CollegeHumor
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CH Media, doing business as Dropout,
After it was acquired by IAC, CollegeHumor Media became CH Media which consisted of three main brands: CollegeHumor.com, Drawfee.com and Dorkly.com.[5] The former CollegeHumor site featured daily original humor videos and articles created by its in-house writing and production team, in addition to user-submitted videos, pictures, articles and links. Many of its staff also operated the sister website Dorkly, centering on fandoms and video game parodies in the vein of CollegeHumor before the site ceased publication of new articles in January 2019.[6][7] Like CollegeHumor, despite the website shutting down, Dorkly continued to release new original content on YouTube. Dorkly is now owned by CH Media's longtime partner for animated content, Lowbrow Studios.[8] Drawfee is also now an independent creator-owned company.[9]
IAC launched CH Media's streaming service Dropout in 2018.[10] The streaming service includes original series along with the CollegeHumor back catalog of over 1,500 videos.[11] Following its acquisition by Reich, the company primarily focused on production for Dropout until the rebrand in 2023.[1]
History
Founding of CollegeHumor (1999–2006)
The CollegeHumor website was created in December 1999 by
In 2001, they added
Acquisition by IAC and expansion of CH Media (2006–2020)
In August 2006, Abramson and company sold 51% of Connected Ventures, CollegeHumor's parent company, whose properties include CollegeHumor, Vimeo and BustedTees, to
CollegeHumor became known for its original comedy content. The site was nominated for the
In 2010, IAC launched Dorkly as a sister website to CollegeHumor; this brand focused on fandoms and video game parodies and was edited by CollegeHumor staff.[6][29]
In 2014, IAC merged its "comedy site CollegeHumor with its production company
Willens stated that CollegeHumor began to use Facebook as a platform for videos which, in 2017, had a higher reach than YouTube. However, Facebook never delivered the expected revenue which led to a pivot towards developing a subscription service "by mid- to late 2017" to "better monetize its audience".
On January 23, 2019, CH Media announced on the Dorkly homepage that they would be ceasing the publication of new articles and comics on the Dorkly site in favor of shifting to other platforms for new material, citing increased costs of the website and the decline of ad based revenue for publications such as Dorkly.[7]
Acquisition by Sam Reich and rebranding to Dropout (2020–present)
On January 8, 2020, it was announced that
In July 2020, a Dropout.tv newsletter noted that production had begun on new seasons of various Dropout shows. The company continued to upload content on the CollegeHumor YouTube channel.
On September 26, 2023, it was announced that the branding of CollegeHumor would be retired, in favor of Dropout. This included rebranding the CollegeHumor YouTube channel to the Dropout YouTube channel.[1][47] Reich stated that, "More people who are active fans think of us as Dropout than CollegeHumor now, and this message is almost for everyone else".[47] On moving away from the CollegeHumor style of shortform sketches, Reich highlighted that was in part due to the transition from advertisement-based video on demand (AVOD) to subscription-based video on demand (SVOD) as they felt they "needed to offer something more meaningful".[40] The SVOD model also allows Dropout to have editorial freedom as AVOD platforms such as YouTube and TikTok have a "censorship issue" – Reich claimed many topics may result in being "marked as not safe for advertisers" so the ideal content for these platforms is "a little milquetoast".[40] In 2023, the company did its first profit sharing with anyone who made at least $1 with the company during the year.[48] In early 2024, Reich said that Dropout had twenty employees, up from fifteen in 2023 and with plans to continue that slow growth to 25 by the end of the year.[39]
CollegeHumor website features
Videos
CollegeHumor produced original comedy videos under the CH Originals (formerly known as CHTV) banner. In addition, the website hosted a large collection of user-submitted viral videos, encompassing home movies, bizarre sports highlights, sketches, and such. These videos were released one month prior to being posted on the CollegeHumor YouTube channel. The CollegeHumor archive of over 1,500 videos is available on the Dropout streaming platform.[11] In December 2022[update], the CollegeHumor YouTube channel had over 7.39 billion views and 14.6 million subscribers.[49][50]
Digiday stated that "CollegeHumor's YouTube channel was at one time YouTube's seventh largest by number of subscribers".[27] Wired highlighted that YouTube became so central to the company that they "abandoned" the CollegeHumor "website in favor of rerouting CollegeHumor.com to its YouTube channel".[3] In 2017, CollegeHumor had "upward of 200 million Facebook video views a month, about twice the number of views then received by CollegeHumor videos on YouTube"; by 2019, the Facebook video monthly views slipped "to about one-third of the 2017 tally".[27] The Washington Post opined that the pivot to partnering with Facebook "probably sounded the death knell for the humor site" as Facebook had falsely inflated video metrics.[51] In contrast, Wired commented that its sources "suggested YouTube was far more central and influential to CollegeHumor's business model than" Facebook – CollegeHumor ran into trouble creating videos which YouTube would allow monetization of as flagged videos would be banned from advertisement placement.[3]
Pictures
CollegeHumor's pictures section featured user-submitted photographs. Like the site's videos, CollegeHumor's pictures were of a humorous or bizarre nature.[52] CollegeHumor also occasionally held photo-based contests for its users. This feature has since fallen out of use and is no longer updated.
