Adam Kontras
| Adam Kontras | |
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| File:Adam Kontras at CBS Early Show.jpgAdam_Kontras_at_CBS_Early_Show.jpg Adam Kontras on the set of The Early Show in New York. | |
| Born | October 9, 1975 Columbus, Ohio |
| 🏳️ Nationality | USA |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Video blogging 4TVs Adam & the Egos The Early Show |
| 🌐 Website | 4TVs.com |
Adam Kontras (born October 9, 1975, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter, animator, film editor, director, and comedian. He is best known as the first Internet video blogger,[1][2][3][4][5] having begun posting videos alongside his blog entries on January 2, 2000.[6][7] The blog, known as The Journey, began tracking his move from Ohio to California to begin a career in show business by performing his musical comedy act, 4TVs.[8] The Journey has continued to capture his successes and failures over the years, in both textual and audiovisual form. He continues to host two video entries a week.
4TVs
Kontras' show displayed four television sets showing four different characters—all played by Kontras—interacting with him live. The videos were pre-recorded and synchronized, allowing "Live Adam" to communicate and sing with the other four characters in routine.[8][9]
Adam & the Egos
4TVs was the basis for his appearance in The Early Show's Living Room Live competition on CBS.[8] Although he did not win the competition, he won the first round.[10] He was then hired to host the future incarnations of the segment,[11] with his characters appearing as the Egos on the sets of such shows as The Price is Right[12] and The Young and the Restless[13] where they discussed the contestants and announced the winners.
Viral success
Kontras also had viral success in 2006 with an animated video parody of The Beach Boys' song Barbara Ann, titled "Let's Bomb Iran",[14] which reached over a million views worldwide within days of its release. The video was featured on the April 27, 2006 edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann during a segment about "protest rock".[15] This prompted commentary in two international newspapers—Spanish El País[16] and Dutch NRC Handelsblad.[17] The rights to the video were later[when?] bought by AtomFilms, who continue to promote it.[18]
First video blogger
Recently, Kontras was interviewed by Jessica Soho of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho on the Philippines' GMA Network for his status as the first video blogger.[2][19] On January 2, 2010, Kontras celebrated 10 years of video blogging and the 1000th entry of The Journey with a combination of recorded video and live performance show in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.[20]
References
- ↑ Sean Kaminsky, Michael (2010-01-07). Naked Lens: Video Blogging & Video Journaling to Reclaim the YOU in YouTube™. Retrieved 2010-04-09. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (2009-02-07). "Pinoy Culture Video Blog" (in Filipino). GMA Network. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-02-28.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Melanson, G. (2008). "What is a Vlogger?". Retrieved 2008. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Friedman, Nancy (2009-10-19). "You Can't Judge a Vook by Its Cover". Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ Fightmaster, Duke (2010-03-10). "Adam Kontras Interview w/ Duke Fightmaster". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "The Wayback Machine". 2000-01-02. Archived from the original on 2001-05-05. Retrieved 2010-04-09.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Olive, Ben (2009-04-08). "Vlog, Son of Blog". Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Early Show (2006-06-28). "Egos of Adam Kontras". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ Goldman, Joshua (1999-10-28). "Singer Performs with Self on 4 TVs". The Lantern. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ The Early Show (2006-06-29). "Adam Moves On In 'Living Room'". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ The Early Show (2007-03-13). "Living Room…LIVE! – Battle of the Bands". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ The Early Show (2007-03-05). "The Egos: Week 13 Of 'Kids'". CBS News. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ The Early Show (2007-08-27). "The Egos: Week 10 of "Bands"". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ "Let's Bomb Iran". YouTube.com. 2006-03-07. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ Countdown with Keith Olbermann (2006-04-28). "'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 27". MSNBC. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ↑ CiberPaís (2007-04-12). "Dios se apunta a Internet" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2009-03-27.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Kees Versteegh (2006-04-19). "Blogcommentaar: De Beach Boys bezingen alvast een aanval op Iran" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 2009-03-27.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Let's Bomb Iran". Atom.com. 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (2009-02-07). "Jessica Soho Reports" (in Filipino). GMA Network. Retrieved 2009-02-28.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Kontras, Adam (2010-01-02). "A Thousand Memories". Retrieved 2010-01-07.
External links
- 4TVs.com – Official website
- The Journey – Ongoing video blog
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