442oons
| 442oons | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Dean Stobbart 24 March 1981 Stockton-on-Tees, England |
| Nationality | British |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Genre(s) | Football, comedy, parody |
| Subscribers | 2 million[1] |
| Total views | 1.1 billion[1] |
442oons is an English YouTube animation parody channel set up in 2013. The channel focuses on animated association football parodies, such as Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga matches. He now has works with Bundesliga to make weekly videos on the channel.
Career
The channels' creator, Dean Stobbart, originally a teacher from Norton, County Durham, had in the past been a part-time voice actor, along with being a professional actor starring in productions on the West End including Our House (musical) and also did some animation for his lessons. He said he saw a gap in the market that "no one had really done football cartoons before", so he used CrazyTalk Animator software to make his first animated video, a parody of Luis Suárez and Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger in a cartoon parody of a scene from The Silence of the Lambs. The video currently has 2.192 million views and was followed up with another Suárez-themed video which has received more than seven million views.[2]
Since then he has worked with organisations such as TalkSport[3][4] and SkySports on animations. His videos have also been featured on Metro[5] and the Spanish Marca[6] He said in an interview with Tubefilter that his next goal is to have two million subscribers (which he reached in July 2018).[7] Although Stobbart had originally created his videos by himself, he has now hired three animators, Sam Dunscombe, Mike Myler and James Williams.
In July 2017, he created a new YouTube channel parodying the celebrity world called Celebri2oons.[8]
Since 30th May 2018. Online Soccer Manager (OSM) became an official 442oons mobile game. League with 442oons teams and players was added in the Special Leagues section and it's named 442oons Suuuuuper League. There are total 14 teams in this league. Teams in this league are Bayern Munchausen, Money Utd, DIY Army, Old Lady, Man Sheikhy, PSlotsofG, Ronal Madrid, Chelski, Atlediego Madrid, Barcelionela, Leavethepool, DVD, Arsene FC and Managers FC. There are also 442oons characters which don't belong to any team and they are free agents.
References
- ^ a b "About 442oons". YouTube.
- ^ Corking, Graham (23 August 2016). "This ex-teacher from Norton has 850k YouTube subscribers". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ talkSPORT (1 April 2015). "The best football April Fool of them all? 442oons sends up Bayern Munich stars". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Bloomfield, Craig (21 January 2015). "Mourinho v Sterling: The video footage YOU DIDN'T SEE from Liverpool v Chelsea!". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "442oons - Google Search". www.google.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "The 4 conspiracy theories surrounding Gabi's 'penalty' - MARCA English". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "YouTube Millionaires: 442oons Animates The "Ridiculous World Of Football"". 16 February 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Celebri2oons connect on YouTube