1. Dane Boedigheimer began making videos with their 8mm camcorder as a teenager.
12 Facts About Dane Boedigheimer
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Dane Boedigheimer was a speech communications major at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and became a production assistant for MTV's Pimp My Ride three years after earning their degree.
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The talking food videos Dane Boedigheimer had previously done for JibJab inspired and prepared them to create the first original Annoying Orange video.
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Dane Boedigheimer was born in Itasca County, Minnesota, to Peter and Julie Dane Boedigheimer.
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Dane Boedigheimer describes the film as a clip show, with spoofs of commercials and movies.
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On Valentine's Day 2005, Dane Boedigheimer founded the company Gagfilms, which slowly built a core of fans.
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Dane Boedigheimer was a multimedia reporter at The Bakersfield Californian during this time, between June 2006 and August 2007.
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The original video was planned to be titled The Annoying Apple, but when Dane Boedigheimer started animating the video, they figured it would be easier to put features on an orange than an apple and make it more visible.
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However, as the video became popular, many viewers requested more videos, and after the 4th episode, Dane Boedigheimer decided to make it a full-time series.
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Dane Boedigheimer stated of not watching the "Talking Orange" videos before being told about the disagreement, believing that the characters were not very similar.
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Dane Boedigheimer's videos have been viewed over 500 million times and have been featured on TV, popular entertainment, news, and video sharing websites.
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Dane Boedigheimer married Theresa Barket, a frequent collaborator in their videos, in 2012.