In 2011, Kevin Morris of
Articles
CollegeHumor posted original writing from its staff and users, including humorous essays, comics, interviews and weekly columns on sports, video games, college life, and dating. Contributing writers to the site have included notable comedians Steve Hofstetter, Christian Finnegan, Brooks Wheelan, Paul Scheer, Amir Blumenfeld, and Judah Friedlander. Andrew Bridgman curated the articles and edited the website's front page.[54]
CH Originals
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CH Originals, established by Sam Reich in 2006,[55] was CollegeHumor's original comedy video section, featuring sketches and short films written and produced by the CollegeHumor staff, which included Patrick Cassels, Emily Axford, Adam Conover, Mike Trapp, and Brian Murphy[56] (among others). CH Originals videos included sketch comedy, film and television parodies, animation, and music videos. In addition to stand-alone viral comedy shorts or "one-offs", which are usually shot on location and feature hired actors, CH Originals also produced a number of series—notably "Hardly Working", "Jake and Amir", and "Nerd Alert"—which were shot in the CH office and starred the CH staff members themselves.[57]
List of CH Originals series
Most of these series are now available in their entirety on the Dropout streaming service.
Jake and Amir
A series of short sketches about two former CH writers, Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, who often act out the odd couple act. The show depicts Jake as a regular guy constantly annoyed by Amir's idiotic antics, while Amir sincerely just wants to be good friends with Jake.
Full Benefits
A series of sketches written by and starring Sarah Schneider and David Young about two coworkers and their attempts to keep their relationship hidden. Each episode usually begins with them waking up in the same bed after having one of their numerous one night stands. This series ended when Sarah Schneider left College Humor in November 2011.
TV RPG
An animated parody of popular TV series using the likeness of retro-style
POV
Sketches shot from the point-of-view of the main character, often voiced by Vincent Peone, CollegeHumor's cinematographer. These sketches are known for realism and relatability (in a humorous manner) and are among CH's most popular videos. In most POV videos the phrase "How is that even possible?" is often used as a running gag.
The Six
A set of videos starring Josh Ruben, each of which feature six outrageous scenarios in certain situations, such as getting out of the friend zone or having "monsters" for roommates. The videos are narrated in second-person, using Ruben as an analogy for the viewer.
Prank War
A series that documents the escalating pranks that are played between former CH staffers Streeter Seidell and Amir Blumenfeld. Prank War gained national notoriety after Amir staged a fake public marriage proposal from Streeter to his girlfriend Sharon at a New York Yankees game. The incident was known as "The Yankee Prankee" and was later featured on VH1's "40 Greatest Pranks Part 2".[58] Seidell and Blumenfeld have appeared twice on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss their pranks. They have both since acknowledged the pranks to be pre-planned in advance and fake.
The All-Nighter
An annual event started in 2007 in which the CH staff shoots and posts 12 videos in one night between 9 pm and 9 am. While doing so, they communicate with fans via Twitter and UStream.
Dire Consequences
A series involving Kevin Corrigan and Brian K. Murphy, who each bet each other to do a wacky action, such as wearing progressively smaller clothes as a day goes by, or playing paintball solo against a group of US Army soldiers. The person who does these things is usually chosen at the beginning of the episode.
