Viral YouTuber Anthpo's Pufferfish is launching a new show.
Grab your cheeseball man balaclava for this one
Pufferfish, the viral marketing company behind the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest, is launching a show. Last July, an account by the name of @johnchungus27 started posting videos of a charming Long Island man touching grass for 1 second for each follower he gained. He quickly gained a massive following of over half a million people. His touching grass series culminated into an event in central park where attendees touched grass IRL with Mr. Chungus. Pufferfish was behind the scenes the whole time. Now, they are launching The John Chungus Show where John will become friends with a new celebrity in each episode and (allegedly) touch some grass. The first episode featuring Andrew Barth Feldman goes live today on YouTube at 5pm EST. Find him on Instagram and TikTok as well.
Comedian Gabrielle Kennedy started an unconventional dating show where she fishes for dates by falling on the street. Fittingly, the show is called Falling In Love. Spoiler: she doesn’t have a ton of success, mostly bruises.
Slow Is Serious is the new limited series from sneaker company echos above. Each episode features a different shoe from their AllDay collection, weaved beautifully into a small, beautifully shot story about two lovers on slow, pensive dates.
New Ick unlocked. This one can’t be explained, you just have to watch it.
This week in Roomies, Griffin gets a pep talk from River and Rain as he figures out where to go next. We’ve all been there…
Butter featured this week in Good Dog. He’s super cute and up for adoption.
15 Second Film is going international. The Fallen Media property led by Jeb McCormick has gained over 220k followers in under the year of its inception. Showrunner Jess Curtis is now at the helm of its UK spinoff, averaging 48k views per episode.
Kareem Rahma hosted one man show last night that will be featured in an upcoming episode of Keep The Meter Running. The show was taped live, attendees were asked to dress to the nines, and the after party was a blast.
Revival Of The Fittest now has an official Spotify playlist. It features Lord Sko, WHATMORE, Lip Critic, and even Iron Maiden.
SubwayTakes is going live! Tickets now on sale.
Willa Bennett, the EIC of Cosmopolitan, is now hosting a dating show. Bennett’s team sets her up on blind dates with celeb crushes. Watch it here.
Friends of the newsletter, Roomies, were nominated for two Webbys! Vote for them in best writing and best branded series. Voting closes April 16 (tomorrow).
William Banks’ Match My Angel will now be relocating to The Famous Cozy Soup n Burger. This follows a dispute with New York Nico (Revival of the Fittest) over filming real estate at Village Revival Records.
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