Eugene Lee Yang is leaving The Try Guys.
But, in an 18-minute announcement video called Love, Eugene, he’s quick to clarify: There’s no beef between him and fellow Try Guys Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld.
Instead, he’s departing, first, because the vast number of projects he’s developing—including a directorial debut with Killer Films, a graphic novel with Vault Comics, and a queer YA fantasy duology with Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends—are taking up all his time, with fans noticing that absence more and more over the past couple of years.
“I’m the busiest I’ve ever been in my entire life, and I’m so, so thankful to be committing my blood, sweat, and tears into projects that mean the world to me—projects that have been in rigorous development for many years,” he says. “Now, as you know, once they required my undivided attention,...
But, in an 18-minute announcement video called Love, Eugene, he’s quick to clarify: There’s no beef between him and fellow Try Guys Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld.
Instead, he’s departing, first, because the vast number of projects he’s developing—including a directorial debut with Killer Films, a graphic novel with Vault Comics, and a queer YA fantasy duology with Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends—are taking up all his time, with fans noticing that absence more and more over the past couple of years.
“I’m the busiest I’ve ever been in my entire life, and I’m so, so thankful to be committing my blood, sweat, and tears into projects that mean the world to me—projects that have been in rigorous development for many years,” he says. “Now, as you know, once they required my undivided attention,...
- 5/23/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys have made careers on YouTube by, well, trying new things.
That has included unique experiences, eating entire menus, social experiments, baking and cooking competitions, and other formats that have helped deliver more than 8 million YouTube subscribers, and millions more on other social platforms.
Now, the group is trying arguably their biggest thing yet: A new business model.
On Wednesday, The Try Guys (Zach Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger and Eugene Lee Yang) are launching their own branded subscription streaming service, 2nd Try, in a shift away from YouTube as their core source of monetizing the content they produce.
“Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen both the joys and the limits of algorithmic media making,” Kornfeld tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “It obviously has its benefits, it has given us a career! But increasingly we find that our tastes and more importantly, our audience’s taste is...
That has included unique experiences, eating entire menus, social experiments, baking and cooking competitions, and other formats that have helped deliver more than 8 million YouTube subscribers, and millions more on other social platforms.
Now, the group is trying arguably their biggest thing yet: A new business model.
On Wednesday, The Try Guys (Zach Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger and Eugene Lee Yang) are launching their own branded subscription streaming service, 2nd Try, in a shift away from YouTube as their core source of monetizing the content they produce.
“Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen both the joys and the limits of algorithmic media making,” Kornfeld tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “It obviously has its benefits, it has given us a career! But increasingly we find that our tastes and more importantly, our audience’s taste is...
- 5/22/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Try Guys have something to tell people, but don’t worry, they know what you’re thinking.
The last time the former BuzzFeed employees turned YouTube moguls Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld were in the news, it was for an internet-roiling scandal. What started with one of their co-hosts Ned Fulmer beginning a relationship with his subordinate ended with him leaving the group, weeks of online speculation, and capped off with a 5-minute long SNL parody. But almost two years since the drama rocked the YouTuber fandoms (and introduced...
The last time the former BuzzFeed employees turned YouTube moguls Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld were in the news, it was for an internet-roiling scandal. What started with one of their co-hosts Ned Fulmer beginning a relationship with his subordinate ended with him leaving the group, weeks of online speculation, and capped off with a 5-minute long SNL parody. But almost two years since the drama rocked the YouTuber fandoms (and introduced...
- 5/22/2024
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
The Try Guys are joining Rooster Teeth‘s podcast network.
Starting now, all three Try Guys-produced podcasts are available on The Roost, whose team will provide resources like sales, distribution, and putting on audience-engagement/brand-building experiences.
The Roost hosts more than 20 podcasts from creators like Smosh, Anthony Padilla, h3h3Productions, Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart, and Theo Vonn–plus, of course, its own flagship The Rooster Teeth Podcast.
The Try Guys’ three podcasts include:
The TryPod – “The Try Guys have tried just about everything, and they’re ready to share the chaotic wisdom they’ve earned from a lifetime of curious attempts. Join them as they Plog (podcast x vlog) around Los Angeles, making the world their playground, and their car, the studio.” You Can Sit with Us – “Becky Habersberger, Maggie Bustamante Kornfeld, and Matt McLean are your new best friends. In their weekly podcast, we dive into female friendships, current events,...
Starting now, all three Try Guys-produced podcasts are available on The Roost, whose team will provide resources like sales, distribution, and putting on audience-engagement/brand-building experiences.
The Roost hosts more than 20 podcasts from creators like Smosh, Anthony Padilla, h3h3Productions, Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart, and Theo Vonn–plus, of course, its own flagship The Rooster Teeth Podcast.
The Try Guys’ three podcasts include:
The TryPod – “The Try Guys have tried just about everything, and they’re ready to share the chaotic wisdom they’ve earned from a lifetime of curious attempts. Join them as they Plog (podcast x vlog) around Los Angeles, making the world their playground, and their car, the studio.” You Can Sit with Us – “Becky Habersberger, Maggie Bustamante Kornfeld, and Matt McLean are your new best friends. In their weekly podcast, we dive into female friendships, current events,...
- 2/13/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Once upon a time, Ned Fulmer was one-fourth of The Try Guys. The Try Guys started as a content sensation at Buzzfeed before Ned, Zach Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger, and Eugene Lee Yang took their try videos onto their own YouTube channel. Together, the four business partners and friends formed 2nd Try LLC, a company that controlled all The Try Guys’ content and additional projects. Things were going exceedingly well. The foursome expanded their business, added employees, and saw astronomical growth in popularity. Then, Ned Fulmer, who used his marriage as a personality trait, was caught cheating. He left 2nd Try LLC, but did he leave the lives of Eugene, Zach, and Keith, too? It looks like it.
Why did Ned Fulmer leave The Try Guys?
Ned Fulmer’s departure from The Try Guys was completely unexpected. In early September 2022, rumors began swirling around Reddit that Ned was cheating on his...
Why did Ned Fulmer leave The Try Guys?
Ned Fulmer’s departure from The Try Guys was completely unexpected. In early September 2022, rumors began swirling around Reddit that Ned was cheating on his...
- 10/7/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It feels a little strange to say this in August, but the 2023 Streamy Awards are officially over, and they handed out a grand total of 50 awards to this year’s top creators.
This was the first year Tubefilter and dick clark productions held Streamys in the summertime, but the change of season didn’t mean everything changed: For the fourth time in a row, MrBeast took home Creator of the Year, and for the second time in a row, Kai Cenat snagged Streamer of the Year.
As for Show of the Year, that went to Michelle Khare and her daredevil series Challenge Accepted.
This year’s ceremony was hosted by MatPat, and featured dozens of presenters, including Dylan Mulvaney, Ryan Trahan, The Try Guys‘ Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld, Smosh‘s Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, TikTok Npc streamer Pinkydoll, Colin and Samir, Dream, Michelle Khare, Anna Sitar, Austin Creed,...
This was the first year Tubefilter and dick clark productions held Streamys in the summertime, but the change of season didn’t mean everything changed: For the fourth time in a row, MrBeast took home Creator of the Year, and for the second time in a row, Kai Cenat snagged Streamer of the Year.
As for Show of the Year, that went to Michelle Khare and her daredevil series Challenge Accepted.
This year’s ceremony was hosted by MatPat, and featured dozens of presenters, including Dylan Mulvaney, Ryan Trahan, The Try Guys‘ Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld, Smosh‘s Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, TikTok Npc streamer Pinkydoll, Colin and Samir, Dream, Michelle Khare, Anna Sitar, Austin Creed,...