Adam Ruins Everything
A series that has Adam Conover informing the other character and the audience about the misconceptions related to the character's statement. Adam also voices versions of himself in animated segments with some of them being narrated by Chris Parnell. This segment later gained a TV spin-off on truTV.
IRL Files
Stories about a never-seen narrator who gets involved in wacky situations.
Very Mary-Kate
A series that revolves around the life of Mary-Kate Olsen (played by Elaine Carroll), a rich young woman who is heir to Woody Allen, and her sensible bodyguard.
Hello, My Name Is...
A series starring Pat Cassels and Josh Ruben. Ruben is placed in prosthetic and make-up by their make-up artist Hannah. From the prosthetic, Ruben spontaneously creates a character which Pat then interviews.
Troopers
A series that parodies of sci-fi movies and shows, particularly Star Wars. Shorts mostly focus on a pair of stormtrooper-like soldiers, Larry (portrayed by Josh Ruben) and Rich (portrayed by Sam Reich), and the humorous problems that arise from working for an evil interstellar empire aboard a small, moon-sized, planet-destroying space station. Features Aubrey Plaza in a recurring guest role as the Princess.
Dinosaur Office
A stop-motion series released via Nintendo Video on the Nintendo 3DS. The stop-motion shorts focus on Craig the Triceratops (voiced by Kevin Corrigan) and Todd the Apatosaurus (voiced by Caldwell Tanner) as they work at DinoSoft Limited with co-workers Sheila the Stegosaurus (voiced by Emily Axford), Richard the Diplodocus (voiced by Brian K. Murphy), various interns, and their boss Terry the Tyrannosaurus (voiced by Sam Reich). The dinosaurs face typical office problems such as rushing to meet deadlines and trying to decide what to have for lunch while also facing less typical problems such as asteroid warnings on the news, volcano drills, and Terry eating the employees.
BearShark
A traditionally animated series released via Nintendo Video on the Nintendo 3DS. The series features a bear (voiced by Kevin Corrigan) and a shark (voiced by Owen Parsons) teaming up to eat a man named Steve (voiced by Caldwell Tanner); while they are always successful, Steve manages to return in each episode, and he slowly develops a strange friendship with his pursuers as the series continues. A Nintendo 3DS game based on the series was digitally released via the Nintendo eShop on May 2, 2013, to negative critical reviews.[59][60][61]
Badman
A series that parodies the
Precious Plum
A series parodying Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, starring Josh Ruben and Elaine Carroll and written by Carroll and Sam Reich. It replaced Very Mary-Kate in the Thursday release slot of CollegeHumor.
The Adventures of Kim Jong Un
A cartoon series which is a parody of the
Furry Force
A cartoon series featuring anthropomorphic superheroes which won the 2014 Ursa Major award for "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series". Described to be a cartoon on
If Google was a Guy
Actor
Hot Date
Brian K. Murphy and Emily Axford attempt a lovely night out for a romantic meal, but sadly blow their chances by bringing themselves.
WTF 101
A cartoon series parodying The Magic School Bus featuring students learning about biology, history, and other subjects, usually in a gross and/or disturbing manner. Mary Pat Gleason voiced the deranged teacher, Professor Foxtrot.
Other series
Previously, CH Originals produced The Michael Showalter Showalter, a Charlie Rose-style comedic interview series hosted by Michael Showalter and featuring guests such as Paul Rudd, Andy Samberg, David Cross, Zach Galifianakis, and Michael Cera. They also gained notoriety for Street Fighter: The Later Years, which was nominated for "Best Series" by YouTube's Video Awards.[63] In 2011, they featured Bad Dads, a series of five, three-minute shorts starring Michael Cera and Will Hines. The series was written, directed, and produced by Derek Westerman.
Also previously produced by College Humor were Bleep Bloop and Nerd Alert. Bleep Bloop was a video-game-based talk show hosted by Jeff Rubin and Patrick Cassels, featuring various guests. Many comedians were featured on the show.
The CollegeHumor Show
On December 17, 2008, CollegeHumor.com announced The CollegeHumor Show, a scripted comedy that premiered on MTV on February 8, 2009.[64] The half-hour comedy was written by and starred nine CollegeHumor editorial staff members (Ricky Van Veen, Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld, Dan Gurewitch, Patrick Cassels, Sarah Schneider, Streeter Seidell, Sam Reich and Jeff Rubin), who played fictionalized versions of themselves.
