Internet Killed Television

Internet Killed Television
Also known as	CTFxC
Genre	vlogging, reality, comedy, travel
Created by	Charles Trippy
Starring	Charles Trippy Allison Trippy Zoey (dog) Marley (dog)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5[1]
No. of episodes	1735
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera setup
Running time	8-12 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	YouTube
Picture format	1080p HD 720p HD 480p 360p 240p 144p
Audio format	MP3, AAC
Original run	May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) – present
External links
Internet Killed TV

Internet Killed Television is a web series which documents the lives of Charles and Alli Trippy, and their dogs Zoey and Marley.^[1][2]

The show consists of episodes averaging around ten minutes that are filmed, edited, and then aired every day onto YouTube. The series was originally planned to last for only one year; however, after first season, the couple decided to continue and entered the Guinness Book of Records for the most consecutive daily video blogs.

Production

The show is currently shot with a Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS,^[3] and sometimes a Canon EOS 7D or an iPhone 5S or where the digital cameras are not available. The couple also occasionally films using a GoPro. Trippy has also used a Flip UltraHD camcorder, Canon ELPH model's SD4500 IS, Powershot 300 HS, Powershot 110 HS, and older models of the iPhone. The series is edited using Apple's Final Cut Pro 7 on a MacBook Pro. Charlie Puth composed the show's early theme songs, and viewers have contributed their own versions. YouTube musicians Dubble Kick Rick and TeraBite have also created the most used theme. The theme song currently features a collaboration of Travis Clark of We The Kings and TeraBrite. The theme song has changed several times including one to celebrate the Trippys' wedding. The show also employs a 'title card', which others have contributed to the show—usually featuring the show's logo - and plays at the beginning of each episode. As of December 21st, 2013, there has been a combined total of 1,259,713 subscribers and 464,944,029 video views.^[4]

Cast

Charles Paul Trippy III was born in Sarasota, Florida and raised in the neighboring city of Bradenton, Florida. He graduated high school at Lakewood Ranch High School and graduated college from the University of South Florida. He started making videos on YouTube in May 2006. He has also taken part in other web series and ongoing vlog series such as: ShayTards, Prank House, Shoot the Banker, The Elevator Show, Retarded Policeman, PrankvsPrank, YouTubers React, and The Annoying Orange, where he plays a lemon, and in another episode a potato.^[5] His father, Charles "Chaz" Trippy, played percussion in the Gregg Allman Band when Trippy was younger.^[6] In 2010, Trippy was nominated for a Teen Choice award.^[7] He was also the bassist in a band called Suspense Thriller.^[8] As of September 21, 2011, Charles is playing bass for the Florida based band We The Kings, with whom he has been friends since childhood. On March 11, 2012 Charles announced in a live show that he is now the permanent bassist of the band.

Charles and Alli Trippy of CTFxC

Allison "Alli" Rose Trippy (née Speed) was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in Sarasota, Florida. Allison graduated from The NewGate School, a private Montessori school, in 2007. She graduated from Florida State University on April 29, 2011, where she majored in Spanish. She also took classes in RE. She graduated with honors and attained a GPA of 3.85. Allison studied abroad in Valencia, Spain.

The couple lives with their two dogs; Zoey, a New Zealand Huntaway mutt and Marley, a Rat Terrier mutt.

Channels

Charles - Created on July 21, 2005 and discontinued on November 20, 2009, was a main channel until it was redirected it to the CTFxC Channel.

Alli - Created November 12, 2008, is home to the occasional skit, but now hosts CTFxCinema, their movie series. The channel also houses Drunk Gaming, a comedy gaming series which takes on a variety of games from an intoxicated perspective; and Ask Alli, a how-to series.

Trippy - Charles' third channel, created December 9, 2005, is where short unedited videos shot on his iPhone called Quickies are found.

CharlesTrippy - Charles' fourth and main channel, created May 22, 2006, is his skit channel. It has 862,829 subscribers as of February 3, 2014.^[9] The video "Funny Looking Kid - Warped Tour" was his earliest video ever on any of his channels. 6 years later in 2012, he went, once again, to Warped Tour with We The Kings and also recorded vlogs of the 3 month tour as well as recording the skit 'The Invisible Man'.

CTFxC - Charles' fifth channel, created June 16, 2008, is his and Alli's daily vlog channel. It passed 1,000,000 subscribers on September 21, 2013, and is the most popular of the three. CTFxC originally stood for (Charles Trippy Friend x Core) but has since been changed to (Charles Trippy Family x Core).

soclcrisis - Charles's second channel, created October 13, 2005. The last video uploaded to this channel was on August 5, 2008.^[10]

Documentary

Charles and Allison will be featured in the upcoming documentary, originally named I'm Vlogging Here,^[11] now called Vlogumentary, along with their families and close friends. The documentary will showcase a number of YouTubers, their rise to internet fame and their roles as content creators. Shay Carl is the creative head in the project, in association with Maker Studios and ApprenticeA Productions, who are the producers of the movie.^[12] The official trailer of the documentary was showcased on the main stage at VidCon on August 3, 2013, and released live on YouTube at the same time. On Friday, August 2, 2013, Shay Carl announced that the title of the documentary had been changed from the original title of 'I'm Vlogging Here' to ' Vlogumentary'. The documentary release date is estimated to be from the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2014, where it will be uploaded to YouTube after being submitted to Film Festivals.

Guinness World Record

The couple currently holds the world record for the most consecutive number of personal video blogs (Vlogs) uploaded to YouTube. ^[13][14]

Wedding

On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Charles and Allison got married at the Powell Crosley Estate, Sarasota, Florida.^[15] Allison wore a wedding dress designed by Vera Wang and a silver ring made by the fashion designer Maria Calderara sent from Blanche Rodriguez Calderara a viewer. Allison walked down the aisle to the song "In My Place", originally performed by Coldplay and covered by The Vitamin String Quartet. Her bridesmaids walked down to "Yellow" by Coldplay. The couple's first dance was to "1, 2, 3, 4" by Plain White T's, a song previously covered by the couple. Their official montage video was uploaded two days later on the CharlesTrippy YouTube channel. The song in the background is "Fix You", originally performed by Coldplay and covered by Boyce Avenue and Tyler Ward. The montage video was produced by ApprenticeEh and directed by Corey Vidal. The vlog produced on the wedding day is their longest on the CTFxC channel, lasting approximately 34 minutes. The Twitter hashtag "#CTFxCWedding" was trending worldwide on this day as second most popular Trending Topic.^[16] The wedding was planned by Courtney Shaw of Fabulously Chic Events.^[17] This wedding appeared on many talk shows and news outlets, one including Right This Minute.^[18] The wedding proposal was also included in the Huffington Post list of top 10 wedding proposals.^[19]

Awards

References

External links

• Internet Killed Television
• Official YouTube Channel
• CharlesTrippy – YouTube Channel
• Alli – YouTube Channel
• Trippy – YouTube Channel
• [http://www.younow.com/CharlesTrippy  Charles & Alli's YouNow Live Show Channel]