RackaRacka
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| Born | Danny and Michael Philippou | |||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||
| Residence | Adelaide | |||||||
| Occupation | Special effects specialists | |||||||
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| Pseudonym | Therackaracka | |||||||
| Channel name | Therackaracka | |||||||
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| Subscribers | 2,493,385 subscribers (March 2016) | |||||||
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| Subscriber and view counts updated as of 18 March 2016. | ||||||||
RackaRacka is a YouTube channel run by the Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou (b. 1992[1] ), based in Adelaide. They are known for intense live action combat videos,[2] [3] [4] and they are known for making videos based on McDonald's mascot, Ronald McDonald. Some of their videos have been noted for being remarkably gruesome.[5] A handful have even been flagged on YouTube due to the controversy. The channel has more than 2,000,000 subscribers as of March 2016. [6]
Their first huge success was the video Harry Potter vs Star Wars which attracted 7 millions views in a week.[1] This video was the winner in the Best Comedy and Best Overall categories at the 2014 Australian Online Video Award.[7] In September 2015, they won Best International YouTube Channel at the 6th Annual Steamy Awards.[8]
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- Beckerman, Marty (8 August 2014). "The ‘Epic Childhood’ Guys Explain Their Crazy Backyard Wrestling Video". MTV.
- Diver, Mike (18 August 2015). "Here's What 'Mortal Kombat' Would Look Like in Real Life". Vice.
- Galletly, Jessica (4 May 2014). "SA filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou create a YouTube sensation with Harry Potter vs Star Wars". The Advertiser.
- Grant, Peter (Sep 17, 2015). "RackaRacka Take Home Streamy for Best International Channel! - Blog | BBTV". Blog | BBTV. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- Gutelle, Sam (4 June 2015). "YouTube Millionaires: For Racka Racka, “The Whole Process Is Chaos”". Tubefilter.
- Hawker, Philippa (15 October 2014). "Harry Potter vs Star Wars YouTube hit wins Australian Online Video Award for twins". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Therackaracka (2016). "Therackaracka". Therackaracka. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- Yeung, Chantelle (24 September 2015). "The Racka Racka (Australia) talk about their stunt and special effects videos at YouTube FanFest Sydney 2015". Hello Asia!.