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 Danny (right) and Michael Philippou in March 2020 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Daniel Philippou Michael Philippou Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||
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| Also known as | RackaRacka | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 6.66 million[1] (10 May 2022) | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.14 billion[1] (11 November 2021) | |||||||||
| Network | Naomi Lennon and Studio 71 | |||||||||
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Last updated: 14 Jul 2022 | ||||||||||
RackaRacka is an Australian YouTube channel created and run by twin filmmaker brothers Daniel "Danny" and Michael Philippou, based in Los Angeles, California (originally from Adelaide, South Australia).[2] The channel is known for its intense live action horror comedy videos,[3][4][5] as well as for their videos that satirise McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald as a high-pitched speaking psychopathic killer clown. Most of its videos have been known for containing excessive amounts of graphic violence, vulgarity and sexual content, resulting in a handful of them being flagged on YouTube due to controversy as well as being banned in several countries.[6]
History
The channel's first huge success was Harry Potter vs Star Wars, which attracted 7 million views in a week.[7] This video won in the Best Comedy and Best Overall categories at the 2014 Australian Online Video Awards.[8] In September 2015, the channel won the award for Best International YouTube Channel at the 6th Streamy Awards.[9]
On 10 July 2017, Danny and Michael revealed that they moved into a mansion with their close friends, marking the beginning of a series of videos for the channel titled House of Racka, which combined their real-life adventures and special effects skills altogether into a vlog-like series.[10] The House of Racka series became the majority of the channel's uploads for around a year. On 2 April 2018, among complaints of YouTube demonetising the channel, the brothers announced that they were being evicted from their mansion. Many fans thought this meant the end of the channel, as the video contained an emotional tribute to the experiences the twins had in the mansion, in a more sombre mood than they usually projected.[11] This was later proven to be false, however, as the two later revealed that the House of Racka series was the only cancellation to their YouTube careers.[12]
On 25 August 2018, Michael fought on the undercard KSI vs Logan Paul boxing event, where he beat Scarce by TKO.[13] Due to lack of demonetisation on the main RackaRacka channel, on 14 December 2019 the brothers created a new channel called Left on Red, vowing to upload a shorter and possibly more marketable video to the channel daily.[14]
On 16 December 2019, the brothers announced that Michael had been charged by South Australia Police with numerous crimes related to a video uploaded on 16 January 2019, which depicted him driving a heavily modified and watertight car on public roads while completely submerged and breathing partially through a hole in the roof.[15][16] Other claims included that the brothers had been charged for quite a while and were unaware they were being sought by law enforcement; most of them were confirmed when Michael was ordered to appear in court on 14 January 2020.[17]
Film
In 2020, the twins announced that they would be making their feature-length directorial debut on a horror film titled Talk to Me with Australian production company Causeway Films,[18] which made The Babadook. Talk to Me has its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 30 October 2022,[19][20] the closing night of the festival. The cast includes Miranda Otto and Sophie Wilde, with the storyline about a young woman who summons dead spirits with a ceramic hand.[21]
Filmography
- Talk to Me (2022)
- Bring Her Back (TBA)
Michael Philippou filmography
Daniel "Danny" Philippou filmography
Amateur boxing record
Michael Phillipou
| 1 fight | 1 win | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 |  John Scarce
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TKO | 3 (3), 0:24 | 25 Aug 2018 |  Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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See also
References
- ^ a b "About Therackaracka". YouTube.
- ^ Video on YouTube They moved in 2019.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (4 June 2015). "YouTube Millionaires: For Racka Racka, "The Whole Process Is Chaos"". Tubefilter.
- ^ Beckerman, Marty (8 August 2014). "The 'Epic Childhood' Guys Explain Their Crazy Backyard Wrestling Video". MTV.
- ^ Yeung, Chantelle (24 September 2015). "The Racka Racka (Australia) talk about their stunt and special effects videos at YouTube FanFest Sydney 2015". Hello Asia!.
- ^ Diver, Mike (18 August 2015). "Here's What 'Mortal Kombat' Would Look Like in Real Life". Vice.
- ^ Galletly, Jessica (4 May 2014). "SA filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou create a YouTube sensation with Harry Potter vs Star Wars". The Advertiser.
- ^ Hawker, Philippa (15 October 2014). "Harry Potter vs Star Wars YouTube hit wins Australian Online Video Award for twins". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Grant, Peter (17 September 2015). "RackaRacka Take Home Streamy for Best International Channel!". Blog, BBTV. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "We got a mansion!!!!". YouTube. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "The End of RackaRacka *not clickbait*". YouTube. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Our future ..." YouTube. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Goldstein, DG (25 August 2018). "All Results From the KSI vs Logan Paul Undercard Fights". Dexerto. Dexerto LTD. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Meeting friend's hot girlfriend". YouTube. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "We got ARRESTED. 9 charges pending ..." YouTube. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Driving world's first UNDERWATER CAR ft. Jackson O'doherty". YouTube. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "YouTube prankster in court for driving car filled with water to Adelaide bottle shop". ABC. Adelaide, AU. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "The best news of my life !! *emotional*". YouTube. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Smith, Matthew (7 October 2022). "RackaRacka brothers to release debut film Talk to Me at Adelaide Film Festival". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "First look at Talk to Me, upcoming horror feature by Youtube sensation RackaRacka". Adelaide Film Festival. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ Debelle, Penelope (7 October 2022). "The state of science fiction". InDaily . Retrieved 9 October 2022.