ItsJustSomeRandomGuy was the alias of Michael Agrusso, an American

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teacher, writer, and performer working and living in

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. The channel is the source of the

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series "''Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC''", which spoofs

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's ''

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'' television commercials, known for their opening lines, "Hello, I'm a Mac..." "...And I'm a PC."

Background

In late February/early March 2007, Agrusso read the

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that the films based on the

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

characters

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

and

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

both lost their

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s due to creative differences with

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on the same day. In contrast, several future films based on

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

characters were in

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. He later saw a "Get a Mac" commercial, which inspired him to parody the contrasting levels of success between Marvel and DC film productions.

Marvel/DC parodies

Agrusso first wrote the scripts for four videos, using two characters,

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in ...

(Marvel) and

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

(DC), as their companies' representatives. After posting two videos in March 2007, Agrusso posted six more videos in the subsequent months. In the summer of 2008, five superhero movie blockbusters opened: ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

'', ''

The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book ...

'', '' Hancock'', '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'', and ''

The Dark Knight ''The Dark Knight'' is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay co-written with his brother Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman Begins'' (2005), and the second inst ...

''. In response, Agrusso created a second "Hi, I'm a Marvel" series, this time with

(Marvel),

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(Marvel),

Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...

(DC) and

Hellboy Hellboy is a superhero created by Mike Mignola and appearing in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various miniseries, one-shots ...

(Dark Horse) instead of Spider-Man and Superman.Marvel vs. DC 2.0
/ref> The series spanned the summer as the new superhero movies opened. In February 2009, Agrusso was again hired by the

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organization to make promotional videos for their event.

Reception and popularity

As of January 14, 2024, 166 thousand YouTube users were subscribed to the channel and its videos had been viewed more than 90.6 million times; the channel's first video has been viewed over 5.3 million times. An official press release by

via

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called Agrusso "a genuine Internet superstar." In July 2008
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ranked one of the channel's videos as one of the top ten YouTube videos of the month. The channel primarily discusses comic book films from the two major

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companies (

Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...

and DC) using humor. Agrusso writes, performs, and shoots his videos at home. In 2012, Agrusso voiced Superman in an episode of the popular web series, ''

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'', by

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, and also helped promote the video with his own skits. It was the most highly requested episode in which Superman would fight

Goku Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as ''Son Gokū'' in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the cl ...

from

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, and has received 38 million views to this day. Agrusso reprised his role for a second episode in 2015. He uploaded his last video on Apr 14, 2021, and has been inactive ever since. Agrusso uses

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program on his computer to create much of the background music for his videos.

References

External links

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Background

Marvel/DC parodies

Reception and popularity

See also

References

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