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Thomas Sanders
Thomas Sanders' logo used from February 2016 onward.
Personal information
Born
Thomas Foley Sanders

(1989-04-24) April 24, 1989 (age 35)
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Florida (BS)
Occupation(s)Musical theater actor
Singer
Vine and YouTube personality
Websitewww.thomassanders.com
YouTube information
Also known asthatsthat24
Foster_Dawg
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genre(s)Comedy
Music
Subscribers2,530,082[1][3]
(March 31, 2018)
Total views141,274,874[2][3]
(March 31, 2018)
Associated actsdodie, Deedee Magno Hall, Jon Cozart, Ben J. Pierce, AJ Rafael
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2016[4]
Known forNarrating People's Lives (Vine)
Sanders Sides
AwardsShorty Award
Streamy Award

Thomas Foley Sanders (born April 24, 1989) is an American singer, actor, scriptwriter and internet personality made famous by Vine and YouTube. He is best known for his Vine career, which lasted from April 2013 until the app was shut down by Twitter in January 2017.[5] After the shutdown of Vine, he continued making videos, long ones on YouTube, and shorter ones in the style of Vine on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and musical.ly. His work consists of comedy sketches, pranks, stories, singing and social justice.

Sanders is mainly known for the Vine series Narrating People's Lives, also known as Storytime, and the YouTube series Sanders Sides. He managed to amass over 7.4 billion loops and 8.3 million followers on Vine,[6] making his career one of the most successful in the app's short history. On YouTube, he has 2.5 million subscribers as of April 2018. Sanders has won two Shorty Awards[7][8] and one Streamy Award,[9] to best Viner and best YouTube comedian, and has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award[10] to "Choice Viner" among other recognitions.

As a singer, Sanders has published one EP in 2014,[11] one album in 2016,[12] and several singles in 2017[13] and 2018.[14] He has a career in musical theater in his native Florida since his teenage years, starring in regional productions of shows like Into the Woods,[15] Singin' in the Rain,[16][17] The Producers[18] Les Misérables[19] and Heathers: The Musical[20][21] among others, and starring in a tour through 17 cities in the USA and Canada with his own stage musical, Ultimate Storytime, based on his Vine series.[22][23][24][25] In 2017, he has made a guest appearance on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark[26][27] and co-hosted a special episode of the Disney XD show Walk the Prank.[28]

Personal life

Sanders was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida[29] and still lives there today. Although he does not reveal much about his family or personal life, he makes clear his pride of his predominantly Irish Catholic heritage.[30] Sanders has a younger brother, Shea, and two older brothers, Patrick and Christian. Thomas is two years older than Shea, and eight years younger than his older brothers.[31] His interest in theater and singing began when he was in middle school, where he started appearing in school plays and singing in several choruses.[32] Later, Sanders combined his studies at the University of Florida (which is located in Gainesville) with community theater. When he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 2011,[33][15] he subsequently combined a daytime job in an engineering firm with his night-time job in theater, until his success on Vine prompted him to leave that first job and focus on Vine and theater.[29]

After several years of speculations from his viewers about his sexuality, which, during the Vine era, was ambiguously reflected on his work, on June 12, 2017, Sanders came out as gay, and clarified that all the times he had portrayed straight, gay or bisexual relationships in his videos, he was only playing characters. Sanders said that, although he was "out way before Vine" and he wouldn't have minded going out more clearly earlier, as he answered honestly to anyone who asked him about that, he did not consider showing his real life sexuality on Vine, because he did not consider it relevant for his comedy, preferring instead to "switch roles" any time he had the chance, but also due to Vine limitations, saying that the YouTube platform gave him more freedom to step out of character and talk more freely about himself.[34] Still after coming out, lots of viewers kept on speculating about his hypothetical bisexuality, so he had to clarify many more times that any time he had played any "sexuality that is attracted to women" he was playing characters, making clear again that he was gay, not bisexual,[35] and not "bi-curious",[36] only gay.

Career

Vine

Thomas Sanders made his debut on the internet as "Foster_Dawg", named after his first dog, Foster,[37] on April 14, 2013, when a friend named Antonio showed him the Vine app. An impression of Stewie Griffin, from Family Guy, was his first Vine to go viral, leading to continued success on the app.[29] He later rebranded his channel to "Thomas Sanders". His channel reached 1 million followers on Vine in October 2013.[29] His biggest success on Vine was the Narrating People's Lives series, also known as Storytime, where he approached random strangers, comically narrated what they were doing and showed their reaction.[38][39] Other Vine series he's known for are Disney Pranks with Friends, Pokémon Pranks, Misleading Compliments, Musicals in Real Life and Shoutout Sunday, among others.[6]