- 8/28/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys scandal saw Ned and Ariel Fulmer disappear from the limelight, leaving fans of the online entertainment group curious about the couple’s marital status. Alongside Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang, Ned Fulmer founded the media production company known for their comedic YouTube videos in 2019. The company expanded quickly and became a brand for entertaining videos revolving around trying various activities. Through The Try Guys, Ned nurtured a public persona rooted in being a devoted husband, earning himself a unique nickname—The Wife Guy. The adorable public image and successful brand built around Ned and Ariel...
- 6/29/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
The Try Guys will perform ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and they’ll let their fans rewrite Shakespeare’s story
The Try Guys have tried everything from spicy noodles to corsets to labor pain. On August 10, the trio will attempt something a little bit different by performing William Shakespeare‘s Romeo and Juliet — with a twist. Instead of sticking to the script, The Try Guys will let their fans reinterpret The Bard’s iconic tragedy.
The one-night performance of Romeo and Juliet will feature Zach Kornfeld as the titular Montague prince, with Keith Habersberger playing his Capulet counterpart. Eugene Lee Yang will show off his versality by portraying many of the play’s other characters, including Mercutio, Paris, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse.
Based on those casting choices, we’d expect all three Try Guys to end up dead at the end of the night. (Spoiler alert!) But that may not be how the show plays out. As fans watch the performance through interactive streaming platform Kiswe, they’ll...
The one-night performance of Romeo and Juliet will feature Zach Kornfeld as the titular Montague prince, with Keith Habersberger playing his Capulet counterpart. Eugene Lee Yang will show off his versality by portraying many of the play’s other characters, including Mercutio, Paris, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse.
Based on those casting choices, we’d expect all three Try Guys to end up dead at the end of the night. (Spoiler alert!) But that may not be how the show plays out. As fans watch the performance through interactive streaming platform Kiswe, they’ll...
- 6/8/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
A full Free Movie of the Day is posted on the JoBlo Horror Movies YouTube channel every other day during the week – but on Fridays things get even freakier and a little more fun. Get your weekend started the right way by indulging in Friday Fright Nights! Every Friday, we’ll be taking a look at another genre movie you can watch in its entirety, free of charge, either on the YouTube channel linked above or in the video embed here.
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for your viewing pleasure this week is a rare type of movie: the family friendly horror comedy musical. I’m not saying there aren’t other movies out there that would fit that description, but there aren’t very many of them. And the family friendly horror comedy musical we’re looking at today is writer/director Mike Cramer’s Teenage Ghost Punk,...
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for your viewing pleasure this week is a rare type of movie: the family friendly horror comedy musical. I’m not saying there aren’t other movies out there that would fit that description, but there aren’t very many of them. And the family friendly horror comedy musical we’re looking at today is writer/director Mike Cramer’s Teenage Ghost Punk,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
When it comes to creating buzzy online content for their hundreds of thousands of followers, the Lewberger trio — Keith Habersberger, Alex Lewis and Hughie Stone Fish — are mavericks.
Formed in 2016, the comedy music group has become a poster child for how to be successful in the social media age, and increasingly among fervid musical theater fandoms. Viral Broadway covers, along with earlier career appearances on America’s Got Talent, Bring The Funny and collaborations with Habersberger’s other gig The Try Guys, have helped garner the musicians countless fans.
It’s also helped the band wrack up enough social capital to produce their own shows, including a very short L.A. run of what has since become an Off-Broadway musical, Lewberger & The Wizard of Friendship.
“This show is very much catered to the way that we interact together and catered to the way that our actual friendship is,” Lewis says. “The...
Formed in 2016, the comedy music group has become a poster child for how to be successful in the social media age, and increasingly among fervid musical theater fandoms. Viral Broadway covers, along with earlier career appearances on America’s Got Talent, Bring The Funny and collaborations with Habersberger’s other gig The Try Guys, have helped garner the musicians countless fans.
It’s also helped the band wrack up enough social capital to produce their own shows, including a very short L.A. run of what has since become an Off-Broadway musical, Lewberger & The Wizard of Friendship.
“This show is very much catered to the way that we interact together and catered to the way that our actual friendship is,” Lewis says. “The...
- 3/8/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Try Guys found themselves in the news in 2022, but not for anything particularly good. The internet exploded when former Try Guy, Ned Fulmer, was ousted from the company he formed with Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang after an affair Ned carried on for several months came to light. Since his ousting, Fulmer has gone dark on the internet, but life has moved on for the try guys, particularly Zach. Now, the company had something good to celebrate. Zach Kornfeld is officially a married man.
Maggie Bustamante and Zach Kornfeld are officially married
Zach Kornfeld is officially a married man. Kornfeld married his longtime girlfriend, Maggie Bustamante, a nurse, on Feb. 11 in a private outdoor ceremony. Kornfeld and Bustamante kept the details of their wedding private until after the event, but social media pictures have been rolling in since the Saturday nuptials.
Maggie Bustamante and Zach Kornfeld...
Maggie Bustamante and Zach Kornfeld are officially married
Zach Kornfeld is officially a married man. Kornfeld married his longtime girlfriend, Maggie Bustamante, a nurse, on Feb. 11 in a private outdoor ceremony. Kornfeld and Bustamante kept the details of their wedding private until after the event, but social media pictures have been rolling in since the Saturday nuptials.
Maggie Bustamante and Zach Kornfeld...
- 2/13/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
YouTube, a year after it ceded the title sponsorship to TikTok for VidCon 2022, is returning to claim the top post at this year’s convention.
The Google-owned video giant has typically had an outsized presence at the annual convention for digital creators, having taken the title sponsor spot for seven years in a row beginning in 2013. When VidCon returned for its first in-person event after pandemic-related cancelations and delays, TikTok had exploded in popularity and emerged to take over the sponsorship post.
The changing of the guard, so to speak, did not go unnoticed: For a convention typically dominated by YouTube, 2022’s convention returned with an emphasis on short-form content, the format popularized by TikTok. The main stage keynote was led by top TikTok creators and TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas, thanks to the platform’s title sponsorship post, and — perhaps most noticeably — a large photo-ready TikTok statue hovered over...
The Google-owned video giant has typically had an outsized presence at the annual convention for digital creators, having taken the title sponsor spot for seven years in a row beginning in 2013. When VidCon returned for its first in-person event after pandemic-related cancelations and delays, TikTok had exploded in popularity and emerged to take over the sponsorship post.
The changing of the guard, so to speak, did not go unnoticed: For a convention typically dominated by YouTube, 2022’s convention returned with an emphasis on short-form content, the format popularized by TikTok. The main stage keynote was led by top TikTok creators and TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas, thanks to the platform’s title sponsorship post, and — perhaps most noticeably — a large photo-ready TikTok statue hovered over...
- 1/18/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tickets are officially on sale for VidCon 2023.
This coming event will be VidCon’s 12th annual gathering, and its second year back in Anaheim, Calif. after Covid sent it virtual for 2020 and 2021. VidCon says its 2022 convention drew more than 50,000 Irl attendees, plus 650,000 unique livestream viewers from 150 countries.
The 2023 con will, as usual, be a four-day event (June 21-24) with dozens of panels, keynotes, meet-and-greets, and other programming spread across tracks for creators, industry professionals, and fans.
Four-day tickets are 99 for fan/community attendees, 145 for creators, and 649 for industry professionals. There are also single-day community tickets available for 49.
VidCon has also announced the first fleet of featured creators for 2023’s event: Alyson Stoner, Anthony Padilla, Claudipia, DangMattSmith, Drew Afualo, GeorgeNotFound, The Try Guys‘ Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld, Michelle Khare, Nihachu, Ranboo, Rebecca Parham of Let Me Explain Studios, SeanDoesMagic, and Spencewuah.
