One of the least celebrated of all mediums is youtube. It muddles along minding it's own business whilst simultaneously producing some of the most creative and independent work available to a large audience which I think is a true travesty so in this series of posts I'll celebrate different channels on youtube and hopefully introduce you to some things that you might like.
Smosh
Starting this series of posts is Smosh. Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla started posting videos on youtube in 2005 and started with the lowly yet brilliant origins of their infamous pokemon theme song lip sync. Broadening their horizons with comedic sketches and songs instead of just lip syncing Smosh have been hugely successful with them being the most subscribed channel on youtube until 2008. With over 2 million subscribers they're obviously doing something right. I think what makes them so entertaining to watch is their refreshing uncaring attitudes to what they look like and the often idiotic things they do but take so seriously and it's that juxtaposition of the idiotic taken seriously that makes them so funny. Their videos are expertly made, inventive and hilarious. Their blog called Smoshpit is also perfect if you want a laugh and I'll put the link at the bottom of this post.
Below is their first video and then their parody of it which they made recently as the original was ridiculously removed due to copyright infringement.
http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit
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