By April 2015, Sanders' Vine account had over 5 million followers, which made Thomas Sanders the 17th most followed Viner at the time.[40] On February 24, 2015, Sanders appeared as a guest on The View, on a segment featuring Vine stars, where he was interviewed about his popularity on Vine.[29] When Twitter announced that it was closing Vine down at the end of 2016, Sanders announced that he would continue making Vines until the app's last day.[41] After the end of Vine, which happened on January 17, 2017, Sanders has continued making short videos in the style of Vine on his Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat accounts, which after that date he calls Sanders Shorts. On Instagram, Sanders also encourages his followers, who call themselves "Fanders", to draw fan art inspired on him and his work and send it to him, choosing some of the best examples and releasing weekly compilations each Friday under the hashtag "FanArtFriday",[29] with "SuperArtSaturday" and "SupremeArtSunday" as alternate hashtags if for some reason the art compilation was published on Saturday or Sunday instead.

Sanders has collaborated with viners such as Vincent Marcus,[42] Brandon Calvillo[43] and Amymarie Gaertner,[44] and featured cameos and appearances from people such as Sean Bean,[45] Nicolle Wallace,[46] Stacy London,[47] Nick Pitera,[48] Brizzy Voices,[48] Gabbie Hanna,[49] Tara Strong,[50] E. G. Daily,[51] Dan and Phil,[52] Adam Pascal[53] and the main actors from Hamilton, Teen Titans Go! and Steven Universe,[54] among others. He has also featured appearances from a recurrent cast that usually appeared with him in his Vines, usually friends, sometimes family members, and fellow stage actors, such as Leo the Giant, Taylor Shrum, Brittney Kelly, Michael Tremaine, Jonah Stokes[55] (who later changed their[Note 1] name to Joan Stokes), Terrence Williams Jr., Nicole Visco, Sami Gresham, Dominic Goldberg, Valerie Torres, "That Kenny Guy", Talyn, Susan Shrum, Claudia Garcia, and many others.

YouTube

Sanders posted his first YouTube video on May 1, 2013. Apart from sporadic covers of songs and a few short videos in the style of Vine but longer than six seconds, his channel was mostly inactive until September 2014, when he started publishing monthly compilations of his Vines, vlogs where he talked about various topics, many times about his experiences in theater, and Q&A's.[57] He had his first YouTube collaborations throughout 2015, consisting on pranks, games and challenges. During 2013 and 2014, his subscriber count grew at a lower rate, with 200,000 subscribers by April 2015.[57] From that date, his user count growth started progressively accelerating, having more than 700,000 subscribers at the end of 2015.[58]

From the second half of 2016, at the same time his Vine activity got slightly diminished, he started posting more YouTube videos in more diverse formats, retaining games and challenges and also the monthly Vine, later Sanders Shorts compilations, but also including song duets, culture and social justice debates with a special support for LGBTQ+ issues among others; short films, comedy sketches, web series like Sanders Sides and Cartoon Therapy, and occasional live broadcasts, among other formats. Sanders' YouTube account surpassed 1 million subscribers around August 2016,[4] and 2 millions in July 2017.[59] As of April 2018, his channel has 2.5 million subscribers.[60]

Sanders and his Vines were the main theme of reaction on an episode of the Fine Brothers' YouTube show Kids React in April 2015,[61] and a year later, in October 2016, he made several guest appearances as a reactor himself on the Fine Brothers show YouTubers React.[62] Among others, he has collaborated with Hannah Hart (among other times, on an episode of My Drunk Kitchen),[63] Nathan Zed,[64] Anthony Padilla,[65] Brizzy Voices,[66] Lilly Singh,[67] Jon Cozart,[68] Grace Helbig,[69] Gabe Erwin,[70] Smosh,[71] Michaela Dietz,[72] Meghan Tonjes,[73] Gabbie Hanna,[74] The Gregory Brothers,[75] dodie[76] and Ben J. Pierce,[77] as well as, just like on Vine, Joan Stokes, Talyn, Dominic Goldberg and the rest of Sanders' friends and fellow stage actors.

Sanders Sides

See also: List of Sanders Sides episodes
File:Sanders Sides Season 2.jpg
The Sanders Sides. From top left, clockwise, Logan, Patton, Deceit, Prince Roman and Virgil. Logan, Virgil and Roman appear with the look they have since being redesigned in September 2017. Patton's redesign was completed in October 2017. Deceit made his debut in February 2018.

