When
I think of a celebrity with strong ties to the Internet and it’s community,
Daniel Tosh pops to mind. Daniel Tosh is a cutting edge comedian whom has his
own show on Comedy Central called Tosh.0. Tosh.0 is a television show that
revolves around finding the most absurd, hilarious, or downright disgusting Internet
videos, usually one’s on youtube. He helps bring barely watched videos to the
masses, while cracking all sorts of offensively clever jokes. At the end of his
show, he picks from thousands of sent in video, the best comedic short skit.
This has affected a lot of
struggling actors and comedians as he helps find great youtube comedy groups
and individuals, come to the spotlight. One of my favorite videos I found
through his show was a sketch done by mailordercomedy. These 2 extremely
talented and hilarious individuals had less then a thousand views on their
videos before his show. After showcased on tosh.0, their success has been
rising quickly. He shares all of his thoughts on what could be anything on the
show, making fun of many sport teams and stereotypes of people. Within watching
the show for 2 minutes, you already know what he is all about.
He
often responds to his fans and their suggestions, through his twitter and his
website. He runs on a blog, where his fans can post funny comments on certain
pictures or videos. Many of the comments, he picks and chooses to put in a
segment on his TV show. I deeply respect that fact that he can actually touch
out to fans, in a way beyond the VIP backstage pass, which always seems to end
off with a broken hearted fan getting a half assed handshake from the snooty
celebrity they so loved. He lets other comedic talents from everyday people, be
shown on his show
He definitely doesn’t care too much
about his reputation and image as he sarcastically offends and jokes about
controversial subjects every time he opens his mouth. He receives a very big
amount of criticism for some of his jokes, yet he always keeps pushing the
boundaries of what is acceptable to laugh at. This is extremely different from
other celebrities online, who try to keep a cookie cutter image (Beiber). I
think this is because he is very comfortable with himself and to be different,
which definitely has impacted fans.
By reaching out to on his twitter and blog, he shows that he
does like to impact people’s lives. It is extremely interesting to see in this
day and age, a celebrity this active with talking to fans and putting them on
his show.
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