Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III (born June 1, 1978) better known by their YouTube channel name Rhett and Link are two YouTubers that host Good Mythical Morning, a talk-show posted on weekdays at 6:00 am EST on their YouTube channel. They are the co-founders of Smosh's second parent company, Mythical Entertainment.
A frequent collaborator of Smosh, Rhett and Link are one of the few guests to have appeared in all four major Smosh channels: Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games and SmoshCast.
Biography[]
They both grew up in Buies Creek, North Carolina, where they met in first grade and were friends ever since, attending high school and rooming in college together. They started their first channel in 2006, less than a year after Smosh's was created. They now have over 12 million subscribers on YouTube.
Smosh Ownership[]
In early 2019, Rhett and Link's company, Mythical Entertainment made the decision to bail Smosh out of debt, and acquire them as an asset of the company. It was officially announced in the video "The rumors are true...", that Mythical had bought Smosh, and that Smosh would be returning in full. Rhett and Link themselves announced the acquisition of Smosh in the Let's Talk About That! episode, Spicy Tea Party Challenge ft. TomSka on March 2, 2019. Link stressed that Mythical will give Smosh full creative freedom, and thus, they expected that the videos will be made better as a result, contrary to what Smosh experienced with its former parent company, Defy Media.
On June 20, 2023, it was announced that Rhett and Link sold Smosh back to its co-founders, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, but retained a minority stake. They will continue to be involved in an advisory capacity.[1]
Appearances[]
Smosh credits[]
Other work with Smosh[]
- Smosh, as Ian and Anthony, made their first collaboration with Rhett and Link in the Mythical Show episode "The Mythical Show Ep 4 (SMOSH & Star Trek)". They later made another guest appearance on the Good Mythical Morning episode "Duo-O or Don't-O (ft. Smosh)" in 2015.
- Some members of the Smosh Family became guests in videos across the Mythical channels since Smosh's acquisition.
- In 2019, during Good Mythical Summer, Courtney and Shayne became guest hosts for two episodes of Good Mythical Morning. They hosted together in their first appearance in "How Far Will It Stretch? (GAME)". In their second appearance, both hosted an episode each, with Shayne hosting with Josh Scherer in "Can We Guess the Heat of Hot Peppers? (CHALLENGE)", and Courtney hosting with Stevie Levine in "Frozen Fruit Popsicles Taste Test". They both returned separately in some videos on the Mythical Kitchen channel and were featured at MythiCon 2022, Mythical's first convention, as they were the guests in the MythiCon special of Trevor Evarts's podcast, Trevor Talks Too Much.
- Damien was also a featured guest in an episode of Trevor Talks Too Much.
- Rhett and Link teamed up with Ian and Anthony in the Epic Rap Battles of History episode Artists vs TMNT as the four famous Italian Renaissance artists.
- Ian and Anthony made a guest appearance in Rhett & Link's podcast, Ear Biscuits, shortly after collaboration with ERB.
- Other prominent members of Mythical Entertainment, such as Stevie Levine, Josh Scherer, and Trevor Evarts, have also appeared in videos across the Smosh channels since the acquisition. Notably, Trevor announced on January 1, 2024 that he became a part of the Smosh Family.
References[]
- ↑ Todd Spangler (June 20, 2023). Smosh Co-Founders Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox Reunite to Acquire Comedy Brand From Rhett & Link (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. Retrieved June 20, 2023.