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The Fastest Growing Teen YouTube Video: Fred

by Vanessa Van Petten

I don’t get it.  No, really, I don’t get it.

The fastest growing YouTube channel right now is produced by “Fred.”  Fred is a teenage boy who strives to be a chipmunk, or Cartman from Southpark, I can’t tell which.  He doesn’t actually want to be one of those characters, but he only uses that crazy voice in his videos. Just watch

…don’t have the volume down
…and no, it never gets better
…and yes this really is the most popular YouTube video
…Ya, I am sorry you have to watch this.

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My version, and poking fun at these Fred videos:

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Fred is some kid who is obsessed with Judy (who that is I have no idea) and now sells Zipits—a kind of phone.  I just wanted to update you on this fascinating, I mean, annoying, I mean, interesting trend.  I decided to make my own Fred, or Fredia video about the fact that I do not understand why this is so popular.  He was even invited as a guest on iCarly.  Yes, Fred still used his ‘voice’ on iCarly.

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 katy March 24, 2009 at 8:19 am

You sound so cute! Not annoying as Fred :)

2 Vanessa Van Petten March 24, 2009 at 8:28 am

oh goodness, thanks Katy, I think I sound horribly annoying, but so far my teens have loved it = ) can you believe fred is so popular?

3 Stevie April 9, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Of coarse fred is popular! teen boy are extreemly imature (Siriously! i’m in high school and still have boy that sit in classes and make farting noices and they all laugh!) and you know teen girls, they will watch it if they hear that the cute boys are watching it, so they have something to talk about… lol its simple really

4 Vanessa Van Petten April 9, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Thanks for adding Stevie, everyone always watches what they think everyone else is watching = )

Vanessa

5 dana April 13, 2009 at 10:39 am

actually he does not use his fred voice all the time, just when carly&sam put one of his fred videos, after that he appears as a normal teen [btw, his actual name is lucas] anyways your version is waaaayyy better.

P.S. loved your version of the mom’s song!

6 Vanessa Van Petten April 18, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Hi Dana
Thanks so much

and, of course, thanks for reading!

Vanessa

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