BradHeat
Bradley Marschke (born: March 1, 1996 [age 25]), better known online as BradHeat, is an American YouTuber/Media Analyst residing in Southern Illinois. He is known for his videos that typically consist of him and his friends attempting crazy challenges (Saying Jake Paul 50,000 Times), stunts(Turning a U-Haul into a Slip-n-Slide), and doing other fun things for entertainment (Traveling Across the Country for a Burger, Then Going Home). He is also popularly known for appearing alongside other YouTubers in their content, such as MrBeast and McJuggerNuggets. Brad enjoys making content that inspires people through extreme acts of dedication, and sometimes suffering.
Brad typically oversees all of the operations for the channel. He has said that he usually brainstorms ideas with his friends, and then handles the planning, filming, and editing. He has expressed interest in hiring a full-time editor, but at the moment, it is currently a one man operation. Brad has three main friends who typically star in his videos as personalities, with other people making appearances in occasional content.
Early Stages of the Channel[edit]
Brad started doing YouTube in early 2006 at the age of 10 years old, under the alias BANCP (Brad and Noah Comedy Productions.) The content varied greatly, but mainly, they created skit videos. Naturally these videos lacked high-quality planning and editing, and as a result, the channel was removed some time back in 2016. Brad's earliest video that still exists is from May 2008, and is titled on Metacafe "12 Yr Old Dirtbiker Need Sponsored." The video is very low-quality compared to his current works. This channel also features his freshman year rap debut, titled "Above All Odds."
Moving forward, in order to separate himself from his younger, less experienced content, Brad created a new channel in October of 2013 and named it BradHeat, named after his favorite basketball team. Originally, he mainly focused on gaming videos, and it wasn't until May of 2014 that he released his first filmed-footage video, titled "Gallon of Milk Challenge FAIL | EXTREME VOMIT ALERT." This video was his first video to achieve over 10,000 views, and it's one of the first moments where an audience started to develop around the channel. From here, Brad still continued to create gaming content, but he also began to integrate challenges, and other filmed videos into the mix as well, such as the Dumpster Diving Series. Brad's last gaming video was filmed in July of 2016, and he has since stated that if he were to ever upload gaming videos again, it would be on a secondary channel.
Cast and Crew[edit]
Alan[edit]
Alan is one of Brad's best friends, and currently the most commonly-appearing character throughout Brad's videos. Alan and Brad met through a mutual friend back in 2014, and always shared similar interests and aspirations for content-creation. Alan made his first official appearance on the channel in November 2016, and similarly to Brad, spent his youth trying to grow his online presence. He currently still streams on Twitch under the name EmpireSzn, and mainly focuses on gaming-related streams. Alan continues to film with Brad to this day, although due to relocation and then COVID-issues, they haven't filmed a video with one another since February 2019. Alan is usually one that's not afraid to turn up the stakes, and he loves being able to "full-send" it for the content, making him an almost-guaranteed appearance in any hardcore challenges on the channel.
Miguel[edit]
Miguel is one of Brad's best friends, and he is also the friend who has had the longest-running appearance on the channel. Miguel and Brad allegedly met in kindergarten, before Miguel moved across the globe with his family. Miguel moved back later in life, and him and Brad quickly became friends through work in 2012. Miguel helped Brad with filming his first "viral" video (PSYCHO KILLER CLOWN SIGHTING CAUGHT STEALING ATTACKED AND TAZED), which they turned into a mini-series, documenting the tracking and pursuit of the clown, in an effort to recover Brad's stolen wallet. Miguel enjoys creating staged/skit content, and his creative impact is apparent whenever he hops on the channel, as any video he partakes in is rife with memes.
Cameron[edit]
Cameron is one of Brad's best friends, and is also a very commonly-appearing character throughout Brad's videos. Cameron and Brad met virtually through a mutual friend back in 2014, and in 2015, Cameron moved to Brad's town to rent a home with the friend group. Cameron first appeared on the channel in November 2016, where he starred in a mini-series showcasing Brad's struggle with homelessness, and over-imposing on his friends, who quickly turned against him. Cameron is typically seen in Brad's challenge videos, as well as usually appearing in the stunt videos. Cameron relocated to Florida in 2019, and has since not appeared in a BradHeat video, although there have been no indications of him leaving the channel permanently.
Notable Series/Videos[edit]
Psycho Clown Series[edit]
In September of 2016, during the time where clowns were rampant across social media, Brad and Miguel set out on a hunt to spot a clown. After searching throughout the entire forest, they failed to find anything. However, upon returning to their car, they noticed that somebody was actively breaking into Brad's car. Brad charged the thief, who attempted to run. Brad tackled him to the ground and tazed him, before realizing that the thief was carrying a knife. Miguel and Brad both quickly took off and got in the car, where the clown proceeded to chase after them, at one point which he opened the door as they sped away.
After that, Brad and Miguel went for some food, and Brad had mentioned that he couldn't find his wallet, to which Miguel offered to pay. Upon returning home, Brad's dad informed him that he needs to look at the security cameras. Once he reviewed the footage, he saw the clown breaking into his car a second time, on his own property. The clown stole his wallet, waved to the camera, and disappeared.
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