More batches of featured creators will be revealed over the next few months,...
This coming event will be VidCon’s 12th annual gathering, and its second year back in Anaheim, Calif. after Covid sent it virtual for 2020 and 2021. VidCon says its 2022 convention drew more than 50,000 Irl attendees, plus 650,000 unique livestream viewers from 150 countries.
The 2023 con will, as usual, be a four-day event (June 21-24) with dozens of panels, keynotes, meet-and-greets, and other programming spread across tracks for creators, industry professionals, and fans.
Four-day tickets are 99 for fan/community attendees, 145 for creators, and 649 for industry professionals. There are also single-day community tickets available for 49.
VidCon has also announced the first fleet of featured creators for 2023’s event: Alyson Stoner, Anthony Padilla, Claudipia, DangMattSmith, Drew Afualo, GeorgeNotFound, The Try Guys‘ Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld, Michelle Khare, Nihachu, Ranboo, Rebecca Parham of Let Me Explain Studios, SeanDoesMagic, and Spencewuah.
More batches of featured creators will be revealed over the next few months,...
- 12/7/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys are going live.
In their first event following the ousting of Ned Fulmer, the now-trio Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang will cap off this season of culinary chaos series Try Guys Without a Recipe in a live cook-off.
Habersberger, Kornfeld, and Yang will go head-to-head Dec. 17 to see who can make the best churro with no recipe—just a chef’s demonstration to model after. Unlike previous Without a Recipe competitions, which had winners declared by panels of judges, this one will crown its champion based on real-time votes from live viewers.
Those viewers will pay between 19.99 for a basic ticket and 49.99 for a “VIP bundle” with access to a post-show stream and a limited-edition T-shirt. The whole production is being broadcast by Kiswe, a New Jersey-based interactive video company founded in 2013.
The Try Guys have done live in-person events before, but this is their debut live digital broadcast.
In their first event following the ousting of Ned Fulmer, the now-trio Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang will cap off this season of culinary chaos series Try Guys Without a Recipe in a live cook-off.
Habersberger, Kornfeld, and Yang will go head-to-head Dec. 17 to see who can make the best churro with no recipe—just a chef’s demonstration to model after. Unlike previous Without a Recipe competitions, which had winners declared by panels of judges, this one will crown its champion based on real-time votes from live viewers.
Those viewers will pay between 19.99 for a basic ticket and 49.99 for a “VIP bundle” with access to a post-show stream and a limited-edition T-shirt. The whole production is being broadcast by Kiswe, a New Jersey-based interactive video company founded in 2013.
The Try Guys have done live in-person events before, but this is their debut live digital broadcast.
- 11/28/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
In October, “Saturday Night Live” aired a sketch lampooning the recent drama surrounding video content quartet the Try Guys, best known for the wholesome image they cultivated working at BuzzFeed. Weeks before, one of the quartet’s members, Ned Fulmer, was removed from the company after his extramarital affair with an employee came to light, causing a stir on social media among fans of the group. The “SNL” sketch parodied the intense reaction that the news caused, with Brendan Gleeson playing a CNN reporter who devotes airtime to explaining the scandal.
In a recent Hollywood Reporter interview, the three remaining Try Guys — Keith Habersberger, Eugene Lee Yang, and Zach Kornfeld — responded to the sketch, calling the experience of being parodied on the comedy series surreal.
“Well, obviously being parodied on ‘SNL’ was something we didn’t really ever anticipate out of our careers,” Habersberger said. “We never thought we were...
In a recent Hollywood Reporter interview, the three remaining Try Guys — Keith Habersberger, Eugene Lee Yang, and Zach Kornfeld — responded to the sketch, calling the experience of being parodied on the comedy series surreal.
“Well, obviously being parodied on ‘SNL’ was something we didn’t really ever anticipate out of our careers,” Habersberger said. “We never thought we were...
- 11/28/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Click here to read the full article.
The fall of 2022 was a trying one for the Try Guys.
That’s when the Fab Four of digital content suddenly found themselves at the center of a maelstrom of bad publicity. It all began after it came to light that one of them — Ned Fulmer, 35, who billed himself as the happily married “wife guy” of the group — had been carrying on an inappropriate relationship with an employee who starred on their spinoff series, Food Babies.
The other three — Keith Habersberger, 35, Zach Kornfeld, 32, and Eugene Lee Yang, 36 — took swift and decisive action against Fulmer, first with a Sept. 27 Instagram post announcing he was “no longer working” with them; then with an Oct. 3 video posted to their YouTube channel (which boasts over 8 million subscribers) explaining “what happened,” later parodied on Saturday Night Live.
Beyond damaging the Try Guys’ trusted image, the scandal put millions...
The fall of 2022 was a trying one for the Try Guys.
That’s when the Fab Four of digital content suddenly found themselves at the center of a maelstrom of bad publicity. It all began after it came to light that one of them — Ned Fulmer, 35, who billed himself as the happily married “wife guy” of the group — had been carrying on an inappropriate relationship with an employee who starred on their spinoff series, Food Babies.
The other three — Keith Habersberger, 35, Zach Kornfeld, 32, and Eugene Lee Yang, 36 — took swift and decisive action against Fulmer, first with a Sept. 27 Instagram post announcing he was “no longer working” with them; then with an Oct. 3 video posted to their YouTube channel (which boasts over 8 million subscribers) explaining “what happened,” later parodied on Saturday Night Live.
Beyond damaging the Try Guys’ trusted image, the scandal put millions...
- 11/28/2022
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ned Fulmer’s name is all over the media right now, but he’s not a household name for those who aren’t entirely familiar with The Try Guys. The Try Guys began as a group of four men who created their YouTube Channel. They produce content together for the channel, and humor is their genre. Originally, the group was created by four men, and Ned Fulmer was one of them. The other three men include Zach Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger, and Eugene Lee Young. They were all employees of Buzzfeed when they created their channel, and they officially founded their company in 2018.
10 Things You Don’t Know About Ned Fulmer...
10 Things You Don’t Know About Ned Fulmer...
- 11/23/2022
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Click here to read the full article.
Saturday Night Live makes a hilarious attempt at explaining why the Try Guys cheating scandal became major news in a sketch from the NBC variety show’s second season 48 episode.
Starring Bowen Yang as Eugene Lee Yang, Mikey Day as Keith Habersberger and Andrew Dismukes as Zach Kornfeld — YouTubers known as the Try Guys — the sketch kicks off as a CNN report with SNL cast member Ego Nwodim serving as the cable news show’s host and SNL episode host Brendan Gleeson as an on-air correspondent.
Gleeson’s live White House report is abruptly interrupted by a faux interview — recreating a real video from the actual Try Guys release last week — as the trio addresses the fallout of former Try Guys’ member and “Wife Guy” Ned Fulmer’s cheating scandal.
“I’m getting breaking news that the Try Guys have now responded to the whole Ned Fulmer situation,...
Saturday Night Live makes a hilarious attempt at explaining why the Try Guys cheating scandal became major news in a sketch from the NBC variety show’s second season 48 episode.
Starring Bowen Yang as Eugene Lee Yang, Mikey Day as Keith Habersberger and Andrew Dismukes as Zach Kornfeld — YouTubers known as the Try Guys — the sketch kicks off as a CNN report with SNL cast member Ego Nwodim serving as the cable news show’s host and SNL episode host Brendan Gleeson as an on-air correspondent.
