Over the next couple of years, Milonakis would make guest appearances on the talk show, with Kimmel saying in a 2005 Washington Post article that "his comedy is something that probably would have been around a long time ago if kids had access to video cameras and editing machines and the Internet." One of those original viewers was Jimmy Kimmel, who had started hosting his Jimmy Kimmel Live show and found an affinity for the comedic actor. Radio stations across the country contacted Milonakis for interviews. So I was like, I'm going to make a video about it," Milonakis recalls.įilmed on a grainy webcam, Milonakis changed his life trajectory after he posted his breakout viral hit, "The Superbowl is Gay." The three-minute clip of Milonakis calling everything from DVDs to McDonald's "gay," outdated and somewhat offensive humor by today's standards, went viral at the time. "My friends invited me to a Superbowl game and I just, I didn't really like sports. Milonakis was born in 1976 in Katonah, New York with a congenital growth hormone deficiency that gives him the appearance and voice of an adolescent.
Milonakis was the first viral star to get his own television show Insider spoke to Milonakis about his career, how he got his start live streaming on Twitch and what he hopes he can achieve in this next phase of his career. Listing his accomplishments sounds a bit like you created a career with a random generator: he achieved mainstream success on MTV with "The Andy Milonakis Show," voiced a microwave in a children's television show, started a rap group with actor Simon Rex, and pioneered real-world live-streaming on Twitch. The 45-year-old television star, content creator, rapper, influencer, and comedian has managed to keep his career alive for nearly two decades after he went viral pre-YouTube. Almost every day, he livestreams the gorgeous landscape to thousands of viewers on Twitch. It often indicates a user profile.Īndy Milonakis has spent the past two months in the mountains on the island of Crete, Greece at his grandparent's house. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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