Jenna Marbles:We’re Here for a Good Time Not a Long Time

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Since of late I have been posting about many comedic You Tubers, such as Kurtis Conner and The Try Guys, and so I thought that who better to talk about then the very Godmother of comedy on YouTube, Jenna Marbles!

Jenna Marbles whose real name is Jenna Mourey is a YouTube personality, comedian, and actress. Jenna graduated from Brighton High School in 2004 and then went to earn a Masters of Education from Boston University. Smart, hard working and ambitious, Jenna was able to build an online empire at the age of 26 and now at 32 she continues on strong.

What makes Jenna so wonderful and hands down one of the funniest people out there is that she is honestly one of the most kindest, caring, realest person you’ll ever know. Incredibly sweet to her fans and considering of others, she truly shines the most and can always make you feel better even in your worst of moods. Jenna is so unapologetically herself and creates content that she feels good about and not necessarily something that is trending, although she has participated in a few trends such as the yoga challenge from a while back, but out of curiosity rather than for the views. Such a strong individual too have gone through so much both personally [car accident] and professionally [career choice] she still stands with us better than ever and with so much love to give.

Jenna has been around for so long and has been able to inspire the lives of so many but the most beautiful thing is that you did not have to be there since the first day to become part of the family. You can just feel included simply by watching her videos and despite her huge success and billions of views on YouTube she remains one of the humblest people you’ll know.

 

What makes Jenna even more lovable is that she always emits such positive vibes and she doesn’t get involved in scandals or dramas. Her one and only apology video that she had to make, because she felt wrong in not doing so, was posted in 2017 and in it she apologized for causing harm to her fish by buying the wrong fish tank. It disturbed her to know that although unintentional, her fish was hurt because she made a mistake and so she made a 40 minute video apologizing to the fish community and then including some fish resources for fish pet owners. It may seem like a silly thing to do but the fact that she felt the need to admit and correct her mistakes no matter the level of seriousness to them is admiring to say the least. Shows you what kind of person and role model she is. Jenna is honestly such a gem and if you don’t know who she is then I truly suggest you go and find out because you have no idea what you are missing out on.

To leave on an inspirational note, whether you need to hear this message or not, in the wise words of Jenna,

“What are you going to do next?

People tell you ‘you need to have a plan’

But what if your goals are vague. Like mine?

To be happy.

To Laugh.

Everyday.

To find love.

And loss.

To just feel what it feels like to be a human being.

Where do you go with goals like that?

People associate being lost as something bad.

Failure is bad.

But it’s not.

It’s life.

Because the way I see it

No one ever knows what they’re doing.

No one knows what life has in store.

You can take steps toward whatever you want.

But you can’t control where the cards fall.

People focus on how to get somewhere they’re not right now.

What’s wrong with the step you’re on?

Don’t miss what you have today

For many of you the novelty of me has worn off

That’s because all I can give you is me

We get tired of people everyday 

And that’s okay

This is my path

If you ever want to walk with me

You can

I’ll always be here”

Good day my lovelies, here are some of my favorite videos of Jenna that I linked down below. Until next time.

• Just Trying to Blend in With My Green Screen
• My Boyfriend Teaches me Jiu Jitsu
• Camouflaging Myself into a Chair
• Teaching Dogs How to Swim
• I Made That Awful Jean Chair
• Cutting and Coloring My Hair
• Reading Mean Comments About My Dogs
• A Full Face of Rhinestones
• Prank Calling People But We Can’t Hear Them
• What’s the Best Mascara to Cry in
• Treating My Dogs Like Babies For a Day
• I Want to be Tall
• An Adventure in Paraffin Wax
• Making My Dog A Bed Out of Soap
• How Many Balloons Will It Take to Make My Dog Fly

The Try Guys: Comedy

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Once again derailing from the more traditional informative blogs I am going to be basing this post on The Try Guys today! Consisting of four group members Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld, and Kieth Habersberg, The Try Guys are YouTube personas/American online comedy series who as the name suggests try out new things. Originally part of Buzzfeed Motion Pictures up until 2018, The Try Guys who now run solo have greatly expanded their channel as they have worked hard to write, produce, direct, act, and shoot each of their episodes. The overall objective of their channel is to try out new things and then later right down any final thoughts or learned knowledge that they got from the experience. Their first ever video was Guys Try Ladies Underwear for the First Time while still under Buzzfeed and as seen, no challenge is too odd or strange.  Now the boys still follow the same concept but have moved onto bigger projects such as participating on life performances and following through with their series parenthood and Eat the Menu (where Ned goes to a fast food restaurant and literally eats everything on the menu in one sitting).