Since October 19, 2016, Thomas Sanders runs on YouTube a web series, Sanders Sides, co-written with Joan Stokes,[78] in which he discusses personal or existential issues with four characters, collectively known as the titular "Sanders Sides". On the series, the Sanders Sides are "physical mental projections" of Thomas' mind,[79] and represent different aspects of Thomas'[Note 2] one and only personality. Sanders repeatedly made this clear as he saw some viewers calling them "personalities", as if Thomas was portrayed having dissociative identity disorder, which is something different to what Sanders wants to portray on the series, comparing the series instead to Inside Out, a movie which Sanders claims as an inspiration for Sanders Sides.[80] Sanders Sides consists of two seasons with a total as of April 2018 of 24 episodes released on a variable periodicity, but generally on a fortnightly to monthly average basis. Season 1 has 19 episodes released from October 19, 2016 to July 19, 2017. Season 2 began on September 1, 2017 and as of April 2018, it has 5 episodes.[81] The Sanders Sides are usually all played by Sanders himself, even though on occasion they have also been played by Joan Stokes, Valerie Torres, Terrence Williams Jr. and Talyn.[82] Stokes and Talyn also collaborate extensively with Sanders on the production of the series, researching for the main topics of each episode, making props, decorating sets, designing and hand sewing some pieces of costume, doing some of the makeup, and helping with editing and visual effects.[83] Sanders Sides has featured sometimes appearances of guest stars like Lilly Singh[84] or Butch Hartman who, apart from appearing as himself, created an animated sequence exclusively for Sanders Sides where Thomas and his Sides became cartoon characters. Tara Strong, who had already appeared in several Vines and Sanders Shorts, also made a voice cameo in Hartman's episode.[85]

On the plot of the series, Thomas starts each episode as an ordinary vlog about a certain topic or dilemma. Sometimes he is interrupted by the Sanders Sides who pop up before him, and sometimes Thomas summons them for help. Anyway, this starts a debate where each of the Sides offers his point of view according to the personality trait he represents, until they all reach a conclusion, both for Thomas and for the viewers. All of this is combined with gags and comical, dramatic or thrilling moments that happen between Thomas and the Sides. Some of the dilemmas covered by the series have been, among others, how to bring down anxiety,[84] things and tricks to learn to get a better adulthood,[86] how to approach someone romantically,[87] when to listen to the mind or the heart in our daily life,[88] cognitive distortions and ways to avoid them,[89] causes and solutions for procrastination,[90] how becoming an adult doesn't mean giving up the inner child completely,[91] dealing with changes in life,[92] how anxiety is necessary in the right doses for human life,[93][94] fitting in in life,[95] ways to deal with a romantic breakup,[96][97] and ways and consequences of lying.[98]

The Sanders Sides' names are Logan,[99] Patton,[100] Prince Roman[101] and Virgil,[102] although at the beginning they were known respectively as Logic, Morality or Dad, Creativity or Princey and Anxiety, until they revealed their names one by one. Logan is Thomas' logical thinking, his intelligence and his acquired knowledge. He is based on the concept of Logos by Aristotle, one of the three modes of persuasion which appeals to logic and reasoning.[103] Patton is Thomas' morality, his sense of right and wrong, his emotions, his feelings and his inner child. He is based on the concept of Pathos, also by Aristotle, another of the three modes of persuasion, this one appealing to emotions.[104] Roman is Thomas' creativity, his fancifulness, his hopes and dreams, his romanticism and his love for singing. He is based on the concept of both romanticism for romance and Romanticism, the artistic movement involving tales of knights and princesses as one of its themes.[105] Finally, Virgil is Thomas' anxiety, his fears, his fight or flight reflexes and his survival instinct. His name is based on the Latin name Vergilius which, although it is of unknown meaning, experts theorize it derives from "vigil" or "vigilant", and also on the Roman poet Virgil, who appears as a character on Dante's Inferno, a video game based on Dante's Divine Comedy, where he escorts Dante through the Underworld.[106]

As seen on the first image, Logan, as Thomas' logic, is portrayed as a teacher, always spotting a serious, over-analytic attitude, and with difficulty to process emotions, double meaning expressions and slang words, usually taking things the others tell him too literally, and needing the use of vocabulary cards where he writes their multiple meanings to be able to follow up in conversations.[107] Patton, as his morality, is portrayed as a father, something ironic as, since he also represents Thomas' inner child, he is portrayed with the mind of a playful kid in spite of being the father in the team.[108] He is also portrayed with a love for dad jokes, something that Logan cannot stand. He is portrayed as deeply emotional and is the one among the Sides who loves Virgil more, to the point of unilaterally adopting him as his "dark strange son".[109][110] Roman, as Thomas' creativity and fancifulness, is portrayed as a Disney prince, always prone to unrealistic behavior and, as he both represents Thomas' masculinity and femininity, usually talking with a theatrical masculine voice, but screaming like a woman when suddenly scared (his screaming voice was provided by Talyn),[111] and sometimes showing a subtle effeminate voice and liking things that society usually consider feminine.[112] He is also portrayed as having quite a narcissistic personality, but constantly working to rein himself in.[113] Virgil, as Thomas' anxiety, is portrayed as a dark emo teenager, being the voice of reason but with a fatalistic attitude, and acting as the antagonist in his earlier appearances, as he represents Thomas' negative thinking about himself. He and Roman are portrayed to have an on and off relationship, where Roman constantly throws insulting nicknames to Virgil and Virgil throws back some at Roman too.[114] In the first season, Virgil is portrayed as feeling isolated and unwanted by the team and is genuinely thankful to Patton for being the only one of the other Sides who accepted him from the beginning.[110] In the second season, after the first season finale, Virgil still feels like "the odd one out", but struggles to fit in with the others, and the others try their best in making Virgil feel welcome.[115]

