of your reviews sooner or later😁. Oh yes, congratulations and please keep it up it's awesome.👍
I had been waiting for this video! I saw it pop up in my notification, but I had been camping and just got back! Thank you so much for sharing that. I understand how it must feel putting yourself out there. I can be the same way. I think you have knack for it! Your videos are really peaceful...that might sound silly I guess...I think you could do ASMR videos! lol Your videos are fun, informative, and positive. =) Looking forward to your next one!
WOW, Happy 5th Anniversary Jerome, WOW again. Seems like you share this day with another popular character. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is 222 years old according to Bing. Too bad it was not Godzilla that would have been something as you review Godzilla all the time and you've only reviewed Universal's Frankenstein that one time, but I guess now you have to read or re read the book and review that like you did with the Moby Dick book. Keep up the good work and I look forward to future reviews of movies, books and anything else you have.
Thanks for developing the channel and uploading the videos. It's really cool that you review books and films that never just focus on one or two genres - but a whole bunch of them. Its great! Will be looking forward to the next video
I had a quick look at your bookshelf tour video and was really impressed by your collection. Do you read any non fiction? And if so what subject matter appeals to you?
@@oliverhiggs9876 Thanks! Yes, I read non-fiction occasionally, though not as often as I should. I tend to like survival accounts, WWII stories, harrowing tales of troubled mountain-climbing expeditions, books about movies and moviemakers (though I'm selective about those), amusing memoirs, and true crime or unexplained incident-type books.
@@Weiselberry That's awesome! I like reading ww2 survival/spy stories myself. And biographies about certain filmmakers, there's one about ray harryhausen I read when I was younger that I instantly adored lol. At the moment I'm reading various books on Tudor history. Thanks again for uploading the videos, looking forward to the next one.
I, too, just recently discovered your channel and think that you're terrific. What you've got going for you, aside from your intelligence and beauty, is a certain naturalness. All the best podcasters have that. Part of the reason that people love Joe Rogan, for example, is his authenticity. Also, btw, every time I watch one of your videos I think to myself, "Somewhere a university English Department has lost a graduate student!"😀
Hey, happy anniversary! 🎉 Your channel is super cool, love the reviews and discussions! 💜 I must admit, my world is shaken to learn your name is not Jerome Weiselberry, but I will survive! 🙆
Lol, love the name ( i assumed it was Germanic, possibly Yiddish ). The YT algorithm decided i should see your content due to me watching just about anything to do with Universal Horror movies of the 30s and 40s. I subscribed because you included Godzilla and Quatermass movies and also many books I've enjoyed. I used to follow Lindsay Ellis but since she's gone from YT your content has more than made up for it and i'm just sorry I hadn't found you earlier. My daughter has started watching too as I sent her a link to your thoughts on Melville's Moby Dick - she struggled with that too and found your take hilarious. All the best 👍
Your name isn't Jerome? Gasp. Hold on I won't faint. Strangers watching you? No idea about that. Nope no strangers here. Congrats. It's eight years by the time of this comment, and you still going strong. You deserve the recognition.
WOW Miss Jerome - now you're coming up on your 10 year Anniversary!!! CONGRATULATIONS You deserve it, love your videos ( your bloopers are a wonderful treat( Please don't take this the wrong way - but I wish you had a 2 hour Bloopers show EVERY year( I'm not wishing you any bad!) I enjoy your show and it's kinda special to get to be a little part of your life. Thanks again Miss Jerome - and here's wishing you another 10 Awesome years!! THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I rarely comment, and I may skip your channel for weeks in a row, but then I watch one and I start binge-watching all them new. Great channel! Congrats!
I found your channel because I wanted to watch reviews for Hitchcock's movies. The biggest cinema on México had an Alfred's month where they showed several movies, I went to like 4-5. Also, as I implied, spanish is my native language, with english being in my life since always, but once I learned german I have trouble pronouncing in my mind in german instead of english. So, I pronounce it vice-elberry, lol.