       

 

As they have spent more time on YouTube they have matured as people and YouTubers and so much of their content has become more extravagant and detailed. Now their channel as well as their public image has expanded much greater than ever before. The four of them premiered their show Squad Wars in 2017 and have even appeared on Today magazine as well as been interviewed by channels like Wired and even hosted the 8th annual Steamy Awards 2018, winning Show of the Year Award in 2017.

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Their success has been unstoppable and they slowly continue to climb up the scale. In fact one of their highest grossing videos and one of my personal favorites, The Try Guys Try Labor Pain Simulation gathered over 30 million views and others like The Try Guys Try Drag for the First Time and The Try Guys Try The Ancient Olympics hold similar numbers. Actually very recently they had the opportunity to co write a book called The Hidden Power of F***ing Up which is scheduled to be released June 18, 2019 and available for purchase at Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. My sister is actually a huge fan and a couple months ago purchased her own copy which considering all things is a huge deal since she rarely buys anything from celebrities even if she adores them.

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The four of them are just honestly very funny, genuine people and even though they are comedians they do a lot of videos that address bigger issues at hand The Try Guys Try Therapy for example where they sit down and take a little time to be honest and get real with each other. Now I know this isn’t anything new, a lot of people, famous people do this but its the fact that these wonderful, intelligent, goofy men could put all their pride and differences aside and teach acceptance and talk seriously about life and choices needed to be made. These are a just a great group of guys who care so deeply of their families, friends and humans in general and who try to spread those positive vibes to the rest of the world. They use their platform for good and obviously to mess with each other but they are a great bunch and if you stuck long enough to get to this part, then I really do suggest you go check them out. You won’t regret it.

 

 

 

You Had A Bad Day

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Watch Kurtis Conner!!!

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It’s fun when someone makes you chuckle or laugh! It just leaves you feeling great and you tend to love and appreciate the people that can make you crack a smile or giggle. Their humor is probably one of your favorite aspects of theirs and the one characteristic that keeps pulling you back in and sometimes you can find these particular people on social media! So you had a bad day, find content that makes you happy and makes you laugh. Relating today’s blog post to my essential theme of YouTube I wanted to talk about a hilarious comedian, Kurtis Conner, that I just so recently found out about. 

Born in Whitby, Ontario in 1994 , Kurtis began pursing his comedy career at age 19. After graduating from Humbler College: Writing and Performance he took off and preformed stand up comedy in ONEXONE Toronto International Film Festival. Since then he has continued this path and may even be familiar to some from Vine where he held a large platform of 250, 000 followers before its demise in 2017. Today Kurtis is doing better than ever and posting regularly on his YouTube channel Kurtis Conner. 

 

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Every Friday on YouTube, Kurtis posts silly and relatable content that just makes your day. Sometimes on those anxious and stressful Mondays I just look forward to when I can sit down with my sister and cousin and watch his latest video. His dry humor never fails to make us laugh. Kurtis focuses mainly on satire or critics of certain trends or of  disingenuous people to which he likes to poke fun at and analyze the hypocrisy in them. He for example will talk about scripted scenarios that certain YouTubers like to try and pull off as 100% real and similar themes to which he goes well into depth of.  And if you want to see what I’m poorly trying to describe then you should definitely check out his channel *wink wink* 

 

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Within his genre, Kurtis covers a variety of topics and in the past he has done videos revolving around the girls and boys of tik tok, which is honestly one of my favorite series of his, and random ideas like Hot Jokes and Cold Dogs, which is a collaboration with one of his friends. They both sit down and try to come up with puns on the spot which can become very goofy and entertaining. Their personalities compliment each other very well and they feed off of each other’s energy so it can get really silly at times. But besides the fact that Kurtis is funny and he puts out quality content, the main reason he is so likable is that he goes on in a way where he points out faulty logic with well thought out and cohesive explanations that support his opinions.  And in doing so, he doesn’t come off as someone who is just trying to spill tea and spread hate. At the end of the day, the majority of Kurtis’s videos are just for comedic purposes so some of the things he says are not serious, but most important is that he always remains respectful and mature and knows where there are limits.

 

 

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I honestly can’t describe Kurtis the way I wish I could so if you want to see what I am trying to get across, you should look him up; however, by writing this, I by no means am saying or demanding that you find Kurtis funny. If his humor is not your cup of tea than its not and that is perfectly fine. I do though recommend that you keep an open mind. So if what I have written above is of any interest to any shisters, than you should straight up go and check out his channel. He also recently put out new merch so if you guys binge watch all of his content and enjoyed it as much as I did you may want to become part of Kurtis Town and snatch yourself a YEE YEE (vine reference and repeated joke in his videos) University Crewneck. He also has an ongoing podcast called Very Really Good and it’s gold content! Edited very little, his podcasts are mostly raw content and feel very natural, low-key and have received very good reviews. You can find them on Spotify or iTunes. 

   

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