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Smosh
Smosh () is an American YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective, independent production company, and former social networking site founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. In 2002, Padilla created a website named "smosh.com" for making Flash animations, and he was later joined by Hecox. They began posting videos on Smosh's YouTube channel in 2005 and quickly became one of the most popular channels on the site. , the main Smosh channel has over 11 billion views and over 26 million subscribers. Initially making lip-sync videos to cartoon and video game-based songs, Smosh garnered virality for their "Pokémon Theme Music Video"; reaching 24 million views, it became the most-viewed video on YouTube until it was removed from the site due to copyright infringement. Smosh pivoted towards comedic sketches geared towards pop culture media, with Hecox and Padilla portraying various characters. Making series such as ''Food Battle'', ''If X Were Real'' and ''Every lankEver'', Smosh co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smosh (2023)
Smosh () is an American YouTube sketch comedy-Improvisational theatre, improv collective, independent production company, and former social networking site founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. In 2002, Padilla created a website named "smosh.com" for making Flash animations, and he was later joined by Hecox. They began posting videos on Smosh's YouTube channel in 2005 and quickly became one of the most popular channels on the site. , the main Smosh channel has over 11 billion views and over 26 million subscribers. Initially making lip-sync videos to cartoon and video game-based songs, Smosh garnered virality for their "Pokémon (anime), Pokémon Pokémon Theme, Theme Music Video"; reaching 24 million views, it became List of most-viewed YouTube videos#Historical most-viewed videos, the most-viewed video on YouTube until it was removed from the site due to copyright infringement. Smosh pivoted towards comedic sketches geared towards pop culture media, with Hecox and Padilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smosh Games
Smosh Games is a YouTube gaming channel owned by Smosh, initially launched in 2012. A collaborative venture between Smosh and ClevverGames by then joint owner Alloy Digital, the original members consisted of Smosh duo Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, with cast member Mari Takahashi (internet personality), Mari Takahashi along with ClevverGames members David "Lasercorn" Moss, Joshua "Jovenshire" Ovenshire, and Matt Sohinki. The channel's output consists of a variety of video game-based content, including gaming-commentary videos, news and reviews, and scripted web series, alongside board game-focused content. Several of their series have included ''Honest Game Trailers'', ''16-Bit High School'', and tabletop-based shows ''Board AF'' and ''Sword AF''. Between 2020 and 2022 this included live streaming on Twitch (service), Twitch. They also formed the content creator network Smosh Games Alliance, and have participated in charity-based events. Smosh Games was one of the fastest-growing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Smosh Cast Members
Smosh is an American YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. Initially starting as a comedy duo of Hecox and Padilla, the channel began expanding to include additional cast members starting in 2010, with the majority of new cast members joining after Smosh was acquired by Alloy Digital (later rebranded to Defy Media) in 2011. Padilla left the channel in 2017 to pursue his independent channel, while Hecox remained with Smosh through the merge with Mythical Entertainment. In June 2023, it was announced that both Padilla and Hecox had bought Smosh from Mythical Entertainment, and the two founders would resume working together on Smosh as an independent entity. History 2002–2011: Comedy duo Smosh started as a website created by Anthony Padilla that he and his friends would use to upload Flash animations and talk to each other online. Eventually, he was joined by childhood friend Ian Hecox when the two started their YouTube channel. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Hecox
Ian Andrew Hecox ( ; born November 30, 1987) is an American internet personality, comedian, filmmaker, and actor. With Anthony Padilla, he co-founded the YouTube-based video production company Smosh. Hecox has written, directed, and starred in the company's sketch comedy videos since 2005. Early life Ian Andrew Hecox was born on November 30, 1987, in Sacramento, California and is a native of Carmichael, California. His parents are Sharon and Stephan Andrew Hecox, and he has an older sister named Melissa. His mother appeared as a recurring character in various Smosh sketches. Hecox attended Del Campo High School and did cross-country. He attended American River College where he took screenwriting, film and improv classes, before dropping out to focus on Smosh two years later. Career Smosh In 2002, Hecox joined ''smosh.com'', a website created by his friend since sixth grade, Anthony Padilla. Hecox and Padilla made the Smosh (main) YouTube channel in 2005 and first uploaded se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defy Media
Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group. Originally founded in 1996 as Alloy Online (later Alloy Digital), the final company was formed in 2013 by its merger with Break Media. On November 6, 2018, the company ceased operations after its assets were frozen by creditors, leaving channels like Smosh without a company. Several former employees blamed poor financial management, while high overhead from YouTube, legal troubles, overly aggressive expansion, and a shrinking advertising market were also described as contributing factors. History 1996–2009: Alloy, Inc. Alloy, Inc. (also known as Alloy Online) was founded in 1996 by James K. Johnson and Matthew Diamond as a holding company for ''Alloy'', a teen-oriented magazine and website. By the time the company went public in May 1999 (its NASDAQ symbol was ALOY), the website earned $15.5 million in monthly revenue and 1.3 million registered users. In Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Padilla
Daniel Anthony Padilla ( ; born September 16, 1987) is an American internet personality, comedian, filmmaker, and actor. With Ian Hecox, he co-founded the YouTube-based video production company Smosh. Padilla and Hecox wrote, directed, and starred in sketch comedy videos from 2005 to 2017; after six years, Padilla returned to the company in 2023. Outside of Smosh, Padilla hosts the podcast series ''I Spent a Day With...'' Padilla made his film debut in '' Smosh: The Movie'' in 2015, and had a voice role in ''The Angry Birds Movie'' (2016) and its 2019 sequel. Early life Daniel Anthony Padilla was born on September 16, 1987, in Sacramento, California and is from Carmichael, California. His father is of Filipino descent and his mother is German. His parents separated when he was two, and he was raised mostly by his mother alongside his two younger half-brothers. As his mother has severe agoraphobia, she was unable to work or even leave the family home, resulting in the fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Most-subscribed YouTube Channels
A subscriber to a channel on the American video-sharing platform YouTube is a user who has chosen to receive the channel's content by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each user's subscription feed consists of videos published by channels to which the user is subscribed. The ability for users to subscribe was introduced in October 2005. YouTube began publishing a list of its most-subscribed channels in April 2006. An early archive of the list dates to May 17, 2006. Since May 2006, when Smosh occupied the top position with just 2,986 subscribers, at least 11 other YouTube channels have held the top spot; these include the channel for the American fictional web series ''lonelygirl15'', American comedian Brooke Brodack, Brooke "Brookers" Brodack, American fictional character Fred Figglehorn, Swedish gamer PewDiePie, Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, American comedian Ryan Higa, American media personality Ray William Johnson, American public speaker Judson Laipply, Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shut Up! Cartoons
Shut Up! Cartoons was a YouTube animation channel project created with 2 people from the Smosh crew ( Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox) and Barry Blumberg that features various animated videos. Shut Up! Cartoons launched on April 30, 2012, with ''Do's and Don'ts'' and ended with the termination of the series ''Smosh Babies'' on June 23, 2017. Ownership and production The channel was launched as part of YouTube's $100 million " original channel initiative" by Smosh co-creators Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, as well as Barry Blumberg. Blumberg served as the president of the Smosh YouTube channel, as well as Shut Up! Cartoons. Previously, Blumberg served as the executive vice president of Harvey Entertainment, as well as Disney Television Animation chief. At the time of Shut Up! Cartoon's launch, Blumberg was the Head of Content for Alloy Digital, which would become Defy Media via its 2013 merger with Break Media. As such, Defy Media owned Shut Up! Cartoons. At the channel's laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhett & Link
Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III (born June 1, 1978) are an American comedy duo. Self-styled as "Internetainers", they are known for creating and hosting the YouTube series ''Good Mythical Morning''. Their other notable projects include comedic songs and sketches, their IFC series ''Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings'', their YouTube Premium series '' Rhett & Link's Buddy System'', their podcast '' Ear Biscuits,'' their YouTube series ''Wonderhole'', and their novel ''The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek''. As social media influencers with numerous channels, they have a combined total of over 30 million subscribers, as the second most influential content creators in 2024 according to ''Rolling Stone''. Early life and career Rhett and Link met on September 4, 1984, the date they started first grade at Buies Creek Elementary School in Buies Creek, Harnett County, North Carolina. They subsequently wrote a song and made a documentary about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon Theme
"Pokémon Theme" (also known as "Gotta catch ’em all!") is a song written by John Siegler and John Loeffler and performed by Jason Paige. It is the original theme song for the first season of the English adaptation of the ''Pokémon'' anime. Since its release, the song has been virtually synonymous with the ''Pokémon'' franchise because the line "Gotta catch ’em all!" has become its official English slogan; it is derived from the Japanese ポケモンGETだぜ! ("''Pokemon'' 'getto''''da ze!''"). "Pokémon Theme" is a fast-paced pop rock song in the key of G Minor, with continuous male vocals intermixed with a backup vocal accompaniment. Lyrics The song is sung in first person by an aspiring Pokémon trainer. He is determined to become the very best, "like no one ever was". To do this, he intends to travel far and wide, catching new Pokémon. He exhorts the listener to follow him, knowing they will encounter a lot of challenges, but promising to surmount them all tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