File:Sanders Shorts Counterparts.jpg
Images of the Vine/Sanders Shorts characters that were the base for Sanders Sides, with the costumes the Sanders Sides used on season 1. From top left, clockwise, Teacher, Dad, the Prince and the warlock.

Sanders Sides is a spin-off from the Vine/Sanders Shorts series, as Patton, Roman and Logan are characters that had previously debuted on Vine in 2014, known there as Dad, Prince and Teacher respectively (these names, as noted above, were also used on Sanders Sides as nicknames, although the Teacher nickname has been far less used than the others and the Prince nickname was shortened to Princey). There, each has their own Vine series. Dad's series began on January 15, 2014,[116] Princey's series began on June 4, 2014,[117] and Teacher's series began on November 3, 2014,[118] and all these series are still running on Sanders Shorts. Virgil has also occasionally appeared on Vine[119] and Sanders Shorts,[120] but he was an original creation for Sanders Sides. Virgil does not have a series of his own and has always appeared as an antagonistic warlock on the Prince's series. In the first episodes, Logan, Roman and Patton exhibit personality traits inherited from their Sanders Shorts counterparts, like Logan being less serious and much more happier than what he would be; Roman spotting a completely theatrical masculine voice all the time with no sign of subtle effeminacy in his voice, spotting instead a thick foreign accent later gone; and Patton acting less like a child and more like a goofy adult.[121] They would evolve as the series marches on. However, among the Sides, Virgil is the one that has the most drastic evolution. He starts as an evil antagonistic figure that enjoys the anxiety he inflicts upon Thomas, and slowly softens up, leaving his earlier menacing behavior, until he reveals he really cares about Thomas' well being and he only intends to protect him,[122] thus being accepted by the group. This, in Sanders' words, was a symbol of Thomas first rejecting then slowly accepting his anxiety as a part of himself.[123]

On the first episode of Season 2, apart of a change on the opening song and a new logo specifically designed for Sanders Sides, there was a slight redesign of the characters, who started wearing new costumes that can be seen on the first image.[95] Virgil's new costume was designed, dyed and hand sewn by Talyn and Joan Stokes themselves using existing clothes and pieces of fabric.[95] With the change, the Sanders Sides costumes started spotting individual logos that identified them. Logan's logo consists on a white brain with black glasses, Patton's logo consists on a white heart with black glasses, Roman's logo is a medieval-like heraldic shield that spots a gules background with a castle surrounded by a pit and a sun drawn on it in Or, and Virgil's logo consists on a purple cloud with a thunder coming out of it. Except Roman, whose logo appears on his sleeves, all the rest of the logos appear on their chests.[95] The new logos were officially premiered on a merchandising event that Sanders hosted on Broadway, New York, on August 19 and 20, 2017.[124] These redesigned costumes are seen only on the Sanders Sides series. The Sanders Shorts counterparts keep wearing the season 1 costumes that can be seen on the second image, which they've always used since their first appearances on Vine.

It had already been hinted just at the end of season 1 that there were more Sides within Thomas other than the four main Sides.[125] On February 3, 2018, in the fifth episode of season 2, a new Side finally showed up. He is known as Deceit, and represents both intentional and unintentional lies Thomas tells to himself and the others around him. Deceit hides, and can force the other Sides to hide, any information about Thomas that he, consciously or not, does not want to know, including the existence of the so-called "Dark Sides", the dark aspects of Thomas' personality where Deceit would be one of them. Deceit can assume the shape of any of the Sides, being disguised as Patton the first time he appeared, but when assuming his real form, as seen on the first image, he wears a 19th-century Victorian inspired costume that reminds of Mr. Hyde, with a bowler hat, a black capelet and bright yellow gloves. The right half of his face looks fairly normal while the left half is snake-like in appearance, having an eye with a yellow iris and slitted pupil, the eyelid of a calloused pink skin, the face from the forehead to the chin being covered in tan greenish scales and a scar that crosses the cheek from the corner of the mouth to the ear. The costume and makeup of Deceit were designed by Joan Stokes. Talyn sewed the capelet themself and applied the makeup. Deceit is portrayed as a sly character who can tell lies smoothly and confidently, and seems to take some form of pleasure in lying beyond his stated role, which, in the episode, was said to be a mechanism of self-preservation. Although Deceit is able to tell the truth on his own will or when it accidentally slips out of his mouth, and he can mix truths with lies to reinforce the lies, most of the time, everything he willingly says is a lie. Whether the truth behind a given lie Deceit says is believable or not depends on the situation and the question that was asked, relying more on what Thomas thinks it's true about himself in the given moment rather than what it really is.[126]