Dropout series
In 2018, CollegeHumor created the subscription-based streaming platform Dropout, which became the home for a number of new scripted and unscripted series. After the company was sold to Sam Reich in 2020, budget constraints led to the cancellation of all scripted series in favor of more budget-friendly unscripted series.
List of CH Originals series
Um, Actually
A game show — hosted by Mike Trapp and Michael Saltzman (seasons 1–8), later Ify Nwadiwe and Brian David Gilbert (season 9)[65] — in which contestants win points by correcting untrue statements about pop culture. Contestants must begin their corrections with the phrase "Um, actually...", or risk losing the point. Guests have included Matthew Mercer, Rachel Bloom, Demi Adejuyigbe, Kristian Nairn, Doug Jones, Maddox, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Alice Wetterlund, Lindsay Jones, Zach Sherwin, Thomas Middleditch, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
A comedy series in which four performers act out a
Dimension 20
A
Game Changer
A game show hosted by Sam Reich in which each episode is a different game and contestants are not told what they are playing before the show. In order to win the game, they must figure out the rules as they play. Special guest appearances have included Jewel, Michael Winslow, Ty Mitchell, Bob the Drag Queen, Tony Hawk, and Giancarlo Esposito. Three spinoffs, Dirty Laundry, Make Some Noise, and Play It by Ear, were released in 2022.
Books
- The Writers of CollegeHumor.com (April 6, 2006). The CollegeHumor Guide to College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors, Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas. Dutton Adult. ISBN 0-525-94939-9.
- The Writers of CollegeHumor.com (March 27, 2007). Faking It: How to Seem like a Better Person without Actually Improving Yourself. Dutton Adult. ISBN 978-0-525-94991-6.
- The Writers of CollegeHumor.com (August 15, 2011). CollegeHumor. The Website. The Book. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-82026-7.
Alumni
Many members of the writing and acting staff of CollegeHumor have gone on to larger productions after their time with the website. Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post highlighted that "alumni of the humor site have spread throughout the entertainment industry. [...] Multiple CollegeHumor staffers have gone on to write for 'SNL.' Others have gone on to work for critically acclaimed shows".[51]
- They continue to be active members of Dropout.
- Patrick Cassels became a staff writer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.[69]
- Adam Conover went on to create the truTV show Adam Ruins Everything, based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name, as well as creating The G Word with producer Barack Obama.[70] Conover also went on to serve on the board for the Writers Guild of America West, sitting on the negotiating committee during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[71][72]
- Dan Gurewitch became a staff writer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[73][74]
- CollegeHumor and Dorkly writer Ben Joseph went on to write for several animated series, including The Simpsons and Wander Over Yonder, as well as the short-lived live-action series Me, Myself & I.[75]
- CollegeHumor and Dorkly writer Owen Parsons went on to write for The Daily Show as well as The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, before becoming a staff writer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[76]
- Josh Ruben went on to direct the comedy horror films Scare Me (2020) and Werewolves Within (2021) as well as Netflix's Death to 2021 and other projects.[77] He continues to be an active member of Dropout.
- Siobhan Thompson went on to write for the Adult Swim animated sci-fi comedy series Rick and Morty. She continues to be an active member of Dropout.
- Mike Trapp became a writer for the animated series Rock Paper Scissors and Big City Greens.[65] He continues to be an active member of Dropout.
- Streeter Seidell joined the writing staff at Saturday Night Live and was a writer on the short-lived ABC show Trophy Wife.[82]
- Will Stephen joined the writing staff for Saturday Night Live in 2015.[82]
- Caldwell Tanner went on to storyboard for the Disney Channel animated comedy series Big City Greens.
- Kelly Marie Tran gained global prominence for her role as Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).[83] She also voiced the Disney Princess Raya in the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
- Lou Wilson went on to become a writer as well as the announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, replacing Dicky Barrett. He also portrayed Richie in The King of Staten Island (2020). He continues to be an active member of Dropout.
- David Young went on to write for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Carpool Karaoke: The Series.[84]
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