The Story of Smosh
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are known around the world (on YouTube) by millions of fans for their comedy series, Smosh. The two met in Junior High School, found that they shared a similar sense of humor, and eventually began posting lip dubs to YouTube. Fast forward to today:
YouTube:
#1 - Most Subscribed (All Time)
#1 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Comedians
#11 - Most Viewed (All Time)
Now Smosh also has their own website which is gaining a lot of momentum. For almost no expense, and almost no technical experience, Ian and Anthony have fostered an enormous online community around their videos.
iTunes
Miro
RSS
They may have the most subscribers on YouTube, but Smosh will always remind me of second-rate Andy Samberg clones with a smaller budget.
They’re obviously not stupid. I just hope they don’t get sucked into the ‘IM’ vortex and ‘used’ by some of the most dispicable ‘users’ in that field.
Nice, to-the-point work Sarah!
Teenage girls like to stare at cute teenage boys making asses of themselves. I’m a big YouTube watcher, and I’ve maybe watched one of these guys’ videos–it’s obvious they’re for girls. They’re like the Jonas Brothers of YouTube.
Some people say they are more like the SNL of YouTube. Does anyone disagree? Agree to disagree?
Smosh is ok. I like their videos!!
I had heard the Smosh brand-name before, but I never really looked into what they were doing. It’s interesting to see how stuff that wouldn’t even make it on cable access ten years ago is now the lifeblood of Internet video culture. These guys are dedicated, I’ll give them that, and there’s a kind of humor here which is post-modern in the most literal sense. It’s head-scratching for some, but I think that comes from sensibilities formed by old media stereotypes. Smosh is doing something that appeals to a group that has never existed without the Internet, and therefore has no ties to any given media expectations. To them, funny is just funny.
You signed off with the name Sarah Austin?? What happened to Sarah Meyers???
Is someone engaged, and had a Freudian slip??
Hey Dan, so Sarah Austin is my real name and the one I will be going by now. Thanks! If you want you can call me pop too. :)
@J. Rabbitte well said. I should have said that. Ha! You should write my scripts.
I really like them. I’ve been watching their videos for a while now, the first time I saw them was when I found their Mortal Kombat theme song lip dub. Still one of my favorites.
@Sarah Well, if you ever need a writer, just drop me a line!
@J. Rabbitte, I am looking for a script writer! Email me: Sarah@pop17.com
“Hey Dan, so Sarah Austin is my real name and the one I will be going by now. Thanks! If you want you can call me pop too. :)”
No engagement huh? That means we still have a chance then ;)
How old are these guys? Guess I need to check Wikipedia.
They are both 20