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Genre | Comedy |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 600+ (list of episodes) |
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Cinematography | Miles Bonsignore |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Production companies | Buzzfeed Motion Pictures (2014–2018) 2nd Try LLC. (2018–present) |
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Original network | YouTube |
Original release | September 12, 2014 present | –
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Related shows | Squad Wars |
The Try Guys is an American online entertainment group and media production company which produces content for their YouTube channel. The group was founded by Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang; Fulmer left the company in September 2022. The Try Guys are known for testing a wide range of activities, such as testing their sperm count, raising toddlers, shaving their legs, and wearing women's underwear. The four men created The Try Guys while working for BuzzFeed, before separating themselves from the internet media giant in 2018 and forming their own company, 2nd Try LLC. They have since expanded their company to include more than twenty employees, starred in a show on the Food Network, and released a book titled The Hidden Power of F*cking Up. Their main channel now features several different series.
The group was formed at the company BuzzFeed in 2014 by then-employees Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld,[1] with the creation of their first video "Guys Try Ladies' Underwear for the First Time".
Their show Squad Wars premiered on YouTube Red in early 2017. Their most-watched video, "The Try Guys Try Labor Pain Simulation," has garnered over 35 million views as of March 2021.[2] The group has accumulated over 100 million views among their videos on BuzzFeed's YouTube channel.[3] In 2017, the Try Guys were nominated for the Streamy Awards audience choice: Show of the Year award.[4] In 2018, the Try Guys hosted the 8th annual Streamy Awards and won the audience choice: Show of the Year award, the same one for which they had been nominated in 2017.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Filming typically occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in Glendale and Burbank.[13]
On June 16, 2018, The Try Guys announced that they had left BuzzFeed and started their own independent production company, 2nd Try LLC.[14][15] 2nd Try LLC gained all rights to The Try Guys brand though BuzzFeed will remain as branded content and advertising sales representative for 2nd Try LLC.[16] On December 2, 2019, the Try Guys explained that they decided to leave Buzzfeed as their contracts' expiring, with Kornfeld and Fulmer contributing to the idea of developing their own independent production company while discussing the future of The Try Guys.[17] On their own YouTube channel, the Try Guys have received over 1.6 billion views[18][better source needed] and over 7.5 million subscribers.[19] Slate highlighted that nearly 80% of their subscribers are women and that their audience "skews young, particularly women in their late teens and early 20s".[19]
On January 30, 2019, the Try Guys announced that they'd co-written a book, The Hidden Power of F*cking Up.[20] It was released by HarperCollins on June 18, 2019.[21] The book follows each of the four Try Guys as they challenge themselves to improve their lives, discussing how their failures have impacted them and helped them grow. The Hidden Power of F*cking Up reached the number one position on the New York Times Best Seller list in the self help, advice, and miscellaneous category soon after its release.[22] One review described it as "completely approachable in the way it's written… an honest, open discussion about failure."[23]
By 2021, the company had grown to almost 24 employees.[24] The Try Guys host the Food Network show No Recipe Road Trip with the Try Guys, inspired by their YouTube series Without A Recipe.[25][26] The show, initially a one-off special, was due to premiere on Discovery+ and Food Network in 2021,[26] but was postponed when it was ordered for a six-episode season,[27] which began August 31, 2022.[28]
