Barely Political has been releasing videos on YouTube for eight years, and over that time period, the channel’s focus has changed considerably. In order to better represent the channel’s current direction, co-stars Todd Womack and Mark Douglas have announced a rebranding effort: Barely Political will now be known as Barely Productions.
Barely Political began as a home for political satire; the channel’s first-ever video, “Crush on Obama,” went viral after its release and catapulted the “Obama Girl” to national prominence. More recently, though, Barely Political has better known for other projects, especially the song parodies it hosts as part of the Key of Awesome web series. “We haven’t made political videos in a long time,” explains Douglas in a video introducing the channel’s new name.
The switch to Barely Productions is purely a cosmetic change. The channel will still serve as a home for all of its series,...
Barely Political began as a home for political satire; the channel’s first-ever video, “Crush on Obama,” went viral after its release and catapulted the “Obama Girl” to national prominence. More recently, though, Barely Political has better known for other projects, especially the song parodies it hosts as part of the Key of Awesome web series. “We haven’t made political videos in a long time,” explains Douglas in a video introducing the channel’s new name.
The switch to Barely Productions is purely a cosmetic change. The channel will still serve as a home for all of its series,...
- 6/19/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
As has become a yearly VidCon tradition, Barely Political has used its YouTube channel for an airing of grievances. The comedy hub helmed by Mark Douglas and Todd Womack has released YouTube Complaints 2014, in which a constant stream of guest stars collectively crabs about the problems facing YouTube today. As in previous years, the YouTube Complaints are a mix of significant issues and light-hearted parody. The video brings up the round-the-clock nature of YouTuber life, the occasional choppiness of the site's live streams, and, of course, the Google+ problem. At the same time, it takes satirical aim at the excessive number of Frozen covers on YouTube, the "sheepish" nature of the site's British vloggers, and the overwhelming popularity of the "Let's Play" genre of gaming videos. Mark and Todd make multiple appearances in the video, and they're joined along the way by plenty of familiar faces. Guests in this year's...
- 6/30/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
President Barack Obama can now count a handful of YouTube stars among his top advisors. On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen and Camp Takota; Tyler Oakley of being awesome on the internet; Iman Crosson, who the online video and Vine worlds know as Alphacat; Michael Stevens of VSauce; Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Bros. (and a possible Nickelodeon TV series); Mark Douglas, Todd Womack, and Ben Relles of YouTube’s very own Barely Political; Peter Shuckoff and Lloyd Ahlquist of Epic Rap Battles of History; and Mickey Meyer and Daniel Kellison of burgeoning online comedy network Jash all sat around a large conference table with the 44th President of the United States for the better part of an hour, discussing ways in which the White House could do a better job of reaching the YouTube generation. The meeting wasn’t about any single topic (though...
- 3/3/2014
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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