12 Facts About Craig Benzine

1.

On January 23,2015, Benzine became host of the Crash Course US government and politics series.

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Craig Benzine started out, together with his fellow Driftless Pony Club band members, on the channel "sambonejr", co-starring in several short comical video clips, of which the first 19 videos were uploaded in March 2006.

3.

On his day off, Craig Benzine spent the entire day watching Ze Frank videos on YouTube, and was inspired to start his own vlogging channel.

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Originally, the vlogs were centred around Craig Benzine's frustrations surrounding his job, but quickly grew to incorporate song parodies, cultural commentaries, and documentation of Craig Benzine's daily life with fictionalized elements added, such as sharing his apartment with a never-ending parade of clones of himself, as well as a whale, David Hasselhoff, and Michael Phelps.

5.

Craig Benzine continued to produce content for his YouTube channel, despite having a small audience, usually making videos in the morning before going to his office job.

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Together with Matt Weber, Sam Grant and Nate Bartley, Craig Benzine is a member of the indie rock band Driftless Pony Club as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist.

7.

On July 27,2016, Craig Benzine created the webseries AlgoRhythm with New Form Digital to air on Verizon's go90 app.

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8.

Craig Benzine based this series on "Fine Tuned", a short film he created in 2014 starring Brando Crawford.

9.

Craig Benzine is a main cast member on The Platoon of Power Squadron, a sporadically-updated webseries on YouTube about superheroes.

10.

Craig Benzine plays Donald, a man who can project lightning from his hands.

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Since 2014, Craig Benzine has hosted a regular feature on the Mental Floss YouTube channel called The Big Question, where fan questions are answered, similar to its magazine counterpart.

12.

Craig Benzine lived in Chicago for 13 years, but he moved to Austin, Texas, in August 2016.