I have also studied french and italian in some level and english is the easiest in terms of grammar, but the most difficult in terms of pronunciation because it has no logic, every word is pronounced without making sense. So don't worry if people pronounce it different. Have a good Sunday!
I'm not sure how I came across your channel, but love the content and films your into. My RU-vid handle is weird to some, and I think that's why I like yours. I think it would be cool to hear your name called at the coffee shop, lol.
Found you due to your Jane Eyre movie reviews. I'm in the middle of a Jane Eyre Movie Marathon kick with my sister, as well as re-reading my favorite book for probably the fifth time over the past half century. I'm going to comment on your reviews that I've watched, just wanted to let you know that you seem like an absolute delight and have subscribed to your RU-vid channel.
A Jane Eyre movie marathon? That sounds lovely! What a great activity for you and your sister. I look forward to your comments, and thanks for the subscription!
Wonderful video Jerome. I've been wondering about the name since I discovered your channel. I thought it might be a character from an obscure story I never heard of before. So my guess was somewhat close.
Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary of sharing reviews with us. Your efforts are appreciated. Thanks for the explanation of your YT name as now it makes more sense.
The adventures of the awkward Country Lawyer/Solicitor Jerome Weiselberry and his partner Anatol Simpkins is something I would read :). I love the name you've created, it has so much personality and story in itself. The content you produce is always interesting, we love it, you have a natural ease in front of camera and a wonderful way of expressing your thoughts, you deliver content regularly at a standard mainstream creators would find difficult to accomplish, particularly because no mainstream creator I have seen appears to have someone as knowledgable as you on their staff, yet! an organisation like TCM would be lucky to have you, it must get quite exhausting at times, we your viewers understand the need for breaks and would happily wait as long as it takes for new videos if it meant you have not an ounce of stress to contend with. You're a creator, you've created content on subjects viewers will be finding for years to come, a girl in Britain, the U.S. Australia, France discovers a love of Jane Eyre will probably find your videos, Godzilla, Classic Film/TV, Pride and Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera and so much more. 🎉Happy 5th Anniversary Ms Weiselberry and thank you.
I found you through your Godzilla reviews. I love the big G. After watching some reviews, I definitely had the questions that you answered here. Good reviews, you have a attractive personality which comes out. I recommend that you continue to be yourself, which seems to be a good person. Thanks.
Congrats! When A Stranger Calls was the first video that led me to your channel & I’ve been a fan of your channel ever since! Keep up with the great content & happy 5th!😊👍🏻
I love the name "Jerome Weiselberry" for this channel. If you had named your channel Book Review or Movie Chats or something or other that would have pretty much limited what you can talk about. The great thing about the name Jerome Weiselberry is that it's so non-specific that you never know what you are going to get with this channel. All you know is that, whatever it is, it's going to be entertaining. However, I am disappointed it's not an anagram. I love anagrams and it would have been cool if Jerome Weiselberry was your name or the answer to one of world's great hidden mysteries or something equally interesting.
Happy 5th anniversary. I discovered your channel because of the Godzilla reviews. I checked out your other videos and I have liked them, so keep up the good work.
I just discovered your channel searching stuff about "the Monster smashes in the 40s" because this year i wanna review every iconic film by universal (i looove the Universal monsters) and i have to say...that you are awesome! 😃 you are so nice and fun, love your channel with stuff i love like Godzilla, monsters, reviews and more, keep the name and i just wanna tell you, you have a new sub 😊! ps: sorry if my english is not that good, i'm from Monterrey, México and i'm trying to practice 😅...anyway keep up the great work!! Happy 5th Anniversary!!😄🎉!!
From April 2021, I've only now found this channel and while this channel-name is a bit odd, it's not off-putting to me. I'm more stunned to uncover somehow who reviews Big-Boy films - grown-up films, non-comic-book films. I can hardly wait to pour over your collection.
Congrats! I myself stumbled on this channel and I subscribed because the things being reviewed were often not widely known about (not more Marvel movie etc. reviews like other channels). And I especially liked that the reviews were very well thought through, considered and presented.
