POYKPAC
POYKPAC is a Brooklyn-based comedy troupe consisting of five writer/performers: Ryan Hall, Ryan Hunter, Taige Jensen, Jennifer Lyon, and Maggie Ross.
They are most well known for their YouTube videos, Hipster Olympics[1][2] and Mario: Game Over.[3][4]
In the summer of 2008, they created Good Morning Internet! a 15-episode webseries for the Independent Film Channel. Comedic performer Reggie Watts was featured as a guest star in one episode. [5] They have also performed live together with Reggie Watts.[6]
YouTube celebrity Caitlin Hill was featured as a guest star in another episode about viral videos. [7]
POYKPAC finished 2nd in the Sketchies II contest on YouTube in April 2008.[8]
They were formerly headquartered in the 255 McKibbin lofts, and documented their experience in Bushwick Home Movies. They still live in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, near acquaintances Waverly Films.[9]
They have over 50,000 subscribers and over 50 million views on YouTube, where they are known as P0YKPAC.
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Gothamist features Hipster Olympics
- ^ [2] Moby features Hipster Olympics
- ^ [3] New York Magazine features Mario: Game Over
- ^ [4] G4TV features Mario: Game Over
- ^ [5] Episode 10: Good Morning Lord Zebulon
- ^ [6] More Ironic Than You: Beyond Apathy
- ^ [7] Episode 12: Viral Video Day
- ^ [8] Sketchies II Results
- ^ [9] NewTeeVee Interview with Christopher Ford − Waverly Films
