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Smosh is a video-creating duo that has established fame on YouTube; Anthony Padilla (born 16 September, 1987) and Ian Hecox (born 30 November, 1987). Smosh is the most subscribed channel of all time on YouTube (as of June 2007), with 125,000+ subscribers, over 30,000 more than any other channel. Smosh's videos have been viewed by millions of people and have appeared on mainstream television. Padilla and Hecox both attend American River College and live in Carmichael, California, a city near Sacramento.
Smosh's Pokémon Theme Music Video was one of the most viewed videos on YouTube until it was removed for copyright reasons by the Shogakukan Production Co. Ltd. (It is still available on smosh.com). It had over 24 million views.
In March 2007, Smosh won the award for "Best Comedy of 2006" with the video "Smosh Short 2: Stranded" in YouTube's first ever YouTube Video Awards.
Smosh's alternate account on YouTube is IanH where they show clips of things they don't consider worth the attention of the masses that watch videos from their Smosh account. Smosh is popular enough that even this account is in the YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed list at #65 with over 14,000 subscribers.
YouTube video chronology
2005
| Title | Release date | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. "Power Rangers Theme" | August* | 1:06 | |
| 2. "Mortal Kombat Theme" | September* | 3:20 | Smosh's current most viewed video with over 9 and a half million views on YouTube as of June 2007 |
| 3. "The Epic Battle: Jesus vs Evie Satan" | October* | 7:30 | First non-theme video. |
| 4. "Pokémon Theme" | November 28 | 3:14 | The duo's most popular video, with over 24 million views on YouTube as of June 2007. In June 2007, the video was removed after the Japanese publisher Shogakukan Production Co. Ltd. made a copyright claim against the video. |
(*) Were released to Youtube on November 19, 2005, but were created in the specified months.
2006
| Title | Release date | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme" | January 25 | 3:05 | First video filmed outside of Padilla's bedroom. |
| 6. "Battleship" | February 8 | 3:07 | First scripted video. |
| 7. "Transformers Theme" | March 22 | 3:01 | Last theme music video. First video featuring Anthony in female clothes. |
| 8. "Smosh Short 1: Dolls" | April 25 | 0:59 | First short video |
| 9. "The California Stereotype Experiment" | June 7 | 5:07 | Introduced the "Shut up!" intro. |
| 10. "Boxman" | June 25 | 5:19 | First original music video. |
| 11. "Smosh Short 2: Stranded" | August 23 | 2:14 | Winner of the YouTube award for Best Comedy Video of 2006. |
| 12. "The Best Car EVER" | September 24 | 4:24 | |
| 13. "Food Battle 2006" | October 4 | 7:47 | Longest video. |
| 14. "That Damn Neighbor" | November 4 | 2:44 | |
| 15. "Frankie Rogers Is James Bond" | November 9 | 2:17 | Did away with the "Shut up!" intro. |
| 16. "How Not to Make a First Impression" | December 4 | 2:15 | Made for Logitech's "How to contest," which was hosted by Padilla and Hecox. |
| 17. "How Not to Act on a First Date" | December 4 | 3:18 | Made for Logitech's "How to contest." |
| 18. "Feet for Hands" | December 13 | 2:43 | |
| 19. "Boxman's Christmas" | December 19 | 3:12 | Second original music video. |
| 20. "New Year's Eve PSA" | December 30 | 1:32 |
2007
| Title | Release date | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21. "Three Wishes" | January 6 | 2:41 | Reintroduced the "Shut up!" intro. |
| 22. "Axe Murderer" | January 19 | 2:39 | |
| 23. "Easy Step" | February 3 | 2:25 | First fake advertisement |
| 24. "Sparky Goes to a Club" | February 18 | 3:53 | First video consisting of illustrations. |
| 25. "Spiderman, Spiderman" | March 2 | 0:53 | Shortest video. |
| 26. "License Test" | March 16 | 4:07 | |
| 27. "April First" | March 31 | 2:53 | |
| 28. "Anthony Gets a Haircut" | April 7 | 5:11 | Introduces Anthony's haircut cut by Ian. |
| 29. "Handshake" | April 21 | 1:20 | |
| 30. "Hardcore Max" | May 7 | 2:41 | Third original music video. |
| 31. "Food Battle 2007" | May 29 | 5:34 | |
| 32. "Transformers Rap" | June 15 | 3:28 | Fourth original music video |
Smosh.com
Smosh.com began in mid-2002 as a free forum for a group of high school friends in Carmichael, California.
The forum now has over 60,000 members*. Members of the website can view the member exclusive extras videos. And even if you are not a member you can purchase smosh clothing from the website's store (smosh.com/merch).
(*)3 of the most prominent smosh.com members are Evie (##pirategirl##), Rob (NUBS), and Omar (BlueJam).
Evie - http://myspace.com/piirategiirl
Rob - http://www.wigheadfilms.com
Omar - Unknown
References
See also
External links
Resources
- "Smosh 'The Intertainers'" TIME Magazine
- "The first superstars of web TV" BBC News
- "Smosh Hit" The Sacramento Bee
- "Who makes short shorts? Anyone and everyone" The New York Times
- "So you wanna be a director?" The Medium newspaper
- "YouTube launches its own Web stars" USA Today
- "Outrageous Video on the Tube" ABC News
- "You Tube Video Award Winners (video link)" NBC Today Show
- "You Tube Video Award Winners" CBS Early Show