Jim Lazarus "Caddy" Caddick[1] (born: James Caddick; June 19, 1994), better known online as Caddicarus, is an English YouTuber who does video game reviews, retrospectives, and many other types of videos revolving around video games as well as occasionally covering other topics. Caddy has been one of the six Hidden Block members since March 2013, when the site was created.
History[]
Caddy first created his YouTube channel on September 10, 2011 when he was 17, but his first videos were very different to his current ones. The videos were he created were random comedy sketches and music videos similar to that of Tobuscus, Caddy's main inspiration at the time. After amassing less than 200 subscribers, Caddy tried game reviewing and uploaded his first video game review, which covered the PlayStation 1 game Rascal Racers, in May 2012. The video was made originally as an 'audition tape' for NormalBoots when they were still recruiting creators.
Despite Caddy being rejected, from here his channel grew in popularity and he began making gaming videos full time and developed several unique troupes to his videos; such as his iconic opening theme tune and him rating the games he reviews by either "slaughtering" them (for games he dislikes) or "salvaging" them (for games he likes). Caddy would expand into more shows alongside 'The Caddicarus Show', such as 'Current Quickies', 'Caddy's Retrospectives', 'Tinker Time' and 'Drive-Thru Reviews'.
In February 2016, Caddy made major changes to his upload schedule, which included him discontinuing most of his side shows aside from 'Current Quickies', and The Caddicarus Show being now uploaded weekly on a Sunday. In January 2017, Caddy discontinued 'Current Quickies', since he had grown tired of the formula, and launched a new show simply called 'Caddy', which covers new games, drum covers and various other gaming topics. In August 2018, Caddy announced that 'The Caddicarus Show' would undergo further changes, such as getting moved to Saturday (for no disclosed reason) and the removal of the 'Slaughter or Salvage' verdict.
Starting from 2020, 'The Caddicarus Show' is now no longer uploaded on a set weekly schedule and instead is released on a rough schedule to allow for Caddy to put more time and effort into the videos. The videos no longer look at individual games (aside from specific occasions), have notably longer runtimes, are less focused on critically analysing games, and are now uploaded every 2-4 weeks.
Shows[]
Current shows[]
- The Caddicarus Show - Caddy's main show that covers video games, franchises, top 10s as well as occasional non-gaming related topics
Special shows[]
- Bandicoot Month - annual show since 2017, the month sees Caddy cover exclusively Crash Bandicoot-related videos for the entire month of June. Also jokingly dubbed "Bandiconth" and "Junedicoot".
- The Cadvent Calendar - 2016 Christmas Special, the series saw Caddy count down his top 25 favourite games of all times across the month of December.
- The Badvent Calendar - 2018 Christmas Special, the series saw Caddy count down his top 25 least favourite games of all time across the month of December.
Former shows[]
- Current Quickies - a series where Caddy (as the character Quick J. Hoarsethroat) reviews new games, while speaking very quickly. Series was cancelled in January 2017 due to Caddy being tired of the formula.
- Caddy's Retrospectives - a series where Caddy reviews 3 games in a certain older game franchise in depth. Cancelled in February 2016 to focus more on the main show.
- Tinker Time - a series where Caddy talks about a game he has been playing recently unscripted. Cancelled in February 2016 to focus more on the main show.
- Drive-Thru Reviews - a series where Caddy makes a short, quick fire review of a random game. Again cancelled in February 2016 to focus more on the main show.
- Today's Special - Caddy talks about a game in depth with a restaurant theme. Technically not a show as it lasted only one episode.
- The Puppicarus Show - a self-parody of the Caddicarus show made by Caddy's girlfriend Cerys. Also cancelled in February 2016 to focus more on the main show.
- Caddy's Film Fridays/CINEMAGGOTS - Caddy talks about films either as reviews done by himself or with his step-children. Series later became known as CINEMAGGOTS and was edited by Cerys. Cancelled in 2018 due to Cerys becoming too busy with other work.
- The Caddy Show - a series of videos Caddy makes that are not part of the main show, these include modern game reviews, drum covers, discussions, reactions and 'thoughts on' videos. These were stopped at the start of 2020 due to Caddy majorly changing his upload schedule.
Quotes[]
- "Let's talk about Crash Bandiphewrfueh"
- "Caddicarus Bouns Round!"
- "Hello! I'm Spons!"
Trivia[]
- Caddy currently lives in Hereford, England with his fiancée Cerys and her 3 children (Amy, Phoebe, and Chloe), which caused fans to humorously give him the nickname "Daddicarus" or "Daddy Caddy".
- On December 11, 2016 on Twitter, Caddy announced that he'll go by Jim rather than James since he has stated he never liked the name James.[2]
- On January 1, 2021, Caddy announced that he had decided to legally change his name to Jim.[3]
- Caddy's favourite game console is the Sony PlayStation and his favourite game is Bloodborne.
- The name of his channel is a pun of his last name and the game Kid Icarus. Ironically however, Caddy has never played Kid Icarus before and currently has no intentions of doing so.
- He is the older brother of fellow YouTuber Professor Juice.
- In his A Tour of The Room video, it was revealed that he's a cousin of Cormac Neeson, lead singer of the band The Answer.
- He voiced Nibbler in the indie game Buck. He also appeared in the game Asagao Academy along with other Hidden Block crew members.
- He also recently voiced a section of the news in the slig barracks and backup Slig speech in 2021's Oddworld Soulstorm.
- Him and Brutalmoose are enemies in their channels for comedic effect.
- He was one of the hosts of "Did You Know Gaming?", a video game focused blog.
- Caddicarus has ADHD.[4]
- During the week of February 13th, 2024, Jim suffered two severe panic attacks and in a panic posted about it on Twitter. Not long after, he deleted both his Twitter and Instagram accounts.[5] Other creators who are currently in contact with him assert that he is okay.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Caddicarus/status/1650587937132650500
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Caddicarus/status/807996880982515713
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Caddicarus/status/1477081386926358528
- ↑ http://twitter.com/Caddicarus/status/1674770737721229313
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Caddicarus
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Caddicarus/comments/1avpdb6/comment/krbwwq6/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3