Theater

Apart from his Internet-based career, Sanders works in musical theater since he was a teenager. He debuted when he was in seventh grade, in the early 2000s, playing Macduff in a middle school production of Macbeth,[127] and his first role in a musical was as Prospero in Return to the Forbidden Planet, during high school in the mid 2000s.[128] He then performed in local productions for Buchholz High School and Gainesville High School, and in 2006 he debuted in the Gainesville Community Playhouse in a production of Beauty and the Beast.[129][29] In the Gainesville Community Playhouse, among many other roles, he played Ko-Ko in Hot Mikado (2007),[130] Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly! (2008),[131] Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain (2009),[16][17] Leo Bloom in The Producers (2010),[18] Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (2011),[132] Phil Davis in White Christmas (2012),[133] The Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (2014),[15] and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables (2014).[19] Sanders received three Golden Apples, a local award from the Gainesville Community Playhouse, to the best actor in a musical, for Hot Mikado in 2007,[134] for The Producers in 2010[135] and for Anything Goes in 2011.[136] Other roles include Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Troy Bolton in High School Musical and Slightly Soiled in Peter Pan.[128] In 2015, Sanders played J.D. in Heathers: The Musical, in a production performed in Orlando.[21] From August 8 to September 2, 2016, Sanders went on a stage musical tour, Ultimate Storytime, written by Sanders with songs composed by Jacob Fjeldheim, and based on his Vine series Narrating People's Lives, performing in 17 cities in the USA and Canada, including Toronto and New York City.[22][23][24][25]

Writing for The Gainesville Sun, critic Arline Greer said about Singing in the Rain: "Thomas Sanders is on stage in [Gene] Kelly's place, willingly and eagerly putting himself through Kelly's iconic paces. Your enjoyment of Sanders' performance and of the production in general depends a lot on your willingness to put aside memories of what some have called one of Hollywood's greatest musical motion pictures. If it's indelibly etched in your brain, you may have trouble."[17] Writing about The Producers, the same critic said: "Here, in another stroke of brilliant casting, Thomas Sanders plays the timid, hysterical Bloom, who sings, 'I Wanna Be a Producer' with all the charm of a starry-eyed Josh Groban."[18] Writing for The Gainesville Sun about Les Misérables, critic Ron Cunningham said: "And Thomas Sanders — a comic standout in "Into the Woods" — is grim as death in his portrayal of Javert, the self-righteous police inspector who hounds Valjean without mercy."[19] Writing for Orlando Sentinel, critic Mathew J. Palmer said: "Thomas Sanders, who has a huge Internet following for his work on YouTube and Vine, is a charismatic J.D., but as a couple [with his co-star Nicole Visco] they don't generate much heat", remarking also they both were "fine singers", even though some "momentary pitch issues" appeared throughout the cast on the opening night.[20]

Music

Sanders is a bass singer[137] and has sung multiple times in his Vines and YouTube videos, as well as his Tumblr, Snapchat and the rest of his social media accounts. He has performed songs in a wide variety of genres, but he has personally showed a preference towards jazz music, mentioning Nat King Cole as one of his favorite singers.[138] He has also sung duets with dodie, Jon Cozart, Ben J. Pierce, Deedee Magno Hall, Adam Pascal, AJ Rafael and others. One of these duets, the song "R.I.P. Vine: A Song", performed with Jon Cozart in December 2016, was nominated for a Streamy Award to the best collaboration.[139] He released his first EP on Bandcamp on December 21, 2014, comprising Christmas songs and titled Merry Christmas.[11] In 2016, he released the soundtrack of his Ultimate Storytime stage musical, recorded alongside his co-stars, Terrence Williams Jr., Nicole Visco, Jay Harper (also known as JayIsJo) and Leo Anderson (also known as Leo the Giant).[12] On July 22, 2017, Sanders released on YouTube a new original song titled "The Things We Used to Share",[140] with words and music by Joan Stokes and piano accompaniment by AJ Rafael, inspired on real events in Sanders' life, which became available to stream and download on iTunes and Spotify on July 27.[13]

