Alan Brindley

Alan Brindley is the father of Lewis Brindley, and has appeared on The Yogscast in a one-off Borderlands commentary, as well as his one night guest host appearance in the 2014 annual Yogscast Christmas Livestreams.

In-Yogiverse

 * Alan was the commentator for the Yogscast video, My dad comments on Borderlands.
 * Alan was one of the main hosts, along with Simon and Lewis, of the 8th night of the 2014 annual Christmas Livestreams. On the 23rd night, he was called up to test his World of Warcraft knowledge.

Trivia

 * He is famously the owner of one or several double ladder(s).
 * Lewis once got him to play Left 4 Dead 2. Lewis stated in a video that he was utterly confused by the concept of shooting zombies with a gun and that he had trouble moving forward by pressing a button.
 * Alan has a bit of a reputation as a handyman. Lewis once visited, only to find his father on the roof fixing an antenna. Lewis also stated in YoGPoD 22 that his dad ties doors open with pieces of string and that it seems like his entire house is held together by string.
 * He is believed to have been an engineer before he retired. In a video of Block N Load, Lewis describes the engineer character, who also has a mustache, as "my dad 50 years ago" and says he was a "badass engineer/builder guy."
 * Lewis mentioned during the very first night of the 2014 annual Christmas Livestreams that Alan has lived for "about 70 years", suggesting that Alan is in his seventies, though Lewis is also prone to hyperbole when stating lengths of time.
 * Mr Brindley's earliest memory of Lewis was his birth, as he "quite enjoyed it" and described it as a "fascinating experience".
 * Upon being asked to give advice for young people, he said "The real life (working) is quite different to education. Real life demands your attention, commitment, otherwise you're not going to get anywhere".
 * Lewis' fondest Christmas memory was when Alan had made a bike for him and his brother.
 * Alan also has his own Twitch icon, yogDad which can be found here
 * For an unknown reason, all Yognau(gh)ts have taken to calling Lewis' dad as 'Mr. Brindley' as as opposed to Alan, even though his real name has been revealed before.

Quotes

 * "Jolly good."
 * "The real life is quite different to education. Real life demands your attention, commitment, otherwise you're not going to get anywhere".