About Barely Political
Barely Political is the leading political satire site on the web. Yep, that's right. Here's some history: Barely Political launched in June 2007 with the debut video “I've Got a Crush on Obama” featuring Obama Girl. That quickly made us one of the most talked about and blogged about political satire sites online. Since launching, Barely Political videos have been seen over 150 million times worldwide, and featured on shows including Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show and The Colbert Report. President Barack Obama called Barely Political videos an "example of the fertile imagination of the Internet," and he's really important.
About the Talent
Amber Lee Ettinger
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After rising to online fame as BarelyPolitical's "Obama Girl", Amber Lee Ettinger was named #1 Hottest Woman of the Web in 2008 by E! Television. She has appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and is a regular guest on Fox News and MSNBC. Amber has appeared in GQ, TIME, People and Wired, among other publications and her online videos have been viewed more than 110 million times globally. Barack Obama called her "clever". Amber has a Jewelry Line called "Inspired by Amber".
Tom Small
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Tom has directed plays in New York, Chicago, and London, including: The Iliad, The Oresteia, Julius Caesar, and Much Ado. He has directed dozens of short films and three full-length features; his prize-winning adaptation of Macbeth was shown on the BRAVO channel. He has edited two full-length docs: We Also Dance, soon to be seen on PBS, and Live From The Hook, about the Virginia music scene and Dave Matthews Band. He currently shoots and edits the official podcast of the NYPD. Now that he works for Barely Political he takes himself far less seriously.
Mark Douglas
Mark was born in Alexandria, VA. Since arriving in New York in 1996 to study acting at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts he has been a writer, singer, stand-up comic, and a sketch comedian, and has played Hamlet completely drunk. For seven years Mark was half of the musical comedy duo “The Rob and Mark Show” which released their CD, “The 3rd and 7th Hardest Working Men in Show Business” in 2006. TheRobandMarkShow.com In 2006 Mark co-hosted the show “Geek-Ray Vision” on Spike TV. You can hear Mark doing many of his impressions on this site including, Giuliani, Edwards, Kerry, McCain, and Michael Caine.
Meet the Team
Ben Relles
Founder, Creative Director
Rusty Ward
Producer
Michael Stevens
Producer, Director
Jake Chudnow
Social Media Manager
David Feingold
Social Adviser
About Next New Networks
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