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| | name = Smosh | |||
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| | birth_date = '''Anthony Padilla''': {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|9|16}}<br> '''Ian Hecox''': {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|11|30}} | |||
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| | nationality = ] | |||
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| | home_town = Sacramento, California | |||
| | occupation = ] comedy duo | |||
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| | years_active = ]–present<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.smosh.com/ |title= smosh.com |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20021124191813/http://www.smosh.com/ |archivedate = 2002-11-24}} - Official Website.</ref> | |||
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| '''Smosh''' is a web-based comedy duo consisting of '''Ian Hecox''' and '''Anthony Padilla'''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.batchbuzz.com/detailedStoryDefault.php?id=751|title= BB Suggests: The Best of Web TV|accessdate=2009-11-16 |date= November 13, 2009 |publisher= Batch Buzz}}</ref> Anthony Padilla first began posting ] on ] in early 2003, under the name Smosh. He was later joined by his friend Ian Hecox. Soon afterward they began to post videos on ] in the autumn of 2005 and became one of the most popular channels on that site, with more than 3 million subscribers as of August 2011.<ref name="smosh channel">{{cite web|title=smosh's Channel|url=http://www.youtube.com/smosh|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 1, 2011}}</ref> Until 2008, Smosh was the most-subscribed-to-YouTube account.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} | |||
| Four Smosh-related channels exist on YouTube. The base "Smosh" channel, where both Ian and Anthony post their skits and other videos, has new videos every Friday. From "IanH" (used at first for vlogs and other non-scripted videos), the pair upload their side series "Ian is Bored" on Mondays and "Lunchtime with Smosh" on Thursdays, while their associate performer Mari does "Smosh Pit Weekly" videos on Saturday. A third channel, called "AskCharlie", is based on the popular Smosh character Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig. It uploads videos every Wednesday. Their final channel, "AnthonyPadilla", has been inactive since February 2011; it was formerly where Anthony made vlog-like videos on his own. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ===Formation and ''Pokémon Theme Music Video'': 2005–2009=== | |||
| Smosh began when Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla made several videos together, lip syncing to theme songs such as ], ], and ]. At first, these videos were not intended to be posted online, but after they sent them to their friends, they started a ] channel. | |||
| One of Smosh's earliest videos, "Pokémon Theme Music Video," was released in November 2005. It followed the same style as their other earlier videos, featuring the duo lip-synching the original English theme song for the ]. However, the video instantly became much more popular than any of their other videos; over the course of its lifetime, it gained 24.7 million views, becoming the most-viewed video on all of YouTube at that time.<ref name="nyt-1">{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/arts/04iht-videos.html | title= Comic shorts, home on the Web | publisher=The New York Times | author= ] | date= April 4, 2006 | accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> It held that title for about six months, but was removed by YouTube after the website received a notice from ], claiming copyright infringement.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} | |||
| The success of their ''Pokémon'' video and other videos led Smosh to be featured in the "Person of the Year: You" issue of '']'', published December 13, 2006. It also inspired them to expand their style beyond basic lip-synching videos, and eventually to start creating videos of various genres, such as mini-skits and sketch comedies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} | |||
| ===2010 era=== | |||
| In January 2010, Smosh launched the "Smosh Pit" feature, a blog that consists of various pieces of pop-culture trivia. In addition, 2010 saw the channel launch 3 different Smosh-based web series: "Ian is Bored," which is a collection of comedic videos by Ian Hecox; "Ask Charlie" (which is an interactive series where people ask Charlie, from their January 2010 "Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig" video, random questions); and "Lunchtime with Smosh," a Comedy series featuring Smosh getting and eating food from various places. | |||
| Also in early 2010, Smosh created the "iShut Up App" for ] phones as part of a ] sponsorship; it eventually made its way to the ] app store. | |||
| In November 2010, Anthony and Ian guest-appeared in the 35 minute film ], by Nigahiga.<ref>{{cite web|title=Agents of Secret Stuff|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMy-6RtoOVU|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 22, 2011|author=nigahiga|date=March 22, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| As of August 2011, Smosh is the third most-subscribed channel on YouTube.<ref name="smosh channel"/> | |||
| Anthony and Ian made a cameo in episode 3 of the popular ] series ] season 9.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red vs Blue season 9|url=http://roosterteeth.com/blog/viewEntry.php?id=2746992|publisher=Roosterteeth|accessdate=June 28, 2011|author=Matt Hullum|date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
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