Comments on: Rose, sxePhil, KevJumba, Nalts, Buck are Hooking Up

By: Philip DeFranco Brings Together Aspiring YouTubers for Like Totally Awesome

Philip DeFranco Brings Together Aspiring YouTubers for Like Totally Awesome — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:30:24 +0000

[...] available to you. You can get involved in site-wide product placement campaigns. You can co-star in a HBO-produced comedy series. You can join a collective of other YouTube stars to create a sketch comedy series. And then you [...]

By: Philip DeFranco Brings Together Aspiring YouTubers for Like Totally Awesome - NewTeeVee Station

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:03:20 +0000

By: Geeks meme » Break Acquires HBOlab

Geeks meme » Break Acquires HBOlab — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:31:30 +0000

[...] plans for HBOlabs’ Michael Buckley development deal or the YouTube-stars-as-actors show Hooking Up, though he said all remaining HBOlabs assets had been [...]

By: Break Acquires HBOlab

Break Acquires HBOlab — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:24:16 +0000

[...] plans for HBOlabs’ Michael Buckley development deal or the YouTube-stars-as-actors show Hooking Up, though he said all remaining HBOlabs assets had been [...]

By: Drakeson

Drakeson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:17:17 +0000

So basically, HBO hired these guys like Phil and Kevin for their audience rather than their talent, or lack thereof.

Interesting strategy. They'll no doubt get a huge audience initially, and the guest stars, (CharlesTrippy, Mr. Safety, etc.) should keep the views high afterward.

I disagree that these guys will have to show they can act. Their fans would highly rate/view/discuss them doing a crossword puzzle for 10 minutes, and it doesn't take much talent/ability to appease their demographic.

I think this will be a huge hit for HBOlabs.

By: nalts

nalts — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:19:21 +0000

I was trying to make friends with Jessica Rose, but Michael Buckley TOTALLY stole her away. He played her his episodes of WhatTheBuck from his laptop. I hadn't seen that classless behavior since Renetto cornered me at McDonalds and played me 12 of his videos.

By: nalts

nalts — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:17:39 +0000

Having read several stories on this series, I hereby proclaim that NewTeeVee covered it best. Because it included Nalts in the headline as opposed to the last sentence with “the series also included…” See the rest of the weaker coverage here:
http://willvideoforfood.com/2008/09/09/hbo-web-series-hooking-up-to-star-youtube-personalities/

By: Will Video for Food » HBO Web Series “Hooking Up” to Star Popular YouTubers

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:16:52 +0000

[...] of the series in The Huffington Post, Tilzy, TechRadar, and Silicon Alley Insider. NewTeeVee is the only publication that didn’t bury its lead (Chris Albrecht used my name in the headline [...]