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Charles Trippy

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Charles Trippy
Charles Trippy in 2019
BornCharles Paul Trippy III
(1984-09-02) 2 September 1984 (age 40)
Bradenton, Florida
🏳️ NationalityAmerican
💼 Occupation
❤️ Partner(s)
👴 👵 Parent(s)
  • Charles "Chaz" Trippy (father)
  • Marlene Trippy (mother)
👪 Relatives
  • Melissa Trippy (sister)
🌐 Websitewww.youtube.com/CTFxC/
Signature
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Charles Paul Trippy III (September 2, 1984) is a vlogger and internet personality. He holds the Guiness world record for most consecutive days Vlogging of 3,653 days.[2] Charles is a Youtube pioneer, being one of the first to popularize Vlogging, which is now a popular medium on the platform.[3] He is also the bass player in american rock band We The Kings.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Charles Trippy was born to parents Charles 'Chaz' Trippy II and Marlene Trippy. He grew up in Bradenton, Florida along with his younger sister, Melissa Trippy. He is of Sicilian Italian, German, and Native American descent. His father, played percussion in the Gregg Allman Band when he was younger and often toured with them.[5] Charles attended Lakewood Ranch High School[6] and later attended the University of South Florida and majored in communications.

Career and accomplishments[edit]

Charles Trippy started his youtube channel "CTFxC" on June 16th 2008, although the daily vlogs only started on May 1st 2009. Calling his daily vlogging series "Internet Killed Television" it chronicles his daily life with his wife Allie Marie Trippy (Born Wesenberg) and their pets, friends and family.

In March of 2012 Trippy was diagnosed with a benign Oligodendroglioma brain tumour after having a seizure at the end of February. After a successful resection of the tumor it recurred in September of 2013 and was diagnosed as anaplastic oligodendroglioma brain cancer.[7] In October of 2013 Trippy started oral chemotherapy to combat the remaining 5% left after his second resection. The video of his second brain surgery received more than 3.3 million hits[8]

On April 9th 2014 Charles and Allison Speed seperated.[9]

Charles Trippy was featured prominently in the documentary film "Vlogumentary"[10] which was developed by Shay Carl.[11]

Charles & his wife Allie are life long animal lovers and were profiled by PETA on May 2 2018.[12]

On January 10th 2019 the couple announced they were expecting their first child, due for July 2019.[13]

As of the 1st of May 2019, Charles holds the Guinness World Record for the "Longest Running video blog series on YouTube by number of episodes" which goes along side his record for "most consecutive daily personal video blogs (vlogs) posted on YouTube" which he has held since 2013.[14]


Awards[edit]

Year Organization Nominated work Category Result
2009 Twitter Shorty Awards @CharlesTrippy Humor[15] Won
Mashable Open Web Awards Internet Killed Television Best Online Video Web Series[16] Won
Surprise Marriage Proposal in Spain! YouTube Video of The Year[17] Won
Internet Killed Television Best Brand Use of YouTube[18] Won
2010 Teen Choice Awards Charles Trippy Choice Web Star[19] Nominated
2011 Twitter Shorty Awards @CharlesTrippy Travel[20] Nominated
@AlliSpeed Weird[21] Won
2012 @CharlesTrippy Travel[22] Won
O Music Awards We the Kings "Most Innovative Music Video"[23] Won
2013 Twitter Shorty Awards @CharlesTrippy Videoblogger[24] Nominated
Guinness World Records Internet Killed Television Most days of consecutive vlogging[25] Won
2015 Guinness World Records Internet Killed Television Most days of consecutive vlogging 2200 days "updated"[26] Won
2016 Ripley's Believe it or not Internet Killed Television Most days of consecutive vlogging[27] Won

References[edit]

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAKlHZULWo0&t=153s
  2. "YouTuber Charles Trippy signs off from record-breaking daily vlog after 3,653 consecutive episodes". Guinness World Records. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  3. Burgess, Jean; Green, Joshua (2018-08-28). YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781509533596. Search this book on
  4. "We the Kings discography", Wikipedia, 2019-06-26, retrieved 2019-07-10
  5. Strong, Martin Charles (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Canongate. ISBN 9781841958606. Search this book on
  6. SPRINGER, DEBI. "Funny Looking Kid stops in Tampa on Vans Warped Tour". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  7. News, Fox (2013-09-20). "YouTube star records own brain surgery". New York Post. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  8. Charles and Allie (2013-09-18), MAN FILMS OWN BRAIN SURGERY (9.17.13 - Day 1601), retrieved 2019-07-10
  9. "'Internet Killed Television' Couple Charles and Alli Trippy Have Separated | New Media Rockstars". newmediarockstars.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  10. "Vlog", Wikipedia, 2019-05-21, retrieved 2019-07-11
  11. Vlogumentary, retrieved 2019-07-11
  12. "Charles Trippy and Allie Wesenberg-Trippy: 'Treat Animals How You Would Want to Be Treated'". PETA. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  13. "CharlesTrippy on Instagram: "I'm going to be a DAD and she's going to be a MOM!!! We uploaded our announcement video that @xvtlfk made! It's so beautiful! Link is in my…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  14. "YouTuber Charles Trippy signs off from record-breaking daily vlog after 3,653 consecutive episodes". Guinness World Records. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  15. "The Shorty Awards - The best producers of short content on Twitter". 1st.shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  16. Cashmore, Pete. "OPEN WEB AWARDS 2009: The Winners". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  17. Cashmore, Pete. "OPEN WEB AWARDS 2009: The Winners". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  18. Cashmore, Pete. "OPEN WEB AWARDS 2009: The Winners". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  19. "Teen Choice Awards 2010: Second (Giant) Wave Of Nominees Announced!". web.archive.org. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  20. "The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of Twitter and social media". 3rd.shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  21. "The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of Twitter and social media". 3rd.shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  22. "The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of Twitter and social media". 4th.shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  23. Depland, Michael. "O Music Awards: 5 Winners (Primarily Tokio Hotel) We're Especially Stoked About". MTV News. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  24. "The Shorty Awards - Honoring the best of social media". 5th.shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  25. Records, Guinness World (2014-09-09). Guinness World Records 2015. Guinness World Records. ISBN 9781908843630. Search this book on
  26. Guinness World Records (2019-06-06), Charles Trippy: Most consecutive days vlogging! - Guinness World Records, retrieved 2019-07-10
  27. "Vlog Champion Visits Ripley's Believe It or Not HQ". Ripley's Believe It or Not!. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2019-07-10.


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