Cameron David "Scooter" Magruder (born December 2, 1988) is an American

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personality, actor, comedian and new media consultant. As of October 2021, the videos on his primary account have been viewed over 97 million times with over 603,000 subscribers to his channel.

Biography

Magruder was born in

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. In the summer of 2003, Magruder was a contestant on the

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'' Endurance 2'', which aired on

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. The show was taped in

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and was hosted by JD Roth. The show prompted Magruder to begin creating videos. It was also during this show where Magruder learned the ins and outs of television production. Magruder and his partner Christa Scholtz competed as the Blue Team and finished in 6th place. He graduated from

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in 2007 as senior class president. He then attended and graduated from the

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with a degree in telecommunication production. After graduation, Magruder completed one year with

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Career

Magruder started regularly posting YouTube videos in August 2011. Magruder makes videos on wide ranging topics, including Top 100 videos where he lists 100 things of a certain genre, and his "Not About That Life" series where he rants about things he hates and/or doesn't understand, and multiple other formats, including

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, how-to videos, and relationship advice videos. Each video is introduced by Magruder saying "What's up guys, hope you're doing well." Each video ends by him saying his catch phrases: "No Jugamos Juegos" (translated from Spanish meaning "we don't play games") and "Throw me the alley." None of Magruder's videos contain any curse words since he tries to exemplify his

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through his videos. Magruder's videos have been posted on ''

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'', '' RightThisMinute'',

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, the ''

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'', the ''

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'', and even the ''

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''. His most successful video to date is "Top 100 Things

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Players Say" with over 4,400,000 views. In the summer of 2012, Magruder was selected to be one of sixteen YouTube Next Vloggers.

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received $5,000 in equipment, $10,000 in YouTube promotional advertisement for their channel, as well as mentoring from other Top Vloggers such as

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and

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of Community Channel. Sixteen "Next Vloggers" in total were selected from over thousands of applicants worldwide. Magruder's sports videos form the bulk of his content on

; in 2020, the ''

'' described him as the "sports comedy YouTube king." He is a fan of the

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and

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, making videos acting out each fanbase's general reactions to their respective teams during games or major news. His "Stuff _____ fans say" follows a similar model for other teams and sports. In 2021, Magruder became a part of ''Clickbait Sports'', a weekly show about sports hosted by himself, Five Points Vids, UrinatingTree, Tom Grossi, and That's Good Sports. Episodes are simulcast on Magruder's

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, as well as the others' YouTube channels.

References

External links

Scooter Magruder's WebsiteScooter Magruder's Channel
on

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