On September 27, 2022, the Try Guys announced that Fulmer would no longer be working with the group following an internal review regarding Fulmer having an extramarital affair with an employee.[29][30][31][32][33] Zoë Aiko Sonnenberg, writing for Slate, analyzed that beyond the Try Guys' comedy "shtick", their brand promises the "performance of authenticity" with personas as "good guys".[19] Sonnenberg wrote, "to this end, all four of the Try Guys are very publicly partnered, and those partners have become famous themselves. [...] The Try Guys had to act quickly when Ned's character as a devoted husband and father fell apart and breached an essential contract with the audience."[19]
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Born | Keith Habersberger June 18, 1987 Carthage, Tennessee, U.S. Ned Fulmer June 11, 1987 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Zach Kornfeld July 26, 1990 Scarsdale, New York, U.S. Eugene Lee Yang January 18, 1986 Pflugerville, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||
Website | tryguys | |||||||||
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Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||
Genre | Comedy | |||||||||
Subscribers | 7.65 million | |||||||||
Total views | 1.7 billion | |||||||||
Network | 2nd Try LLC | |||||||||
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Last updated: September 30, 2022 |
Keith Douglas Habersberger[34] (born June 18, 1987; /ˈhæbərsbɜːrɡər/ HABB-urs-bur-gur[35]) was born to Donald and Patricia Habersberger in Carthage, Tennessee. He is the youngest of three brothers.[36][37] He is a graduate of Illinois State University with a Bachelor in acting and French horn.[38] Habersberger is married to Rebecca "Becky" Habersberger (née Miller).[39] Habersberger is reportedly 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), making him the tallest of the Try Guys.[40]
Haberberger is part of the comedy music group Lewberger with Hughie Stone Fish and Alex Lewis. The group has appeared on several television talent shows, including Bring the Funny in 2018[41][42] and America's Got Talent in 2021.[43]
He is known for his love of fried chicken and has focused on food-related content over the years, the most prominent shows being Eat the Menu, Chicken Watch, Gourmet Garbage. He is also one of the creators of the Try Guys' series Without A Recipe. On November 30, 2019, Habersberger announced the release of his signature hot sauce, Keith's Chicken Sauce, which sold out within two days and was well received by consumers.[44][45] Keith now has a line of Burger and Taco sauces also available through Heatonist.[46][better source needed]
Zachary Andrew Kornfeld (born July 26, 1990). He was born to Jewish parents, Adam and Margo Kornfeld in Scarsdale, New York. He became involved in filmmaking and editing after receiving LEGO Movie Maker as a child, after he had been noticed by a young Steven Spielberg who he recalled had said "Boy… you got moxie".[47] He is Jewish but does not keep kosher and did not have a bar mitzvah, though he did choose the Hebrew name Rakdan (Hebrew: רַקְדָן), meaning dancer.[48][49] He has one tattoo, a smiley face on his buttock. Kornfeld was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in his late 20s.[50][51] He graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[52] As a child, he appeared on Saturday Night Live in an episode hosted by Elijah Wood that aired on December 13, 2003.[53][49] In December 2018, he announced he'd been in a relationship with Margaret Angela "Maggie" Bustamante,[54] a pediatric nurse.[55] In 2019, he decided to undergo hair restoration, a combination of surgery and microblading, to combat pattern hair loss.[56] On May 13, 2020, Kornfeld announced his intention to start a six-part series on the Try Guys YouTube Channel challenge of starting his own business, Zadiko Tea Co., for less than $500.[57] Kornfeld and Bustamante announced their engagement in August 2020.[58]
Eugene Lee Yang (born January 18, 1986; Hangul: 양유진) was born to Korean immigrants, Jae Yang and Min-young Lee in Pflugerville, Texas. He has two sisters, Christy and Whitney. Yang graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Cinema Production.[59] He regularly participates in LGBT pride events and has worked with The Trevor Project.[60][61] Yang came out on June 15, 2019, in a YouTube video, "I'm Gay".[62] In 2019, he announced that he has been in a long-term relationship with Matthew McLean.[63]
Edward Gallo "Ned" Fulmer (born June 11, 1987) was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in chemistry. He had a career working in a chemistry lab before he had a career change and started working at Buzzfeed, where Fulmer developed the video fellowship program. He previously lived in Chicago, working at a renewable energy lab by day and performing improv and sketch for Second City and iO Chicago house teams by night, where he was named a "Critic's Pick" by Time Out Chicago.[64] Fulmer has a fear of dogs, stemming from a Dobermann attack as a young child, but has been working to overcome his phobia with the adoption of his dog, a chocolate labradoodle named Bean.[65][66] He has said that he is of Italian ancestry.[67]
