Stevin W. John (born May 27, 1988), better known by his alias Blippi, is an American children's entertainer and educator on YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video. The Blippi character that John portrays has a childlike, energetic and curious persona, and is always dressed in a blue and orange beanie cap, blue shirt, orange suspenders, and an orange bow tie.[2]
The idea for Blippi came to John after moving back to Ellensburg and witnessing his then two-year-old nephew viewing low-quality videos on YouTube. Blippi has been described as "an adult human man who dresses up in bright clothes and dances around America's deserted soft play centres for the benefit of YouTube".[3] The first Blippi video was published on January 27, 2014,[4] with John starring as Blippi and doing all of the filming, editing and graphics himself on the initial videos. Taking inspiration from children's educators and entertainers before him, such as Mr. Rogers, John wished to portray Blippi as educational but also as thinking and acting as a child would.[5]
The videos garnered a large following with over a billion views on YouTube, and the production staff was expanded, to produce videos in Spanish, establish Blippi Toys, and begin offering DVDs and digital downloads. Some parents criticized the simplistic nature of the character in regard to his tone and repetitive songs about things such as garbage trucks, fire trucks, and pizza.[6]
Steezy Grossman
John started making gross out videos in 2013 under the persona of Steezy Grossman.[7] In a 2013 video, John performed the Harlem shake on a toilet and defecated on a naked friend.[7][3] When the video was unearthed by BuzzFeed News in 2019, John said, "at the time, I thought this sort of thing was funny, but really it was stupid and tasteless, and I regret having ever done it."[7] John used DMCA takedown notices to remove the video from social media and internet search engines.[8]
^ ab. blippi.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^ abHeritage, Stuart (July 17, 2019). "YouTube Is Destroying My Child's Mind (And One Person Is To Blame)". Esquire.
^FARM TRACTORS - KIDS SHOW. Blippi - Educational Videos for Kids. February 18, 2014. from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022 – via YouTube.
^Cuming, Emma (August 22, 2018). "Who the fluff is Blippi??". thespinoff.co.nz. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^Brockes, Emma (May 4, 2017). "I was trapped by a YouTube clown – but the Wizard of Oz saved me". theguardian.com. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^ abcNotopoulos, Katie (February 13, 2019). "Kids YouTube Star Blippi "Regrets" The Viral Video In Which He Poops All Over His Friend". BuzzFeed News.
^Koebler, Jason; Maiberg, Emanuel (February 15, 2019). "How Kids YouTube Star Blippi Used Copyright Law to Hide His Harlem Shake Poop Video". Motherboard.
stevin, john, stevin, john, born, 1988, better, known, alias, blippi, american, children, entertainer, educator, youtube, hulu, netflix, amazon, prime, video, blippi, character, that, john, portrays, childlike, energetic, curious, persona, always, dressed, blu. Stevin W John born May 27 1988 better known by his alias Blippi is an American children s entertainer and educator on YouTube Hulu Netflix HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video The Blippi character that John portrays has a childlike energetic and curious persona and is always dressed in a blue and orange beanie cap blue shirt orange suspenders and an orange bow tie 2 Stevin JohnPersonal informationBorn 1988 05 27 May 27 1988 age 34 NationalityAmericanOccupationChildren s entertainer educatorWebsiteblippi wbr comYouTube informationAlso known asBlippi Steezy GrossmanChannelBlippiVideosYears active2014 presentSubscribers16 4 million 1 Total views13 2 billion 1 Last updated 17 September 2022 Contents 1 Early life 2 Blippi 3 Steezy Grossman 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditJohn grew up surrounded by tractors cows and horses and has stated that as a child he wished to be a limousine driver and a fighter pilot 2 Blippi EditMain article Blippi The idea for Blippi came to John after moving back to Ellensburg and witnessing his then two year old nephew viewing low quality videos on YouTube Blippi has been described as an adult human man who dresses up in bright clothes and dances around America s deserted soft play centres for the benefit of YouTube 3 The first Blippi video was published on January 27 2014 4 with John starring as Blippi and doing all of the filming editing and graphics himself on the initial videos Taking inspiration from children s educators and entertainers before him such as Mr Rogers John wished to portray Blippi as educational but also as thinking and acting as a child would 5 The videos garnered a large following with over a billion views on YouTube and the production staff was expanded to produce videos in Spanish establish Blippi Toys and begin offering DVDs and digital downloads Some parents criticized the simplistic nature of the character in regard to his tone and repetitive songs about things such as garbage trucks fire trucks and pizza 6 Steezy Grossman EditJohn started making gross out videos in 2013 under the persona of Steezy Grossman 7 In a 2013 video John performed the Harlem shake on a toilet and defecated on a naked friend 7 3 When the video was unearthed by BuzzFeed News in 2019 John said at the time I thought this sort of thing was funny but really it was stupid and tasteless and I regret having ever done it 7 John used DMCA takedown notices to remove the video from social media and internet search engines 8 References Edit a b About BlippiVideos YouTube a b Who Is Blippi blippi com Archived from the original on November 1 2018 Retrieved November 1 2018 a b Heritage Stuart July 17 2019 YouTube Is Destroying My Child s Mind And One Person Is To Blame Esquire FARM TRACTORS KIDS SHOW Blippi Educational Videos for Kids February 18 2014 Archived from the original on June 8 2022 Retrieved November 30 2022 via YouTube Cuming Emma August 22 2018 Who the fluff is Blippi thespinoff co nz Retrieved November 1 2018 Brockes Emma May 4 2017 I was trapped by a YouTube clown but the Wizard of Oz saved me theguardian com Retrieved November 1 2018 a b c Notopoulos Katie February 13 2019 Kids YouTube Star Blippi Regrets The Viral Video In Which He Poops All Over His Friend BuzzFeed News Koebler Jason Maiberg Emanuel February 15 2019 How Kids YouTube Star Blippi Used Copyright Law to Hide His Harlem Shake Poop Video Motherboard External links EditStevin John at IMDb Stevin John on Twitter YouTube channel Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stevin John amp oldid 1131182641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
