RhettandLink Bio

We're Rhett & Link, best friends and fellow creators. We've been called Musical Comedians, Web Comics, Content Creators, and Indie Filmmakers, but we think all those descriptions are pretty lame. So, if you have a suggestion for an official job title, let us know. We will not be offended, however, if you refer to us by one of the aforementioned misnomers.

And, no, we don't have day jobs. In fact, we were hoping we could work for you.

TV
Our biggest claim to fame so far is that we hosted a prime-time TV show on the CW called Online Nation. The show got cancelled because no one watched it. Even we were watching 60 minutes instead. Once the show was canned, we tried to handle it gracefully. We continue to pitch ourselves and our ideas to networks, and we hope to land somewhere on the small screen again soon.

Internet
Without the internet, we would be using our engineering degrees to create spellbinding Excel spreadsheets for some middle-aged guy who's never been on Youtube. We have a large collection of online content consisting of music videos, man-on-the-street interactions, and comedy sketches. We write, shoot, edit and produce almost all of our videos, which are typically no-budget productions.

Our videos have been featured on G4's Attack of the Show, Channel 101's the Fizz, CNN, and the homepages of Youtube, Revver, Veoh, LiveVideo, iFilm, MSNvideo, the DailyReel, Crackle, and Dotcomedy.

We obsess daily about remaining ranked in the top 50 most viewed comedians on Youtube, and while this ruins our personal and emotional lives, we have been able to pull it off thus far. We tallied about 5 million video views on Youtube in 2007.

Our video podcast, the Rhett&LinKast is a featured comedy podcast in the iTunes store.

We're online correspondents for Igotshotgun.com. They send us to GM-sponsored events like the Baja 500, the ESPY's, and the Sundance Film Festival.

Popular Videos
We initially gained a following online in 2005 when we created Pimp My Stroller, a parody of MTV's Pimp My Ride. Other popular videos include The Facebook Song, The Unicorn Rap, and our Red Carpet Video from the 2007 Grammys.

LIVE Show
In December 2007, we started a Live weekly web show, the RhettandLinKast LIVE. Every Thursday at 9PM EST (6PM PST, 8PM Central) we broadcast live from our basement studio in Lillington, NC. The show features video premieres, special guests, live song performances, trivia games, and our special Quest for the 7 Keys. If you're typically watching Lost during this time-slot, look into something called a DVR.

Hire Us
We are very open to selling out because we find money very convenient for buying things such as food. Our large online fan-base creates a lot of "viral potential" for any video that we create and promote on our site and various online channels. So, if you might be interested in having us create a custom video and/or song featuring your product, service, or website, read this. A recent example of ad-partnering is our Cornhole Song, a music video featuring products from AJJCornhole.com.

Film
Our childhood dream was to be filmmakers. We've found that it's easier to make a 1-minute video on Youtube than a feature length film--not to mention the fact that more people see web videos than film fest movies--but we've still forced ourselves to push out a short film and a feature.

Our first short film, One Man's Trash, won best North Carolina comedy at the All-American Film Festival, and was an official selection at the Carrboro Film Festival, Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival, Lake County Film Festival, and the Carolina Film & Video Festival.

In 2006, we began work on a feature length documentary about our search for our first grade teacher, entitled Looking for Ms. Locklear. The film is finally finished and will enter the film fest circuit in 2008. The trailer can be seen at www.locklearmovie.com.

Music
We have been writing and performing ridiculous songs since high school. We perform live comedy concerts, mixing music and videos.

We have 3 albums. Our first one, Just Mail Us the Grammy, was released in 2001 and is only available as a occasional prize for various contests we hold on our live show.

In 2006,we recorded our second album and first live album, I'm Sorry, What Was That? (Live in the Living Room). It is available at the iTunes store.

In late 2007, we released WebSongs, Vol. 1, a collection of songs from our popular music videos like the Facebook Song, Unicorn Rap, and the New Year's Resolution Song. You can pick it up on iTunes, as well as other online music stores like Rhapsody, emusic, Napster, etc.

Background
For a more personal bio explaining how two childhood friends became Rhett&Link, read the Rhett&Link Story. For questions or comments, visit the contact page.