James A. Janisse

About

YouTuber who runs the popular channels Practical Folks and Dead Meat. His Practical Folks channel features various comedy skits and reaction videos, many centered on Game of Thrones, and his Dead Meat channel is dedicated to all things horror films. He has posted videos on Dead Meat about movies like Saw, It, Bird Box and The Purge. 

Before Fame

He studied film at the University of Michigan and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in entertainment soon after school. 

Trivia

His most popular Practical Folks video is “THE LION KING ft. Jon Cozart (Drunk Disney #35),” which is part of their Drunk Disney series. The channel as a whole has built up a following of more than 90,000.

Family Life

He began dating his future Practical Folks co-founder Chelsea Rebecca in 2012. The couple got married in 2021.

Associated With

He and actor Darren Criss both earned their degrees from the University of Michigan.