EPs & albums

  • Merry Christmas (2014)[11]
  • Ultimate Storytime (2016)[12]

Songs

Year Title Duet with Data
2013 "Snow in Venice" Jacob Fjeldheim (piano) Cover of a song by Elizavetha
2014 "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" Jazz cover of a song from Cinderella
2015 "Proud of Your Boy" Cover from the musical Aladdin published in Sanders' Tumblr account.[141]
2016 "Vine vs YouTube" Jon Cozart Song based on "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun
"Middle of a Moment" Cover from the musical James and the Giant Peach
"Freeze Your Brain" Cover from Heathers: The Musical starring Sanders in 2015
"What You Own" Adam Pascal Cover from the musical Rent
"The Internet is Down" AVbyte Original song by AVbyte
"RIP Vine: A Song" Jon Cozart Song nominated to a Streamy Award[139] based on "Agony" from Into the Woods
2017 "Lies" Original song performed on Sanders Sides
"Birds" dodie Cover from Sanders' Ultimate Storytime musical
"Dear Happy" Original song by dodie
"Warrior Girl" Deedee Magno Hall Cover from Sanders' Ultimate Storytime musical
"A Lovely Night" Ben J. Pierce Cover from La La Land
"Waving Through a Window" dodie & Ben J. Pierce Cover from the musical Dear Evan Hansen
"Aggressive Bouts of Beat Poetry" Rap song written by Joan Stokes and performed on Sanders Sides
"New York, New York" dodie Cover from the musical of the same name
"The Things We Used to Share" Original song written by Joan Stokes, first original single[13][142]
"Tomorrow Never Came" Ben J. Pierce Cover of a song by Lana Del Rey
"12 Days of Christmas" Christmas song performed on Sanders Sides
2018 "Rear View" Foti Original song by Foti
"Disappear" AJ Rafael Cover from the musical Dear Evan Hansen
"I Won't Say I'm in Love (mash-up)" Terrence Williams Jr., Jamahl Rawls & Foti Single, cover of a song from Hercules mashed up with several Disney songs[14]

Television

On January 27, 2017, Thomas Sanders guest starred in the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark, in the last episode of the first season, titled "In Your Space!", where he portrayed the titular reality web show's host Ian Finkelman.[26][27] He also co-hosted a special episode of Walk the Prank, titled "Talk the Prank with Thomas Sanders and David Lopez", which was aired on Disney XD on March 20, 2017.[28]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominee Result
2014 Ryan Seacrest's Favorite Vine Celebrity Contest Thomas Sanders Won[143]
2015 Univision's Shorty Awards - Vine Star of the Year Thomas Sanders Won[7]
2016 Streamy Awards - Viner of the Year Thomas Sanders Won[9][144]
Teen Choice Awards - Choice Viner Thomas Sanders Nominated[10]
2017 Shorty Awards - YouTube Comedian Thomas Sanders Won[8]
Streamy Awards - Collaboration Thomas Sanders and Jon Cozart for "RIP Vine: A Song" Nominated[139]
Unicorn Awards - YouTuber of the Year Thomas Sanders Nominated[145][146]

Notes

  1. ^ Joan is non binary and uses they/them pronouns.[56]
  2. ^ The Thomas that appears as a character on Sanders Sides is a fictional character based on the real Thomas Sanders, who talks about him in third person.[78]

