Snowmen hunters
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| Snowmen Hunters | |
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 Snowmen Hunters title card, showing Sherman (right) and Everett (left). |
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| Genre | Mockumentary |
| Starring | Ryan Neisz and Christopher Allan Smith |
| Country of origin |  United States of America |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5-12 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Youtube |
| Original run | September 06, 2006 – present |
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[edit] Background
"Snowmen Hunters" is an online, episodic video series created by Christopher Allan Smith and Ryan Neisz's production company Zanzibar19. The series is about two psychotic men and their fight against the snowmen they believe are taking over the world.
The first episode was posted on YouTube in late June of 2006 and soon became one of the top 20 most subscribed channels of all time.
[edit] Basic Story Outline
Everett Van der Sloot (played by Mr. Smith) was a rich and powerful professional golfer who became mentally ill after coming home and finding his wife making love to a snowman. Everett is further abused by Sherman Rance, (played by Mr. Neisz) a crazed sociopath, who became obsessed with killing snowmen as a small child after seeing his father, dead, at the foot of a snowman. He claims to have killed that snowman by "taking it apart by flake by frozen flake." Since that incident he has hunted snowmen in his insane belief that he can defeat evil by killing snowmen. Rance met Everett when Everett's therapists determined he could be a good friend for him using the internet. Now they hunt snowmen together in rural Oregon. The premise of the show is that a reporter referred to by Sherman as "John" has come to film their exploits and interview them about them. John has never been seen on camera. Other characters rarely appear. The only other people to appear on the series so far are the following: a man who expresses dismay after Sherman and Everett steal his jack-o-lanterns, thinking they are in cahoots with the snowmen; a driver whose car has broken down and ends up getting locked in his own trunk by Sherman; a woman who comes to talk with the Snowmen Hunters about their roles in John's videos -- and fends off romantic advances from Sherman; and, in a flashback, Sherman's father, who died due to auto-erotic asphyxiation after ingesting numerous drugs.
[edit] Running Gags
Throughout the show, there are a number of running gags. Firstly, Sherman often addresses the camera, although he is actually addressing John. Sherman always wears his 70's style sunglasses, even when it is dark. He always is smoking and rarely is without a beer in his hand. As the mentally challenged sidekick Everett rarely speaks and if he does his lines are mumbled and barely understandable. Another running gag is Everett's "marriage" to his favorite stick, called Meika. Their relationship has been threatened by Sherman several times, who attempted to damage her by snapping off one of her twigs and later throwing her into the fireplace. At one point they got divorced, but they have since gotten together again. After recovering from his mental illness in the episode "Everett Wakes Up From His Stupid," he seems to be in disbelief that he thought that he was married to a stick. Before that episode, Everett was also often taken advantage of by Sherman -- another running gag. During that episode, Everett questions John and his crew about why they did nothing to stop Sherman's exploitation of him.
[edit] Episodes
As of 15 March, 2007 they have created the following episodes:
Season 1
Episode 1: Sherman's Madness
Episode 2: I See Faces in My Steak
Episode 3: Boy Meets Stick
Episode 4: Fart Tank Fiasco
Episode 5: Tits on a Snake
Episode 6: Mongoloid Melodies
Episode 7: Ginagut Monologues
Episode 8: Michael Jackson F#$*s Boys
Episode 9: Snowballing (Google it)
Episode 10: Sherman Jacked-My-Lantern
Episode 11: Take the Penis Out of Your Mouth
Season 2
Episode 12: Sherman Tortures Severed Head
Episode 13: Sherman's Gay for Snowmen
Episode 14: What I Shot on My Summer Vacation
Episode 15: All I Want for X-Mas
Episode 16: Shotguns vs. Teddy Bears
Episode 17: Icejacked!
Episode 18: How to Make a Mentos Bomb
Episode 19: Tricia Helfer Gets Everett Divorced
Episode 20: Valentine's Day Massacre
Episode 21: Once You Go Black
Episode 22: The Boner in the Bed
Episode 23: Autoerotic Asphyxiation Killed My Pappy
Episode 24: Everett Comes Out of His Stupid
Season 3
In a message to their fans, dated 15, March 2007, it was revealed that much of the filming for a third season was completed and would be posted for viewing in the near future.
[edit] Awards
March 2006 Subscribers: 3830
Youtube: #13 - Most Subscribed (All Time) - Comedians
Youtube: #48 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Comedians
The Daily Reel- Top 10 Online Original
Nominated for Best Youtube Series 2006 (One of ten total)
[edit] Interviews
Viral: Episode Nine Copyright © 2007 Veoh Networks, Inc
[edit] News Articles
Days of Lore by By Mark LoreThis article was printed from the Columns section of the Chico News and Review originally published June 22, 2006. This article may be read online at: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=65662 Copyright ©2007 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Printed on 2007-03-16 06:20:14.
LA Times Interview with creators and stars of Snowmen Hunters.
[edit] External Links
Official website of the "Snowmen Hunters" show. Includes video of all episodes, a blog, a newsletter, and a forum.
YouTube user profile of the "Snowmen Hunters" creators, including all their videos.
The Snowmen Liberation Front, an organization jokingly created by a British Columbian man in 2006 for the purpose of battling the practice of snowmen hunting, as promoted by "Snowmen Hunters," which they believe to be evil. They have their own videos and blog at this website.