Gleeson’s live White House report is abruptly interrupted by a faux interview — recreating a real video from the actual Try Guys release last week — as the trio addresses the fallout of former Try Guys’ member and “Wife Guy” Ned Fulmer’s cheating scandal.
“I’m getting breaking news that the Try Guys have now responded to the whole Ned Fulmer situation,...
- 10/9/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Saturday Night Live" is facing backlash due to a Try Guys parody sketch that aired during the Oct. 8 episode hosted by Brendan Gleeson. The skit skewered a recent video the guys - Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld, and Keith Habersberger - released explaining their decision to fire their fourth member, Ned Fulmer, after it was revealed that he had a workplace affair. While the sketch makes light of the trio's response to their friend and coworker's infidelity, Twitter users are calling out the NBC series for taking aim at the remaining Try Guys rather than Fulmer. (Popsugar reached out to the Try Guys' representatives for comment on the sketch but did not receive an immediate response.)
In the skit, Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and Andrew Dismukes play Yang, Kornfeld, and Habersberger, who appear in a breaking-news segment on CNN hosted by Gleeson, who appears as a reporter well-versed in the drama.
In the skit, Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and Andrew Dismukes play Yang, Kornfeld, and Habersberger, who appear in a breaking-news segment on CNN hosted by Gleeson, who appears as a reporter well-versed in the drama.
- 10/9/2022
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
Saturday Night Live parodied the internet’s extreme interest in a recent cheating scandal involving one of the Try Guys, an online comedy group that started at Buzzfeed.
In real life, one of the Try Guys was fired from the group after admitting to a “consensual workplace relationship” with a producer of the group’s videos.
In the sketch, Brendan Gleeson, who hosted the night’s (8 October) show, starred as a White House reporter who interrupts an important news broadcast to announce that the Try Guys have commented on the unfolding situation. His international news story then continues to be interrupted to provide more and more updates on the Try Guys.
“It’s obviously an evolving story, but CNN can confirm that the Try Guys have released an official Youtube video clapping back at ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer, the wife guy Try Guy,” Gleeson jokes.
Keith Habersberger, one of the Try Guys,...
In real life, one of the Try Guys was fired from the group after admitting to a “consensual workplace relationship” with a producer of the group’s videos.
In the sketch, Brendan Gleeson, who hosted the night’s (8 October) show, starred as a White House reporter who interrupts an important news broadcast to announce that the Try Guys have commented on the unfolding situation. His international news story then continues to be interrupted to provide more and more updates on the Try Guys.
“It’s obviously an evolving story, but CNN can confirm that the Try Guys have released an official Youtube video clapping back at ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer, the wife guy Try Guy,” Gleeson jokes.
Keith Habersberger, one of the Try Guys,...
- 10/9/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
“Saturday Night Live” parodied the intense social media reaction to the drama surrounding popular online comedy group the Try Guys with a sketch that featured parodies of the group’s remaining three members.
Episode host Brendan Gleeson, who was on the show to promote his upcoming film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” starred in the sketch as a CNN White House correspondent reporting on important developments in America’s relations with Russia. But — much to the befuddlement of anchor Ego Nwodim — Gleeson interrupts the report to announce that the Try Guys have responded to the controversy surrounding Ned Fulmer, who was fired from the group after admitting to a “consensual workplace relationship” with a producer of the group’s online video series.
“It’s obviously an evolving story, but CNN can confirm that the Try Guys have released an official Youtube video clapping back at ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer, the wife guy-Try Guy,...
Episode host Brendan Gleeson, who was on the show to promote his upcoming film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” starred in the sketch as a CNN White House correspondent reporting on important developments in America’s relations with Russia. But — much to the befuddlement of anchor Ego Nwodim — Gleeson interrupts the report to announce that the Try Guys have responded to the controversy surrounding Ned Fulmer, who was fired from the group after admitting to a “consensual workplace relationship” with a producer of the group’s online video series.
“It’s obviously an evolving story, but CNN can confirm that the Try Guys have released an official Youtube video clapping back at ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer, the wife guy-Try Guy,...
- 10/9/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Even if you don't follow The Try Guys' media content, chances are you've probably heard their name lately.. On Sept. 27, the popular YouTube group announced that one of its four members, Ned Fulmer, would no longer be working with the content creators, following reports of an extramarital affair.
The Try Guys initially addressed the news with a joint statement on social media, officially declaring Ned's departure from the brand following a "thorough internal review." The statement read, "We do not see a path forward together. We thank you for your support as we navigate this change." Since then, both Ned and his wife, Ariel Fulmer, have spoken out on the matter.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by The Try Guys (@tryguys)
As speculation surrounding Ned's extramarital affair reached a fever pitch, the remaining Try Guys released a five-minute video statement about the matter on Oct. 3.
Habersberger and...
The Try Guys initially addressed the news with a joint statement on social media, officially declaring Ned's departure from the brand following a "thorough internal review." The statement read, "We do not see a path forward together. We thank you for your support as we navigate this change." Since then, both Ned and his wife, Ariel Fulmer, have spoken out on the matter.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by The Try Guys (@tryguys)
As speculation surrounding Ned's extramarital affair reached a fever pitch, the remaining Try Guys released a five-minute video statement about the matter on Oct. 3.
Habersberger and...
- 10/7/2022
- by Pallavi Bhadu
- Popsugar.com
Two of the three remaining Try Guys took to their TryPods podcast today to explain, according to member Keith Habersberger, “What we emotionally went through…our side of the experience for the last month.”
That experience was the very public removal of longtime member Ned Fulmer after they discovered that Fulmer, who is married, had an affair with an unnamed staffer. Further complicating things was the fact that his wife, Ariel Fulmer, hosts a podcast called You Can Sit With Us with the other members’ wives.
Titled “Ok, let’s talk about it,” today’s podcast featured Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld detailing just how overwhelming the news and reaction was for them as well as the decision not to replace Fulmer.
“We processed this almost like a trauma,” Kornfeld explained. “It really rocked our word, but also the ramifications were so clear. I don’t think that I really ever stopped to emotionally process it.
That experience was the very public removal of longtime member Ned Fulmer after they discovered that Fulmer, who is married, had an affair with an unnamed staffer. Further complicating things was the fact that his wife, Ariel Fulmer, hosts a podcast called You Can Sit With Us with the other members’ wives.
Titled “Ok, let’s talk about it,” today’s podcast featured Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld detailing just how overwhelming the news and reaction was for them as well as the decision not to replace Fulmer.
“We processed this almost like a trauma,” Kornfeld explained. “It really rocked our word, but also the ramifications were so clear. I don’t think that I really ever stopped to emotionally process it.
- 10/7/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The Try Guys are opening up about the “trauma” of the cheating scandal that rocked the internet.
The content creator group made headlines in late September after it was revealed one of their co-founders, Ned Fulmer, was engaging in an affair with an employee. While he’s since been removed from the group, the internet is still buzzing over the scandal, with many unconfirmed rumours gaining popularity.
Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and producer Miles Bonsignore took to their podcast “The TryPod” to try to dispel or confirm rumours and set the record straight.
The internet personalities confirmed the theory from fans that they discovered the affair over labour day weekend.
Read More: The Try Guys Explain ‘What Happened’ In New Video Addressing Ned Fulmer Firing
“It was deep shock. I mean, we went through every stage of grief,” shared Kornfeld.
“Over and over and over. I think the stages of grief,...
The content creator group made headlines in late September after it was revealed one of their co-founders, Ned Fulmer, was engaging in an affair with an employee. While he’s since been removed from the group, the internet is still buzzing over the scandal, with many unconfirmed rumours gaining popularity.
Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and producer Miles Bonsignore took to their podcast “The TryPod” to try to dispel or confirm rumours and set the record straight.
