We chat OG YouTuber Tay Zonday, best known for his viral song “Chocolate Rain”. Tay would follow up his biggest hit with commercial spins on it, new original music, and covers of everything from Christmas classics to Carly Rae Jepsen.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:21 Our history with Tay Zonday

00:06:58 Tay’s pre-virality videos

00:11:20 Chocolate Rain

00:28:52 Chocolate Rain spon-con

00:41:03 Musical videos following Chocolate Rain

00:46:45 Mama Economy The Economy Explained

00:54:37 Later direction of Tay’s channel

01:08:28 1 million subscribers

01:15:30 Tay Zonday’s Cameo

01:20:42 Legacy of Tay Zonday

01:24:45 What we’re subscribing to

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We yap about VenetianPrincess, the late 2000s parody music queen.

Neither of us was familiar with VP before this episode, so listen to us track her content journey from the early Disclosure series, to her breakthrough with a Hillary Clinton friendship song, to her highly popular parodies of pop songs.

VP would become ‘The most subscribed female on YouTube’, and her videos featured cameos from some of YouTube’s top creators. But it was not to last, and an algorithm change led to declining view counts and eventually, VP stepped away from YouTube.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:04 Our history with Venetian Princess

00:06:14 Disclosed and The Princess Chronicles series

00:16:20 Cirque de Mystère

00:20:28 Hillary Be My Best Friend

00:26:34 ‘The most subscribed female on YouTube’

00:28:30 7 Things parody and Miley Cyrus content

00:42:00 Channel focus on parody songs

00:44:58 100,000k sub acknowledgment

00:49:06 Continued parodies + videos

00:55:23 Transformers 2 parody w/ Shane Dawson

59:55 You Belong With Me parody w/ Ryan Higa

01:02:31 Sponsored content

01:08:49 More original and parody music

01:14:54 Videos missing the sub box

01:17:59 We Found Love parody + kardashian boycott

01:21:57 Sleep naked campaign

01:27:45 VP’s Draw my life

01:32:20 Late videos

01:41:30 VenetianPrincess’s sudden retirement

01:45:15 Venetian Princess’s legacy

01:51:45 What we’re subscribing to

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This week we chat Fred, the high-pitched, hyperactive, and arguably highly annoying character created by Lucas Cruikshank.

We touch on how the channel became incredibly popular on early YouTube, how Lucas used his online popularity to launch a mainstream acting career on Nickelodeon, and the eventual spoiler peaceful retirement of the Fred character.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:02: Our history with Fred

00:09:53 Early Fred videos

00:23:41 Fred’s popularity

00:27:19: The Nickelodeon era

00:38:41 New Fred content

00:45:32 Lucas comes out

00:49:08 The controversial ‘New Fred’ series

00:57:07 The final era of the Fred channel

01:03:35 Lucas’ current content

01:07:43 Fred’s legacy

01:15:04 What we’re subscribing to

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This week’s topic is the iconic 2000s musical comedy trio The Lonely Island, consisting of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer.

Are The Lonely Island YouTubers? Should we cover them on this podcast? These are valid questions, but instead, we spent this episode compiling our respective Top 10 The Lonely Island Music Videos lists.

The music videos mentioned are available in a YouTube playlist.

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Content warnings: This episode touches on some heavier topics as part of discussing the channel’s coverage of news - discussion of sexual assault between 23:15 and 29:10, during the Late 2000s Philip DeFranco Show chapter. Discussion of child abuse between 41:00 to 55:00, during the chapter The Daddy of Five exposé chapter.

We review the YouTube career of Philip DeFranco, most well-known for hosting the news and current events program The Philip DeFranco Show since 2007.

We discuss why Phil scrubbed his old videos from the internet, how his presentation has changed through the years, and the approach he took to covering three of YouTube’s biggest dramas while his channel was at its peak popularity.

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In this episode, we look back over the career of Michelle Phan, one of YouTube's original beauty gurus. Starting in 2005, Michelle transitioned from makeup blogs and short video tutorials to becoming a YouTube sensation.

We discuss her rise to fame, notable collaborations, including her early partnership with Lancome, and her ventures into launching her own makeup line, EM Cosmetics.

We examine Michelle's hiatus from YouTube and her eventual return, as well as her public advocacy for cryptocurrency and alternative medicine. We are subscribing to:

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This week we talk Neil Cicierega, the artist and musician behind the iconic Potter Puppet Pals. Uploaded during 2000s Harry Potter mania, the series became one of YouTube’s earliest viral hits.

We explore Neil's early work on Newgrounds, pioneering Animutation, his other eclectic comedic and musical projects, and where he is at in 2025.

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This week we discuss YouTuber Justine Ezarik aka iJustine. Her content ranges across Apple fandom, tech commentary, music parodies and public dance videos. We discuss her continued success, mainstream media opportunities and collaborations with other creators and celebrities. We also highlight her professionalism and the challenges of being a female creator in a male-dominated space.

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