POYKPAC
| POYKPAC | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Internet, television, film, stage, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Genres | sketch, parody, satire, character comedy |
| Notable works and roles | "Hipster Olympics" "Mario: Game Over" Good Morning Internet "The Walken Dead" "Craigslist Dating" "'Llectuals" Coloring for Grown-Ups |
| Members | Ryan Hall Ryan Hunter Taige Jensen Jenn Lyon Maggie Ross |
| Website | www |
POYKPAC is a Brooklyn-based comedy troupe consisting of five writer/performers (Ryan Hall, Ryan Hunter, Taige Jensen, Jenn Lyon, and Maggie Ross).
The group has over 62,000 subscribers and more than 79 million views on YouTube. They are most well known for their YouTube videos Hipster Olympics and Mario: Game Over.
Hunter, Ross and Lyon met at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, teaming up with Jensen and Hall in 2006 after meeting them in New York. In their early years the group was headquartered in the 255 McKibbin lofts, an experience that was documented in their video "Bushwick Home Movies". At this time the group lived in close proximity to acquaintances Waverly Films.
POYKPAC's first internet hit was 2007's "Mario: Game Over," which to date has been viewed over 50 million times. "Hipster Olympics" was uploaded 2 months later, attaining 3.5 million views.
The group was awarded 2nd prize in the YouTube Sketchies II contest in April 2008 for their video "Voice Talkers."
As of January 2014, POYKPAC has over 170 video uploads on their YouTube channel.
In the summer of 2008, POYKPAC created Good Morning Internet! a 15-episode webseries for the Independent Film Channel, which also aired on IFC's television network.
In the summer of 2009, POYKPAC invited 7 other internet comedy groups to live on their roof for two weeks and make videos together. Participants included Dave McCary, Kyle Mooney and Nick Rutherford from Good Neighbor, Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson of Those Aren't Muskets and Cracked.com, Ben and Rafi Fine of the Fine Brothers, Marcie Hume from LOOinLONDON, Tyler Brown, Noah Byrne and Adam Justice from Horsehead Businessman, Brian McElhaney from BriTANicK, and Scott Gairdner, in addition to the 5 Poykpackers in attendance. The endeavor culminated in a screening at Public Assembly in Brooklyn.
Ryan Hall currently hosts the series "StereoTypes" on Pharrell Williams' i am OTHER network.
Ryan Hunter writes & directs for Broadway Video's Above Average network, as well as for the Upright Citizens Brigade.
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