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Template:Infobox Internet celebrity Smosh is a duo of college students, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, from Carmichael, California. They attend American River College. However, they are famous for their writing, filming, acting, and editing in their own skits and "music videos". As of March 2008, they have over 301,000 subscribers on YouTube, making them the most subscribed on YouTube.
"Pokémon Theme" is Smosh's most famous video. In June 2007, the video was removed due to a copyright claim by Shogakukan. The video received more than 24,000,000 views before its removal.
Some of their series are called "Smosh Shorts" and sometimes they portray TV shows. Their first video was the Power Rangers theme. Their "Smosh Short 2: Stranded" video won the 2006 YouTube Award for Best Comedy.
On the 1'st of April 2008 Smosh posted a youtube video entitled 'Smosh sued for $20 Million'. In this they include they have been sued by the creators of pokemon for $20 million due to there video posted last year of pokemon lip syncing. In this video they include a link to buy smosh merchandise, and advertise some of there items on the video. Weather or not this video can be confirmed as true or an April fools, Smosh ARE selling items. Done by Dpdr13 at 16:04 GMT 1'st APril 2008
References
- Smosh' channel on YouTube
- YouTube Takes Down Smosh Pokemon Video
- Coyle, Jake (March 26, 2007). "YouTube announces award winners". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
External links
- Smosh's website
- Smosh's YouTube profile
- Smosh's alternate YouTube profile run for side content
- Smosh's MySpace profile
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
- "Superstars of the Web" Interview Magazine
- "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
