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Johnny Hall
@johnnymcinneshall.bsky.social
Emmy Award winner. Fond of Japanese food. Co-directed Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws.
Pinned
I will die on this hill.
When I was eight, the Spin Doctors played a show at my school in New Zealand. It took me fifteen years to realize it was just a covers band.
August 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Someone in San Francisco just smiled at me like they KNEW I was a New Zealander and I’m not sure how to feel about it.
July 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“Dude, you’re forty?! I thought you were, like, twenty-seven.”

Me:
May 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Uber driver was just talking about how magical New Orleans was, when his wife called: she’d just won 32 thousand dollars at the casino.
May 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“His name’s Mr. Winky, because if you blink when he looks at you, he will send you straight…TO HELL!”
— An 8 year old explaining his pipe cleaner monster to me at a kid’s birthday party
May 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New Zealanders: do you hear this phone number?

0800 83 83 83
March 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The eternal struggle of trying to find a film on Letterboxd that @dillamonster.bsky.social hasn’t already logged.
March 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I witnessed a man in his car, windows down, joyously singing “The Candy Man Can” from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. His joy became my joy.
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I will die on this hill.
February 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2025 just peaked:
“Do you dance because it brings you closer to God?”
“No. I dance because it brings me closer to dogs.”
[Pats dog on the dance floor]
February 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
My wife just said if she had to choose between me or eggs, she’d probably choose me, and if that’s not love, well… I’m not sure what is 🍳
January 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Someone mislabeled the supermarket chicken breast as $47.56, and I got to make a “Dang! Chicken sure got expensive!” joke not once… but TWICE!
December 17, 2024 at 3:50 PM
My brain at 3AM for absolutely no reason, “Hey… HEY! Mark Cuban Missile Crisis.”
December 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Can y’all confirm what *IS* on your 2024 bingo card…? Not convinced anyone actually has one, to be honest.
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I ate a pie within 45 minutes of touching down in New Zealand, which is a new personal record for me.
July 7, 2024 at 3:10 AM
After a long and stressful day, someone shot a beer out of a leaf blower at me and it hit me square in the nuts 🍻
March 15, 2024 at 2:36 AM
House sitting at my brother-in-law’s: how do I break it to him that he has motion smoothing turned on by default on his television?
January 2, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Sometimes I’ll tell a joke so funny that the other person farts and it’s honestly the highest compliment.
December 27, 2023 at 9:40 AM
I’ve decided to have a quiet night, kick up my feet, and unwind with a small film I’ve heard good things about.

The film is called THREADS.
December 7, 2023 at 12:24 AM
We only get one life: share a meme with someone you care about today.
November 30, 2023 at 2:55 PM
I have peaked creatively.
youtu.be/GYfLJOPfz4I?...
In A New York City
youtu.be
November 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM
My doctor recommended I speak to a therapist, but when I called to book an appointment, they said, “I can’t understand you! YOU’RE NOT SPEAKING CLEAR!” so now I definitely need a therapist.
November 15, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I have finally finished my masterpiece.
youtu.be/SFgkvnk-XcU
Kitchen Nightmares: Barbarian Edition
youtu.be
October 11, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Neat!
August 14, 2023 at 2:13 AM