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Garrett created his first YouTube channel "Stampylongnose" on date=3 August 2006. Pretty soon, Garrett began to create stop motion animations as well as short movies with his friends. Once he left high school he did video production courses in both college and university and his channel became home to work projects he either helped create or acted in. Around this time Garrett spent hours watching gaming videos on YouTube as "Let's Plays" had just began to get popular. This drove Garrett to order a cheap capture-card on the internet so that he could begin to record game-play from his Xbox which broke after his first video. However, he soon ordered a better capture-card and was ready to record game-play commentaries on games such as "Call of Duty:Black Ops". He would often do over five takes until he was happy with his recording. Garrett was then approached by a company called "Gamesthirst.com" to make a video review of a new release called "Homefront" Garrett finished the video in a day and the company asked him to do video production for them full time. Garrett quoted to this "I felt happier then a cat in a cake shop!" Over the next year or so he continued to create content for "Gamesthirst.com" including reviews, previews, guides, top fives, montages, news, and more. Around this time Garrett created a few original series he was very proud of at the time. A competitive "Halo Reach" tournament that was ran by himself and a show called "Is it worth it" where he reviewed old games such as "Gears of War" to see if they were still worth buying cheap today. Pretty soon Garrett gradually switched from "Call of Duty" to "Halo" and became a regular contributor to the "Halo" community "IHaloZone" at this time he averaged less than 50 views per video and had around 700 subscribers. However, this did not bother him, he simply enjoyed making videos for the fun of it. Soon however, as Garrett reached his final few months of university he began to lose all his free time as he worked in a pub every weekend. He, therefore, announced that he would stop making game-play commentaries. Instead of quitting YouTube altogether, Garrett created a new channel named "Stampylonghead" to upload "Let's Play" videos to because they would take much less time to make. Around this time Garrett's friends began to play the video-game "Minecraft" on the Xbox, and (Not wanting to be left out) he downloaded it, too. Garrett recorded his first ever time playing and soon created "Stampy's Lovely World" which would become the main icon of his channel. Garrett soon realized that he had become to get an audience. This kept Garrett motivated to make more and better videos. Garrett soon put a stop to foul language and adult themed games as he noticed many younger viewers had began to watch. After a while, Garrett dug deep into the "Minecraft" community and made videos with other YouTubers one of which was named David Spencer who created the "IBallisticSquid" channel. Garrett and Spencer met in January 2013 and planned to do a couple videos together for fun. The two quickly became close friends in and out of videos and started several series together across both of their channels. As Garrett's channel grew, he uploaded videos on various different games including one "Minecraft" video every single day. On date=2 December 2013, (At the peak of his popularity) Garrett was given an Email from "Google" informing him that his channel had been terminated without reason. Garrett went straight to "Facebook" to inform everyone of what had happened. Garrett stated that he would fight as hard as he could to get his channel back and that if he couldn't he would start a new channel and continue where he left off. Quickly, a YouTuber by the name of "AmyLee33" started a petition to help raise awareness and it got thousands of signatures. Articles and blogs began to discuss the situation and the "#SaveStampy" began to trend on twitter right under "#PeoplesChoice" and "#HeresToChristmas" A friend of Garrett's and fellow YouTuber "LDShadowLady" passed Garrett's information to a friend of hers who worked at "Google" the man Emailed Googles accounts team and explained the situation to them. By the evening of the same day he managed to get Garrett's account fully restored and all strikes removed. After that Garrett was back up and running and went into the new year with 900,000 subscribers.
Garrett studied video production at university and initially intended to be a games journalist. His early YouTube work consisted of "]" videos which he made for his own amusement. When he noticed that his primary audience was children, he reoriented his work to be family-friendly.<ref name=guardian/> When the videos became popular, Garrett left his job as a barman to focus on producing the content full-time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedroom-gamer-joseph-garrett-making-3210608 | title=Bedroom gamer's YouTube videos get 170 million hits and earn him a FORTUNE | publisher=The Mirror | date=5 March 2014 | accessdate=9 November 2014 | author=Stretch, Euan}}</ref>



