*So says the disclaimer on the subsversive comedy David Firth has been doing on the internet for a while now. Everything the guy does attracts a massive cult following. He's basically Britain's greatest gift to the worldwide web since we invented it. His work—be it animated movies like Salad Fingers or mockumentaries like Devvo—has spawned countless parodies and fan tributes. Charlie Brooker likes him so much that he commissioned him to make cartoons for his BBC show Screenwipe. We met up with the Yorky mainly as an excuse to post some of his work on our blog, which we have been wanting to do forever.Burnt Face ManVideo Dating ServiceAre you surprised by how big you've become?
Yeah, totally. Recently I saw this interview with the little kid off of This is England. He was being interviewed as part of the casting process and he started going on about how much he likes Devvo because he takes loads of drugs and it's funny. That makes you worry a bit, but also realise that for some people the Fat-pie stuff has become common parlance. Later in the interview he asks the kids if he takes drugs then the sound goes off for about ten seconds.When did you know you were on to something?
Things went mental when I first made Salad Fingers. Hundreds of thousands of people were watching it and wanting more. I quickly made four more and that kept the momentum going and then people started to visit Fat-pie on a regular basis. It was fun doing Salad Fingers but I wanted to do more things, not just dark and weird stuff. So that's when things like Burnt Face Mancame about.Do you ever get stuff rejected for being too dark and weird? I heard you got censored when you were working with Charlie Brooker on a show. Is that right?
It was around the time of all the Big Brother racism row and our whole Screenwipe. cartoon was ripping into political correctness. The production company was the same one that did Big Brother so the last thing they wanted was something that implied political correctness is a load of shit.DevvoJerry JacksonWhat were you first animations like?
When I was thirteen I got a video camera and used to make these messed up little videos using action figures where their heads would get blown off or something really gruesome would happen to them. Then I made a cartoon about my brother Jim. He'd be jumping around the screen asking for cheese, because when he was about 11 he had this weird fascination with the stuff.What do you like watching?
I like [David] Lynch and the way he keeps things open-ended and lets the audience decide what's going on. I heard that he used to go into the same burger place and order a shake and a coffee and that the sugar and caffeine used to give him loads of ideas. Apparently he used to sit and imagine what the people in the restaurant would do after they left.LANREThe World Within A SockSalad Fingers
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Yeah, totally. Recently I saw this interview with the little kid off of This is England. He was being interviewed as part of the casting process and he started going on about how much he likes Devvo because he takes loads of drugs and it's funny. That makes you worry a bit, but also realise that for some people the Fat-pie stuff has become common parlance. Later in the interview he asks the kids if he takes drugs then the sound goes off for about ten seconds.When did you know you were on to something?
Things went mental when I first made Salad Fingers. Hundreds of thousands of people were watching it and wanting more. I quickly made four more and that kept the momentum going and then people started to visit Fat-pie on a regular basis. It was fun doing Salad Fingers but I wanted to do more things, not just dark and weird stuff. So that's when things like Burnt Face Mancame about.Do you ever get stuff rejected for being too dark and weird? I heard you got censored when you were working with Charlie Brooker on a show. Is that right?
It was around the time of all the Big Brother racism row and our whole Screenwipe. cartoon was ripping into political correctness. The production company was the same one that did Big Brother so the last thing they wanted was something that implied political correctness is a load of shit.
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When I was thirteen I got a video camera and used to make these messed up little videos using action figures where their heads would get blown off or something really gruesome would happen to them. Then I made a cartoon about my brother Jim. He'd be jumping around the screen asking for cheese, because when he was about 11 he had this weird fascination with the stuff.What do you like watching?
I like [David] Lynch and the way he keeps things open-ended and lets the audience decide what's going on. I heard that he used to go into the same burger place and order a shake and a coffee and that the sugar and caffeine used to give him loads of ideas. Apparently he used to sit and imagine what the people in the restaurant would do after they left.LANREThe World Within A SockSalad Fingers