This supercut of Coronation Street’s Jim McDonald punching people (with a Motörhead soundtrack) is an internet treat that never gets old
Last year, Manchester-based comedian Ash Preston gave the internet the gift it didn’t even know it wanted, and it was a pop culture mash-up of epic proportions.
We’ll let him explain.
I've always wanted to put Jim McDonald from Coronation Street punching people to Motörhead.
Today I did. Enjoy your evening x pic.twitter.com/l8Wy2Iaf9U
— Ash Preston (@TheAshPreston) January 30, 2024
The actor who played Jim McDonald – Charlie Lawson – has joined the gaggle of outspoken right-wingers disproving the ‘go woke, go broke’ theory.
look what you woke fuckers have done…you’ve made Jim McDonald cold,so you have. pic.twitter.com/iYabzePfa9
— kramerica industries (@hepimp) January 18, 2025
So, this seemed like a good time to see all those punches again, and remind ourselves what people thought of Ash Preston‘s entertaining edit.
1.
This is a perfect music video. It actually makes the song better. And it’s a banging song https://t.co/STdZYNwtUO
— The Blindboy Podcast (@bbboatclub) January 30, 2024
2.
Worth 92 seconds of anyone's time https://t.co/UwAFXKD9i1
— ™Wardy (@td_ward) January 30, 2024
3.
THIS is the quality content I signed up for. https://t.co/VcPICBpNI8
— The_Content_Apologist (@andreww1967) January 30, 2024
4.
This work of art belongs in the Louvre. https://t.co/aRIsqwTo2V
— Jonny (@jonnyshire) January 30, 2024
5.
Hilarious https://t.co/203hpM1COr
— Lynn Dunning (@lynnfinlay1) January 30, 2024
6.
Hahahaha, #CoronationStreet"s mad Jim McDonald (Actor; Charles Lawson), immortalised in spectacular fashion! This is fantastic https://t.co/4jp78YrT3E
— Vincent Barcelona (@retrospekt101) January 31, 2024
7.
Catch yerself on and have a look at this .. lovely stuff .. https://t.co/44vWnZR1Lv
— Lovelystuff (@lovelystuff1878) January 30, 2024
In related news, Ash’s post brought up this lovely claim to fame.
I made the guy who plays Jim Mcdonald a lamb ciabatta once. I worked at Dmitri's deli near Granada Studios in Manchester. When I got back home to Bolton that evening & told my family they reacted like I'd just met the Pope https://t.co/8SNFHrwjeC
— Hilary (@Hilary_W) January 30, 2024
We can only presume no punches were thrown.
If you enjoyed that as much as we did, you can also find Ash on Instagram and Facebook.
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