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Michael Buckley
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Buckley being interviewed by Amber Lee Ettinger.
Background information
Birth name Michael John Buckley
Born June 8, 1975 (1975-06-08) (age 34)
Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Nationality American
Web alias(es) peron75, WHATTHEBUCKSHOW, bucknews
Period active July 2005 – present[1]
Host service(s) YouTube, BlogTV
Genre(s) Comedy, pop culture commentary
and topical celebrity humor and foot model
Official site Youtube.com/WhatTheBuckShow
www.buckhollywood.com
BuckHollywood Twitter
Personal Blog
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Michael Buckley (born June 8, 1975) is an American Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger. Noted for his vlog What the Buck?, Buckley gives humorous commentary on popular culture events and celebrities. He also maintains one of YouTube's most popular channels with several million viewers each month.[2] Buckley "broke all records" of YouTube ratings when four of his shows ended up on the week's ten top-rated videos.[2] Buckley has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times discussing Internet entrepreneurship[3] and The Advocate discussing homophobia on the internet.[4] On March 18, 2008, he won a 2007 YouTube Awards for best commentary with the video "LonelyGirl15 is Dead!"[5][6][7]

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History

Early career

Buckley is one of three children and moved to his parents' summer home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts after graduating from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire with a degree in Psychology. He began working at a group home for children with developmental disabilities.[8] In 2002, he moved back to Connecticut and started a "normal 9–5 office job" at Livenation.[8] After appearing on television with his friend Kristin Tierney for a fund-raising drive for CPTV the two decided to create a public-access chat show called Table for Two at local public-access television studio in July 2005.[1][8]

Career

What the Buck? began as a small weekly segment on Table for Two and gave him "a chance to riff and rant on his own."[8] His cousin then posted some on YouTube and "it snowballed."[1][8] Buckley started building a following on MySpace and started his YouTube channel in May 2006, with his main focus centered on celebrities and pop culture, often satirizing and parodying them.[1][2] On September 11, 2008, he quit his low-paying day job as an administrative assistant for Live Nation, a music promotion company and is now earning more money as an online entertainer.[3] Edge Boston summarized his work as: "Three or four times a week, he uploads his slickly made commentaries on celebrities and pop culture that are amongst the snarkiest to be found on the web."[1] His high-energy and rapid-fire delivery and style has been described as being "irreverent, fast-talking, pop-culture-obsessed"; he has been likened to "a living can of Red Bull."[8] He is one of the most subscribed vloggers rising to be the second most popular comedian within the first five months of posting.[2] His online success has led to more mainstream media work including DirectTV, Leeza Gibbons's syndicated radio show, a regular guest spot on Fox News Channel's weekly gossip show Lips & Ears and Red Eye.[8] Courtney Friel, host of Lips & Ears, came across What the Buck? and invited Buckley onto the show, "The beauty of YouTube ... is that they have complete creative freedom."[8]

On September 6, 2007, "The Top (& Bottom) Gays of You Tube!", the first all-gay collaboration video by YouTube's most subscribed video bloggers, was posted by Buckley to create a "YouTube gay village."[1][9] Featuring Chris Crocker, William Sledd,[10] and "Gay God" (Matthew Lush), the video consisted of each of the four bloggers commenting on the others' vlogging, with Buckley acting as host for the various outtakes.[9] As of October 2009 in the rankings of most subscribed channels, in all categories, "What The Buck?" is twelfth.[11] As of November 2008, the video has been viewed over 1,000,000 times, with over 8,500 comments.[9] On April 23, 2008, Buckley began to broadcast regular live shows on the social broadcasting website, BlogTV. His live shows have already been viewed by over 200,000 people. He appears live on Thursday and Sunday nights on BlogTV. Playing the producer Horace Karmez, Buckley has appeared on many talk shows.

He has recently started a new YouTube channel titled BuckNews, a spinoff of What the Buck? in which he includes content that did not make his main show.[3] Additionally, Buckley has recently introduced two spin-off shows: Pass the Buck and Buck Factor which promote the interaction between him and his fans.

In December, Buckley was part of the BBC's Most Annoying People, but not as an annoying person but as an interviewee. In March 2010, Buckley was nominated for a Streamy award in the category of "Best Web Series Host."

Minisode Maniac! with What the Buck?

In January 2009, Buckley became 'The Minisode Maniac' by discussing and promoting The Minisode Network's content on the Minisode's YouTube page and Crackle.[12] Michael officially posted his last Minisode Miniac episode in mid-February. To celebrate he ran around his backyard in a Mankini in the snow.

Personal Life

Buckley and his husband, Michael, live in Connecticut with their four dogs Ellie, George, Colin and Buddy.[1][8] To show his fans his "softer side", Buckley has also begun to vlog about their home life on his peron75 YouTube channel, and also Live on BlogTV.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Nesti, Robert (28 March 2007). "What The Buck?!: An Interview with Michael Buckley". Edge Boston. http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=celebrities&sc2=features&sc3=&id=4173. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  2. ^ a b c d Kalbag, Sachin (21 October, 2007). "What the Buck! Comedian holds sway". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=42bcbe02-a514-40f0-bfbf-fbc1b91abae3&MatchID1=4664&TeamID1=5&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1173&MatchID2=4673&TeamID3=4&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1177&PrimaryID=4664&Headline=What+the+Buck!+Comedian+holds+sway. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
  3. ^ a b c Stelter, Brian (10 December, 2008). "YouTube videos pull in real money". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/business/media/11youtube.html?hp. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  4. ^ Doig, Will (February 26, 2008). "Homophobosphere". Advocate.com. Retrieved on March 23, 2008
  5. ^ Norman, Pete (March 21, 2008). "Chocolate Rain Singer Wins YouTube Award". People.com. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
  6. ^ Carlson, Erin (March 21, 2008). "Chocolate Rain' claims a YouTube award". Yahoo News via the Associated Press. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
  7. ^ Powers, Lindsay (March 21, 2008). "YouTube Awards: Chris Crocker Loses for Britney Spears Freak-Out ". US magazine. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Klimkiewicz, Joann (21 October 2007). "This Buck Doesn't Stop: How Hyper-Chatty Wallingford Public-Access Host Became YouTube Sensation". The Hartford Courant. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/10/21/3030650.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
  9. ^ a b c Buckley, Michael (September 6, 2007). "THE TOP (& Bottom) GAYS OF YOU TUBE!". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1q3rswA0p0. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  10. ^ Fenton, Angie (10 December 2007). "Bravo, William, bravo". The Courier-Journal. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071210/COLUMNISTS18/712100348. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  11. ^ "Most Subscribed : (All Time)". YouTube. 15 September 2007. http://youtube.com/members?s=ms&t=a&g=0&p=2. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  12. ^ "What the Buck Pimps Sony’s Minisodes". Tilzy.TV. 2009-01-28. http://www.tilzy.tv/what-the-buck-pimps-sonys-minisodes.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 

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