The internet personalities confirmed the theory from fans that they discovered the affair over labour day weekend.
Read More: The Try Guys Explain ‘What Happened’ In New Video Addressing Ned Fulmer Firing
“It was deep shock. I mean, we went through every stage of grief,” shared Kornfeld.
“Over and over and over. I think the stages of grief,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
“Ned Fulmer is no longer working with the Try Guys.” With their opening sentence, the stunt Youtube group’s first video since dropping former cohost Fulmer from their roster set a serious tone: one widely different from their usual comedy-driven content. In a five-minute video titled “What Happened,” posted late Monday night, remaining members Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld, and Keith Habersberger gave a quick, decisive, and extremely genuine-sounding statement of facts and their plans for going forward — a move that had fans and casual observers alike telling Hr departments...
- 10/4/2022
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
“This is not who we are, and we took this very seriously,” said Try Guys member Eugene Lee Yang in a video the group posted today addressing the removal of longtime member Ned Fulmer. Yang, along with remaining members Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld confirmed what fans had suspected: Fulmer, who is married, had an affair with an unnamed staffer.
“Ned had engaged in conduct unbecoming of our team,” said Habersberger.
The result is that, to the extent possible, Fulmer’s presence in the group’s videos is being erased, both going forward and retrospectively.
“There are several videos that we’ve deemed as fully unreleasable. You will never see them and that’s due to his involvement,” revealed Kornfeld.
But there are also a few upcoming videos that are sponsored and will include the former member, ostensibly due to contractual obligations.
You can watch their sometimes emotional announcement below.
“Ned had engaged in conduct unbecoming of our team,” said Habersberger.
The result is that, to the extent possible, Fulmer’s presence in the group’s videos is being erased, both going forward and retrospectively.
“There are several videos that we’ve deemed as fully unreleasable. You will never see them and that’s due to his involvement,” revealed Kornfeld.
But there are also a few upcoming videos that are sponsored and will include the former member, ostensibly due to contractual obligations.
You can watch their sometimes emotional announcement below.
- 10/4/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The Try Guys are speaking out about the ousting of founding member Ned Fulmer over an extramarital affair he carried on with an employee.
Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang, the remaining members of the YouTube channel that began its life at BuzzFeed, spoke about Fulmer’s firing in a video posted on Monday titled simply, “what happened.”
“We’re obviously incredibly shocked and deeply hurt by all of this,” Yang said, speaking for the group. “This is someone we’d built a brand and a company with for eight years. We feel saddened not just personally but on behalf of our staff and our fans who believed in us.”
Read More: Ned Fulmer Confirms Extramarital Affair After Viral Cheating Allegations, Gets Terminated From ‘Try Guys’
“We’re losing a friend, we’re losing someone we built a company with,” Kornfeld added, holding back tears.
The group revealed...
Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang, the remaining members of the YouTube channel that began its life at BuzzFeed, spoke about Fulmer’s firing in a video posted on Monday titled simply, “what happened.”
“We’re obviously incredibly shocked and deeply hurt by all of this,” Yang said, speaking for the group. “This is someone we’d built a brand and a company with for eight years. We feel saddened not just personally but on behalf of our staff and our fans who believed in us.”
Read More: Ned Fulmer Confirms Extramarital Affair After Viral Cheating Allegations, Gets Terminated From ‘Try Guys’
“We’re losing a friend, we’re losing someone we built a company with,” Kornfeld added, holding back tears.
The group revealed...
- 10/4/2022
- by etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
The internet experienced a heavy blast from the past today, when members of the online comedy and variety group The Try Guys that first found fame on Buzzfeed were thrust into controversy after one of their members confessed to having an affair.
The Try Guys consist of Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfield, Eugene Lee Yang and formerly Ned Fulmer who founded the project as Buzzfeed employees, and later continued it as its own independent production company and YouTube channel.
Fulmer admitted to having an affair on his wife Ariel, who frequently featured in his personal YouTube videos and Try Guys content as well. He also admitted that he had this extramarital relationship with an employee of the Try Guys company.
“I’m sorry for any pain that my actions may have caused to the guys and the fans but most of all to Ariel,” Fulmer wrote.
He was allegedly photographed kissing...
The Try Guys consist of Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfield, Eugene Lee Yang and formerly Ned Fulmer who founded the project as Buzzfeed employees, and later continued it as its own independent production company and YouTube channel.
Fulmer admitted to having an affair on his wife Ariel, who frequently featured in his personal YouTube videos and Try Guys content as well. He also admitted that he had this extramarital relationship with an employee of the Try Guys company.
“I’m sorry for any pain that my actions may have caused to the guys and the fans but most of all to Ariel,” Fulmer wrote.
He was allegedly photographed kissing...
- 9/29/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Udpate The Ned Fulmer-less Try Guys will take a week off from their regular podcast schedule following Tuesday’s announcement that Fulmer is out of the group.
“The TryPod will be taking a week off, and returning next week on Oct 6,” Try Guys Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang tweeted today. “We wanted to take some time to formulate our thoughts before recording the episode. Thanks for being patient.”
The TryPod will be taking a week off, and returning next week on Oct 6. We wanted to take some time to formulate our thoughts before recording the episode. Thanks for being patient.
— The Try Guys (@tryguys) September 29, 2022
Previous, Sept. 27 Ned Fulmer, part of the massively-popular YouTube channel The Try Guys, whose reputation as a devoted husband and father was a part of his identity, is “no longer working” with the group, according to an official statement just released.
“The TryPod will be taking a week off, and returning next week on Oct 6,” Try Guys Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang tweeted today. “We wanted to take some time to formulate our thoughts before recording the episode. Thanks for being patient.”
The TryPod will be taking a week off, and returning next week on Oct 6. We wanted to take some time to formulate our thoughts before recording the episode. Thanks for being patient.
— The Try Guys (@tryguys) September 29, 2022
Previous, Sept. 27 Ned Fulmer, part of the massively-popular YouTube channel The Try Guys, whose reputation as a devoted husband and father was a part of his identity, is “no longer working” with the group, according to an official statement just released.
- 9/29/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The Try Guys are trying to take a breather. After the popular YouTubers announced Ned Fulmer would no longer be working with the content creators amid his cheating scandal, the remaining members of the group—comprised of Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang—have announced they would be taking a short hiatus from uploading new content to their TryPod podcast. "The TryPod will be taking a week off, and returning next week on Oct 6," a Sept. 29 tweet shared from their official Twitter account read. "We wanted to take some time to formulate our thoughts before recording the episode. Thanks for being patient." The update...
- 9/29/2022
- E! Online
Ned Fulmer is no longer a member of The Try Guys. The embattled personality announced his departure from the group after admitting to an extramarital affair.
Keen-eyed Try Guys fans noticed that Fulmer had been absent from several of the group’s latest videos. In some clips, it appeared as if Fulmer had been hastily cut out, even though he had been present at associated filming sessions.
Rumors soon swirled. Had Fulmer been booted from the group after having an affair? According to the man himself, yes. After The Try Guys tweeted that Fulmer “is no longer working” with his three former co-stars, he took to Twitter himself to admit his infidelity. “Family should have always been my priority, but I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship,” Fulmer said. He apologized for the pain he caused to his wife, colleagues, and fans.
pic.twitter.com/NDKjRBCdIY
— Ned Fulmer...
Keen-eyed Try Guys fans noticed that Fulmer had been absent from several of the group’s latest videos. In some clips, it appeared as if Fulmer had been hastily cut out, even though he had been present at associated filming sessions.