He is married to Ariel Fulmer (née VandeVoorde), an interior designer, and they have two children together, a son named Wesley James "Wes" Fulmer (b. 2018)[68] and a second son named Finley "Finn" Fulmer (b. 2020).[69][70][71][72][73] The Verge highlighted that much of Fulmer's "public persona revolves around being a husband" and that he "successfully built a fanbase and brand around this relationship specifically".[74] On September 27, 2022, it was announced that Fulmer would no longer be working with the group following an internal review regarding an extramarital affair with an employee.[29][30][33]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
1 | 7 | September 12, 2014 | January 25, 2015 | BuzzFeed Video | |
2 | 12 | February 11, 2015 | May 10, 2015 | ||
3 | 12 | May 17, 2015 | August 4, 2015 | ||
4 | 11 | August 12, 2015 | October 29, 2015 | ||
5 | 11 | November 1, 2015 | March 6, 2016 | ||
6 | 12 | March 16, 2016 | September 12, 2016 | ||
7 | 11 | September 24, 2016 | March 19, 2017 | ||
8 | 11 | March 26, 2017 | June 17, 2017 | ||
9 | 23 | July 22, 2017 | February 10, 2018 | ||
10 | 370 | June 17, 2018 | Present | 2nd Try LLC |
Over the series of The Try Guys episodes, particular episodes have branched off as part of series of a specific topic or mini-series.
Series | Originally Aired | Status | ||||
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Name | Starring | Episodes | Start Date | Latest Date | ||
Motherhood | All | 5 | May 6, 2015 | May 10, 2015 | Ended | |
Cosplay | All | 4 | August 1, 2015 | August 4, 2015 | Ended | |
K-Pop | All | 4 | September 23, 2015 | September 26, 2015 | Ended | |
Santa Spectacular | All | 3 | December 18, 2015 | December 20, 2015 | Ended | |
Ocean Survival | All | 3 | June 16, 2016 | June 18, 2016 | Ended | |
Fatherhood | All | 5 | June 13, 2017 | June 17, 2017 | Ended | |
Eat The Menu | Keith | 31 | September 23, 2017 | present | Airing | |
Without A Recipe | All | 19 | November 11, 2017 | present | Airing | |
Dirty Tour | All | 3 | January 27, 2018 | February 10, 2018 | Ended | |
Parenthood | All | 5 | June 17, 2018 | July 7, 2018 | Ended | |
The Barkchshler | Keith | 5 | July 11, 2018 | December 24, 2018 | Ended | |
Candid Competition | Zach | 9 | July 25, 2018 | October 30, 2021 | Ended (Allegedly) | |
Ned & Ariel | Ned & Ariel | 4 | August 1, 2018 | March 16, 2019 | Ended | |
The Try Guys: Game Time | All | 16 | August 8, 2018 | present | Airing | |
Rank King | Eugene | 12 | August 18, 2018 | present | Airing | |
DUI | All | 4 | October 17, 2018 | October 27, 2018 | Ended | |
The Try Wives: Wine Time | Ariel, Becky & Maggie | 8 | December 19, 2018 | present | Airing | |
Old Age | All | 4 | April 3, 2019 | April 13, 2019 | Ended | |
The TryPod | All & Miles | 100+ | May 4, 2019 | present | Airing | |
The Food Babies | Alexandria & YB | 7 | July 3, 2019 | present | Airing | |
Try DIY | Ned & Ariel | 3 | July 17, 2019 | July 31, 2019 | Ended | |
4 Vs. 1 | All | 10 | October 28, 2019 | present | Airing | |
Try Australia | All | 5 | November 2, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | Ended | |
Without Instructions | All | 7 | February 8, 2020 | Present | Airing | |
Beauty Month | All | 4 | March 7, 2020 | March 28, 2020 | Ended | |
#StayHome | All | 27 | March 16, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | Ended | |
Tea Time | Zach | 6 | May 13, 2020 | August 24, 2020 | Ended | |
Date Night | Ned & Ariel | 4 | May 16, 2020 | June 8, 2022 | Ended | |
Retry | All | 3 | July 15, 2020 | Present | Airing | |
Tailgate Debate | Keith | 3 | November 14, 2020 | Present | Airing |
On May 4, 2019, The Try Guys announced via YouTube that they would be embarking on a 20 city, nationwide tour (called “Legends of the Internet”) as a part of their “Summer of Try”.[75] Then on July 30, 2019, The Try Guys announced they would be bringing Legends of The Internet to Australia[76] and, later Singapore.[77] Finally, on September 3, 2019, the group announced the final leg of the Legends of the Internet tour, this time in the Pacific Northwest (which was missed on the original run of the tour).[78] In total, The Try Guys performed 26 shows of Legends of the Internet worldwide.
