Drew Gooden (comedian)

Drew Gooden (born October 26, 1993) is an American comedian and filmmaker known for sketch comedy on Vine and later for commentary videos on YouTube.[3] He provides commentary on topics such as bad life hacks, Instagram comedy, and other YouTubers. He also frequently collaborates with, and has been on tour with, fellow YouTube content creators Danny Gonzalez and Kurtis Conner.

Drew Gooden
Gooden performing in the 2019 "We Are Two Different People Tour"
Personal information
Born (1993-10-26) October 26, 1993
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • filmmaker
  • YouTube personality
Spouse(s)
Amanda Murphy
​
(m. 2019)​
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–present
Genre
Subscribers2.8 million [1]
Total views349 million [2]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2017
1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Updated: January 26, 2021

Career

Gooden began his career on Vine, creating six-second comedy sketches.[4] Gooden notably created a popular six-second video in which he sees a sign reading "Road Work Ahead" and jokingly replies, "Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does"; the video had 10 million loops on Vine.[5][6] Gooden appeared in Camp Unplug, a show on Vine produced by Karyn Spencer and Jeremy Cabalona and written by Vine creators.[7][8] After Vine was shut down by its parent company, Twitter, Gooden began posting longer videos on YouTube.[6] He has over 2.8 million subscribers as of January 2021.

Gooden toured the United States with fellow YouTube creators Kurtis Conner and Danny Gonzalez on their "We Are Two Different People Tour", which was described as a theatrical comedy performance.[9][10][3]

Personal life

Gooden married Amanda Murphy on March 13, 2019.[11] They met in 2015 when Murphy commented on one of Gooden's Vines. They got engaged in 2016.[12]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Camp Unplug Drew Short film

Awards and nominations
Year Nominated Award Show Result
2016 Himself Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series Camp Unplug Nominated

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/c/DrewGooden1
  2. https://www.youtube.com/c/DrewGooden1/about
  3. Wilbur, Brock (September 9, 2019). "Drew Gooden and Danny Gonzalez: The John Olivers of YouTube Culture". Paste. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. Tiffany, Kaitlyn (December 23, 2019). "Why Kids Online Are Chasing 'Clout'". Atlantic Times.
  5. Sung, Morgan (July 8, 2018). "How Drew Gooden rebuilt his online identity after Vine died". Mashable. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. Dodgson, Lindsay (December 21, 2019). "20 YouTube channels you should really subscribe to in 2020". Insider. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  7. "About Camp Unplug". Shorty Awards.
  8. Weiss, Geoff (June 27, 2016). "Vine Premieres Its First Long-Form Original Series, 'Camp Unplug', Starring Lauren Giraldo, Cody Ko". Tubefilter.
  9. McKenney, Kelcie (October 2, 2019). "YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden visit KC Friday on their We Are Two Different People Tour". The Pitch.
  10. Wynne, Kelly (September 5, 2019). "Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden talk tour, comedy and YouTube careers". Newsweek. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  11. @drewisgooden (March 13, 2019). "update:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. @drewisgooden (October 27, 2016). "Last April a girl commented on one of my vines. She lived 2000 miles away. Now we are engaged & live in the same house. All because of @vine" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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