Rumors soon swirled. Had Fulmer been booted from the group after having an affair? According to the man himself, yes. After The Try Guys tweeted that Fulmer “is no longer working” with his three former co-stars, he took to Twitter himself to admit his infidelity. “Family should have always been my priority, but I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship,” Fulmer said. He apologized for the pain he caused to his wife, colleagues, and fans.
pic.twitter.com/NDKjRBCdIY
— Ned Fulmer...
- 9/27/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys is moving on without Ned Fulmer. On Sept. 27, a statement from the popular YouTube comedy group—comprised of Ned, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang—announced that the content creator "is no longer working with The Try Guys." "As a result of a thorough internal review, we do not see a path forward together," the statement continued. "We thank you for your support as we navigate this change." Further reasoning behind Ned's departure was not given, though news of his exit came after allegations that the 35-year-old had cheated on his wife, interior designer Ariel Fulmer, with someone working for The Try...
- 9/27/2022
- E! Online
The Try Guys, a YouTube group famous for their stunt videos and series spanning comedy, food, and entertainment, are officially a trio. The group, which consisted of Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfield, and Keith Habersberger, announced Tuesday that Fulmer was out of the group.
“Ned Fulmer is no longer working with The Try Guys,” the official Instagram account posted in a statement. “As a result of a thorough review, we do not see a path forward together. We thank you for your support as we navigate this change.
“Ned Fulmer is no longer working with The Try Guys,” the official Instagram account posted in a statement. “As a result of a thorough review, we do not see a path forward together. We thank you for your support as we navigate this change.
- 9/27/2022
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
The Try Guys are coming to TV with a brand new cooking and travel vehicle entitled No Recipe Road Trip, which has just received a full-season order at the Food Network.
Back in February, the Food Network announced a one-off special of the same name, but has now ordered five additional episodes to comprise a six-episode season, Variety reports. A premiere date has not yet been announced, though the series will be distributed on both television and nascent streamer Discovery+.
No Recipe Road Trip will see the Try Guys -- Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang -- attempting to whip up classic dishes and restaurant specialties in kitchens across America. While the pilot has already been shot, the remaining episodes are currently in pre-production.
Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
Back in February, the Food Network announced a one-off special of the same name, but has now ordered five additional episodes to comprise a six-episode season, Variety reports. A premiere date has not yet been announced, though the series will be distributed on both television and nascent streamer Discovery+.
No Recipe Road Trip will see the Try Guys -- Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang -- attempting to whip up classic dishes and restaurant specialties in kitchens across America. While the pilot has already been shot, the remaining episodes are currently in pre-production.
Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
- 9/9/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Discovery’s Food Network is hungry for more on-the-road cooking improv escapades from the Try Guys, the YouTube viral-video comedy troupe.
The cabler picked up “No Recipe Road Trip With the Try Guys” to series, with an additional five-episode order. Food Network previously had announced a deal with the Try Guys for a one-off special of the same name; the special will now air as part of Season 1 so there will now be six episodes total. No premiere date has been set for the hour-long “No Recipe Road Trip” series, which likely will be available on both Food Network and Discovery Plus.
In the show, the Try Guys take their no-recipe mentality on the road, testing their mettle in kitchens across America by attempting to whip up a variety of classic dishes and restaurant specialties — with some “surprising and hilarious results,” per Food Network. Pre-production is currently under way on the additional episodes.
The cabler picked up “No Recipe Road Trip With the Try Guys” to series, with an additional five-episode order. Food Network previously had announced a deal with the Try Guys for a one-off special of the same name; the special will now air as part of Season 1 so there will now be six episodes total. No premiere date has been set for the hour-long “No Recipe Road Trip” series, which likely will be available on both Food Network and Discovery Plus.
In the show, the Try Guys take their no-recipe mentality on the road, testing their mettle in kitchens across America by attempting to whip up a variety of classic dishes and restaurant specialties — with some “surprising and hilarious results,” per Food Network. Pre-production is currently under way on the additional episodes.
- 9/9/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
YouTube is launching four originals timed for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, hoping to get in on the action for the global sporting event of the summer.
The nonfiction programming from the Google-owned video giant features American gymnast Gabby Douglas, who was the 2012 Olympic all-around champion, and The Try Guys — Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang — the YouTube comedy foursome who launched their careers at BuzzFeed.
The YouTube originals are all premiering ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place July 23-Aug. 8 after being rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here’s a rundown of the four projects, which are part of YouTube’s learning originals:
“Strive” – Premieres June 30 on The Players’ Tribune YouTube channel: Six-part docuseries hosted by USA Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas follows the journey of refugee athletes to compete either under the Olympic Refugee Flag or under...
The nonfiction programming from the Google-owned video giant features American gymnast Gabby Douglas, who was the 2012 Olympic all-around champion, and The Try Guys — Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang — the YouTube comedy foursome who launched their careers at BuzzFeed.
The YouTube originals are all premiering ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place July 23-Aug. 8 after being rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here’s a rundown of the four projects, which are part of YouTube’s learning originals:
“Strive” – Premieres June 30 on The Players’ Tribune YouTube channel: Six-part docuseries hosted by USA Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas follows the journey of refugee athletes to compete either under the Olympic Refugee Flag or under...
- 6/24/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Competition series from Kal Penn and ice cream manufacturers Ben & Jerry’s are part of Food Network and Cooking Channel’s latest slate of originals.
The Discovery-owned networks are plotting over 30 new series and more than 25 returning series for the second half of the year as part of 400 hour of food-focused programming for cable and streamer Discovery+.
Penn is hosting Money Hungry, a contest that requires the abilities of a super taster combined with a wide-reaching culinary knowledge to complete a series of increasingly difficult taste tests encompassing the entire world of flavors.
Ben and Jerry’s: The Cold Wars (w/t), is an ice cream competition, where teams of future flavor gurus create wildly imaginative and out-of-this-world frozen treats in a bid for the grand prize.
Elsewhere, The Try Guys – Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang – are fronting No Recipe Road Trip with...
The Discovery-owned networks are plotting over 30 new series and more than 25 returning series for the second half of the year as part of 400 hour of food-focused programming for cable and streamer Discovery+.
Penn is hosting Money Hungry, a contest that requires the abilities of a super taster combined with a wide-reaching culinary knowledge to complete a series of increasingly difficult taste tests encompassing the entire world of flavors.
Ben and Jerry’s: The Cold Wars (w/t), is an ice cream competition, where teams of future flavor gurus create wildly imaginative and out-of-this-world frozen treats in a bid for the grand prize.
Elsewhere, The Try Guys – Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang – are fronting No Recipe Road Trip with...
- 6/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Food is one of the most popular content categories on YouTube, so it would follow that creators in the space might pursue culinary merch products -- rather than or in addition to traditional apparel items -- in building their burgeoning online empires.
And beyond the Rosanna Pansinos and Sean Evanses of the world, even non-food YouTube creators -- like David Dobrik (who is rumored to be getting into the pizza business), coffee entrepreneur Emma Chamberlain, and The Try Guys' Keith Habersberger (hot sauce) and Zach Kornfeld (looseleaf team) -- are trying their hands at culinary ventures.
In many ways, says Kornfeld -- who sold out of the 25,000-piece initial run for his Zadiko tea brand -- launching a food product harnesses the same skills as being a video creator.
"The product is just step one, but then you need the graphic design and the marketing, and, above all, the story,...
And beyond the Rosanna Pansinos and Sean Evanses of the world, even non-food YouTube creators -- like David Dobrik (who is rumored to be getting into the pizza business), coffee entrepreneur Emma Chamberlain, and The Try Guys' Keith Habersberger (hot sauce) and Zach Kornfeld (looseleaf team) -- are trying their hands at culinary ventures.
