Fred Figglehorn

Fred is the name of an English speaking channel on the video sharing website YouTube. In this short, two -to four- minute clips are sent to deal with the fictitious six year-old boy Fred Figglehorn, who suffers from ADHD. Writer, director and actor Lucas Cruikshank 's ( born August 29, 1993) from Columbus. A more recent character is Claudio, who, for example, plays the kidnapper of FЯED with a painted beard. Recently, there is also a written by Fred comic, which is available on our Youtube channel. On 13 December 2012, the sometimes last clip appeared on YouTube.

Format

The clips resemble popular video blogs: Fred speaks directly to the audience. He talks about events in his life. Usually only Fred can be seen, rarely also his mother. On the other hand, it often happens that other characters can be heard. The videos are characterized by the fact that Fred speaks very quickly. The voice of Fred is artificially increased. It is very similar to the voice of the Chipmunks from the show Alvin and the Chipmunks. For about three months (starting with the episode " Fred Stays in a Fancy Hotel Room") are Fred's videos built in the form of sketches, which, however, he continues to speak directly with the audience.

The action takes place in the United States. Fred is six years old and attends kindergarten. He takes medication because he has ADHD. His mother has a very masculine voice and commanding Fred often around. She is also an alcoholic. It is clear that it does not educate her son well. Fred may not use the video camera to upload videos on YouTube actually. Therefore, Fred must do so secretly. Little is known about Fred's father. However, we know that he was a famous Rock Star then and now sits on death row. In kindergarten, Fred is an outsider and is often bullied. He stands on Judy, which also goes to kindergarten. However, this seems to hate Fred and is instead related to Kevin. Kevin is therefore the enemy of Fred. Only friend Fred is Bertha. It is a popular second grader his school.

Audience

The largest group of viewers between the ages of 13 to 17 years. The group of 35 - to 44 -year-olds is more strongly represented than the group of 18 - to 24 -year-olds. Furthermore the audience with 67 % is predominantly female.

Success

Since 30 April 2008 Lucas Cruikshank has uploaded over 100 episodes. Within two months after his first video of the channel has received over 250,000 subscriptions, making him at that time made ​​it the fourth most subscribed channel. From October 2008 to August 2009 led the channel to the top list of subscriptions. On 7 April 2009 he reached the first user over a million subscriptions. Overall, the channel has been called more than 119 million copies and more than 965 million times viewed his videos. His most successful video is " Fred goes swimming " (Eng. Fred goes swimming ), which was more than 55 million times in April 2008, since its setting. Lucas Cruikshank is built into the plot of his videos more often the SMS device Zipit. He also appeared in a commercial for the same device. In addition, he was hired by Walden Media to promote the film City of Ember in its clip, for which he created a " fake " trailer.

Fred also plays in a series of youth comedy series iCarly with. In U.S. television, he appeared in December 2009 in the series Hannah Montana ( episode Come Fail Away, Season 3, Episode 27) in a supporting role. 2010 and 2011 he played the main role in the Nickelodeon TV movies Fred: The Movie (September 2010) and Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (October 2011). He is also the inventor and leading actor of the starters on Nickelodeon in early 2012 sitcom Fred: The Show. He has released two albums (It's Hackin 'Christmas and Who's Ready To Party ). In addition Cruikshank Merchandise operates by selling T -shirts, hats and stickers. Overall Cruikshank should have taken a six- figure dollar sum.

Filmography

Columbus (Nebraska) Sketch comedy
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