With Facebook as his chosen medium, JD has done a series of videos called Monday’s Hot Topic. These were not merely waffling about 90s folk-rock bands or his eternal love for subway sandwiches. The latest one was JD’s hot topic was entitled, “Friendship in the Richest and Loosest Sense of the Word.” JD posts an engaging and interesting message on his page and takes the conversation live as to respond to comments and questions in real time.
It is a platform that is supposed to be open and honest in discussing the “hot topic” and you get to learn a lot about JD’s kindness and ethics and even more so now that he has involved the audience.
His Own HGTV Web Series
Jonathan and Drew aren’t the only Scott brother’s you will see on HGTV these days. Every once in a blue moon, JD makes an appearance with this brothers, but not many people know he did an online series with other celebrities called Can I Come In: Las Vegas where he led the audience through some of the most interesting homes in his home city.
In one, he checks out Lonnie Hammargren’s house, theme park and museum called Catillo del Sol. Another episode has him introducing us to a small community of homes. Although JD is fun and entertaining in these videos, they weren’t heavily promoted.
He Has a Secret
On a Facebook video, JD confessed to a deep, dark and shameful secret. His fans waited in anxiety-filled anticipation as the stat welcomed people to the Facebook Live video and had some personal words for all his adoring fans. The climax to all of this was the stunning admission that JD is a big Crash Test Dummies fan. He even played their one hit wonder song, ”Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm,” and sang along for quite a bit.
Surely, this came as a gigantic shock to everyone who has followed his career from blackjack pit to blackjack pit, but luckily for him, he didn’t seem to lose a single fan that day. As for the Crash Test Dummies... perhaps it is the Canadian connection. No matter how you slice it, keeping things from your adoring fans is never easy or a good idea. This could be why he is constantly sidelined-poor choice in music, but I don’t think he’ll mind.
He's Busy Riding Roller Coasters
JD has been a busy host on the Great American Country network where he has a show called All American Amusement Parks that takes viewers on a tour of, wow you got it, amusement parks. He goes the full nine by sampling funnel cakes and other fairground delicacies, rides the scariest roller coasters and other rides, brings his swim trunks along for those water slides, all the while talking to other guests and building up how awesome the place is.
The best part is about the show, other than JD of course, is that his companion for that particular episode happens to be a huge fan of the particular park, so he’s been escorted to all the best rides by a local. This angle, along with JD’s charisma, makes this a binge-able show for sure.
He's Making Wondrous Things
JD’s social media footprint has resulted in a massive amount of hardcore fans. Although you don’t hear much about him on the HGTV shows, the news, magazines, or any other place really that prattles on and on and on about his twin brothers, JD’s social fans are many. He has over 100,000 pages likes on Facebook, 62,000 Instagram followers, over 47,000 followers and super fans on a number of other social media sources too. His devotion he give to his social accounts notwithstanding, he made a Patreon page to finance some of his other ventures, which include photo shoots, podcasts, music and much more. He really wants to take his charity work to the next level and then a level above that.
He takes his patrons and investors seriously and even mailed all 46 of them personalized, hand-written holiday cards. He has made over 200 patron-only posts and has a book club for the $80 level on Patreon. Maybe this patron only content is another reason we don’t hear too much from good old JD.