First of all, I enjoyed your explanation of your channel name. When I first saw you on RU-vid I could tell that Weiselberry was a made up last name, but I thought Jerome really was your first name. These days it's not entirely unheard of for someone to give their daughter a boy's name. I know of a woman named Jedediah. Second, do you still write stories or have any dreams of being a published author someday? I do. When I was younger I had dreams of writing the story of my life like Laura Ingalls Wilder, but then as I got older I realized that my life wasn't as half exciting as her life was. So for the past couple of months I have been writing a fictional piece of work which is loosely inspired by my own personal experiences with autism. I have high functioning autism and I know there are a ton of misconceptions out there about autism and how it affects people. I hope that my writing will help correct some of those misconceptions. You and your channel have kind of inspired me. Just like you had to step a little out of your comfort zone to post videos, I am having to step out of my comfort zone to speak to other people about autism. If you can succeed after all the hard work you put into this channel, then maybe I can too.
Aw, thank you, Kayla! I'm so honored to have played a part in helping you get started writing about something so important to you. Most of the writing I'm doing these days is for my videos, but there are ideas now and then that I'd like to get to sometime, if I can find the time. :) Best of luck on your writing, and I hope we can both continue to step out of our comfort zones!
My wife asked if you were a guy who preferred being feminine (though she had only glimpsed at the screen as we watched your The Prisoner review - she was cooking dinner). She said, "save that video... like and subscribe, she adorable and lovely." Plus, she likes writers and bloggers but we only follow a few. Have a great day! This we a great story!
Ah! I have to admit that I thought that your parents had an odd sense of humour. From comments you have made, your Mom sounds like a very interesting person around whom it's never dull. I'm a high school teacher. I have encountered some poor souls whose Mom or Dad landed them with a moniker that gave them a lot of grief. Weiselberry isn't the worst choice by any means. Thank heavens you didn't choose a surname like 'Lilycrap.' Your choice has a wonderfully Dickensian ring to it. May you continue to thrive!
Woah! Though it was not an earth shattering reveal for me but still it was an interesting reveal. Since i'm from India so i don't have much knowledge about foreign names. As you said in video that Jerome was the name of a guy but to me it sounds a girlish name. I actually thought that it's your real name, but just now i read the description of this channel and then checked out this video. Anyways it's a beautiful name and being a girl myself i can understand your concerns at that time. I never had difficulty in pronouncing your name. I can understand the pronunciation problem because even my name is difficult to pronounce and many people often don't get the correct pronunciation of my name.
I'm someone who assumed that it was your real name, and I thought it was kind of cool for a woman to be named Jerome. There's a main female character in the manga and anime Gunsmith Cats that in most translations is nicknamed Rally. BUT, the creator, Kenichi Sonoda, has said that the woman's nickname is actually supposed to be *Larry*. But due to the whole "Ls and Rs" thing it became Rally. But I really liked the idea of her being Larry, just as I'm fond of thinking of you as Jerome. Sometimes a man's name just fits a woman. Forgive me, but you'll always be Jerome to me!
I assumed Jerome Weiselberry was your husband, and you were posting on his channel because people liked you more than him... like maybe he got demoted to cameraman. Whenever your videos come up, I always say, “Oh jolly day, Mrs. Weiselberry has posted a new review!”
I thought "Jerome Weiselberry" was your real name. It suits you...well, your onscreen persona anyway. I'd recommend your channel if I knew anyone I consider Weiselberry-worthy. But I don't think I do. You are such a terrific reviewer and you have such a nice community here that I'd hate to introduce a discordant element. Anyway, thanks for the explanation and happy anniversary!
Thank you, Ann! I'm glad you've found it such a pleasant community to interact with. If any rowdy interlopers do try to cause trouble, they're dealt with, but for the most part, everybody behaves themselves. Your comments are very welcome additions, and I appreciate you for sharing them. :)
