Michael Buckley (Internet celebrity)
| Michael Buckley | |
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Buckley in 2013
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| Born |
Michael John Buckley June 8, 1975 Wallingford, Connecticut, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Buck |
| Years active | July 2005 – present |
| Known for | Comedy, pop culture commentary |
| Website | Youtube.com/WhatTheBuckShow |
| Internet information | |
| Web alias(es) |
YouTube: peron75, WHATTHEBUCKSHOW, bucknews, bucksphone Twitter: buckhollywood, shutupbuck |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube, ConnecTV Twitter, Facebook |
Michael John Buckley (born June 8, 1975) is an American Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger. Noted for his vlog What the Buck?!, Buckley comments on popular culture events and celebrities. He also maintains one of YouTube's most popular entertainment channels. Buckley "broke all records" of YouTube ratings when four of his shows ended up on the week's ten top-rated videos. Buckley has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times discussing Internet entrepreneurship and The Advocate discussing homophobia on the Internet. On March 18, 2008, he won a 2007 YouTube Awards for best commentary with the video "LonelyGirl15 is Dead!"
Buckley is one of three children and moved to his parents' summer home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts after graduating from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire with a degree in psychology. He began working at a group home for children with developmental disabilities. He worked at Harwich Junior Theatre where he directed and choreographed Into the Woods and Leader of the Pack. He starred in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Little Women at HJT. In 2002, he moved back to Connecticut and started a "normal 9–5 office job" at Livenation. After appearing on television with his friend Kristin Tierney for a fund-raising drive for CPTV the two decided to create a public-access television cable TV chat show called Table for Two at local public-access television studio in July 2005.
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