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Smosh is a web-based comedy duo consisting of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. They first began posting videos to YouTube in the autumn of 2005, and have become one of the most popular channels on that site, with over 2.1 million subscribers. Until 2008, Smosh was the most subscribed-to YouTube account.

Three Smosh related channels exist on Youtube. The base "Smosh" channel, where both Ian and Anthony post their skits and other videos, "IanH" which at first was for vlogs and other non scripted videos, but now is used for posting their new side series "Ian is Bored" and "Lunchtime with Smosh". Their last channel called "AskCharlie" is based on the popular Smosh character Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig.

History

Formation and Pokémon Theme Music Video: 2005–2009

Smosh began when Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla made videos together lip syncing to theme songs such as Mortal Kombat. At first these videos weren't intended to be posted online, but after they sent them to their friends, they soon started a Youtube channel called "Smosh". They soon became popular on Youtube and started creating skits other than just videos of them lip syncing to theme songs.

One of Smosh's earliest videos, "Pokémon Theme Music Video," was released in November 2005 and by April 2006 held the title of "Most Viewed Video of all Time (Time referring to the existence of YouTube as an internet website)" on YouTube with over 24 million views, a title it held for at least six months. The video features the duo lip-synching the original English theme song for the Pokémon anime. However, it has since been removed by YouTube after the website received a notice from Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd., indicating copyright infringement, after hitting 25 million views. In 2008 they said as an April's Fools joke that the Pokémon company were suing them for 20 million dollars because of copyright infringement, as an advertisement for the Smosh store.

Nevertheless, the success of their Pokémon video and other videos led Smosh to be featured in the "Person of the Year: You" issue of Time Magazine, published December 13, 2006. In 2007, a user named Andii2000 relaunched the video.

Current era and Smosh Pit: 2010-present

In January 2010, "Smosh Arm Pit" was launched on their website along with a few new weekly 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 Documentary/Comedy series about good places to eat. Smosh Pit is a blog that consists of anything they (or a handful of other "Smoshers") feel like posting.

Recently Smosh created the "iShut Up App" for Android phones as part of a Google sponsorship; it eventually made its way to the iTunes app store.

As of January 2011, Smosh is the fifth most subscribed channel on Youtube.

References

1. "smosh.com". Archived from the original on 2002-11-24. - Official Website.
2. "BB Suggests: The Best of Web TV". Batch Buzz. November 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
3. Virginia Heffernan (April 4, 2006). "Comic shorts, home on the Web". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
4. "youtube.com". - Smosh Sued for $20 Million (April Fools).
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lFfF5XLsCQ

External links

• Official website

• Living people
• American comedians
• Comedy duos