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  28. ^ a b "Talk the Prank with Thomas Sanders and David Lopez". Walk the Prank. Season 1. Episode 21. March 20, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017. (accessible from the USA only).
  29. ^ a b c d e f g Bryan J. Faux (May 22, 2015). "Vine Makes Celebrity Out Of Local Actor". WUFT. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  30. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 28, 2017). Untold Family Tales. Event occurs at 00:03:07. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  31. ^ Thomas Sanders (February 20, 2017). Reacting to Old Home Movies. Event occurs at 00:03:04. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  32. ^ Thomas Sanders (March 20, 2015). Gender Roles. Event occurs at 00:04:18. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  33. ^ GCP Girl (July 13, 2011). "Anything Goes Cast Profile: Thomas Sanders". Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  34. ^ Thomas Sanders (June 12, 2017). Having Pride. Event occurs at 00:13:21. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  35. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 31, 2017). Reacting to Old Vines. Event occurs at 00:10:55. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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  41. ^ Thomas Sanders (October 27, 2016). The End of Vine. Event occurs at 00:02:12. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  42. ^ Vincent Marcus (April 30, 2016). Peter and Stewie Order Room Service. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  43. ^ Thomas Sanders (October 14, 2015). Guilty as Charged. Vine. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  44. ^ Amymarie Gaertner (February 12, 2015). Always that one Friend. Vine. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  45. ^ Thomas Sanders (August 6, 2014). I Think I Said it Better feat. Sean Bean. Vine. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  46. ^ Thomas Sanders (February 24, 2015). I'd Be Such a Good TV Star. Vine. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  47. ^ Thomas Sanders (February 26, 2015). If I Were on a Makeover Show. Vine. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  48. ^ a b Thomas Sanders (April 25, 2016). A Startling Duet. Vine. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  49. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 2, 2015). "Sometimes You Just Have to Vent". Vine. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  50. ^ Thomas Sanders (March 17, 2016). "Living with Tara Strong is weird". Vine.
  51. ^ Thomas Sanders (October 10, 2016). Being Friends with a Rugrat is Strange. Vine. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  52. ^ Thomas Sanders (April 27, 2016). Tall People. Vine. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  53. ^ Thomas Sanders (April 13, 2016). This Isn't a Duet. Vine. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  54. ^ Thomas Sanders (January 2, 2017). A New Year of Lying to Myself in Song. Event occurs at 00:00:19. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  55. ^ Thomas Sanders (October 30, 2016). Halloween Vlog Gone Wrong. Event occurs at 00:00:08. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  56. ^ Thomas Sanders (June 12, 2017). Having Pride. Event occurs at 00:01:10. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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  59. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 31, 2017). Reacting to Old Vines. Event occurs at 00:13:54. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  60. ^ Thomas Sanders. "Thomas Sanders account". Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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  62. ^ Fine Brothers (August 14, 2016). "Youtubers React to K-Pop 5". YouTube. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  63. ^ Hannah Hart (August 17, 2017). My Drunk Kitchen - Tasty Chocolate Balls ft. Thomas Sanders. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  64. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 3, 2017). YouTuber Mind Meld Part 2. Event occurs at 00:01:45. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  65. ^ Anthony Padilla (August 11, 2017). "Am I Wholesome Now?". Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  66. ^ Brizzy Voices (November 11, 2016). "Disney Characters go to Hogwarts". Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  67. ^ Lilly Singh (March 21, 2016). If YouTubers were Teachers. Event occurs at 00:02:33. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  68. ^ Jon Cozart (March 17, 2016). Vine vs Youtube: The Song. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  69. ^ Grace Helbig (December 16, 2016). Newly Friend Game. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  70. ^ Gabe Erwin (April 1, 2016). Theme Song Challenge. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  71. ^ Smosh (November 26, 2016). "Guess that Song". Seriously Stupid Sleepover. Season 1. Episode 31. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  72. ^ Thomas Sanders (August 15, 2017). Voices of Unreason Volume 4. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  73. ^ Meghan Tonjes (April 6, 2016). I'm Actually Doing This. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  74. ^ YouTuber Mind Meld Part 2. July 3, 2017. Event occurs at 00:00:51. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  75. ^ The Gregory Brothers (January 19, 2017). Schmoyoho - Obama Out. Event occurs at 00:01:06. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  76. ^ dodie (November 25, 2016). Dear Happy. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  77. ^ Ben J. Pierce (December 2, 2016). Transforming Thomas Sanders into a Disney Villain. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  78. ^ a b Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:01:48. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  79. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (May 23, 2017). "Making Some Changes". Sanders Sides. Season 1. Episode 14. Event occurs at 00:04:45. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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  81. ^ Thomas Sanders. "Sanders Sides Playlist". Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  82. ^ Thomas Sanders (May 23, 2017). Sanders Sides: Making Some Changes. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  83. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  84. ^ a b Thomas Sanders (December 19, 2016). "Taking On Anxiety with Lilly Singh". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  85. ^ Thomas Sanders (June 9, 2017). Sanders Sides - Becoming a Cartoon. Event occurs at 00:03:48. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  86. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 21, 2016). "Way Too Adult". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  87. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (February 13, 2017). "Alone on Valentine's Day". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  88. ^ Thomas Sanders (January 30, 2017). "The Mind vs. The Heart". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  89. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (April 4, 2017). "My Negative Thinking". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  90. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (February 28, 2017). "Losing My Motivation". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  91. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (May 1, 2017). "Growing Up". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  92. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (May 23, 2017). "Making Some Changes". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  93. