Scooter Magruder

Scooter Magruder

Picture of Scooter Magruder with his mom at college graduation

Magruder with mom at UF graduation
Born Cameron David Magruder
(1988-12-02) December 2, 1988
Orlando, Florida
Residence Orlando, Florida
Alma mater University of Florida (B.S.)
Occupation YouTube personality, actor, comedian, vlogger, new media consultant
Years active 2011–present
Known for Comedy, vlogging
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Religion Christianity
Website scootermagruder.com

Cameron David "Scooter" Magruder (born December 2, 1988) is an award-winning American YouTube personality, actor, comedian, and new media consultant. As of August 2014, his videos have been viewed over 12 million times with over 100,000 subscribers to his channel.

Biography

Magruder was born in Orlando, Florida.[1] At the age of 14, Magruder was on the reality show Endurance 2[2] where he placed sixth on the Blue Team. He graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 2007 as senior class president.[1] He then attended and graduated from the University of Florida cum laude with a degree in telecommunication production.[2] After graduation, Magruder completed one year with Americorps.[3]

In the summer of 2003, Magruder was a contestant on the reality show Endurance 2, which aired on NBC & Discovery Kids. The show was taped in Baja, California and was hosted by JD Roth.[2] The show prompted Magruder to begin creating videos.[2] It was also during this show where Magruder learned the ins and outs of television production.[2] Magruder and his partner Christa Scholtz competed as the Blue Team and finished in 6th place.

YouTube career

Magruder started regularly posting YouTube videos in August 2011. Magruder makes videos on wide ranging topics, including Top 100 videos where he lists 100 things of a certain genre such as "Top 100 Male Lies", "Stuff Fans Say" where he imitates fans of other teams, and multiple other formats, including vlogs, how-to videos, and relationship advice videos. Each video is introduced by Magruder saying "What's up guys, hope you're doing well." Each video ends by him saying his catch phrases: "No Jugamos Juegos" (Translated from Spanish meaning "we don't play games") and "Throw me the alley." None of Magruder's videos contain any curse words since he tries to exemplify his Christian values through his videos.[1][2] Magruder's videos have been posted on the Huffington Post,[4] RightThisMinute,[5] NBATV,[6] ESPN,[7] the Orlando Sentinel,[1] the Miami Herald,[3] and even the Today Show.[8] His most successful video to date is "Top 100 First World Problems" with over 1,000,000 views.

In the summer of 2012, Magruder was selected to be one of sixteen YouTube Next Vloggers.[9] Vloggers received $5,000 in equipment, $10,000 in YouTube promotional advertisement for their channel, as well as mentoring from other Top Vloggers such as iJustine and Natalie Tran of Community Channel[10] Sixteen "Next Vloggers" in total were selected from over thousands of applicants worldwide.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Owens, Shannon. "Interview with 'Stuff Orlando Magic Fans say' creator". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Perez, Alex. "Exclusive Interview with 'Stuff UCF Fans Say' creator Scooter Magruder". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 YANEZ, LUISA. "Video: Stuff Miami Heat Fans Say". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Genuske, Amber (13 February 2012). "The 'Top 100 First World Problems' According to Scooter Magruder (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Original VIdeo: Things Black People Need to Stop Doing". RightThisMinute. Retrieved 4 October 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  6. ↑ Studios, NBA. "The Jump - Scooter Magruder". NBATV. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Dorsey, Patrick. "Web Clips: Lakers fans have a lot to say". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Lee, Kathy. "KLG, Hoda reminisce about their first kisses". MSNBC. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  9. 1 2 Lawler, Ryan. "With 125M Views, These Vloggers Are Already Good. But YouTube Wants To Make Them Better.". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Ha, Anthony. "YouTube Is Looking For The Next Vlogging Star". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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