Garrett's YouTube channel is aimed at children, and his audience is largely 6 to 14-year-olds.<ref name="bbc"/> As the character of Stampy Cat, an orange and white cat, Garrett tells stories within ''Minecraft'' and other games. He gives viewers ideas for activities to pursue with their friends.<ref name="breakfast"/> Garrett describes the character as "a bigger, brighter, better version" of himself.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/stampy-cat--cartoon-thats-bigger-than-bieber-earns-new-stamping-ground-9953225.html|title=Stampy Cat: Joseph Garrett's cartoon from Minecraft that is bigger than Justin Bieber – and has just been linked to Disney|last=Burrell|first=Ian|work=]|date=1 January 2015|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref> He receives correspondence from his viewers and thinks they see him as a friend, rather than "a presenter in a studio".<ref name="bbc"/> Other characters in the videos include iBallisticSquid, played by Garrett's friend David Spencer.<ref name="bbc"/> Jordan Shapiro of ] said that "he does a great job of bringing the positive aspects of Minecraft—the game’s educational potential—to the surface."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2015/05/31/this-is-what-you-should-be-asking-about-stampys-minecraft-videos/|title=This Is What You Should Be Asking About Stampy's Minecraft Videos|first=Jordan |last=Shapiro|date=|work=]|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref> Garrett's YouTube channel is aimed at children, and his audience is largely 6 to 14-year-olds.<ref name="bbc"/> As the character of Stampy Cat, an orange and white cat, Garrett tells stories within ''Minecraft'' and other games. He gives viewers ideas for activities to pursue with their friends.<ref name="breakfast"/> Garrett describes the character as "a bigger, brighter, better version" of himself.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/stampy-cat--cartoon-thats-bigger-than-bieber-earns-new-stamping-ground-9953225.html|title=Stampy Cat: Joseph Garrett's cartoon from Minecraft that is bigger than Justin Bieber – and has just been linked to Disney|last=Burrell|first=Ian|work=]|date=1 January 2015|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref> He receives correspondence from his viewers and thinks they see him as a friend, rather than "a presenter in a studio".<ref name="bbc"/> Other characters in the videos include iBallisticSquid, played by Garrett's friend David Spencer.<ref name="bbc"/> Jordan Shapiro of ] said that "he does a great job of bringing the positive aspects of Minecraft—the game’s educational potential—to the surface."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2015/05/31/this-is-what-you-should-be-asking-about-stampys-minecraft-videos/|title=This Is What You Should Be Asking About Stampy's Minecraft Videos|first=Jordan |last=Shapiro|date=|work=]|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref>

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Joseph Garrett
Garrett appearing at Minecon in 2015
Personal information
Born1990 or 1991 (age 33–34)
NationalityBritish
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known asStampy Cat, Stampylonghead, Stampylongnose
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers6.6 million subscribers
(October 2015)
Total views4.23 billion views
(October 2015)
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2014
Last updated: 31 October 2015

Joseph Garrett is an English YouTube commentator who posts videos about the game Minecraft as the character Stampy Cat. In 2014, Garrett's was one of the ten most watched YouTube channels in the world. He has been featured on several television programs with CBBC and Disney.

Biography

Garrett created his first YouTube channel "Stampylongnose" on date=3 August 2006. Pretty soon, Garrett began to create stop motion animations as well as short movies with his friends. Once he left high school he did video production courses in both college and university and his channel became home to work projects he either helped create or acted in. Around this time Garrett spent hours watching gaming videos on YouTube as "Let's Plays" had just began to get popular. This drove Garrett to order a cheap capture-card on the internet so that he could begin to record game-play from his Xbox which broke after his first video. However, he soon ordered a better capture-card and was ready to record game-play commentaries on games such as "Call of Duty:Black Ops". He would often do over five takes until he was happy with his recording. Garrett was then approached by a company called "Gamesthirst.com" to make a video review of a new release called "Homefront" Garrett finished the video in a day and the company asked him to do video production for them full time. Garrett quoted to this "I felt happier then a cat in a cake shop!" Over the next year or so he continued to create content for "Gamesthirst.com" including reviews, previews, guides, top fives, montages, news, and more. Around this time Garrett created a few original series he was very proud of at the time. A competitive "Halo Reach" tournament that was ran by himself and a show called "Is it worth it" where he reviewed old games such as "Gears of War" to see if they were still worth buying cheap today. Pretty soon Garrett gradually switched from "Call of Duty" to "Halo" and became a regular contributor to the "Halo" community "IHaloZone" at this time he averaged less than 50 views per video and had around 700 subscribers. However, this did not bother him, he simply enjoyed making videos for the fun of it. Soon however, as Garrett reached his final few months of university he began to lose all his free time as he worked in a pub every weekend. He, therefore, announced that he would stop making game-play commentaries. Instead of quitting YouTube altogether, Garrett created a new channel named "Stampylonghead" to upload "Let's Play" videos to because they would take much less time to make. Around this time Garrett's friends began to play the video-game "Minecraft" on the Xbox, and (Not wanting to be left out) he downloaded it, too. Garrett recorded his first ever time playing and soon created "Stampy's Lovely World" which would become the main icon of his channel. Garrett soon realized that he had become to get an audience. This kept Garrett motivated to make more and better videos. Garrett soon put a stop to foul language and adult themed games as he noticed many younger viewers had began to watch. After a while, Garrett dug deep into the "Minecraft" community and made videos with other YouTubers one of which was named David Spencer who created the "IBallisticSquid" channel. Garrett and Spencer met in January 2013 and planned to do a couple videos together for fun. The two quickly became close friends in and out of videos and started several series together across both of their channels. As Garrett's channel grew, he uploaded videos on various different games including one "Minecraft" video every single day. On date=2 December 2013, (At the peak of his popularity) Garrett was given an Email from "Google" informing him that his channel had been terminated without reason. Garrett went straight to "Facebook" to inform everyone of what had happened. Garrett stated that he would fight as hard as he could to get his channel back and that if he couldn't he would start a new channel and continue where he left off. Quickly, a YouTuber by the name of "AmyLee33" started a petition to help raise awareness and it got thousands of signatures. Articles and blogs began to discuss the situation and the "#SaveStampy" began to trend on twitter right under "#PeoplesChoice" and "#HeresToChristmas" A friend of Garrett's and fellow YouTuber "LDShadowLady" passed Garrett's information to a friend of hers who worked at "Google" the man Emailed Googles accounts team and explained the situation to them. By the evening of the same day he managed to get Garrett's account fully restored and all strikes removed. After that Garrett was back up and running and went into the new year with 900,000 subscribers.