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 11, 2017). "Accepting Anxiety Part 1: Excerpting Anxiety". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  94. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 15, 2017). "Accepting Anxiety Part 2: Can Anxiety Be Good?". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  95. ^ a b c d Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (September 1, 2017). "Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses)". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  96. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (October 3, 2017). "Moving On Part 1: Exploring Nostalgia". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  97. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (October 25, 2017). "Moving On Part 2: Dealing with a Breakup". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  98. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (February 3, 2018). "Can Lying Be Good?". Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  99. ^ Thomas Sanders (February 28, 2017). Losing My Motivation. Youtube. Event occurs at 7:38. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  100. ^ Thomas Sanders (May 1, 2017). Growing Up. Youtube. Event occurs at 00:13:06. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  101. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 10, 2017). Accepting Anxiety Part 1 - Excepting Anxiety. Event occurs at 00:04:41. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  102. ^ Thomas Sanders (July 15, 2017). Accepting Anxiety, Part 2/2: Can Anxiety Be Good?. Youtube. Event occurs at 10:22. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  103. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:03:40. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  104. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:04:00. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  105. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:04:15. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  106. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:04:40. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  107. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:02:23. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  108. ^ Thomas Sanders and Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:03:04. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  109. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:06:41. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  110. ^ a b "Accepting Anxiety Part 2 - Can Anxiety Be Good?". Sanders Sides. Season 1. Episode 18. July 15, 2017. Event occurs at 00:02:25. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  111. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:10:27. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  112. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides - Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:10:47. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  113. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:04:30. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  114. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:09:27. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  115. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (September 1, 2017). Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses). Event occurs at 00:02:25. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  116. ^ Thomas Sanders (January 15, 2014). Dad's Jokes Just Became Legit. Vine. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  117. ^ Thomas Sanders (June 4, 2014). Fairytale with a Twist: Sleeping Beauty. Vine. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  118. ^ Thomas Sanders (November 3, 2014). "These Troublemakers". Vine. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  119. ^ Thomas Sanders (January 12, 2017). Happily Ever After. Vine. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  120. ^ Thomas Sanders (May 18, 2017). A Dark Rescue. Instagram. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  121. ^ Thomas Sanders (October 19, 2016). Fitting In. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  122. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 15, 2017). Accepting Anxiety Part 2 - Can Anxiety Be Good?. Event occurs at 00:03:53. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  123. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 19, 2017). Sanders Sides Behind the Scenes Q&A. Event occurs at 00:11:56. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  124. ^ "Sanders Sides Merch Launch Event". July 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  125. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 15, 2017). Accepting Anxiety Part 2. Event occurs at 00:11:14. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  126. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (February 3, 2018). Can Lying Be Good?. Event occurs at 00:18:56. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  127. ^ Thomas Sanders (April 10, 2017). Thomas Answers. Event occurs at 00:01:23. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  128. ^ a b Thomas Sanders (May 17, 2017). Reacting to Old Musicals. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  129. ^ GCPGirl (November 30, 2012). "White Christmas Cast Profile: Thomas Sanders". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  130. ^ Arline Greer (July 12, 2007). "Hot Mikado puts Gillbert & Sullivan in zoot suits". Gainesville.com. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  131. ^ Arline Greer (March 27, 2008). "GCP makes 'Hello Dolly!' come alive". Gainesville.com. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  132. ^ Arline Greer (July 14, 2011). "'Anything Goes' stays afloat with comedy, Cole Porter songs". gainesville.com. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  133. ^ Katherine Kallergis (November 22, 2012). "Gainesville Community Playhouse presents 'A White Christmas'". gainesville.com. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  134. ^ Thomas Sanders and Joan Stokes (October 3, 2017). Sanders Sides: Moving On Part 1: Exploring Nostalgia. Event occurs at 00:11:03. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  135. ^ "Golden Apples". www.gcplayhouse.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  136. ^ GCPGirl (August 8, 2011). "Golden Apple 2011 Winners". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  137. ^ Thomas Sanders (May 17, 2017). Reacting to Old Musicals. Event occurs at 00:03:04. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  138. ^ Thomas Sanders (February 11, 2015). Ask Thomas Sanders Episode 3. Event occurs at 00:02:57. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  139. ^ a b c "7th Annual Nominees". Streamys. August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  140. ^ "YouTube Fave Thomas Sanders Debuts Original Song, 'The Things We Used To Share'". The Inquisitr. July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  141. ^ "Proud of Your Boy from Aladdin". Tumblr. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  142. ^ Thomas Sanders; Joan Stokes (July 22, 2017). The Things We Used to Share. Event occurs at 00:04:00. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  143. ^ "Top 5 Breakout Vine Stars". Mediakix. March 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  144. ^ Streamy Awards (October 4, 2016). Streamy Awards 2016 - Thomas Sanders Wins Viner. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  145. ^ "2017 Unicorn Awards". www.wetheunicorns.com. PopBuzz. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  146. ^ Benedict Townsend (December 15, 2017). "Here Are The Winners Of The 2017 Unicorn Awards". www.wetheunicorns.com. PopBuzz. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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