The Holderness Family
The Holderness Family are American internet personalities best known for their Facebook and YouTube channels, which have over 5 million combined subscribers and over 1 billion total views. They create family-centered parodies, skits, and vlogs. They are a family of four based in Raleigh, North Carolina consisting of the father (Penn Holderness), the mother (Kim Holderness), their daughter (Lola), and their son (Penn Charles).
Career[edit]
The Holderness Family first found fame in 2013 when they released “XMAS Jammies” - a parody of Will Smith’s “Miami” meant to be their family’s digital Christmas card. Overnight, their video went viral on YouTube, garnering 15 million views in one week. They have been making videos ever since.
Subsequent releases included a Halloween-themed Snoop Dogg parody called “Kin and Moose,” a Meghan Trainor parody about Thanksgiving titled “All About That Baste”, a parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and a parody of Dean Martin’s “Baby, Just Go Outside” which garnered over 75 Million views on Facebook.[1][2][3]
In 2020 when COVID-19 hit, they made several viral parodies and skits, including a Hamilton medley about wearing a mask.[4] [5] [6]
In March 2021, The Holderness Family released a Frozen parody called “It’s Vaccination Day” to showcase their reactions to securing a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.[7][8]
They have released a new “XMAS Jammies” every holiday season, and have added over 300 additional parodies in between. Kim has also starred in a number of viral skits in their subchannel ”Holderness Family Laughs”, including “When Rona Won’t Leave”, “The New Normal” and “Every Hallmark Movie Ever.”
On broadcast Television, the Holderness Family have appeared The Today Show, Fox and Friends, Good Morning America, CNN, HLN, CBS This Morning, and multiple times on Right This Minute. Their full-length specials include The Holderness Family on UPTV, The 12 Foods of Christmas on The Food Network, and The Greatest Holiday Video Countdown on the CW.
Books[edit]
On March 30, 2021, Kim & Penn’s book about improving communication in a marriage, Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It, was published by the HarperCollins subsidiary Thomas Nelson.[9] [10]
Podcasts[edit]
On May 1, 2018, The Holderness Family premiered their podcast Holderness Family Podcast.
Personal Life[edit]
Kim Holderness was born and raised in Florida, and was a competitive dancer. She went to the University of Florida, then began her career in TV journalism. Penn Holderness was born in Durham, North Carolina, to a Presbyterian minister and a public school teacher. He went to the University of Virginia, then started a two-decade career in TV journalism.
Penn and Kim met in Orlando while working in local news and were married in 2005. Currently they own their own company, Holderness Family Productions.
In popular culture[edit]
In December 2014, Saturday Night Live aired a skit spoofing the Holderness Family called “Christmas Sweatpants”.[8] Taran Killam, Amy Adams, Kyle Mooney, and Kate McKinnon played the Tenderfeld Family, wearing identical pajamas to those worn by the Holderness Family in their first viral video.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Viral-video family does it again with Halloween song 'Kin and Moose'". TODAY.com.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "Family Tackles Thanksgiving With 'All About That Baste'". ABC News.
- ↑ Peters, Terri (January 9, 2017). "This Eminem parody shows the real struggle of bundling kids up for snow". The Today Show.
- ↑ Miller, Korin (July 1, 2020). "Watch This 'Hamilton' Parody About Wearing A Face Mask And Prepare To Fall Over Laughing". Women's Health.
- ↑ Licea, Melkorka (April 24, 2020). "The Holderness family's viral coronavirus comedy is the sweet relief we need now".
- ↑ Twitter, Gina Ragusa; Articles, More; April 16, 2020 (April 16, 2020). "The Holderness Family Shares How They Are Riding Out the Pandemic".
- ↑ "Viral video family celebrates vaccine with Frozen-inspired parody". TODAY.com.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Aldridge, Bailey (March 3, 2021). "'Vaccination Day' video spoofs 'Frozen' song — and has many relating to this NC family". The Charlotte Observer.
- ↑ Dorwart, Laura; Articles, More; February 18, 2021 (February 18, 2021). "10 Must-Read Nonfiction Books Coming Out in March 2021".
- ↑ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7852-3572-9
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