Several months ago my daughter asked me if she could watch a Fred YouTube video. The rule at our house is you must get approval before watching anything on YouTube. So, after finding out where she heard about it and what it is supposed to be about, I decided to take a look. Saturday Night Live look out! Fred is hilarious and I am thinking he will be the next Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell.
Fred Figglehorn is a fictional 6 year-old with a high pitched "speedy" voice who has a dysfunctional home life, is lonely and has "anger management issues". He posts videos about 3-5 minutes long on the life of Fred!
The character is played by Lucas Cruikshank, a 15 year-old from Nebraska. This guy is a lucky genius! He started out making 1 video to post on YouTube! He continued making videos and he now has YouTube's most subscribed channel with over 650,000 viewers signed up. His "Fred Goes Swimming" episode was nominated for the "Favorite User Generated Video" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards (it came in second, just behind Barack Roll).
He recently starred on iCarly.com as himself and has been featured in People Magazine among many others. He is expected to bring in over $1 million dollars in 2009. I better go now, I am trying to come up with good video material!
If you only have time for one good laugh, check out Fred Goes Swimming by clicking here!
Check him out and let me know what you think!
Cammie Moise