Scooter Magruder

Cameron David "Scooter" Magruder (born December 2, 1988) is an American YouTube personality, actor, comedian and new media consultant. As of February 2018, the videos on his primary account have been viewed over 19 million times with over 369,000 subscribers to his channel.

Scooter Magruder
Magruder with mom at UF graduation
Born
Cameron David Magruder

(1988-12-02) December 2, 1988
Orlando, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Florida (B.S.)
OccupationYouTube personality, actor, comedian, vlogger, new media consultant
Years active2011–present
Known forComedy, vlogging
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Websitescootermagruder.com

Biography

Magruder was born in Orlando, Florida.[1]

In the summer of 2003, Magruder was a contestant on the reality show Endurance 2, which aired on NBC & Discovery Kids. The show was taped in Baja, California and was hosted by JD Roth.[2] The show prompted Magruder to begin creating videos.[2] It was also during this show where Magruder learned the ins and outs of television production.[2] Magruder and his partner Christa Scholtz competed as the Blue Team and finished in 6th place.

He graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 2007 as senior class president.[1] He then attended and graduated from the University of Florida cum laude with a degree in telecommunication production.[2] After graduation, Magruder completed one year with Americorps.[3]

Personal life

Magruder started regularly posting YouTube videos in August 2011. Magruder makes videos on wide ranging topics, including Top 100 videos where he lists 100 things of a certain genre, and his "Not About That Life" series where he rants about things he hates and/or doesn't understand, and multiple other formats, including vlogs, how-to videos, and relationship advice videos. Each video is introduced by Magruder saying "What's up guys, hope you're doing well." Each video ends by him saying his catch phrases: "No Jugamos Juegos" (Translated from Spanish meaning "we don't play games") and "Throw me the alley." None of Magruder's videos contain any curse words since he tries to exemplify his Christian values through his videos.[1][2] Magruder's videos have been posted on the Huffington Post,[4] RightThisMinute,[5] NBATV,[6] ESPN,[7] the Orlando Sentinel,[1] the Miami Herald,[3] and even the Today Show.[8] His most successful video to date is "Top 100 Things Fortnite Players Say" with over 3,500,000 views.

In the summer of 2012, Magruder was selected to be one of sixteen YouTube Next Vloggers.[9] Vloggers received $5,000 in equipment, $10,000 in YouTube promotional advertisement for their channel, as well as mentoring from other Top Vloggers such as iJustine and Natalie Tran of Community Channel[10] Sixteen "Next Vloggers" in total were selected from over thousands of applicants worldwide.[9]

Magruder is very famous for his videos titled "Things _____ fans say" where he imitates a certain team's fanbase. He has also made it known he is a huge fan of sports. He is a fan of the Orlando Magic for Basketball because Orlando is his birthplace. He is a fan of the Florida Gators for college sports because he got his education from the University of Florida. He is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys for Football because as he describes: "he's an American citizen." His dad was a Cowboys fan whilst his mother was a Dolphins fan (In reference to the Cowboys titular nickname America's Team).

References
  1. Owens, Shannon. "Interview with 'Stuff Orlando Magic Fans say' creator". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. Perez, Alex. "Exclusive Interview with 'Stuff UCF Fans Say' creator Scooter Magruder". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. YANEZ, LUISA. "Video: Stuff Miami Heat Fans Say". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. Genuske, Amber (13 February 2012). "The 'Top 100 First World Problems' According to Scooter Magruder (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. Rudy (2012-06-15). "Original VIdeo: Things Black People Need to Stop Doing". RightThisMinute. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  6. Studios, NBA. "The Jump - Scooter Magruder". NBATV. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  7. Dorsey, Patrick (2012-08-20). "Web Clips: Lakers fans have a lot to say". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  8. Lee, Kathy. "KLG, Hoda reminisce about their first kisses". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  9. Lawler, Ryan. "With 125M Views, These Vloggers Are Already Good. But YouTube Wants To Make Them Better". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  10. Ha, Anthony. "YouTube Is Looking For The Next Vlogging Star". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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