Title | Dates | # of Cities |
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Legends of the Internet | June 21, 2019 – July 28, 2019; October 15, 2019 – October 17, 2019 | 23 |
Legends of the Internet (International) | September 23, 2019, September 24, 2019, September 28, 2019 | 3 |
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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June 21, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA | United States | The Wiltern |
June 22, 2019 | Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theatre | |
June 24, 2019 | Denver, CO | Paramount Theatre | |
June 25, 2019 | Kansas City, MO | Uptown Theatre | |
June 26, 2019 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre | |
June 27, 2019 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre | |
June 28, 2019 | Milwaukee, WI | Pabst Theatre | |
June 29, 2019 | Detroit, MI | The Fillmore Detroit | |
June 30, 2019 | Cleveland, OH | KeyBank State Theatre at Playhouse Square | |
July 10, 2019 | San Jose, CA | City National Civic | |
July 14, 2019 | San Diego, CA | Balboa Theatre | |
July 18, 2019 | Irving, TX | Toyota Music Factory | |
July 19, 2019 | San Antonio, TX | Majestic Theatre | |
July 20, 2019 | Austin, TX | Bass Concert Hall | |
July 21, 2019 | Houston, TX | Revention Music Center | |
July 23, 2019 | Atlanta, GA | Tabernacle | |
July 25, 2019 | Washington, DC | Warner Theatre | |
July 26, 2019 | New York, NY | Beacon Theatre | |
July 27, 2019 | Boston, MA | Shubert Theatre | |
July 28, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA | The Met | |
September 23, 2019 | Melbourne | Australia | Athenaeum Theatre |
September 24, 2019 | Sydney | Big Top | |
September 28, 2019 | Singapore | Singapore | The Star Theatre |
October 15, 2019 | Portland, OR | United States | Arelene Schintzer Concert Hall |
October 16, 2019 | Vancouver, BC | Canada | The Centre |
October 17, 2019 | Seattle, WA | United States | Moore Theatre |
Year | Title | Nominated | Award | Result |
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2016 | 6th Streamy Awards | The Try Guys | Nonfiction Channel, Show, or Series | Won |
Show of the Year | Nominated | |||
2017 | 7th Streamy Awards | The Try Guys | Performance: Ensemble Cast | Nominated |
Show of the Year | Nominated | |||
Webby Awards | Comedy: Long Form or Series | Honoree | ||
Try Guys // Sponsored by Sony's The Shallows | Unscripted (Branded) | Honoree | ||
2018 | Webby Awards | The Try Guys Shave Their Dads • Fatherhood: Part 4 | Unscripted (Branded) – People's Voice | Won |
8th Streamy Awards | The Try Guys | Show of the Year | Won | |
2019 | 11th Shorty Awards | The Try Guys | Best YouTube Ensemble | Won[79] |
2020 | 10th Webby Awards | The Trypod (2nd Try) | Comedy, People's voice winner | Won |
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