In many ways, says Kornfeld -- who sold out of the 25,000-piece initial run for his Zadiko tea brand -- launching a food product harnesses the same skills as being a video creator.
"The product is just step one, but then you need the graphic design and the marketing, and, above all, the story,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Try Guys star Zach Kornfeld is dipping into the beverage business -- a path that has been trod by countless influencers before him.
The 30-year-old has launched Zadiko, a loose leaf tea brand that sold out promptly upon its launch on Aug. 17, and which is being restocked today. A total of 25,000 units sold out in just under 12 hours last week, Kornfeld tells Tubefilter. Zadiko comprises three SKUs -- Zach’s Breakfast blend ($20), a second flavor dubbed Mission Chill ($20), and a duo pack ($35). That means that, at the very least, Kornfeld sold half a million dollars worth of tea on launch day.
This marks the second food/beverage brand to be launched by one of The Try Guys, who count subscribers 7.3 million subscribers and roughly 50 million monthly views on their flagship YouTube channel. Zadiko follows the launch of Keith Habersberger’s hot sauce brand in December. Kornfeld tells Tubefilter that while...
The 30-year-old has launched Zadiko, a loose leaf tea brand that sold out promptly upon its launch on Aug. 17, and which is being restocked today. A total of 25,000 units sold out in just under 12 hours last week, Kornfeld tells Tubefilter. Zadiko comprises three SKUs -- Zach’s Breakfast blend ($20), a second flavor dubbed Mission Chill ($20), and a duo pack ($35). That means that, at the very least, Kornfeld sold half a million dollars worth of tea on launch day.
This marks the second food/beverage brand to be launched by one of The Try Guys, who count subscribers 7.3 million subscribers and roughly 50 million monthly views on their flagship YouTube channel. Zadiko follows the launch of Keith Habersberger’s hot sauce brand in December. Kornfeld tells Tubefilter that while...
- 8/24/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Keith Habersberger, one-fourth of the megawatt YouTube team The Try Guys, has launched his very own hot sauce -- and fans are eating it up.
The $12 bottles of sauce were born of Habersberger’s well-established love for fried chicken, and the finished product has accordingly been dubbed Keith's Chicken Sauce. Habersberger worked on the venture with Heatonist, an online hot sauce retailer that also owns two storefronts in New York, and which also collaborates with YouTube star Sean Evans, host of the popular Hot Ones series..
For its part, Keith’s Chicken Sauce aims to channel ranch flavors, and also features Vermont maple syrup as well as sour cream powder for a creamier texture. In addition to chicken, Heatonist -- which sells roughly 100 different hot sauces from 60 small-batch producers (in addition to its own creations) -- says that the sauce is right at home on french fries, grilled cheese, and pizza.
The $12 bottles of sauce were born of Habersberger’s well-established love for fried chicken, and the finished product has accordingly been dubbed Keith's Chicken Sauce. Habersberger worked on the venture with Heatonist, an online hot sauce retailer that also owns two storefronts in New York, and which also collaborates with YouTube star Sean Evans, host of the popular Hot Ones series..
For its part, Keith’s Chicken Sauce aims to channel ranch flavors, and also features Vermont maple syrup as well as sour cream powder for a creamier texture. In addition to chicken, Heatonist -- which sells roughly 100 different hot sauces from 60 small-batch producers (in addition to its own creations) -- says that the sauce is right at home on french fries, grilled cheese, and pizza.
- 12/13/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys are tackling two new creative ventures: podcasting and touring.
The foursome -- aka Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang -- hit fans with two big announcements in their latest upload this past Saturday.
First, they dropped the opening episode of their new weekly podcast, The TryPod. Then they announced their first live tour, The Try Guys Legends of the Internet Tour, will see them travel to 20 cities this June and July.
Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
The foursome -- aka Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang -- hit fans with two big announcements in their latest upload this past Saturday.
First, they dropped the opening episode of their new weekly podcast, The TryPod. Then they announced their first live tour, The Try Guys Legends of the Internet Tour, will see them travel to 20 cities this June and July.
Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
- 5/6/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
That’s right — the eighth annual Streamy Awards are officially here, showcasing the best and brightest in online video. The Streamys, which are put on by dick clark productions and Tubefilter, are being presented this year in partnership with YouTube. So, of course, they’re streaming in full on the awards’ dedicated YouTube channel right now.
Those who tune in will be treated to some of YouTube’s most powerful voices — the winners, yes, but also the hosts and presenters. This year’s Streamys are being hosted by none other than powerhouse creative group The Try Guys, aka Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld, who in June struck out from BuzzFeed to launch their own production studio, 2nd Try LLC.
The Try Guys will be joined by a swath of YouTube sensations and celebrity presenters, including Kalen Allen, BlameItOnKway, Molly Burke, Dobre Brothers, Miles Brown, Sofie Dossi,...
Those who tune in will be treated to some of YouTube’s most powerful voices — the winners, yes, but also the hosts and presenters. This year’s Streamys are being hosted by none other than powerhouse creative group The Try Guys, aka Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld, who in June struck out from BuzzFeed to launch their own production studio, 2nd Try LLC.
The Try Guys will be joined by a swath of YouTube sensations and celebrity presenters, including Kalen Allen, BlameItOnKway, Molly Burke, Dobre Brothers, Miles Brown, Sofie Dossi,...
- 10/23/2018
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
The Try Guys have some big shoes to fill. Following YouTube star Jon Cozart’s wickedly funny turn as host of last year’s Streamy Awards, the comedy quartet has been tapped to headline this year’s show.
The Try Guys -- comprising Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld -- rose to renown on BuzzFeed with viral clips in which they attempted various uproarious feats, including labor pain simulation and swimming with sharks. Since the launch of the supergroup in 2014, the Guys have netted 1 billion views across all social platforms. In June, they ventured out on their own to form an independent production company called 2nd Try -- with BuzzFeed remaining onboard as an ad sales partner.
In addition to hosting duties (the Guys promised "amazing performances and surprises" in an Instagram post), the group is nominated for two awards this year: ‘Audience Choice: Show Of...
The Try Guys -- comprising Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld -- rose to renown on BuzzFeed with viral clips in which they attempted various uproarious feats, including labor pain simulation and swimming with sharks. Since the launch of the supergroup in 2014, the Guys have netted 1 billion views across all social platforms. In June, they ventured out on their own to form an independent production company called 2nd Try -- with BuzzFeed remaining onboard as an ad sales partner.
In addition to hosting duties (the Guys promised "amazing performances and surprises" in an Instagram post), the group is nominated for two awards this year: ‘Audience Choice: Show Of...
- 10/4/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: The comedy team known as The Try Guys have been set as the hosts of the 8th Annual Streamy Awards while Eva Gutowski, Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Liza Koshy, LaurDIY, Tana Mongeau, and Patrick Starrr have been announced as presenters. The Stream Awards will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and will air exclusively on YouTube Oct. 22 at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt.
Nominated for two Streamy Awards this year, The Try Guys includes Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang. They are best known as one of BuzzFeed’s most successful viral video creators. The quartet formed their own independent production company 2nd Try. As their name suggests, they are known for “trying” everything from swimming with sharks to using a labor pain simulator.
The Streamy Awards nominations were unveiled last week with David Dobrik leading the pack with six nominations, while veteran...
Nominated for two Streamy Awards this year, The Try Guys includes Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang. They are best known as one of BuzzFeed’s most successful viral video creators. The quartet formed their own independent production company 2nd Try. As their name suggests, they are known for “trying” everything from swimming with sharks to using a labor pain simulator.
The Streamy Awards nominations were unveiled last week with David Dobrik leading the pack with six nominations, while veteran...
