This is a tribute to my favourite youtuber, the one and only(or two) Smosh. You have probably heard of the name, since they are currently the number 3rd most suscribed comedians on youtube. Nigahiga ranks at the very top, while Fred stands at number 2. I have no idea how Fred can get 1 million plus suscribers when his videos are all practically rubbish, and did I mention not funny at all?
Anyways back to Smosh, they have always been my favourite comedians on youtube, and are recipients of 2006 Youtube’s Best Comedy Award. Smosh consists two best friends Ian and Anthony, where they put up videos of themselves in random silly plots. Well, they used to be funny, back when they didn’t have to worry about maintaining view counts, or hitting a certain amount of new suscribers everyday. Their sense of humour reminds me of Andy Milonakis, of which I enjoy alot.
Like other popular acts on youtube, Smosh has cashed in on its popularity by setting up a website to sell their own merchandises. http://www.smosh.com. Being the third most suscribed channel has its benefits. From the revenue-sharing system youtube adopts where the uploader gets a cut of the profit made from the video, to the sales generated from selling merchandises. They even had a deal to produce two music videos for the band “I Set My Friends on Fire”. Youtube has certainly turned them into celebrities.
Here’s an old video of them when they first started out.
And compare it to this recent one.
What is this I see? Sad to say, I miss their old videos back before they sold out. I guess this is the way howthings always end up. When you get popular, you tend to esell out to please the masses, and create sub-par quality videos void of any passion.
Till this day, I remain as a hopeful suscriber, praying that one day, Smosh can produce funny videos like they used to, where it is not about money-making or to please anyone.
