Lucas Cruikshank
{{Infobox Internet celebrity http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rhuRfJtRXQ%7C birthname = Lucas Alan Cruikshank | birthdate = August 29, 1993 | birthplace = Columbus, Nebraska | period active = 2005 to present | host service = YouTube | genre = Comedy }}
Lucas Cruikshank is the 14-year-old web producer and creator of Fred, a web-based show on YouTube featuring a hyper-active six-year-old quick-talking character. The show has received international recognition for its popularity and has led its creator to commercial success.[1][2][3] The series was created as a parody of other video bloggers who, in Cruikshank's words "they think that everyone is so interested in them". Cruikshank notes that viewers either "automatically love Fred or automatically hate Fred, there is no in between". Lucas is also a part of another YouTube channel, JKL Productions, which originally began the Fred videos. Fred is currently the 4th most subsribed channel of all time on YouTube with over 325,000 subscribers.[4]
Theme Song
The man behind Fred's theme song is Kev Blaze, a Cleveland based rapper. A friend of Lucas had given Fred the CD to listen to- and he really liked it. Cruikshank contacted Kev Blaze for permission to use the track. The intention was to use it in a single video, but the song worked so well, Lucas made it his theme song.[5]
References
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (June 30, 2008). "Fast-talking Fred is the toast of YouTube". Syndney Morning Herald.
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- ^ "Oh no! YouTube's 'Fred' is both shrill and a shill". Los AngelesTimes. Jun 20 2008.
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