- 10/4/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Try Guys, BuzzFeed’s longtime foursome of viral video makers, are finally leaving the media company to go out on their own.
The group, made up of former BuzzFeed employees Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld, are launching an independent production company called 2nd Try LLC. The company will gain all rights to The Try Guys brand, including its social media presence, though BuzzFeed will remain along for the ride as a branded content and advertising sales representative.
The Try Guys formed at BuzzFeed in 2014, where they’ve received over 1.5 billion total video views as of the first quarter of this year. Their most popular video, "The Try Guys Try Labor Pain Simulation," has more than 31 million YouTube views and over 108 million views on Facebook.
With 2nd Try LLC, Fulmer, Yang, Habersberger, and Kornfeld will work on feature films, new series, and live tours among other projects.
The group, made up of former BuzzFeed employees Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld, are launching an independent production company called 2nd Try LLC. The company will gain all rights to The Try Guys brand, including its social media presence, though BuzzFeed will remain along for the ride as a branded content and advertising sales representative.
The Try Guys formed at BuzzFeed in 2014, where they’ve received over 1.5 billion total video views as of the first quarter of this year. Their most popular video, "The Try Guys Try Labor Pain Simulation," has more than 31 million YouTube views and over 108 million views on Facebook.
With 2nd Try LLC, Fulmer, Yang, Habersberger, and Kornfeld will work on feature films, new series, and live tours among other projects.
- 6/21/2018
- by Jessica Klein
- Tubefilter.com
For many families, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an integral holiday morning tradition. In 2016, NBC modernized its yearly spectacle by partnering with Verizon to launch a live stream that offered 360-degree views of the floats, performances, and assorted acts that rolled through Manhattan.
Now, with Turkey Day right around the corner, Verizon and NBCUniversal are teaming up for the second straight year. The 2017 live stream of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will go live at 9 Am Est on Thursday, November 23 via the Verizon YouTube channel. Olivia Culpo, who emceed the digital broadcast last year, will return as co-host; this year, she'll be joined by Keith Habersberger, the BuzzFeed employee best known as one of the four members of the internet-famous outfit The Try Guys.
The live stream will once again approach the parade from all angles. Multiple cameras will capture the action, and they will have 360-degree functionality, which...
Now, with Turkey Day right around the corner, Verizon and NBCUniversal are teaming up for the second straight year. The 2017 live stream of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will go live at 9 Am Est on Thursday, November 23 via the Verizon YouTube channel. Olivia Culpo, who emceed the digital broadcast last year, will return as co-host; this year, she'll be joined by Keith Habersberger, the BuzzFeed employee best known as one of the four members of the internet-famous outfit The Try Guys.
The live stream will once again approach the parade from all angles. Multiple cameras will capture the action, and they will have 360-degree functionality, which...
- 11/21/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
In an effort to appease the on-screen hosts who have made its video content so popular, BuzzFeed has worked with those hosts on long-form projects. One of those projects is Squad Wars, a new YouTube Red series that stars the daring foursome known as The Try Guys.
In the BuzzFeed-produced videos they are known for, The Try Guys -- Eugene Lee Yang, Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld -- take on challenges ranging from labor pains to ancient Olympic pains, with often hilarious results. Their YouTube Red show invites famous “squads” to take on similarly ridiculous tasks, with The Try Guys (as well as a few celebrity guests) serving as judges. Each episode will feature two teams battling it out in a specified competition to see which one gets to take how the coveted prize known as the “Try-phy.”
The combatants will be famous showpeople in their own right.
In the BuzzFeed-produced videos they are known for, The Try Guys -- Eugene Lee Yang, Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld -- take on challenges ranging from labor pains to ancient Olympic pains, with often hilarious results. Their YouTube Red show invites famous “squads” to take on similarly ridiculous tasks, with The Try Guys (as well as a few celebrity guests) serving as judges. Each episode will feature two teams battling it out in a specified competition to see which one gets to take how the coveted prize known as the “Try-phy.”
The combatants will be famous showpeople in their own right.
- 1/27/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
After months of ass-kicking trailers and a nonstop barrage of crazy on set stories (Jared Leto gifting used condoms will live in production story infamy), “Suicide Squad” is finally ready to be unleashed in theaters this Friday, August 5. The story of everyone’s favorite DC villains as they band together to fight an unknown evil and reduce their prison sentences, the superhero movie is gearing up for a huge opening weekend (tracking suggests it’ll make at least $125 million) and might be Warner Brothers’ key in getting their superhero universe back on the right track after the lackluster response to “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
Read More: ‘Suicide Squad’ International Trailer Plays Up Craziness, Gun-Toting Panda Included — Watch
Tonight, director David Ayer and the cast celebrate the release at the film’s official premiere in New York City. Twitter is partnering up with Buzzfeed Motion Pictures for an exclusive...
Read More: ‘Suicide Squad’ International Trailer Plays Up Craziness, Gun-Toting Panda Included — Watch
Tonight, director David Ayer and the cast celebrate the release at the film’s official premiere in New York City. Twitter is partnering up with Buzzfeed Motion Pictures for an exclusive...
- 8/1/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Ryan ToysReview held onto its #1 spot on the worldwide chart for the eight week in a row. The online video repository of the toddler's playtime footage was up 2% in views to op out at more than 137.3 million views on the week. In a kinda close second place is T-Series. India's self-proclaimed largest music label and movie studio jumped up 15% in views to close out the week with more almost 126.9 million of them.
Webs & Tiaras - Toy Monster Compilations dropped down to third place. The oddball collection of videos featuring comic book superheroes and cartoon princesses in surprising live-action situations hopped up 3% in views to amass mover than 120.9 million views in the week. next up in the #4 spot is netd müzik. The YouTube home of the Turkish music conglomerate stayed relatively constant in its view count, scoring nearly 113.6 million views during the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is WWE. World...
Webs & Tiaras - Toy Monster Compilations dropped down to third place. The oddball collection of videos featuring comic book superheroes and cartoon princesses in surprising live-action situations hopped up 3% in views to amass mover than 120.9 million views in the week. next up in the #4 spot is netd müzik. The YouTube home of the Turkish music conglomerate stayed relatively constant in its view count, scoring nearly 113.6 million views during the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is WWE. World...
- 7/23/2016
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
In addition to its more than three billion global monthly video views, 200 million unique monthly visitors to its web destination, and ingenious social media and content distribution strategies, BuzzFeed has something else to brag about. Its homegrown video stars.
The site that's home to innumerable listicles, millennial-inclined quizzes, and actual hard news (peppered with its fair share of investigative journalism) has produced fully-fledged social media and online video celebrities by way of its careful consideration of emotionally-engaging content. BuzzFeed Motion Pictures President, Ze Frank empowers a crafty team of multi-hyphenates (all of whom write, shoot, and edit their own videos) to create content made for niches, but that's appealing to the masses. A few individuals and entities have emerged, attracting their own following beyond their close relationship with the BuzzFeed brand, but none are perhaps more popular than The Try Guys.
Eugene Lee, Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld...
The site that's home to innumerable listicles, millennial-inclined quizzes, and actual hard news (peppered with its fair share of investigative journalism) has produced fully-fledged social media and online video celebrities by way of its careful consideration of emotionally-engaging content. BuzzFeed Motion Pictures President, Ze Frank empowers a crafty team of multi-hyphenates (all of whom write, shoot, and edit their own videos) to create content made for niches, but that's appealing to the masses. A few individuals and entities have emerged, attracting their own following beyond their close relationship with the BuzzFeed brand, but none are perhaps more popular than The Try Guys.
Eugene Lee, Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld...
- 5/17/2016
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.