Garrett's YouTube channel is aimed at children, and his audience is largely 6 to 14-year-olds. As the character of Stampy Cat, an orange and white cat, Garrett tells stories within Minecraft and other games. He gives viewers ideas for activities to pursue with their friends. Garrett describes the character as "a bigger, brighter, better version" of himself. He receives correspondence from his viewers and thinks they see him as a friend, rather than "a presenter in a studio". Other characters in the videos include iBallisticSquid, played by Garrett's friend David Spencer. Jordan Shapiro of Forbes.com said that "he does a great job of bringing the positive aspects of Minecraft—the game’s educational potential—to the surface."

On 25 April 2015, Garrett launched a spinoff educational YouTube channel in collaboration with Maker Studios. The series, Wonder Quest, is scripted, professionally produced, and designed so that it can be used in classrooms. Garrett has also been attached to a Minecraft film. In July, he appeared on the series premiere of the Disney XD show Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything where he portrays the announcer Stampy Cat at the World Gaming Championships. He was a featured panelist at MineCon held in London in July.

Garrett has signed a two-book deal with Egmont Publishing. Stampy's Lovely Book was released on 22 October 2015; aimed at ages 4 to 10, it features games, activities, jokes and facts about Stampy Cat and some of his Vlogger friends.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2014 BBC Breakfast Himself Guest star
2014 Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom Himself Exclusive interview and various guest appearances
2015 Wonder Quest Stampy (Voice) Main Role
2015 Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Stampy Cat Ep. "Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything"

Published works

  • Stampy's Lovely Book (Egmont, 2015), ISBN 978-1405281560

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Precey, Matt (7 March 2014). "Minecraft gamer's YouTube hit 'more popular than Bieber". BBC News. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ "About stampylonghead". YouTube.
  3. Stampy - 100k Subscribers Special. YouTube. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. 1 Million Subscribers Special - From Then To Now. YouTube. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. Stampy's Special Unboxing. YouTube. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. ^ Stampy on why his Minecraft tutorials have YouTubers gripped. BBC Breakfast. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. Lewsey, Karen (6 March 2014). "Man earns £236k a month – through playing Minecraft on YouTube!". Reveal.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. ^ Burrell, Ian (1 January 2015). "Stampy Cat: Joseph Garrett's cartoon from Minecraft that is bigger than Justin Bieber – and has just been linked to Disney". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  9. Shapiro, Jordan. "This Is What You Should Be Asking About Stampy's Minecraft Videos". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  10. Dredge, Stuart (9 April 2014). "YouTube star Stampylonghead launching new education channel". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  11. ^ Elizabeth Wagmeister. "'Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything' to Premiere July 22 - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  12. "Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything". Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything. Episode 1. 22 July 2015. Disney XD. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  13. Dredge, Stuart (1 July 2015). "Minecraft Minecon 2015 schedule reveals Stampy, YouTube and more". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  14. Grill, Scott (3 July 2015). "'Minecraft' MineCon 2015: How To Watch And Full Saturday Schedule". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  15. de Gallier, Thea (4 July 2015). "Minecon 2015 news updates and highlights". Metro. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  16. "Thousands of Minecraft fans gather for Minecon show". BBC. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  17. "Egmont signs YouTube star Stampy Cat". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  18. "Website for Stampy's Lovely Book". Stampy's Lovely Book. Official Book microsite. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  19. "BBC Breakfast - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  20. "Could Minecraft make Stampy millions?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  21. "Appsolute Genius competition winner revealed". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  22. CBBC (8 October 2014). Stampy in real life Minecraft Interview on Dick and Dom's Appsolute Genius. YouTube. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  23. CBBC (19 November 2014). Stampy in real life! Interview on Appsolute Genius. YouTube. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  24. "Nominees". thegameawards.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  25. "NickALive!". nickalive.blogspot.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  26. "4th Annual Winners & Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  27. "Streamy Awards: James Franco, 'SnapperHero,' Fifth Harmony, Tyler Oakley Score Nominations". TheWrap. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  28. "5th Annual Winners & Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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