OFFCANNY was a YouTube channel consisting of Jakob Morris and behind the scenes, Adri “HelloNeptune”. Its content was self described by the creators as an absurdist, improvisional duo-comedy channel in the vein of Adult Swim and Jackass.
History[]
OFFCANNY was created on April 7, 2019 by Jakob Morris and Alec Paul, with behind the scenes help from Garrett Westley-Thomas and Adri, all of whom were employees of Cow Chop. The first video, the channel trailer, was uploaded a day later on April 8. As stated by Jakob in his Discord server, this was the project he and Alec were pursuing after the end of Cow Chop, and were planning to move to Austin, Texas in the future.
On October 16, 2019, Alec left Cow Chop to pursue OFFCANNY full time. He stated that despite the stress the job put him on at times he was grateful for the skills he gained ranging from video editing to entertaining. Jakob, Garrett and Adri stayed with Cow Chop until the end. On the 31st of December, 2019, Cow Chop officially uploaded its last video. After the channels’ end Jakob, Alec, Garrett and Adri were left to focus on OFFCANNY. By the beginning of 2020 Garrett started to appear more frequently in videos, leaving behind his role as a cameraman.
On February 22nd, 2020, Jakob announced that Alec had left OFFCANNY to pursue school and live anonymously as he had felt a sense of anxiety and had been going through family issues since the days he had been working at Cow Chop. Also stating that he just felt this type of life wasn’t for him and he had no interest returning to the internet as an entertainer.
In early 2021, Jakob moved to Austin, Texas, and on March 1st, 2021, announced via Patreon that Garrett was no longer a part of the group. He stated that Garrett's presence caused him "crippling anxiety" for a year, and announced that former Cow Chop employee, Trevor, would make guest appearances in lieu of Garrett's departure. In the same post, he announces he attempted suicide in August 2020, and since then each day had continued to get worse for him, including the death of his last living grandfather, and escalating self-harm. He was however trying to make improvements and said he would "probably be a bit funnier in the future". Responding to a Reddit post, he said Adri is a "great production manager", but didnot have creative control and was paid on a day basis if needed.
The channel entered a hiatus after 2022, with videos and updates being uploaded only on Patreon. On February 9th, 2025, the final OFFCANNY video, titled "I Like to Play *And Have Fun" was released on Patreon, showcasing various skits, stretched out into a full-length 2-hour long movie.
Trivia[]
- OFFCANNY was originally conceived as a duo between Jakob and Trevor, but Trevor left Cow Chop and moved to Texas before the channel started.
- The original idea would later come to fruition once Jakob moved to Texas.
- Alec’s dad used to be a recurring guest/character in videos, including on Twitter as well.
- The channel often used music by Playboi Carti for videos.
- They have collaborated with Jschlatt and Twomad for videos, the latter of whom's videos were deleted.